Humorist Bob Patton to Speak at Optometrists Meet
Bob Patton well known Tar humorist will speak to North Carolina optometrists and their wives at 7 30 tonight in the Sheraton Hotel ballroom for the 37th annual convention. The Master Singers quartette and Dr Henry B Day will be toastmaster.
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Bob Patton
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
Henry B. Day
N. State Optometric Society, Inc
Ton Hotel
Welly
Arnold J. Koonce
Zeno B. Spence
Goldsboro
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Robert L. Wil
Pressie
C. Wilson
E. A. Alexander
Ilotte
Departmenta i Ttees
Permit Issued For Second Hand Home In City
The city issued a permit for a so called new residence by E. D. Johnson, the building inspector said the project uses second hand materials from a torn down building. WPB rules allow excluding used material value from cost so total project price is 1000 dollars with 800 dollar material value. A warning advises checking with the War Production Board before starting.
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War Production Board
E. D. Johnson
WPB
Johnson
Jones Brothers Meet in Italy
Mrs. Rosa Jones of 204 West Point avenue received a letter from her son Pfe. Guy Jones stating he had met his brother T/S Odell Jones during a Red Cross arranged meeting. They had not seen each other in over two years. Pfe. Jones serves with the Fifth Army for 14 months while T/S Jones has served since October 1942. Mrs. Jones’ daughter Lois Smith serves with the flying service command at Warner Robins Field, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Jones
West Point Avenue
Pfe
Guy Jones
T/S
Odell Jones
Red Cross
Pfc. Jones
Fifth Army
T’5 Jones
S A Swimming Pool To Open Thursday
The Salvation Army pool behind the Citadel on South Main Street opens this season with free admission. All who wish to swim must register before Thursday. 357 children had registered by noon. Pool hours: 9 am to 12 pm for boys, 1 pm to 4 pm for girls, 7 pm to 9 pm for industrial workers. Galway, Eiere, adds rabbit to hospital diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Citadel
South Main Street
Fifth War Loan Drive Off To Good Start At Center Theatre
The Fifth War Loan drive reported 372061 in bonds sold by noon today after a rally at the Center Theatre. Merchants led by W L Stewart promoted bond purchases totaling 40950 in E bonds with large gifts from Eastern Air Lines and Goodyear Tire, and 1181 applications received as plans for the drive to reach 3928000 continued. Eddie Rickenbacker praised High Point efforts in a letter accompanying a 50000 check.
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Greensboro
John H. Manick
W. L. Stewart
Center Theatre
N. H. Williard
High Point War Finance
High Point College
J. Paul G. Morrison
Eastern Air Lines
New York City
G. Curtis Ithdeal
H. W. Hirsch
Charles Stores Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Smithdeal
Eddie K. Rickenbacker
High Point
Dr. Wassel
Desk Sergeant Office to Be Remodeled
The desk sergeant’s office at police headquarters will be remodeled to reduce outside noise interfering with radio and telephone calls. The redesign features a hall facing window, moveable entrance door, removal of the parallel counter, and transparent glass to improve visibility while enclosing the area with paneling. Work is to be completed within a few days.
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C. C. Stoker
Men and Women in Service Reach furlough and training
S/Sgt Lloyd Russell Hill son of Mr and Mrs Russell Hill Route 4 High Point arrived home on a 30 day furlough from the marine base San Diego California and will report to Quantico Va after furlough Lieut John D Reid son of Mr and Mrs John Reid 801 Park St High Point reported to the RAF Training Command Lockbourne Army Air Base to begin B 17 Flying Fortress flight training He earned his wings as a second lieutenant on April 15 1944 at Blytheville Arkansas and attended North Carolina State College
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Reid
Ohlo Columbus
John D. Reid
John Reid
Park St
High Point
RAF Training Command
Lockbourne Army Air Base
Blytheville
Ark
North Carolina State College
Lieutenant Garrett on 15 day furlough from Iceland
Lieutenant Jack Garrett connected with the North Atlantic Wing of the Air Transport Command arrived Sunday night for a 15 day furlough with his parents on Rowland Park. His wife and baby, living in Greensboro, are here to join him after a period of illness in Iceland.
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Garrett
Jack Garrett
Iceland
Armed Forces
J. W. Garrett
Rowland Park
Greensboro
North Atlantic
Air Transport Command
Milk Fund Nearing $1800 Goal for Underprivileged Children
The annual Milk Fund is within $52 of its $1,800 target as the drive ends June 15. The Junior Service League urges early contributions to provide milk for city children, with donations sent to Milk Fund P. O. Box 1864.
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Junior Service League
P. O. Box
Eighty Boys Pass Swim Tests At Y Ceremony
In Learn to Swim week at the Y M C A, eighty boys completed required tests and earned certificates totaling 1748 dollars in value. Gold seals were awarded by Tony A Sim Ceccheecosienn, the physical director. Remaining swimmers who failed will retake tests after practicing to swim the pool bottomless.
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Tony A. J. Sim
J. McAdams
Eddie Ridge
Billy McCaslin
Judson Dailey
Donald Burgess
Billy Lowe
Douglas Tate
Warren Clodfelter
Grover Summey, Jr
Boyce Bennett
Perry Jones
Ray Gay
Ralph Aiken
Ronnie Proctor
Darren Winslow
Neil Sheffield
Don Tolliver
Mickey Miller
Buddy Everhart
Bobby Turner
Lonni
Airline hearing weighs Winston-Salem versus High Point Greensboro
A Civil Aeronautics Board hearing in Washington assesses which North Carolina airport will serve 11 airline routes to Florida. Proponents for High Point Greensboro argue it serves more people and is closer to Greensboro, Winston-Salem supporters cite manufacturing activity. Delegates note distances: High Point Greensboro about 10 miles from Greensboro and 25 miles from Winston-Salem. Frank Sizemore and Roy S Braden represent local interests as the session continues.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington, D. C
Winston-Salem
High-Point
Greensboro
Chicago
Detroit
North Carolina
Florida
Ceasar Cone
High Point-Greensboro
Greensboroe
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Roy S. Braden
20 000 Troops Reviewed At Camp Butner
About 20 000 soldiers were reviewed before civilian and military dignitaries at Camp Butner to pay tribute to the Rangers. The event honored their WWII combat roles in North Africa Sicily and D Day. Notables included Wendell Willkie Navy secretary Josephus Daniels and Gov. Broughton. Awards went to Haerger Campbell Pierce Bevin Fulks and the Rangers' battalions earned battle honors.
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Raymond Pierce
Davenport
Iowa
Robert M. Bevin
Spirit Lake
Warren G. Fulks
Lafayette
Ind
Rangers
Carolinians Awarded Medals in Mass Presentation
Brig. Gen. Warren C. Carter presided over the largest troop carrier command medal ceremony to date, decorating 350 Southwest Pacific service members. Honored from North Carolina were Corp. Edwin A. Witter of Charlotte, First Lt. Walter P. Williams of Raleigh, Maj. Joseph B. Bonner of Kinston, and Sgt. James G. Gibson of Kings Mountain among others.
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Fifth Air Force
New Guinea
Troop Carrier Command
Warren C. Carter
Southwest Pacific
North Carolina—Corp
Edwin A. Witter
Charlotte
Walter P. Williams
Raleigh
Joseph B. Bonner
Kinston
James G. Gibson
Kings Mountain
Regular Guy Headquarters Barber Shop Encounter
Brig. Gen. William C. Christy visited a Coast Artillery post barber shop and declined a ceremonial chair invite while Corp. George R. Stephenson of Suffern New York chose a GI trim. The piece notes there are 21 islands in the Hawaiian archipelago.
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Panama Canal
Ins
William C. Christy
Coast Artillery Command
Christy
George R. Stephenson
Suffern
N. Y
G. I
Hawaiian Archipelago
Civitan Club Sees War Film At Meet At Sheraton
Civitan members viewed a war film at the Sheraton hotel today as part of the fifth war loan drive sponsored by the U S treasury department. Walter F Hester presented the film with Dr Max Rogers as a guest and Stanley Rodenbaugh admitted as a member. Areh Richardson's team won the attendance prize.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
U. S. Treasury Department
Walter F. Hester
Max Rogers
Stanley Rodenbaugh
Areh Richardson
Mrs. Lewis Einhorn Dies in Philadelphia
Mrs. Lewis Einhorn, who had lived at Emerywood Court Apartments, died Monday night in a Philadelphia hospital. Beside her husband, she is survived by a Philadelphia daughter, Mrs. Morton Bernstein, and a son, Sgt. Marvin Einhorn, stationed in Denver. Funeral services will be held at Rosenburgs Funeral Home in Philadelphia.
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Lewis Einhorn
Emerywood Court
Philadelphia
Morton Bernstein
Sgt
Marvin Einhorn
Denver
Colo
Rosenburgs
Woman Divorced and Bigamy Trial in One Day
Sadie Esther Briggs Linville Griffin faced a rapid sequence of court actions as she was divorced from John Linville and bound over on a bigamy charge with George Griffin. She was remarried to Griffin by a local justice of the peace, while legal avenues tied to the Soldiers and Sailors Act loom after the civil proceedings. Z. J. Walser was appointed as Linville’s attorney for the divorce case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Esther B . Linville Griffin
John Linville
Guilford Superior Court
George P. Griffin
E. F. Seagraves
Sadie Esther Briggs
D. C. Macnest
Sadie
MacRae
George Griffin
Superior Court
Z. J. Walser
Linville
One Hundred Ten Leave From Draft Board Four for Induction
One hundred ten registrants of local Draft Board No 4 departed yesterday for Spartanburg South Carolina to be inducted into the U S Navy. The group includes fathers such as James Lutherres James Earl Dorsett and Gurney Cleveland among many others listed.
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Spartanburg
S. C
U. S. Navy
James Lutherres
James Earl Dorsett
Gurney Cleveland
Jonathan Dewey Church
Sherma Howard Cochran
Claude Vernon Medlin
John Thomas Skeen, Jr
Elmer Cornelius Hedrick
Madison Luther Marshall
Carl Fletcher Benfield
Carl Wilmer Misenheimer
Grady Alman
Alfred Howard Byerly
Glenn Ernest Trimnal
Melton Coye Rowe
Charles Frances Noble
Ervin Vaughn Mabe
Dock Edward Hall
Richard Lee Woodcock
Herbert James Greene
Hoover Henry Hilliard
James Abbot Yates
Roy Lee Donahan
James Clinton Bullin
Bronzie
Harold Lawson
Arnold Burrus Stoker
Clyde Augustus Drye
James Edward Oakley
Charles Wayne Sumner
Jack Lanier Taylor
Luther Broughton Gardner
Thurman North Thompton
Joe Clyde Hamilton
Haro
Eugene Hall
James Fields Upton
Thurman
Grady Summer, Jr
Albert Woodruff Faulkner
Ruben Edward Gilchrist
William Doyle Stevenson
Basil Miller Armentrout
Win
Everett Buford Hill
Albert Junior Williams
Edgar Harding Grissom
Ben Dexter Clapp
Frank Jay van Farrington
Jefferson Franklin Echard
James Francis Harris
Troy William Agner
Thomas Ray Hunt
Conley
Wilbur Campbell
Henry Leaulven Campbell
James Posey Shackleford
William Floyd Spoone
Arthur Glenn Morris
Junius Henderson Carroll, Jr
Billie Astor Dowdy
Roba Lamon Boyles, Jr
Dallas Eugene Chapman
Stanley Hilton Phillips
Billy Samuel Lovett
Earl Gordon Coble
George Wilson Howell
Clyde Leonard Murrow
Funeral Rites for Robert L. Beck Held at High Point
Funeral services for Robert Lee Beck 47 of High Point Rt. 1 were held Monday at the First Pilgrim church with Rev. O L Ruth and Rev H P Williams officiating. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers were Beck cousins William George Fred G M and A J Beck and George Musgrave. Flowers by nieces and O E Kearns & Son employees. Quartet sang three selections during services.
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RK. L. Beck
Robert Lee
Bob) Beck
High Point
Rt. 1
Pilgrim Church
O. L. Ruth
H. P. Williams
The
Gospel Tabernacle
Oakwood
William
George
Fred
G. M
A. J. Beck
George Musgrave
O. E. Kearns & Son
Hazel Wood
Vernon Brown
Alvin Brown
Dockery Nance
A. T. Lilly
Alma Warner
Mary Etta Carson
Pin-Up Dog’s Piano Renditions Charm Portland Soldiers
Miss Huggins, a Boston Bull Terrier popular as a pin-up dog in Portland, owes her appeal to piano performances. Pictures show Muggsie the dog playing her own spinet and delivering a canine version of Swanee River for service members stationed worldwide.
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Portland
Ore
Ins
Flag Day Observed In High Point Tomorrow
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce proclaims June 14 as Flag Day in High Point. The document honors the national flag and calls for display of flags on streets and public buildings in recognition of liberty equality and justice and the service of armed forces. It notes Flag Day’s meaning for unity across diverse communities.
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Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
Arnold
Koonce
Conrad Reelected President Local Exchange Club
Officers for the six months starting July were elected at the Sheraton Hotel. R L Conrad was reelected president with Frank Lee as vice president and Jimmy Lovings as secretary. C L Russell was named treasurer. Walter Hester showed the war bond film The Life Line. A large NC State Exchange Clubs delegation will attend the Durham session June 21, with R T Craughon and J D Ross as representatives. Cecil Wilcox is treasurer of the state body. A $35 gift was voted to the Junior Service League milk fund.
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Exchange Club
Sheraton Hotel
R. L.conrad
Frank Lee
Jimmy Lovings
C. L. Russell
Board of Control
Walter Hester
North Carolina State Exchange Clubs
Durham
R. T. Craughon
J. D. Ross
Cecil Wilcox
Junior Service League
Peatross Missing Over France War Department Notice
Sgt Clarence F Peatross of the Greensboro unit has been overseas since January and served as a waist gunner on a B 17. He earned an Air Medal for heavy bombing missions over occupied Europe, including events on April 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence F. Cong
France
Patrom War Department
Peatross
The
Greens
Sgt
Europe
Lt Owens Named Adjutant at HPC Training Unit
First Lt. Robert C. Owens arrived at the 2187th base unit at High Point to take the post of adjutant. He assigned 1st Lt. John France to Max Field Alabama as chief assistant AER office.
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Robert C. Owens
2187Th
High Point
Orme
John France
Max Field
Ala
AER
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Optometrists
Robert L. Wilson
Henry B. Day, Jr
A. L. Palmer
Tomlinson
Sheraton
Unearnings
Highnd Motors, Inc
Call
Tronsgentt
Poindenter
Gey
C. W. Crchl
N. Main
Nat Walker
Walgreen
DR. B. F. Thomas
Chiropractic
High St
Max Bones
Soonce
Madam Wells
Tam
Jane
High Point City Limits
Hedgecock
Ward Street
Jones Brothers
Italy
S. A. Swimming Pool
Galway
Eiere
General Hospital
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Good Star
P. L. Lawson
Willowbrook Street
War Department
Pose L. Lawson, Jr
Wake Island
Pfe. Lawson
W. FW. Amdiincy Sete
J. H. Adams
Fred E
Oak Ssi
Sutore Oo Scs
Philomathean Club
E. S. Wallee
Guilford
Forsyth
Camp Butner
Civitans
Meet Today
Conrad
Local Exchange Club
Liam B. Lee
Bougainvile
L. G. Lea
Cpl
Lee
Owens
HPC
Pveryte
Lower Pri
High Point Music
North Mat
Main ST
Parker-Brown Lumber
Oak Street
Johns-Manville
North Main Street
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