Doggett Hall File Names For County Commission Race
Oscar H. Doggett of High Point and C. B. Hall Sr of Greensboro file for county commission seats. R. C. Causey announces renomination bid. Shelley Caveness seeks another term in the house. W C Bradley of Greensboro is a Republican candidate for state senate. Joe F Hoffman Jr weighs reelection after considering offers from delegations. Causey notes 12 years on the board and leads pay as you go policy. he also backs vocally training efforts in Guilford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar H. Doggett
High Point
C. B. Hall, Sr
Greensboro
Has.ton
Julian
Shelley Caveness
Guilford
General Assembly
House of Representatives
W. C. Bradley
State Senate
Joe F. Hoffman, Jr
Point
Hoffman
Causey
Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
Greensboro Firm Incorporates in Raleigh
A certificate of incorporation was filed today with the secretary of state for the Greensboro warehouse to carry on a general warehouse business. Authorized capital stock stands at $100,000 with subscribed stock of $300 by D. B. Pegram Maude P. and T. C. Boyle Jr. all of Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
D. B. Pegram
Maude P
T. C. Boyle, Jr
Increased Parent Involvement in Delinquency Report
A fiscal year update shows a rise in adult cases with 102 opened, up from 10 a year ago. Among these, 88 involve white parents and 14 involve Negro parents, while juvenile delinquency figures show 291 cases this year versus 296 last year.
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Sp GS Chi
Water Bills Fall Compared to 1943 in February 1944
February water bills show a drop of 8807.89 from February 1943 while being 8638.26 higher than January 1944. The accumulated total through February 29, 1944, stood at 102,662, down from 105,598 a year earlier. City Auditor Lake Crowe notes no notable variance in billed amounts over two years.
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Lake Crowe
Utilities Department
Anuary
Pansient
Februa
J. L. Perkins
Senior Class Play Slated For May 5 6
The Senior Class at the high school will present The Late Christopher Bean on May 5 and 6 directed by Miss Maude Burrus with student actors in key roles. Tickets for students and the general public go on sale about two weeks before opening night. The cast lists Dr Haggett Gilbert Gray Susan Haggett Doris Thomas and others.
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Christopher Bean
Dada Wie
Dr. Haggett
Gilbert Gray
Susan Haggett
Doris Thomas
Abby Haggett
Ellen Stirewall
Haggett
Helen Shoaf
Ada Haggett
Betty Lee Conrad
Warren Creamer
Homer Holton
Tallant
Gilbert Furgurson
Rosen
Jack ‘Dillard
Ase
Sherman
Helen Ershler
Ma Nelle le Heenpig Reys
Army Bomber Forced Down Near Thomasville
A U S army medium bomber made a forced landing in a field three miles south of Thomasville yesterday afternoon near Highway 62 between Thomasville and Trinity. The pilot was not injured and the plane suffered slight damage. The aircraft was reported from Morrisfield, Charlotte.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
State Highway Patrolman Corp
John Crowell
U. S. Army
Cpl. Crowell
Highway 62
Trinity
Morrisfield
Charlotte
Woman Charged In Hatchet Slaying Of Son In New Orleans
Mrs. Oscar Lynn Bradford, 41, was held on a murder charge after the hatchet deaths of her 6-year-old son Arthur Lynn Bradford. Police said she claimed she acted on impulse due to nervousness and a headache. The coroner reported 21 hatchet wounds and instantaneous death.
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New Orleans
Oscar Lynn Bradford
Arthur Lynn Bradford
Money Making Plan By Youth Delayed By Eight Months
Odell Higgins eighteen was jailed eight months on the county roads for violating the prohibition law after a planned money making scheme with Thurston Grady Kelly seventeen unraveled. Officers found two and a half gallons of white liquor in Kellys car on Main Street. Higgins claimed Selective Service orders, but Judge MacRae said naval induction would not excuse the sentence. Gober thirty three paid a fifty dollar fine for drunk driving and court costs for driving without a license.
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D. C. MacRae
High Point
Odell Higgins
Thurston Grady Kelly
Higgins
Main Street
Kelly
College Street Inn
Georgia
Naval Forces
MacRae
Navy
Sue Gober
West Broad Street
Seabees Veteran Recalls Guadalcanal Experience at AB Club
Lt. Joe Welborn of the U S Navy Seabees spoke at the American Business club dinner in the Sheraton about Guadalcanal in 1942. He described repairing Henderson Field, building a bomber runway, rec routines, and patrols, noting air raids and nightly fighter passes. Welborn recalled visiting a native village for fish and reminisced about Eleanor Roosevelt visiting after ten months on the island.
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Joe Welborn
U. S. Navy Seabees
Guadalcanal
Mem
Sheraton Ho
Carl Raiders
Henderson Field
Eleanor Roosevelt
Henry Foscue
Collier Ellis
W. R. Morrow, Jr
U S
Prevy
North Carolina
South Carolina
James Os
Mission Fails as Man Arrested for Whiskey Run
Joe Doggett a Negro was sent to buy whiskey for his sick wife. He was arrested for drunkenness and violating prohibition after a quart of white liquor concealed under his coat spilled when he was seized. The judge ordered a $10 fine plus court costs and jury costs on the charges.
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Joe Doggett
Joe
Harris visits Florida brothers before Texas return
S Set. P. M. Jack Harris of Galveston Texas is visiting his brothers Gena and John Harris in Florida. He will return to his home at 1400 English Street Thursday and leave for Galveston Monday March 27.
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Jack) Harris
Galveston
Texas
Gena
John Harris
Florida
English Street
Roxboro Hero Reported Missing In Action
Mrs. B G Clayton learns from the War Department that her son Sgt Burleigh G Clayton Jr 21 a Flying Fortress gunner is missing in action. Red Cross urges more support in 44 bonds and war effort.
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Roxboro
B. G. Clayton
War Department
Sgt
Burleigh G. Clayton, Jr
Marine Col. Joe Smoak Visits Father Here
Marine Col. Joe Smoak, 36, visiting his father at 1314 Montlieu Avenue, has a long U S Marine career since leaving HPHS in 1925. He served 19 years in the Marine Air Corps and recently spent 14 months in the South Pacific on an air wing staff, recounting tight rations and supply challenges for troops.
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Marine
Joe Smoak
Father
HPHS
U. S. Marine Air Corps
Montlieu Avenue
Marines
High Point High School
Col. Smoak
Europe
Asia
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Pacific
U. S
England
Col. Smoa
Somone
Iceland
Central American
Cuba
Martinique
Haiti
Honolulu
Midway
Davidson Man Arrested As Army Deserter
John P. Kinley, 35, was arrested in Conrad Hill township south of Thomasville after an 18 month search for desertion from the U S Army. He was captured at his father Bob Kinley’s home and taken to basic training center No 10 with two Davidson deputies and three military police officers.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
John P. Kinley
Conrad Hill
U. S. Army
Bob Kinley
Kinley
Basic Training Center No
Permits Issued For Repairs Here
Six permits for repairs and alterations issued by the city plumbing inspector. Milton Silver to reroof 125 Main Street for $M. Blair to paint at 25 English Street for $100. R L Brinson to repair and move storage at 705 West Street for $200. D B Horner to paint Tryon Street and repair storage house for $150. D M Morgan to erect a dwelling at 103 Carter for $50. Red Cross: Give Ore Is.
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City Plumbing Inspector
Milton Silver
Main Street
D. M. Morgan
En House
Carter
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Doggett and Hall
County Commission
R. C. Causey
Nat Walker
Fyel
Walgreen
J.M Asphalt
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Graven Construction CO
General Contractors
High Point, N. Y
West Washington St
RAM
Mark
B. G. Leonard
See
B. G. Updegrove
Duering
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
North Wrenn Street
North Main Street
High Point Thomasville and
Denton Railroad
RED Cross
Clarence Metters
Norma Dutton
Charles Metters
Marshalls Islands
Charles
T’ville
AB Club
Seabees
Orkin
Orkin Exterminating CO
Washington
E. C. Smoak
Washington, D. C
Admiral King
S. Main &T
Tourchase P. P
Garner
Agency
NACL
North Main
South Main St
Security National
Ward Street
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