Fire Chief Backs City Clean-Up Drive Ingram Backs Cooperation By Agencies
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram endorses the Jaycees city wide clean up campaign and pledges full cooperation from the fire department. He notes inspections to spot fire hazards, urges spring furnace checks, upgrading heating systems, and keeping combustibles away from hot surfaces. Local Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Chamber of Commerce and several factories and stores have signed up.
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Jaycees
E. K. Ingram
Union Chamber of Commerce
FE. K. Ingram
Boy Scouts
Girlcouts
Chamber of Commerce
Ingram
Ncle Sam
Additon
Mgr. Ingram
Annual YWCA Drive to Run May Fifth to Tenth
The annual YWCA membership drive will extend from May 5 to May 10, inviting any High Point woman or girl who shares its Christian purpose to join. For the first time men may become honorary members to offer active support. The industrial clubs program works with employed girls, about 125 active participants weekly, through six clubs coordinated by Mrs. H A Millis and a council elected from the clubs. Delegates attend Camp Merrie Woode at Sapphire, NC, and participate in weekend conferences with nearby city associations and the State Industrial Conference, enriching home club programs with new ideas and experiences.
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Y.W.C.A
H. P. Hardin
High Point
H. A. Millis
Camp Merrie Woode
Sapphire
N. C
Dr Brockmarn Elected Vice President Of North Carolina Tuberculosis Group
Greensboro May 1 The North Carolina Tuberculosis Association elected Dr C W Armstrong of Salisbury as president and named Charlotte for its 1942 meeting Dr William H Smith of Goldsboro was chosen as vice president Dr H L Brockmann of High Point secretary and Robert Brawley of Winston-Salem treasurer Also fire safety notes from Fire Chief Ingram urge proper disposal of hazardous items and electrical safety with self inspection blanks offered by the National Board of Fire Underwriters
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Greensboro
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
C. W. Armstrong
Salisbury
Charlotte
William H. Smith
Goldsboro
H. L. Brockmann
High Point
Robert Brawley
Winston-Salem
Ingram
National Board of Fire Underwriters
America
Special Religious Services At High Point College
High Point College hosts a three night religious series in Roberts Hall starting Sunday at 7 30 p m with Rev Kenneth Goodson of Greensboro as opening speaker The Ministerial Association and Baptist Student Union sponsor the event featuring Dr I G Greer and Dr H P Powell as speakers with themes Living Triumphantly Through Spiritual Vitality and Living Triumphantly Through Life's Purposes Townspeople and students are invited to attend.
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High Point College
Kenneth Goodson
West Market Street
Greensboro
Roberts Hall
Ministerial Association
The
Baptist Student Union
I. G. Greer
Mills
Thomasville
H. P. Powell
Dilworth Methodist Church
Charlotte
Dr. Greer
Reclassification of Felony Registrants Under New Guidance
State Director of the Selective Service announces a change from automatic 4-F for registrants with felony convictions. Local boards must recheck prior classifications, investigate crimes, and determine details including jurisdiction and sentence. Future questionnaires require disclosure and investigation to avoid delays.
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War Department
Washington
The
Selective Service
J. van Metts
Agd
Selective Service System
Army
Home-Sites To Be Sold On Saturday
Penny Brothers will sell 100 large home-sites at public auction Saturday at 2 p m. The sale begins in the grove of the J B Blair home place on East Lexington Avenue north High Point. Heirs of the late John G Blair own the property. Easy terms and Federal Housing Authority loan approval cited. Gala occasion planned with entertainment awards and cigarettes.
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Penny Brothers
J. B. Blair
Lexington Avenue
North
High Point
John G. Blair
Federal Housing Authority
Safe Driving School Graduation Planned in City Hall
The 40th unit will hold closing exercises Friday night in the city council chamber with 18 graduates. The 41st unit starts next Monday. The four week course runs five days weekly from 4 to 6 pm or 7 to 9 pm. Enrollment is open at the desk sergeant's office in police headquarters through Tuesday.
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Safe Driving School
Council Chamber
City Hall
Painting a To Inaugurate Clean-Up Drive
The High Point drive begins tomorrow at 5 PM with about 30 painters at the Y M C A. Charles Hayworth of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will start the work, aiming to finish within 30 minutes as volunteers attend to launch the campaign. A tin can dump at the passenger station is ready, and donors bring old cans to get a free Saturday theater ticket.
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High Point
Y.M. C
Charles Hayworth
Chamber of Commerce
Negro draftees set for camp May 10 and May 13
Local draft board four announces five colored draftees will depart by bus from the station on May 13 for the Fort Bragg induction camp. Call number 10 list includes Herbert Cong order 82 David Vernon Loudon 2007 Osie Sturg es 529 Gurney Williams Smith V-3933 and Harvey Harris V-3 960.
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Fort Bragg
Herbert Cong
David Vernon Loudon
Osie Sturges
Gurney Williams Smith
Harvey Harris
More Workers Placed In Jobs As Industry Forges On Ahead
April placements in High Point total 330 with 5 more in other cities, besting last month’s record. Most openings are in metal crafts, shipbuilding, aircraft production, and heavy industry supporting defense prep. 115 in construction trades, 143 in service occupations, 24 in clerical and sales, 21 in industrial sectors including furniture and textiles. 227 men and 103 women placed. 17 veterans included. Learners, especially youths, are being directed to textile and furniture factories as the army drafts younger workers. Relief-roll transfers bolster factory staffing as the national defense program continues.
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High Point
North Carolina
du Bruyne
Naval Oddity of 1868 Seaquake Moves Warship Inland
A U S Wateree was carried a quarter mile inland by a seaquake in 1868 and left high and dry. In 1877 another seaquake sent a wave inland, lifting the stranded hulk Watree farther from the sea near Arica Chile.
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U. S
Wateree
Watree
Arica
Chile
York RepublicansClaim Higher Voter Strength Than Democrats
Walter L. York, chair of the Township Republican committee, contends registered voters place Republican strength between 3700 and 3800, not 2047 as claimed by Democrats. He cites nine registration books showing 2632 Republicans and Independents and says further books will push totals past 3700, with hundreds registered as Democrats. York announces a Republican rally at South Wrenn Street with Horace Haworth and mayoral candidate A J Koonce to speak.
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Walter L. York
Township
Republican Executive Committee
York
South Wrenn Street
Horace S. Haworth
A. J. Koonce
Machine
Oakwood
Floral Garden
North Carolina Draft Totals 1032 Selectees Announced
State Selective Service releases figures showing 1032 draftees to be furnished from North Carolina between May 21 and 29. Of these 1429 are whites and 612 are Negroes. Local boards in Greensboro area allocate numbers by district with varied white and colored selections. All draftees to be inducted at Fort Bragg.
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North Carolina
State Selective Service
Greensboro
Guilford
Randolph County
Davidson County
Fort Bragg
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Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
Begoodrich
Silvertown
PSS Ee
Gunnee
North Main Street
Highe Point, N.C
DR. Brockmarn
N. C. Tuberculosis Group
North Carolina State Employment Service Office
HEALY
South Main
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