Ramsgate Hotel bunk beds open for 56 cents in tunnel
Ramsgate England announces a new hotel venture in an unused railway tunnel offering bunk and blankets in a two or three bunk cubicle with hot and cold water for 56 cents for adult visitors. A public hearing is set for June 26, 1945, on proposed changes to the building zone ordinance affecting Residence districts.
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Ramsgate
England
Council Chamber
City of
High Point
Ward Street
Southern Railway
West Green Street
Lois Welborn
Property Records Irregularities Noted in 1945 Notices
Fragmentary deed references from Guilford County North Carolina list Lots 36 A P Brown Plat Block I Willenbar Terrace and Lot 42 A P Brown property with dates in June 1945. The text includes recording office stamps and phrases about terms and rejection rights, attributed to Barney Baxter.
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High Point
N. C
High Point Township
City of
Guilford County
North Carolina
College Heights
Office of Register of Deeds
Hobson Street
R. B. Gantt
George S. Hundley
Office of the Register of Deeds
R. L. Pope
Louise Clinard Wrenn
George L. Hundley
E. N. Phillips
A. P. Brown
Willenbar Terrace
Local War Bond Drive Echoes Prosperity in High Point
Personally Speaking notes solid postwar gains in High Point with no direct war industry, but broad reconversion benefits. Furniture, hosiery, and textile sectors active. mortgage debt shrinks as residents save and buy war bonds. GI legislation adds optimism. city refunds debt and bonds secure favorable rates.
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High Point
Jobs For Vets In High Point Veterans Survey Shows 283 Openings
Returned High Point veterans have 283 jobs available per the veterans placement department of the local United States Employment Service. The USES notes many openings across fields from managerial roles to skilled trades and asks veterans to contact Claude R. Sealey at the employment office for opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Veterans Placement Department
U.S. Employment Service
Claude R. Sealey
Rationing Board Reduces Meat and Sugar Allotments
Allotments of meat and sugar to residents will be cut to bring them more nearly into line with per meal rations at home, according to the local rationing board.
Prominent service men wed in Thomasville society page
The Enterprise highlights military brides from Thomasville and nearby towns. William A. Carter Jr. returns from 36 months in the Pacific to wed Karie Bernice Dennis. James C. McIntyre, water tender 3/c, with six battle stars, weds Doris Peggy Beck. Pfc. Wilson W. Hutchens of the Fifth Army marries Mary Evthyn Ward at Hillard Memorial Baptist Church. Kent Dennis AMM 2/c stationed at Wildwood wed a New Haven girl at Rev. Wilbur Hutchins home.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Pvt
William A. Carter, Jr
Pacific
Karie Bernice Dennis
James Charles McIntyre
Doris Peggy Beck
High Point
Pfc
Wilson W. Hutchens
Fifth Army
Mary Evthyn Ward
Rt. 5
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
William H. Swaim
Veterans of Foreign Wars elect NC officers at state convention
Elected BE. G. Kittles of Charlotte was reelected commander of the North Carolina department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the state convention. Officers elected include High A. Mathis of Lexington as senior vice commander EE. P. Hyman of Roanoke Rapids as junior vice commander and A. C. Ingram of High Point as adjutant quartermaster.
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BE. G. Kittles
Charlotte
North Carolina
Absenteeism Drops in Local Plants Amid War Effort
The local U S Office of War Information reports an 8.9 percent absentee rate from 63 firms, down from 9.6 percent two months earlier. Ralph E. Miller notes progress while the War Production Committee urges workers to maintain high output until Japan’s defeat.
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U. S
H. P
Ralph E. Miller
War and Production Committee
Japan
Service-members from town tied to World War II fronts
Overseas Sd Marvin Kinney of 809 Tate St is at an army staging area in France awaiting shipment home with 122 points. Torpedoman 3c Huston Scarce of 320 Reed St has served 15 months in a submarine in the Pacific. His brother Sgt James H Scarce also of 320 Reed St is in Germany with occupational troops. Capt Karl Shepard, a High Point doctor, is a group surgeon in Leyte. 1/5 Nealy Gardner of 212 Venable St assists redeploying air forces to the Pacific from France. Sgt Edward M Teer of 901 Lindsay St leads a survey crew in the Philippines. Sgt Joan Boles and Lt Alvin Boles of 1118 Monthen Ave recently spent five days together in the South Pacific. Clifford Morton and brother Robert F Morton of Rt 3 met in Italy after a year apart. Paul G Welborn of 401 Kennedy St is aboard a heavy cruiser in the western Pacific. Neil Guilford McDaniel of Rt 4 has nine months in the European theatre. Born to Pvt and Mrs Glen E Payne a son Glynn Elwood Jr on June 12. Pvt Payne is somewhere in Germany. Cpl James Lyman Ruffin of Rt 4, released from a German prison camp, is due home soon to see six-month-old son James Lyman Jr. T/5 Roger B Lee of 707 Cary St is in France aiding redeployment of air forces to the Pacific.
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Marvin ©. Kinney
Tate St
France
Torpedoman
Huston W. Scarce
Reed St
James H. Scarce
Germany
Leyte
Karl Shepard
High Point
Nealy H. Garner
Venable St
Pacific
Edward M. Teer
Lindsay St
Philippines
Joan Boles
Alvin Boles
Marine Corps
A. D. Boles
Monthen Ave
Roger B. Lee
Cary St
War Casualties Reported In Europe and Alaska
Casualties include Pfc Edward C Graves of 313 Walker Street struck directing traffic in Germany on May 4. Sg t Si ven Watson dies in Alaska on dune ll. In France Pfc William Bo McCarter, identified as Negro, dies on May 28.
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Edward C. Graves
Walker St
Germany
Watson
Alaska
Dunell
France
William “Bo”, McCarter
Summer Rush Boosts Greensboro Pool Attendance
Around Town notes a rapid pool opening after cold weather with about a thousand bathers daily during the first four days. The city considers $25,000 to aid Greensboro High Point airport and reviews municipal court record keeping and a summer recreation program.
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Beck
Greensboro
High Point College
Greensboro-High Point
Guilford County
High Point
Four-Fs Notified for Reexamination and Possible Limited Service
About 125 men under 26 registered with draft board No. 5 were notified to appear Friday night for reexamination as officials note some may be selected for limited service under new army rules. Forty ambulatory patients from Fort Brace hospital were guests at High Point last week.
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Draft Board No. 5
Draft Board
Army
Fort Brace Hospital
High Point
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