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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1945
Page
10
The infant son of Mr and Mrs B Bradsher of 809 Carrick died at a local hospital at 10 Tuesday night. The child was born in this city February 17. Services were held at 4 o clock from Yow s home by Rev J P H Mc pastor of Brentwood Presbyterian Church. Burial was in cemetery.
Demand St Joseph Aspirin the area s largest seller at 10c per 100 tablets. Why pay more when you can always ask for St Joseph Aspirin.
Thomasville mourns Pvt Willie M Ledwell son of Mr and Mrs Colvin M Ledwell 407 Davidson St killed in action in France July 3 1944 after being listed missing in action He served about two years with a tank division Survived by parents two sisters Mrs D L Disher Jr and Nawasa Lou Ledwell two brothers Robert Eugene Ledwell and Pfc Dolan Ledwell serving with US Marines Second Division in Saipan
J Grady Goldston calls for faster pace and complete reporting as the 1945 Red Cross War Fund drive reaches its third week with $25,145.44 collected, well short of the $59,500 local quota. He notes the Women’s Division and Negro division contributions and lists new donors while Coast Guard recruiting continues through Friday.
Local and federal tax workers remind taxpayers to mail or postmark all state and federal returns before midnight tomorrow. A. Lee Gibson and J. B. Dobson will staff offices in the Post Office building and county building until 5 PM to assist with filings.
Coast Guard recruiters at the local post office announce that twelve boys from High Point and vicinity have been accepted since March 6. They will travel to Raleigh for physical examinations and then be sent to training stations. All 17year-old boys are reminded of this city’s eligibility requirements.
Funeral services for Joe Earle Gibson 47 who died Tuesday in a local hospital will be held Thursday at 10 AM in First Baptist Church. Rev Wilbur Hutchins and Dr A B Conrad will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot in a Greenville South Carolina cemetery. Gibson headed the Gibson Ice Cream plant and lived at 503 Gatewood Avenue High Point. He is survived by his widow Louise Barton Gibson a son Joe and Thomas Gibson of Petersburg Virginia and his parents S D and Callie Fowler Gibson of Greenville. He also leaves three brothers and five sisters among others. Active pallbearers are named.
W N Nash clerk of the Municipal court spoke at the Civitan Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel about High Point court activities. He explained the 1929 shift creating a special court with civil jurisdiction, noted its unique powers, discussed misdemeanor judgments, felonies sent to higher courts, and cited about 5000 warrants issued and 1195 drunkenness trials. He urged juror responsibility and praised Judge Don MacRae.
J Laurens Wright has been appointed manager of the North Carolina division of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey. He succeeds C M Byers who returns to office after a New York conference and takes charge of a Regional Esso Farms Service department to direct sales in Virginia the Carolinas Tennessee Arkansas and Louisiana with headquarters in Richmond. Wright has 31 years with the company and previously served as assistant manager in North Carolina.
Paul Frazier, Godfrey, and M B Shiplett are named as honorary bearers alongside active Farriss Andrews Bible class members under the church president Joe F Wood. Flowers will be cared for by Mrs George Ridge and Mrs Joe Wood with church youth helpers. Special music by the church choir led by Carl G Cronistead.
Acacia Lodge No 674 A F and A M hosts a special communication on Thursday at 7 30 pm to honor 25 year members Chas M Gueth M F McNeill Paul W Smith H O VanDalinda and G C Elliott with certificates. J Edward Allen of Warrenton will speak on The Symbol Unexplained and has held multiple senior Masonic titles. The event, led by A B Goetze and Ed T Howard, welcomes Sonnaton rs and M F McNeill as host master participants.
William Edward Wood 78 of 403 Osborne street died at home after a four year illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 pm at Welch Memorial Methodist Church officiated by Rev. T. E. Strickland and Rev. Hoy L. Fes perman. Interment followed in Floral Garden Cemetery. Pallbearers from Uniform A. M. V. trophy council No. 29, 60 U. A. M. included Fred McSwaim O. A. Bates J. G. Workman M. F. Workman Curtis C. Grady E. R. Clodfelter C. O. Blake and C. F. Morehead. Floral offerings were carried by friends. Burial rites conducted at the grave were by the acetal of the council. A large attendance.
Mrs Margaret Huggins McDowell files an answer to her husband William H McDowell’s divorce petition based on two years separation and alleged adultery. She claims they lived together until November 28 1944 when he abandoned her and ceased support. She says he has worked at Pearl Harbor since 1942 earning about 36 dollars daily and on his return showed her 5000 dollars in cash. She seeks alimony pending trial and that he pay costs and her counsel fees. Two other actions involve Sinodis versus Campbell’s Cafe owner Briles for 950 dollars and a temporary receiver, plus two divorce filings for two years separation: Madie Stafford versus Horace Stafford and Lula Brown versus Lee Brown.
The notice announces a special communication event for 25 year certificates on Thursday March 15 at 7 30 PM. Visiting brothers are invited and M F McNeall is listed as Master.
Funeral services for Lorenzo Samuel Baynes 72 of High Point will be held Thursday at 3 PM at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Wilbur Hutchins and Rev. W. C. King officiating. Interment follows at a local cemetery. body at Sechrest Funeral Home until service.
Mrs Catherine Sherrill Totherow of 501 Fisher Ferry Street dies at home Monday night. Funeral from home Thursday at 5 PM conducted by Rev Thomas B Flowe of Southside Baptist Church. Interment in City cemetery.
Hipic, the High Point Industrial Club of the YMCA, held a dinner meeting in the Sheraton Hotel Blue Room last night. A business session followed, then films were shown in Wesley Memorial church school assembly room titled Human Relations in Industry and Famous Fights in the Squared Arena.
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