Wyatt Creakmore dies from mattress fire smoke
Wyatt Edward Creakmore 44 native of Guilford County died in a one room garage fire at his home 1401 Fast On avenue caused by a burning mattress and smoke from a cigarette. Firemen opened the door with a skeleton key and placed the body in an iron lung after resuscitation failed. Funeral services set for Thursday at 10:30 am at Sechrest Funeral Home with Rev Dewey Armstrong officiating. Burial in Deep River cemetery. He served in the U S Army and worked for Micro company. He leaves two sisters Mrs Merlin Watson and Mrs G B Johnson and an aunt Mrs Flora B Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyatt Ed Creakmore
Faston Avenue
Jem
Creakmore
J. Mann
J. FE. Slate
Guilford
Walter
Lena Creakmore
U. S. Army
Hawaii
Micro Company
Wing
Merlin Watson
G. B. Johnson
Flora B. Welch
Sechrest Funeral Home
Dewey Armstrong
North Fork Baptist Church
Deep River Cemetery
East
Lexington Avenue
Wyatt Edward Creakmore
Father of Local Women Dies at Jackson Creek
J Frank Delk 75 died at his home in Jackson Creek David son County at 3 40 this morning after weeks of illness He was son of Henry and Julia Surratt Delk married Essie Skeen in 1901 Survivors include widow two sons Astor J and Milton Delk four daughters Mrs L C Piner Mrs F R Fraley Mrs Ruth Williams and Miss Virginia R sall of High Point a brother Lex Two eight grandchildren and all survived Funeral services at Piney Grove Church at 3 30 this afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Delk
Jackson Creek
Davidson County
Henry
Julia Surratt Delk
Essie Skeen
Astor J
Milton Delk
L. C. Piner
F. R.fraley
Ruth Williams
Virginia
High Point
Yey Lexoe
Piney Grove Church
Fire at Biltmore Hotel causes minor damage
A trash fire under a kitchen range at the Biltmore Hotel 151 West H Street last night at 7 30 prompted a rapid response by the fire department. Despite the downtown location heavy equipment was deployed but flames were quickly extinguished with slight damage.
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Biltmore
West H Street
City Council Likely to Approve Refunding Bond Sale
The Walter-Woody-Heimerdinger Company of Cincinnati bids $248000 to refund High Point bonds at 1.99 percent net. The bid tops about a dozen offers and is deemed satisfactory. If confirmed, the sale saves the city substantial interest and may lead to further refunds totaling about $3.5 million. Attending bid opening were City Manager S Braden City Auditor Lake Crowe and Councilmen V L Hunt and J A Sloop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter-Woody-Heimerdinger Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
City of High Point
Raleigh Yester
S. Braden
Lake Crowe
V. L. Hunt
J. A. Sloop
City Fire Department personnel shifts to be discussed
City Manager Roy S. Braden and Fire Chief E. K. Ingram will meet tomorrow to discuss proposed changes in fire department personnel. Drafting of firemen has forced shifts. a captain from No. 6 left for the army. vacancies will be filled from lieutenants and new recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy S. Braden
E. K. Ingram
W. G
Jack) Wilson
U.S. Army
Robert Myers
Department
L. H. Davis
Army
Judge Wilson of Tville Granted Leave Steed Named To Fill Vacancy
Raleigh March 15 A leave of absence has been granted Judge Carl C. Wilson of the Thom asville recorder s court Governor Broughton said in appointing Ww H Steed as acting judge Wilson has entered the armed services Steed served as solicitor of the court until he entered the services from which he recently was given a medical discharge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carl C. Wilson
Thomasville
Crowell and Harvey Rites Reported at Local Cemeteries
Funeral services for Dr. George H. Crowell were held at Sechrest Funeral Home with tributes by pastor Dr. C Excelle Rozzelie and music from local musicians. Interment was in Oakwood Memorial Park. Mrs. Mary Harvey 84 widow of Henry Harvey also received services at Lebanon and Rankin churches with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Crowell
Archdale
Sechrest Funeral Home
C. Excelle Rozzelie
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
J. Gurney Briggs
Crawford Phillips
J. W. Garrett
Roy Padgett
C. P. Miller
W. P. Ivey
A. L. Crowell
Virgil Moss
Price Crowell
Frank Allred
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral service for Mrs Lura Boulware held at home
Lura Boulware died at her Fisher Ferry Street extension home Saturday morning. Rev W L Cookman led the service at her home Sunday afternoon at four. Pallbearers were Ed Pierce Dave Scarlette Walter Freedle Nelson Harris Jesse Duffy Moody Shuler. Interment followed at Mount Zion Holiness church cemetery with music by Richard Reo atrio Bethel Cuiltostt Vernon Cal licutt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lura Boulware
Thomasville
Fisher Ferry Street
W. L. Cookman
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Theanseville
Ed Pierce
Dave Scarlette
Walter Freedle
Nelson Harris
Jesse Duffy
Moody Shuler
Richard Reo Atrio
Bethel Cuiltostt
Vernon Callicutt
Mount Zion Holiness Church
Funeral Rites Held for Chernault Family Members at Rotary Drive
Funeral services for aaen Lu ther Chernault Jr Ellen Meador Chernault and the late J L Chernault were conducted Tuesday at 3 pm at the Rotary drive home with Dr A B Conrad and Dr C Excelle Rozzelle in charge. Burial at Oakwood Memorial followed. The deceased, 37, died suddenly in Ironton Ohio where employed. He was a Danville native and survived by his mother and three brothers Clyde Chernault of High Point Z V Chernault and James Chernault of Asheboro. A quartet sang at the services and pallbearers included J Fredee E B Dannis R B Pegram J Hor ey Lee Hendrix and Bord Ww ard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Chernault, Jr
Ellen Meador Chernault
J. L. Chernault
Rotary Drive
A. B. Conrad
Rozzelle
Oakwood Memorial Cemetery
Chernault
Ironton
Ohio
Danville
Clyde Chernault
High Point
Z. V. Chernault
James Chernault
Asheboro
Marvin Slate
Ow Monroe
Ralph Miller
Richardson
Pallbeari Ae
J. Fredee
E. B. Dannis
R. B. Pegram
J Horey
Lee Hendrix
Bord Wward
Spokesman Denies Auto Production Limitation Plan
Washington reports a War Production Board spokesman called a National Automobile Dealers Association claim that passenger car production would start by September as absolutely wrong. He said there are no such programs or plans and production of passenger cars will not be in sight for a long time.
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Washington
War Production Board
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Ace Missing in Dallas Aces War Record
Col Neal E Kerby of San Antonio a leading Army Air Forces ace in the southwest with at least 21 Japanese credited is reported missing in action. Torrential rains affect Ponape island daily from June to September. Puppet shows thrived in England during Cromwell era as theaters were closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Neal E. Kerby
San Antonio
Army Air Forces
Southwest
Island
Ponape
England
Price Check On Grocery Stores Half Complete
The local war price and ration board is half finished surveying Point’s grocery stores for price regulation compliance. Twenty volunteers, led by Ed Mendenhall, report most violations stem from ignorance of ceiling prices and group classifications, with deliberate cases to be rechecked and no names released.
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Sores Io
Point
Es Educational
OPA
Ed Mendenhall
Irish Facing Lean Times as Britain Talks Isolation
London dispatch reports Dublin foresees hardship as Britain pursues isolation of Southern Ireland. Churchill, questioned on shipments and UN policy, declines to reveal further details, stating only that travel restrictions are a first step toward isolating the region during an impending critical period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dublin
Churchill
Britain
Ireland
Commons
Eire
de Valera
United Nations
Shill
Mary Maness Details China Mission to Internment Camp
Miss Mary Maness told the American Business Club at the Sheraton Hotel about her year and a half as a missionary in China and her experiences in a concentration camp after March 1943. She described 17 people in one room and 1,789 in the camp, with poor diet and sanitation. Chinese friends risked their lives delivering eggs, and Red Cross aid brought chocolate, shoes, and clothing after transfer to the Gripsholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Maness
Gripsholm
American Business Club
Sheraton Hotel
China
Miss Maness
Archdale
Japan
United States
Peiping
Cound
Red Cross
Judge Phillips To Charge Jury In Thompson Manslaughter Trial
Judge Phillips prepared to charge the jury in the manslaughter case of Sam Claude Thompson, 47, of 714 Fairview Street, after eight witnesses testified. Thompson’s auto crash near Blair Park Golf Course killed Graydon Bennett. defense motions and rebuttal requests were denied. Additional docket items included a breaking and entering charge, plus several continuances and larceny/no-show cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Donald Phillips
Sam Claude Thompson
Fairview Street
Thompson
Graydon Taft Bennett
Asheboro
Blair Park
Gaston Johnson
Pinetoe
Jinson
Silas Casey
R. T. Bennett
Graydon Bennett
James Carroll
Bey
Ilroad Street
William Pitts
Mae Brooks
Garfield McDonald
Vance Davis
Buck Sellers
Pre-Flight Captain Addresses High Point Students
Captain Hugh A. Moffit Jr of the United States Army Air Forces spoke at High Point Senior High, outlining aviation prerequisites, piloting and navigation challenges, and sharing three and a half years of service experiences. He described training at Hicks Field Fort Worth and Barksdale Field Shreveport and urged effort in the high school flying curriculum. A note at the end mentions government securities as a major life insurance asset.
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Hugh Alfred Moffit, Jr
H. A. Moffit
North Main Street
High Point School
Moffit
United States Army Air Forces
Colorado
United States
South Americ
Hicks Field
Fort Worth
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
R. H. Shaw
Red Cross Drive Hosts Army Leaders At Club
Captain Alfred Moffitt of the army air, a guest of the club, praised the Red Cross for supplying information families seek about captured or injured men. Henry Foscue, chairman, voiced optimism on early drive results. Guests included Lt. John Lumpkin and Morrie Harrison along with Miss Maness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dia
Alfred Moffitt
Army Air
Red Cross
Henry Foscue
Miss Maness
Moffitt
John Lumpkin
Navy
Aleutians
Morrie Harrison
Ten Permits For Repairs Issued In City
Ten permits for repair re roofing and painting were issued by the city building and plumbing department. The list includes Rothrock on Woodrow street for six rooms, Burke on Wateneral for a dwelling, Phillips on Richardson for painting, Ferree on Leonard for painting, Harris on North Main for reroofing Belk Stevens, Smith on Louise for general repairs, White on Leonard for reroofing and painting, Jackson Hosiery Mills on Enterprise for reroofing and painting, Simrel for a woodshed, and Player on South Main for repair and painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Building and Plumbing
Spector
J. L. Rothrock
Woodrow Street
Lonnie Burke
Cae Wateneral
Vail Street
Earl Phillips
Richardson Street
G. Ferree
Leonard
J. W. Harris
North Main Street
Belk-Stevens
N. L. Smith
Louise Street
Viola White
Leonard Street
Jackson Hosiery Mills
Enterprise Street
Simrel
Taylor Street
Richard L. Player
South Main Street
Finals Tonight in Oratorical District Meet
Finals in the 11th district oratorical contest sponsored by the American Legion will be held after a 6:30 dinner at the 40 and 8 rooms in the Arcade building on North Main street. Ben Cooper of Stoneville faces Tom Mitchell of Allen Jay in the final district round for a spot in the area contest. The prepared speech will cover the U S Constitution in a Changing World and an extemporaneous speech on an early amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Arcade
North Main Street
Ben Cooper
Stoneville
Tom Mitchell
Allen Jay
U. S
27 Offices And Firms Report 100 Percent In 5 Percent Campaign
Twenty seven offices and firms announced reaching 100 percent or better in the Red Cross drive. The Hospital Care Association reported exceeding their goal at 400 percent. Others surpassing quotas include Traditional Future and Rug Shop 200 percent and Murray M White Agency 350 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Henry A. Foscue
Campaign Chaman
Seventy Two Seniors Take Military Exams at High School
Seventy two high school seniors eligible, took Navy V-12 and Army V-12 examinations this morning at the high school. A number of other sons also stood the test.
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Navy
Plastics Used In Magnetic Pass For Tanks And Vehicles
Plastics now are used in the manufacture of the magnetic pass for tanks and vehicles, signaling a shift to plastic components in military and automotive applications.
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Nat Walker
Eceidres
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Craven Construction CO
General Contractors
High Point, N. C
West Washington St
Zachary Taylor
Fire Department
Wilson
T’ville
Steed
Hei
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Baby Supplies
Mary Harvey
Ny Harvey
Henry Harvey
C. S. Spainhour
Route Two
W. H. Linthicum
Boulevard
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Methodist Church
F. F. Briggs
C. A. King
P. V. Kirkman
Rev. O. L. Easter
J. L. Chernault, SR
ABC
Phillips
Negro
Capt
Aspiri
Communitiy Poultry
S. Main St
P. P
H. P
Agency
Fred A. Sechrest, Jr
Melrose Hosiery Mill
S. Main &T
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Dr. J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Nacl Flower Shor
F. Washington
Commerce
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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