Memorial service to honor Guilford County war dead
A community memorial service will honor 46 men from Guilford County who died serving the nation. The event at High Point Junior High School at 4 PM will include families, remarks by Arnold J. Koonce and Rev. Wilbur W. Hutchins, roll call by Robert R. Fountain, and choral arrangements by the Junior High School choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
Edith Moore Sherrod
Wilbur W. Hutchins
W. S. McLeod
Robert R. Fountain
Bronson Matney, Jr
Mallotte
R. R. Foun
W. B. Hall
J. F. Hayden
Chester Greer
Spearman
Local Police Identification Bureau Praised for FBI Trained Team
High Point’s Bureau of Identification and Investigation, led by Capt Cc C Stoker and Sgt L E Williams, is praised as among the best in the country. The unit, FBI trained, maintains about 30 000 master arrest cards and 12 500 fingerprint photo sets in orderly jacket files for detailed records.
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Federal Bureau
High Point
Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Cc. C. Stoker
Stoker
Bureau
Sgt. L. E. Williams
FBI
Quick Acting River Saves Truck Trailer Fire
A Miller Trucking Company r-type truck trailer burned yesterday afternoon after fire broke out on the tractor. Driver Ron Ingram, a Black man of Fifth Street, stopped the tractor unhooked it and drove to a nearby field, saving the trailer which remained undamaged.
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Miller Trucking Company
Ron Ingram
North Carolina State Guard 22nd Company to Inspect Thursday
The 22nd Company of the North Carolina State Guard in Thomasville invites all eligible men ages 18 to 45 to view a local inspection by battalion commander Major Ka and staff. With wartime demand and losses from draft, the unit plans a drive to recruit and restore presence, displaying this week and at nearby locales as part of a statewide effort.
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F Point
State Guard
Thomasville
R L Hillard dies. R L Hillard rites held at Worth Methodist
Robert L Hillard aged 59, well known local resident, died at his home on 108 H Street Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 pm at Worth Methodist Church with pastors Rev Trolinger and Rev W R Parker officiating. The service included hymns Where We'll Never Grow Old Abide With Me and Heavenly Home. Interment followed at Ville Cemetery with flowers carried by friends and neighbors.
High Points Girl Scouts Plan For 33rd Anniversary
High Point Girl Scout troops totaling 40 represent 710 active members as they mark the 33rd anniversary of Girl Scouting in the United States. The council outlines plans for a new camp site with a staff house and lake, plus supervised swimming. Community service remains central as troops support hospitals, nurseries, war stamp drives, Red Cross Week, and the March of Dimes. The local council traces back to 1938 with 2,344 girls served and 33 white and seven Negro troops active.
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High Point
United States
High Point Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Council
Irl
High Point Tuberculosis Association
Red Cross
Ress
D. T. Yow
R. A. Herring
Charles F. Carroll
J. H. Doggett
Dana Nicholas
Mabel Burnett
Iris Rose Gibson
Harding McKinney
Seven
Coast Guardsmen To Visit Burlington In Recruitment Drive
Chief Nelvin Bateman and BM 1/e Raymond Andrews to recruit 17 year olds in Burlington and Graham after showing Coast Guard film to Senior High students. They plan to return to High Point Friday, with three applications per day already on average. SON Hugh Adcock and S Ralph Ayers stay on duty at the Post Office building until March 16 to continue recruiting.
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Nelvin Bateman
Raymond Andrews
Coast
Hugh Adcock
Ralph Ayers
Freeman Engineers and Blue Printers relocate offices
The firm of Wm. F. Freeman Engineers and the High Point Blue Printers moved last week from 308 North Main Street to 116 East Commerce Street. The entire upper floor at Commerce Street has been redecorated and turned into offices for the firm, with members expressing pleasure at the new surroundings.
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Wm. F. Freeman Engineers
High Point Blue Printers
North Main Street
East Commerce Street
Commerce Street
Red Cross Drive Reaches Half Way Mark
The 1945 Red Cross War Fund drive reached the halfway point of its second week. War Fund chairman J. Grady Goldston urged volunteer solicitors to turn in reports promptly while noting complex work and map aligned assignments. A list of groups and individuals contributing at or above quota was released, including Pilot Furniture Co. and Senior High School among many firms, institutions, and city departments.
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Red Cross War Fund
J. Grady Goldston
War Fund
Cave
Mr. Goldston
Pilot Furniture Co
Hoffman Drug Co
Dixie Shoe Shop
Grace Flower Shop
Nelson's
Stewart's Soda Shop
School of Dancaeae
Sherwood Forrest
Union Hosiery Corp
Russell Larcom
Kennedy Woodworkers
Elwood Hotel
Us.c
Ritch’s ‘Face Veneer Co
High Point Face [Veneer Co
Reliable Mfg
Guilford Business College
Guilford Hosiery Mills
Sherrod Shirt Co
Johnson St. School
Hamilton Lumber Co
Greene
Shavitz to Open Jewelry Store on South Main
Samuel Shavitz, longtime jeweler with stores in Wilmington, Statesville and Morganton, buys Dr. Max Bones’s business at 125% South Main Street and will run it as Stanleys Jewelers after enlargement. Dr. Bones retains his optometry practice at High Street. Shavitz has lived in the area for over 20 years and has run a wholesale jewelry business for seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Shavitz
Wilmington
Statesville
Morganton
Max Bones
South Main Street
Stanley's Jewelers
Whoever Said Chivalry Is Dead
A High Point woman avoided paying her income tax when two deputy collectors paid half the bill each. The two men covered portions of her tax after determining her amount due, highlighting an odd act of paid taxes and generous compliance.
Three Local Upholstering Firms Enjoined by OPA
Three High Point manufacturers Mc Ghee Upholstering Co Modern Upholstering Shop and Art Chair and Repair were enjoined from selling upholstered furniture until they meet OPA record keeping and pricing provisions. The action was announced by the Charlotte district office on March 10.
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Charlotte
High Point
OPA
Office of Price Administration
McGhee
Art
Deep River Area Approves Five Children Boarding Homes
Five homes in the Deep River area received state approval as boarding homes for children, the Guilford County Welfare Department reports. Names of licensed homes, licensing officials, and the program's origin are noted, with two more homes on probation and in use.
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Deep River Area
Gladis Kivett
Guilford County
Department of Public Welfare
Joseph Kaney
Lydia Thrift
Clarence Thorton
Ernest Jordon White
Rufus Eugene Smith
Route 1
High Point
Ralph Thorton
Benjamin Lambeth
Welch Harriss Meets Adm Sir Bruce in South China Sea
Lt. Commander J Welch Harriss of High Point recounts wartime service with the U S Ranger aircraft carrier attached to the British home fleet. He met Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser aboard the Duke of York and later assisted in air cover for Spitsbergen deployments and Norway strikes.
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Welch Harriss
Sir Bruce
South China Sea
University of North Carolina
Iowa
North Atlantic
J. Welch Harriss
High Point
U. S. Navy
Bruce
H. M. S. Duke of York
Ranger
Spitsbergen
Tirpitz
Norway
Hat
Harriss
London
Rosythe Naval Base
Edinborough
England
Winston Churchill
Lady Astor
Commons
Mr. Churchill
America
Marsh To Head Clothing Drive Next Month
J Everett Marsh will chair a nationwide April clothing drive for relief in war torn countries. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration backs the effort with Henry J Kaiser named national chair and a 150 million pound goal.
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United National Clothing Collection
United States
High Point
Henry J. Kaiser
Roosevelt
J. Everett Marsh
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Marsh
Europe
Philippines
China
Italy
Allied officer aids Italian school system on Fifth Army front
Capt. Dexter G. Tilroe formerly supervising principal at Wallkill Center School now serves as an education officer with the Allied military government in the war torn sector near the Mediterranean theater along the Fifth Army front. He helps reestablish local schooling amid wartime conditions.
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Allied Force Headquarters
Italy
INS
New York State
Mediterranean
Fifth Army
Dexter G. Tilroe
Wallkill Center School
Allied Military
Planning Board to Begin Work Here Within Near Future
The State Planning Board will conduct a comprehensive survey of Greensboro, High Point, Gibsonville, and Guilford county to assess post war development in industry commerce and agriculture. Felix A. Grissette will head the survey with a team of experts, aiming to inventory county assets and identify expansion opportunities affecting employment and growth.
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Guilford County
Harry Barlowe
Greensboro
State Planning Board
High Point
Chambers of Commerce
Felix A. Grissette
Grissette
Chapel Hill
Harry B. Caldwell
Eggeni Mnater
State Grange
Opus M. Waynick
Raleigh
Caldwell
Waynick
Wwr
North Carolina
Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
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Graphic Laboratory
Uick
River Savesruck
Ve Inspection Co Company
Clyde A. Morrison
Tom Moser
Russell
Woodrow Parker
Edge
E. L. Proctor
C. E. Theock
Ville
Girl Scouts
Burlington
Shavitz
South Main
Lee
Ernest Welch
Isaac Smith Denny
Route 4
Miss Kivett
Welfare Department
Miss Rivett
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