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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1945
Page
11
The city council studies a new budget raising personal services to 656 080 dollars up from 576 526 with 40 or more new hires since the last budget. Salaries for mayor and council are increased under state law to 600 and 420 per year respectively, while postwar planning funds are not included in the new total.
Five building permits issued by the city building inspector authorize expenditures totaling about $6,000. The Pilgrim Holiness church received a permit to repair the basement at 712 South Hamilton Street costing $2,000. Hazzard and Sons Roofing and Metal Works were issued a permit to build a tin shop on English Street at a stated cost.
Mayor E N Phillips and the National Safety Council call High Point residents to take personal responsibility for July fourth safety. The message urges avoiding accidents to reduce the holiday toll while civilians support victory efforts as fighting men advance in the war.
George Walker awarded a permit to build a new residence on Pearson Street between Coolidge and Hay Streets with a cost listed. George McLarty to enclose the rost of his residence at 19 Rotary Drive for $450. Mrs. Janie Hunt authorized to paint her residence at 309 Taylor Street for $100.
North Carolina farmers and merchants are reminded seeds for planting including special plant sets and roots, feeds for livestock and poultry, and insecticides for livestock and crops are exempt from sales and use taxes. The exemption, effective June 8, clarifies what counts as seeds feeds and insecticides and excludes household products and nonagricultural uses.
Hugh Gibson 40, a former High Point man linked to the Bob Beck murder case and a key witness against six others, posted bonds totaling 2 500 on Chatham county charges and a federal count involving a moonshine distillery. He is to stand trial in October in Chatham Superior Court for abduction of Sheriff George Andrews and faces a December federal trial in Greensboro.
Word has reached here of the death of John A. Green age 84 in Glendale California on June 26 from a heart attack. He was brother to Mrs T W Albertson and to the late R Luther Green. Born March 25 1861 in Davidson County near Wallburg he lived much of his life in Winston Salem and worked for A E Alexander store. He lived in California 44 years and leaves his sister and one brother W Perry Green of Wallburg. He never married and funeral arrangements are pending with body to be shipped to J C Green funeral home Thomasville for burial in Shady Grove cemetery Davidson County.
The High Point Traffic and Transportation club held a fish fry at City Lake last night for about 100 members. Attendees included rail shippers and truck carrier reps from Atlanta Cincinnati Philadelphia Birmingham Greensboro Charlotte and Winston-Salem. The event aimed at relaxation and better fellowship with no formal program.
The city schedules a public auction Monday morning July 2 at city hall. Parcels include Lot 42 on Tabor Street starting bid 250 dollars Lots 7 and 8 on Woodrow Avenue starting bid 1100 dollars Lot 36 at Tabor and Troy starting bid 225 dollars Lot 9 on Underhill starting bid 300 dollars Lots 14 15 and 16 on Hobson starting bid 750 dollars and lots 3 and 6 on Underhill starting bid 600 dollars.
Deputy Commissioner J B Dobson of the North Carolina Department of Revenue warns that all revenue licenses are due with a five percent penalty starting July 1 for unpaid licenses and five percent added each month until paid. Beer and wine licenses due May 1 face ten percent total after July 1. The county office will be open Friday to take payments and a broad check of establishments will follow next month to ensure all licenses are secured.
D A Long Jr was named president of the Thomasville Rotary Club at a weekly meeting at the Woman's Club building. New officers include Stuart Burton as vice president and Rev Charles Patterson as secretary and treasurer. board members are Sherman Laws Rev Karl Koestline Alvah Boyles W E Tomlinson Edgar Royse and Paul D Hassler. The new officers will take over in July. The group noted Thomasville lagged in war bond E bonds sales and welcomed new member Carl T Richardson with visitors I G Greer Jr Russell Van Landingham and Jack Neilson. Next week’s meeting was cancelled.
A damaged navy bomber wing from Tillamook will be rebuilt and reattached to another aircraft in San Diego. The wreckage piece was loaded onto a truck and trailer for the 1,000 mile trip to California for grafting to a replacement plane.
Grandjean outlines a plan titled The Right Workers In the Right Job from the USES and the War Manpower Commission. The approach uses job summaries and physical demands analyses to match workers, including veterans and handicapped, to suitable roles, aiming to reduce turnover and improve productivity across industries and firm sizes.
City officials await senate action on an amendment allowing unlimited slaughter at the abattoir under sanitary rules. The abattoir now slaughters about 68 cattle and 75 sheep weekly, with April yielding 361 pounds of meat and May dropping to 167 836 pounds. Army meat purchases cuts and lend lease curtailment are said to boost civilian availability.
Four Guilford County students join Brevard junior college for the summer. Two sophomores Mary Ann Jennings and Dorothy Wrenn, a freshman Mary Lou Roane, and pre college member John W Lambeth represent Greensboro High Point and Brown Summit. Brevard reports full capacity enrollment for the season.
The article notes that every job in the plant will operate under a new plan despite ongoing labor shortages in the city. When fully implemented, it aims to stabilize employment, benefiting both workers and employers and signaling a shift toward improved employment methods amid a more prosperous social situation.
Only seven days remain before the end of the E bond drive the message notes. Public notices urge citizens to purchase E bonds before the deadline.
The counterfeit squad of the criminal investigation division recovered 500000 worth of 1000-lire notes in a seizure.
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