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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1944
Page
19
Local council and associated clubs sponsor a center at High Point Garden Store. The program runs Tuesdays and Saturdays from morning to mid-afternoon with topics on Wild Flowers Wayside Home and Garden planning and includes demonstrations on canning and storage, exhibits, and guidance from state agents.
Two bands and hundreds of locals will take part in a color parade on Main Street next Friday after 1 pm marking the start of a two week cleanup and paint up campaign. J J Ellington chairs a parade committee and city leaders coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce.
W B Garris 83 of 1662 street died in a hospital late Saturday after a week as patient. Born March 2, 1861 in Richmond he lived there many years before moving to High Point. Survived by three sons E H of Portsmouth VA E G of High Point and E B of Greenville and daughter Miss E Dona Garris York City. Wife Myrtle Kirk died five years ago. Funeral Monday 9 AM at First Baptist Church Sechrest Funeral Home. Interment Ayden Cemetery.
Lawrence Henderson left home February 28 and has not been heard from. Police were told he may have taken a small suitcase and a light blue herring tweed suit. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Henderson of Newlin Street. anyone with information should contact his parents or police.
Wastepaper collection will be held today north of the railroad tracks with pickups at every home after 1 30 p m. The Junior Chamber of Commerce organizes the effort with help from local manufacturers and businesses donating trucks. Residents are urged to place bundled paper on porches or curbs to aid the war effort and ensure supplies reach soldiers in need.
Cpl. Hafford Jones returned after four years in Alaska where he served near the Aleutians and met his wife Violet Iver. Their marriage faced wartime restrictions forcing her evacuation after four months in Ketchikan. The couple plans life after the war amid Alaska’s mining and lumber boom.
Quick thinking by city motorcycle patrolman Gene Powell halted a chaotic chase involving two AWOL soldiers, a stolen Los Angeles car, and a pending hasty marriage. Police found Kennedy with an altered army pass and arrested both soldiers after a dramatic daytime spree ending with transfer to military police in Greensboro.
Ada Burgess chief clerk of the war price and rationing board warns that lost ration books are rising. Officers urge returning found books and note replacement takes 30 days after filing. Loss leads to penalties for using another’s stamps and books.
The High Point Community Concert Association announced a season featuring Helen Traubel, the Don Cossack Chorus, and Josef Hoffman. In Phoenix Arizona delegates praised Roosevelt’s war and postwar policies but avoided committing to a fourth term.
KILLED IN ACTION Sgt Herman Carroll Hudson was killed March 16 while in the U S Armed Forces in the South Pacific. He was 20, a weather forecaster with the 15th Weather Squadron, son of Mr and Mrs Seth Hudson of 109 Ward Street. A High Point High School graduate, he last visited home in October 1941 after a five day furlough. High Point gardeners will receive aid this summer as a home demonstration agent is assigned to the area to instruct, distribute literature, and promote gardening and canning.
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce will travel to Raleigh on Thursday to attend a conference of mayors called yesterday by Governor Broughton. Officials say the purpose was not announced but U S Army representatives are expected to attend.
A brief item notes sea moss serving as a base in a hand lotion. It also mentions Yosemite National Park described as about the size of Rhode Island.
In the final week of the Red Cross War Fund drive for High Point the campaign neared a $59,000 goal. Chairman Foscue cited a high per person average of $5.85 from contributors and noted combined membership and fund totals under Red Cross policy. He urged residents to maintain the average as the drive continues and clarified that War Fund gifts also count as membership.
Memorial service for Clarence C. Swaim listed for 3 p.m. at Highland Methodist Church. Clergy from Highland Poole Holiness and Southside Baptist churches participate with scripture readings, songs, letters from officers, and a brief tribute. The Purple Heart presentation to Mrs. Martin A. Swaim and bugler salute follow as the benediction.
George T. Wood Jr. rises from Lt. Col to Col and commands the 38th Hospital Evacuation Unit. The unit’s history spans Ft. Bragg in 1942, England, Africa and Tunisia, with action in Italy. Mrs. Wood, nee Harriet Quale of Rochester, Minn, resides at 1104 Forest Hill Drive. they have three sons named George Thomas II, David, and Douglas Sherrill Wood.
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