McMahon Case Dismissal Sought by Police Chief
Police Chief W G Friddle said the department asked the Civil Service Commission to dismiss Detective Sergeant J W McMahon after he admitted being under the influence of amytal during a minor crash. McMahon was freed on May 3, and Friddle noted the incident breaches department rules and warrants dismissal. the Civil Service hearing is set for 3 PM tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Friddle
Civil Service Commission
J. W
Jack) McMahon
McMahon
Friddle
D. C. MacRae
Department
Grandma Hedrick Honored by Bible Class on Mother’s Day
Mrs. J. Wesley Grandma Hedrick, 95, received the basket of flowers as the oldest mother present at the E. T. Hedrick Bible Class meeting at First Evangelical and Reformed Church. Born January 3, 1848 in Davidson County, she has lived with daughters Mrs. O. L. Beck and Mrs. P. I. Younts, with a third daughter in Lenoir. One hundred and one attendees heard Attorney Hobart Morton of Arlie speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley
Grandma”) Hedrick
E. T. Hedrick
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Grandma” Hedrick
O. L. Beck
Thomasville
P. I. Younts
Frank Luther
Lenoir
Davidson County
Martha Wright
J. Wesley Hedrick
Reformed Church
Hobart Morton
al Rle
Tobacco Growers Hold Conference in Raleigh
North Carolina tobacco growers gathered in Raleigh for a conference on the farm labor problem. Called by state farm labor director Harry B. Caldwell, the meeting sought methods to avert a conflict in tobacco, cotton, and grain harvesting seasons amid labor shortages that last year delayed peanut and hay crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Harry B. Caldwell
State Farm Labor
James Melton and Mia Slavenska Chosen for High Point Concerts
Metropolitan Opera tenor James Melton and dancer Mia Slavenska with her ensemble are selected by the Community Concert Association for presentation in High Point next year. A third act will be announced later, dependent on new memberships. The drive continues through Wednesday and invites renewals by mail or by calling committee members. If membership reaches 50 or 150 more, plans include the Bary Ensemble or a top violinist such as Yehudi Menuhin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Melton
Metropolitan Opera Company
Mia Slavenska
Community Concert Association
High Point
Europe
Miss Slavenska
Ballet Russe de Monte Carol
United States
Canada
Sheraton Hotel
R. T. Amos
Emerywood
C. F. Tomlinson
Association
W. J. Fraley
Ardmore
Bary
Yehudi Menhuhin
Sugar Registration At Three Rural Schools
Three rural schools near High Point will hold sugar registration on Wednesday May 12 according to the rationing board Persons who previously registered at Union Hill and Florence Negro Schools will register at James town High School or Oak View School Allen Jay will register 1 to 9 pm Jamestown High School and Oak View will register 9 am to 9 30 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Union Hill
Florence
Jamestown High School
Oak View School
Allen Jay
Oak View
Inductees From Board Five Leave For Camp Croft Exams
Three busloads of inductees left Draft Board Five for Camp Croft South Carolina for preliminary examinations before induction. Officials expect a second group to depart later this week from Board Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draft Board Five
Camp Croft
S. C
Board Five
Funeral Rites for Rosa A Johnson Held at Hickory Grove Church
Funeral services for Rosa Anna Johnson 48 wife of Joseph L Johnson were conducted Sunday at 2 30 PM from Hickory Grove Methodist Church. Rev O L Brown and Dr S W Taylor led the service with church choir music. Pallbearers named D L Edwards Ira Brooks Theodore Edwards Norman Edwards Charlie Frazier and L C Bame. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Johnson
Rosa Anna Johnson
Joseph L. Johnson
Hickory Grove Methodist Church
O. L. Brown
Calvary Methodist Church
S. W. Taylor
D. L. Edwards
Ira Brooks
Theodore Edwards
Norman Edwards
Charlie Frazier
L. C. Bame
Price Ceilings Begin in Mecklenburg and Wake
In Charlotte on May 10 the Office of Price Administration announced new price ceilings on foods for Mecklenburg and Wake Counties to take effect immediately. OPA director L W Driscoll promised strict enforcement and urged purchasers to report violations. Investigators will be ready at OPA headquarters to inspect stores with complainants and determine on the spot if a violation occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Lecklenburg
Wake Counties
Office of Price Administration
L. W. Driscoll
OPA
Driscoll
New High Point to Swear In New City Administration
The city will swear in Mayor-Elect Arnold J. Koonce and the new council at a Tuesday morning meeting. Retiring Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and council members Horace G Ilderton R H Sechrest Edward Gurley Amos R Kearns and W R Grant conclude four years in office. Returning for another term are C A Lewis W L Hunt and Dr J G Groome. Republicans J J Corrigan John H Kalte and James A Sloop join the council with Koonce, while Democrats J E Ward and Argie Woods join as new members Ward has prior service. Koonce defeated N L Garner in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Arnold J. Koonce
O. Arthur Kirkman
Horace G. Ilderton
R. H. Sechrest
Edward Gurley
Amos R. Kearns
W. R. Grant
C. A. Lewis
W. L. Hunt
J. G. Groome
Koonce
J. J. Corrigan
John H. Kalte
James A. Sloop
J. E. Ward
Argie Woods
Ward
N. L. Garner
Gurley
Kearns
Grant
Registration Simplifies Sugar CanIng This Year
The local rationing board says sugar canning registration will be easier. Applicants must show War Ration Book One for each person, with last year’s issued sugar noted on the cover. Certificates from last year will be used again this year to require one time sugar purchases.
Mrs. E. G. Johnson Dies at Guilford Sanatorium
Mrs. Margie Johnson aged 36 wife of E G Johnson died Sunday at four o clock in Guilford County Sanatorium where she had been a patient since April She was born June 30 1906 in Union County South Carolina daughter of James W and Addie Sprouse Surviving include her husband one daughter Frances Johnson of Winston-Salem two siblings P E Sprouse Union SC and Mrs H A Turner Columbia SC Funeral will be held Monday at 4 30 pm at Koonce Funeral Home Chapel with Rev O L Brown and Rev B H Phaup in charge Interment at Oakwood Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Johnson
E.G. Johnson
Guilford County
Johnson
Union County
S. C
James W
Addie Foster Sprouse
Calvary Methodist Church
Frances Johnson
Methodist Children's Home
Winston-Salem
P. E. Sprouse
Union S
B. H. Phaup
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Civilian Guard Opens Training To More Volunteers
A meeting will be held Wednesday night at 7 30 for Civilian Guards to accept volunteers for military training. The local guard has trained many men now serving, with officers noting the program aided their military work. Instructors are ready to train more if sufficient interest exists in regular training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guard
Mrs C F Wilson Dies After Long Illness at 77
Mrs Mary Serena Ridge Wilson 77 wife of C F Wilson of 1604 Johnson Street died Sunday morning after a five year illness. Born December 24, 1865 in Randolph County she was educated there and married May 11, 1892. Surviving: husband, daughter Jane Wilson Clapp of Lillington, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at 4 pm Sechrest Funeral Home with burial in Trinity Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Serena Ridge Wilson
C. F. Wilson
Johnson Street
High Point
Lillington
Sechrest Funeral Home
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Trinity Cemetery
Holder Divorce Suit Filed In High Point Court
Anna Savannah Embler Holder filed for absolute divorce from Roy Holder in High Point Municipal Court. The complaint cites two years of separation since 1939, noting the couple wed in 1937 and have lived apart since 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Savannah Embler Holder
High Point Municipal Court
Roy Holder
Cadet Pilot Training and Army Commission News
George E. Summey, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy F Summey Route One Alabama has reported to the Court land AAF fly in school as a cadet pilot in the third stage of training Lawrence H Wagger has graduated from the officer candidate school at Fort Monmouth New Jersey and has been commissioned a second lieutenant Ella Beddington formerly of High Point has graduated from the WAAC administration school at Nacogdoches Texas and is rated auxiliary first class
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence H. Wagger
Fort Monmouth
N. J
U. S. Army
Lieut. Wagger
Sara Wagger
Woodrow Avenue
Ella Beddington
High Point
WAAC
Nacogodoches
Texas
Miss Beddington
Aviation Cadet Payne Begins Third Stage in Training
Aviation Cadet James F. Payne son of Mr and Mrs David F Payne of High Point has reported to the Army Air Forces basic flying school at Courtland Alabama and is now in the third stage of cadet pilot training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Payne
David F. Payne
High Point
Army Air Forces
Courtland
Ala
Army Officers Begin Training and Leave Notices
Lieut. Samuel Burton re Jr son of Mr and Mrs S B Clapp 1029 Wellington Road reported for aerial observation training at Brooks Field Texas. Prior to service Lieut Clapp was with North America Inc Inglewood California. Lt. John Robert Albertson son of Mr and Mrs T W Albertson Oakwood Court recently earned second lieutenant after Fort Sill Oklahoma training and is now at home on a ten day leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Burton Re Jr
S. B. Clapp
Wellington Road
Brooks Field
Texas
Clapp
North Ameria Inc
Inglewood
Calif
John Robert Albertson
T. W. Albertson
Oakwood Court
Fort Sill
Okla
Sears opens Atlanta southern office under N Jeran
Sears, Roebuck and Company announces a new southern merchandise office in Atlanta to serve retail stores and mail order branches. N Jerry Jeran will head the unit with F C Kethcart as assistant, located at 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue. The office will coordinate seasonal needs and postwar conversion of southern factories for Sears nationwide operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Atlanta
Ral Williams
N. “Jerry” Jeran
Sears
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Jeran
F. C. Kethcart
Army Technician Freeman Injured In Texas Duty
Robert L. Freeman, an Army Technician, was injured while on duty in Texas and is hospitalized at William Beaumont General Hospital in El Paso. Freeman enlisted in January after previously working for Imperial Life Insurance and Koonce Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Freeman
Texas
Robert L. Freeman
William Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Freeman
Imperial Life Insurance Company
Koonce Funeral Home
Meat Shortage Leads Police to Unclaimed Deli Supplies
Police Chief W. G. Friddle explains seven pieces of meat, weighing about 200 pounds, found near Blair Park golf course have been at the City Abattoir for days with no missing reports. He notes the meat was likely stolen and may belong to someone without a smoke house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Blair Park
Scout Campaigns Open In Tville And Lexington
Thomasville hosts a general meeting to plan a Boy Scout finance drive for Uwharrie Council. The two hour campaign led by Stuart Burton targets the Thomasville share with Rotary Lions and Jaycees volunteers, followed by a Lexington drive conducted by Rotary Civitan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Pollock
W. H. Curlee
R. M. Cooksey
Homer Beck
R. N. Furgerson
Cliff Reed
Hal Harrison
Joe Swicegood
George Hundley
E (Chick) Green
L. E. Rackley
Bill Nance
Joel Walker
Jaycees
John Carter
D. E. Diamont
Virgil Ward
A. A. Spainhour
Raymond Fowler
John Perry
R. B. Carpenter
Lexington
Rotary Kb
P. Coffield
W. H. Phillips
Bob Green
John Griffith
Jerry Boaze
Jake Leonard
Clarence Grimes
Nathan Gellert
Howard McCurdy
B. C. Philepot
Civitan
Norman Hedrick
Herbert Waters
Seaford Crouse
Stanley Hege
Mathew Morgan
Glenn Hoover
Jack Rayhill
Are del] Lanier
Roby Leonard
J. D. Redwine
Fred Styers
H. A. Styers
Clyde Hun
Bryce Hunt
French Smith
Cli Pickett
Hughes Martin
Joe Sink
Doyle McCool
Lee Wilson
Lonnie Davis
Stuffer Myers
Death of Lewis Clare Leach at 34 in Mt Airy
Lewis Clare Leach 34 died at his Durham Street home in Mt Airy Friday morning. Surviving: mother Ella Hooker Leach. two sons Lewis C. Winstone Salem and Harold C. Leach. two daughters Mrs R W Hutchens Jr High Point and Dorothy Leach Mt Airy. two brothers Rowland and Henry Leach. sister Mrs Charlie Stevens. Funeral Tuesday at home with Rev C E Otey Rev J L Honeycutt and Rev E M Graham. burial White Plains Baptist Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Airy
Lewis Clare Leach
Durham Street
Leach
Masonic Lodge
C. E. Otey
J. L. Honeycutt
E. M. Graham
White Plains Baptist Cemetery
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ATI
Nat Walker
Fyel
Walgreen
Ruby's
Credit Jewelers
S. Main ST
ICE Delivery Company
West Brand Street
Tar
ROYAL
High St
Grandma Hedrick
Buddy
Orkin
Soviet
Russia
Sea of Azov
Achaey
Miles
Crimea
Alupke
Volto
Black Sea
Eorel
E Voronesh
Moscow
Poland
Vitebsk
Smolensk
Dnepropetrovsk
Ukraine
Kursk
Kharkov
Turkey
Georgievske
Caucasus
Red Army
Kuban
Kerch Strait
Novorissisk
Community Association
Desert Pals
North Africa
The
Fighting Yorks
Pvt. Walter
Alvin
Sgt
Caroline
York
Yorks
Jennie
Sergeant York
Pershing
C.F. Wilson
Wagger Graduate
Beddington
Payne
N. Jeran
New Dixie
Sears Company
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. F
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G. D. Davidson
Be. T. Gregory
T’ville
Siceloff
ICE & Fuel CO
I. Street
Sers
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