Jury ac quits maid in arson case with no sentence
Superior Court juries found Fannie Butler not guilty in a fatal arson case tied to a servant quarters blaze at a residence on Rotary Drive. LeGrand pleaded self defense in a separate charge, and Willie Clement received a two year term after past fighting records were cited by prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie
Clement
Willie
Henry Thurlis Smith
LeGrand
Fannie Butler
Laurance Inon Rotary Drive
Mary Fra
Ingrams
Rand
Smith
Flor
Fairview Street
Ved LeGrand
Ngham County
Demobilized Records Group Steers $3661 in Campaign Gifts
The demobilized branch of the U S Adjutant General's office reports a total of $3661.25 raised for a new High Point hospital. Col Lee R Gard cites 468 pledges totaling $3466.25 with 17 Negroes contributing, averaging seven to ten dollars per person. Melrose Hosiery Mill employees, many of whom are Negro, added about $3000 in subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Adjuneral
High Point Rial
Lee R. Gard
Ite
Melrose Hosiery Mill
Funeral Rites for John Warren and Mrs G W Moore
Funeral services for John Warren of Archdale died Sunday in Harriman Tennessee were held Wednesday with Pastor T Lindsey and former pastor officiating after home prayers. Flowers and church choir noted with a later burial in Floral Garden cemetery. Mrs G W Moore's service at Spring Methodist Church featured Elder V V Hard and Rev O C Plyler with a resident quartet. burial followed in the family plot at Arch cemetery. Pallbearers named Carma Rothrock H M Per an Tom Johnson Lester y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Mavis
Bob Davis
Austin Hart
Y Luck
R. H. Taylor
Floral Gar Cemetery
Irs
G. W. Moore
G. W.re
Spring Methodist Church
V. V. Lard
O. C. Plyler
Dan Hayworth
Berryworth
Charles Davis
Ry Traynham
Carey
Arch Cemetery
Carma Rothrock
H. M. Peran
Tom Johnson
Lestery
Burlington Mills seeks five cent wage increases across plants
Burlington Mills Corporation files a voluntary application with the War Labor Board seeking a general wage rise of five cents an hour in most plants plus a five cent premium for third shift work. If approved these increases would take effect after the first payroll period and would mark the seventh general raise since 1940, boosting basic pay about 56 percent overall. The firm runs 46 plants in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee with about 16 000 employees, including rayon, weaving, spinning, dyeing, finishing and hosiery operations at Hillcrest and High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Millie Corporation
War Labor Board
Bur
Lington Mills
Burlington Mills Corporation
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Hillcrest Th
High Point
Annual Scout Camporees At Uwharrie
The Uwharrie council hosts five district camporees this weekend with about 1500 scouts attending from High Point Thomasville Mocksville Salisbury Lexington and two Uwharrie sections. Camp starts Saturday at 3 p m with 400 scouts at High Point district event. Sunday services will be held in two sections led by Rev Karl Koestline and Harry Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Council
High Point
Uwharrie
Thomasville
Dale Montgomery
Vernon Snyder
Karl Koestline
Harry Bell
Bell
Odell Brown
Mocksville
Salisbury
Lexington
Camp Uwharrie
Powell Dies in Savannah Newspaper Writer 52
Robert Ellis Red Powell longtime journalist and former Enterprise staff member died in a Savannah Georgia hospital at age 52. A Whiteville native and son of J C and Lee Ellis Powell he worked as Raleigh and Washington correspondent and funeral services were set for Whiteville this afternoon at 5 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ellis
Red) Powell
Enterprise
Savannah, Ga
Carolinas
Raleigh
Washington
Whiteville
J. C. and
Lee Ellis Powell
Comic Opera Pinafore At Junior High
Tonight the Gil bert and Sullivan comic opera Pinafore will be staged in the junior high auditorium directed by Emile Serposs. The cast features junior high pupils with Thelman Connell assisting and Mrs Claude Kimrey handling costumes. Principal roles include Jean Walton Irving Silver Harold Johnson Clyde Connor Betty Joe Smith Buddy Vaughn Jake Froelich and Mary Eller Coffey. The production is a notably ambitious local effort by the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Serposs
Thas
Serpass
Thelman Connell
Claude Kimrey
Roger Morris
Jean Walton
Irving Silver
Harold Johnson
Clyde Connor
Betty Joe Smith
Buddy Vaughn
Jake Froelich
Mary Eller Coffey
Board 5 Sends 42 Draftees To Fort Bragg
Forty two men from Local Board No 5 left for Fort Bragg for pre induction. Names include Vernon Webb Carl Chastain Clyde Ingram Samuel Truitt Roy Thomas and others. A separate group was ready to depart but requested leave for examination from another board in their area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
Vernon Edward Webb
Carl Robert Chastain
Clyde Gray Ingram
Samuel Crawford Truitt
Roy Lee Thomas
John Baxter Craven
Charles Clifford Henderson
John William Jones
Murry Augustine Miller
Herbert Lee Mitchell
Howard Franklin Metcalf
Zeno Clifton Tucker
John Irvin Lockabill
Aless Hodge
Ralph Jacob Holmes
William Graham Watson
Tom Batherson Ayers
Sam Proctor
Donald Edward Hall
Earl Franklin Hicks
James Vestal Cook
Joseph Jackson Kernodle
John Carl Perry
Charles Thomas Allen
Howard Milton Krieger
Louis Thomas Proctor
Charles Clifford Hedrick
Laborn Alden Andrews
Garland Clark Parrish
Woodrow Elven Fowler
Joseph Cline Beshears
Garland McAnally Reese
Earl Hamilton Poff
Samuel Crawford Carr
Minor Meyerhoeffer
Family Service Board Hears Monthly Report
The regular monthly meeting of the Family Service Bureau board, led by Dr. C. B. Bonner, reviewed 128 cases in April with relief totaling 95.15. Reports covered domestic difficulties, medical care, hospitalization, child placement, and other charity, plus planning for a community council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service Bureau Board
Community Chest Board
C. B. Bonner
Case Committee
Harry Bell
Memrs
Harry Alexander
O. B. Bonner
H. P. Hardin
Curtis Smithdeal
W. D. Sale
Charles Perry
R. L Quigley
H. P. Morrison
Harry ‘Tor
W. B. Hall
Alex Rankin, Jr
Lucille Johnston
W. E. Mitchell
Valette Harris
Margaret Briggs
Jean Hardin
Father of Local Woman Dies at Home Near Winston-Salem
A. A. Helsabeck, father of Mrs. Roy H. Watts of 106 West Homestead avenue, died at the home of another daughter, Mrs. C. F. Riddle, near Winston-Salem at 6 30 Wednesday evening. He had declined health for a year and would have turned 75 on May 12. He was a Mixpech Moravian church member and a charter member. Surviving are Mrs. Watts, Mrs. Riddle, another daughter Mrs. Guy Wall of Winston-Salem, a son Arthur Alex in the U S Army, and seven grandchildren. Funeral plans await arrival of Je A Helsabeck from an Army post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Helsabeck
Roy H. Watts
West Homestead Avenue
C. F. Riddle
Winston- Salem
Helsabeck
Mixpech Moravian Church
Watts
Riddle
Guy Wall
Winston Salem
Arthur Alex
U. S. Army
Je A. Helsabeck
Postal receipts for April show slight rise
S. C. Clark, postmaster, announced today that postal receipts for April showed a slight increase over April 1944. The past month brought in 26,313.13 dollars, compared with 26,293.43 dollars a year earlier. The 1920 annual receipts were about twice the April figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Clark
Missionaries Among First To Return To Japan
Mrs. Kay Ferrell of Chapel Hill YWCA spoke at First Methodist on The Church's World-Wide Mission. She described missionary work in Japan and Peru, stressing Christian unity, race relations, and the church's role in world peace as veterans return home.
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Japan
Kay Ferrell
Chapel Hill
Peru
Chicago
Yokohama Harbor
Jesus Christ
Jesus
18 Year Olds Register With Board No 4
Charles Fredrick Blanchard’s mail is returned to draft board No 4 and his whereabouts are unknown. He has been called for pre induction on Friday May 4. Ninteen 18 year olds registered with board No 4 during April. names listed include Rayandre Baldwin Harold Grady Morris William Warren Calvin Cecil Franklin Morton John Wines Boggs Roy Garfield Cole George Sanders Richard Donald Reid Wilborn Columbus Hicks John Rogers McClain Charles Willie Johnson Aaron Lightner Rudolph Raymond Jones James Groome Bundy Jesse Edward Grant Willie Louis Brown Henry Benson Stevenson and Harry Lee Wade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fredrick Blanchard
Draft Board No. 4
Blanchard
Local Board No. 4
Rayandre Baldwin
Harold Grady Morris
William A Warren Calvin’ Cecil
Franklin Morton
John Wines Boggs
Roy Garfield Cole
George Sanders
Richard Donald Reid
Wilborn Columbus Hicks
John Rogers McClain
Charles Willie Johnson
Aaron Lightner
Rudolph Raymond Jones
James Groome Bundy
Jesse Edward Grant
Willie Louis Brown
Henry Ben Steveson
Harry Lee Wade
Eby to Lead Trainers Institute for Uwharrie Council
Arthur Kirkman announces Harry K. Eby national director of volunteer training for the Boy Scouts of America will visit High Point May 5 6 and 7 to conduct a trainers institute and meet local Scout executives. Gilbert Bush regional staff member will join May 7 for a region six leadership training conference. In prewar period Americans averaged 19 pounds candy per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kirkman
High Point
Uwharrie Council
Harry K. Eby
Boy Scouts of America
Eby
Gilbert Bush
Region Six
Caleb A. Key Dies at Home in Ararat
Caleb A. Key 72, father of Mrs. G B Patterson of High Point, died at his home in Ararat after extended illness. Survived by widow Virginia Flinchum Key, three daughters S B Falk Pinnacle, Roy Towe Greensboro, Willie Midkiff James Town, two sons R W Key Mr Airy and Posey Key Pilot Mountain, a brother Elder A C Key Sanford, and sister Mrs G B Patterson High Point. Funeral at Sulphur Springs church today at 2 pm, burial Whitaker's Chapel cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb A. Key
G. B. Patterson
Alfred Street
Ararat
Virgina Flinchum Key
S. B. Falk
Pinnacle
Roy Towe
Greensboro
Willie Midkiff
Jamestown
R. W. Key
Airy
Posey
Pilot Mountain
A. C. Key
Sanford
High Point
Sulphur Springs Church
Whitaker's Chapel Cemetery
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Grand
Ingram
Iwo Jima
John D. Hawkins
Tryon Street
Dan
U. S. Marine Corps
E. Jones
Iso
Burlington Mills
Oree
R. E
Red
Powell
Holland Holton
Department of Education
Duke University
First Methodist Church
Board 5
Family Service Board
Percy Payne, JR
H. K. Eby
C. A. Key
Wagger
Elwood Hotel
Manela
Deltah
Laguna
Marvella
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