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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1945
Page
8
In Arauca Colombia Ricardo Santos Paul reports an 11 foot alligator nesting in a room after a flood. He plans not to return home yet and stays at a refuge center. A public land sale notice details a August auction in High Point North Carolina.
Notice records sale of land on May 15 1945 by the undersigned. Property located in Westview Block 5 Lot No. 1 and recorded in Guilford County Register of Deeds Book 3 Page 150. This notice is dated July 16 1945. 7/23-30.
A notice states the City of High Point Guilford County will offer for sale at public auction the property described as Lot 25 Block B on the George L Taylor Plat, as recorded in Guilford County Register of Deeds Book 4 Page 16.
By power of sale in a 1944 deed of trust Martha Conrad widow’s Guilford County lot 36 in Ragan and Harmon survey, Bell Lands. Auction set for August 14 1945 at 11 00 AM in front of the county building High Point NC. sale subject to unpaid taxes, 5 percent deposit due day of sale. attorney W C Idol noted.
This week notes U S Congress ratifying a worldwide money system and a World Security Charter. It highlights England's Labour rise under Attlee and Churchill’s defeat, signaling major policy shifts. Pacific actions include Japan ultimatum and LeMay bomber plans, with Halsey’s carrier strikes edging toward the Emperor's palace.
Taxes Guilford county collected 98.04 percent of its 1944 45 levy by June 30, an all time high. Commissioners finished budgeting with a supplemental amount of 2721.17, up 22000 from the prior tentative budget. The county tax rate remains 72 cents per 100 valuation with final action due in August based on a 22000000 valuation.
The American Veterans of World War II announce plans to form Amvet posts in High Point Greensboro and Thomasville in August. Tar Heel Amvets incorporated in 1945 with J C Powell as temporary chairman. Asheboro post Worth Copple 5 will assist. Commander James R Harper says active work begins, aiming for a national convention once 80 percent of service members are discharged.
Overseas Pvt Joseph Henry Scott serving in Germany will receive a photo of his young daughter via The Enterprise. Cpl Douglas Battenfield of 151 Carter St is assigned to the occupational air forces in Europe. Lt William R Andrews of 1006 Campbell St is pictured in China organizing a fleet of freighter sampans run by Service of Supply. Recent promotions announced include James A Welch of English St to technical sergeant with the Fifth Air Force Charles Vestal Morris of 634 Willow Brook Street to staff sergeant Philippines Lloyd K Whitt of 236 Mill Street to staff sergeant in Italy Lawrence Stokes of 211 W State St to yeomanic in the Pacific.
Deaths in the vicinity last week include William P. Boyd 58 of 1210 North Main Street Mrs W A Burrage 73 of White Oak Street Betty Lou Hethcox infant daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Hethcox Jamestown Mrs J P Hubbard Jamestown Rt 1 William L Hill 82 of Denton John W Harris 83 Rt 4 Mrs Arthur Ross Sr of Asheboro Robert Jerome Tomlin son of Thomasville Mrs W E Younts 63 near Trinity and Howard Edward Morris infant son of Pvt and Mrs Ollie Morris Sophia Rt 1 W A Stout slightly injured after a cub plane crash at Sanford airport Twenty four men left from draft board five for Fort Bragg
Hotels operators weigh 4+ additional rooms at the Sheraton to expand the 125 room structure. Construction could start once labor and materials are available and without disrupting architecture or service. A new hotel location remains on hold while the Elwood hotel undergoes modernization of its 100 rooms.
About 50 bankers from Il Piedmont counties met at the Sheraton to clarify GI loan handling for veterans. L. D. Brooks of Union National Bank Charlotte chaired the session outlining legal loan-expediting steps and demonstrated loan preparations for business home and farm needs.
Casualties announced for Lexington area include Cpl Jack C Mundy killed in action in a German hospital January 18. Wounded listed are Pfc Newton D Lew is and Cpl Oliver Dur ham, both aboard Okinawa operations.
Soc Chakales former sports editor of The Enterprise visited town last weekend before sailing for Greece to serve as the Associated Press foreign correspondent.
Two major events headline the press as heavy rains flood streets and a lightning storm hits, injuring none. Water rose to three feet in low-lying areas, cars stalled in Montlieu blocks, while residents rushed to build makeshift levees. The Churchill defeat mirrors national reaction as Truman and Attlee comparisons spark debate.
North Carolina state hospital board and the army reach a lease agreement for Camp Sutton near Moncure to move 500 mentally ill inmates from Morganton and Raleigh units. The state will pay $10 421 yearly in rent. The legislature discussed hospital crowding and care. The city library loaned over 2 000 books weekly in June due to a gasoline shortage.
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