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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1945
Page
7
Chapel Hill men and women led UNC, Camp Lejeune, and others at a two day Carolinas A A U swimming meet at city lake. Frances Kenney and Ben Ward led individual scoring with 22 5/6 points each, while Lejeune and Carolina clubs posted multiple records and junior marks.
Goldsboro swim clubs dominate medals with multiple first places in women and men events. Notable wins include UNC athletes Ward and Lejeune earning top spots, Pyatt topping women breaststroke, and open 100 meter freestyle clinching for Barbee of Goldsboro.
In Finchfield Thomasville edged Salisbury 4 to 3 in 12 innings. Ross and Fisher shared pitching for Thomasville while Hamm and Fasano allowed nine hits. Thomasville’s next games are against Landis, at Landis tonight and back home tomorrow.
In the open division Kennedy from Knoxville takes first place in the 100 meter freestyle with Barbee of Goldsboro second and Cook of Cherry Point third. Janean Laughlin also appears in fourth. Time 1 04.7.
In Durham on July 30 approximately 70 Duke candidates were set to accelerate football drills. Coach Eddie Cameron said the team faces a big job finding capable replacements for departed players and increasing practice tempo.
The Carolinas AAU meet at the city pool drew many uniformed entrants and locals. Camp Lejeune and University of North Carolina led team trophies while Ben Ward and Frances Kenney starred. Reba Morton Kennedy, 28, returned to win fast events, and Charlie Stapleton led events in the absence of Lt. Col. Bailey. the Mercury Athletic Club hosted the event with High Point support.
Landis club officials of the North State league announce Homer Daughtery an infielder and outfielder is sold to Hartford of the Eastern league for 2500 dollars. Daughtery, a Millers regular, batted around .300 this season. He is 25, six feet tall and 170 pounds. This follows an earlier sale of Early Campbell, a local third baseman, to Albany of the Eastern league.
Frank Tiger Walton, newly appointed Maryland assistant coach and former Pittsburgh tackle, says he will apply for the head job after learning of Dr Clarence Doc Spears resignation. Walton plans to report August 27 to Maryland, while continuing with the Redskins starting August 10 to coordinate ahead of college training.
Gene DeSautels former Cleveland Indian pitcher has been discharged from the marine corps and will rejoin the Indians at an early date.
Howdie Odell Yale football coach has accepted an appointment as the east's go peg on the coaching staff of the college all stars who will meet the Green Bay Packers in Chicago on August 30. Odell joins a lineup preparing for the national league champions in a high profile exhibition game.
Lt. Albert D. Brockett Jr. posthumously awarded the Silver Star for wounds from Saipan. Lt. Donald Hill Jr. receives the Air Medal for service against German U boats. Lt. Comdr. &. C. Andrews Jr., former pastor at Richfork Baptist, gets Gold Star in lieu of a second Purple Heart. TS Clarence G. Ward awarded Bronze Star near San Clemente Italy. T/S Harold Grimes earns Good Conduct Medal in European theatre.
Hank Borowy, recently acquired from the Yankees for about 100000, pitched a 3-2 win as the Cubs beat Cincinnati. Wyse added a 4-1 win in a double triumph that boosted Chicago’s lead over St Louis. Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants also posted wins in a day of major league action.
Danville Leafs stretch its nine and a half game lead in the Carolina league standings after winning three of six. Raleigh Caps fall to second after just two wins in seven starts. Greensboro rises to eighth as Winston-Salem climbs to seventh. Sunday only two games held due to rain. Leafs beat Durham 4-3 on Brandis triple Ritkay single and Swediler double. Burlington Bees outlast Raleigh 7-3 in eleven innings.
Col E C Gault announced the transfer of the adjutant general's demobilized records branch from the Exposition building to St Louis between October 15 and December 1. The office employs 1700 plus workers, many High Pointers, with plans to double space and hire more as demobilized records rush resumes. High Point may lose an organization locals prize as the move proceeds.
Eleven Black residents died after consuming methyl alcohol from two barrels at Alma Desk company. Four men charged with manslaughter had preliminary hearings and were bound over to superior court. John Archie and Willis Phifer admitted stealing and selling alcohol to Jim and Marie Nelson. Elizabeth Gurley named head librarian at the public library.
Second Lt. Jack W Hussey transferred to a naval base hospital for combat fatigue after serving with the Marines in the Pacific. Ensign 4 G Goldston Jr a gunner officer on a sub chaser in the Atlantic is spending a leave with his parents. After 18 months in Europe M Sgt William Marshall Atwater is on furlough with his wife at her parents home. T Sgt Robert F Hill completed a 30 day furlough after a year in England. Cpl David T Powell of 502 Jones St is on a 30 day furlough after 10 months in Europe. SgT Ernest H Lanning of Thomasville Rt 1 reported to Camp Rutner after 10 months in Europe. GM3 William Coy Anthony of 309 W Burton St spent a furlough with his parents after two years in Europe. Capt A W Brown former Belk Stevens manager visiting his brother after liberation from St Thomas camp in the Philippines. He has regained 25 of 103 pounds lost and holds a presidential citation and silver star from Gen MacArthur. Sgt Robert E B Hale on a 30 day furlough with his mother and wife headed for the Pacific after service in Europe.
Public Works Director T. C. Kirkman cites absenteeism and labor shortages as the main disruptors to the regular pickup now worsened by four new trucks. Workers protested a new system requiring them to haul bags from back yards while trucks idle on the street to save wear on vehicles.
Robert T. Amos is named to the board of trustees of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. The appointment expands governance at the insurer as it seeks experienced leadership.
In Court Charles Winfield Davis 58 of Jamestown township asked for a jury trial after being brought into municipal court on charges of operating his car while under whisky influence. Marvin Lee Clodfelter 42 of 914 Randolph Street faced carnal knowledge charges regarding his 14 year old daughter but the case was not pressed with leave after the daughter confessed she had fabricated the charges in anger. Maurice W. Knox and Jesse B R Crater were arrested at the West End tavern on English Street on possessing five dollars in combination packs of baseball lottery tickets. They are free on $300 bonds each.
The city council weighs extending Mangum Avenue northward across East High Street and railway tracks to Gaylord Street and Fifth Street to East Lexington, with a wooden viaduct suggested to carry traffic over tracks and streets. City Manager Braden notes potential clearance issues while prioritizing a north-south route over the Perry Street bridge plan. City Accountant Crowe reports a city surplus of 419,872.82 dollars, excluding a 60,729.98 capital reserve fund for postwar projects, with proceeds partly from delinquent tax real estate sales.
A rain soaked gathering at High Point College drew 308 Kiwanians and guests from ten area clubs for a district meeting. Dr. Natt M. Harrison of the college serves as lieutenant governor of the district.
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