Retiring Mayor Kirkman’s Four Year Report To City Council
The four year administration of Mayor C Arthur Kirkman recalls achievements and policy shifts in High Point. It notes reforms in office hours, council procedure, budgeting, housing, and public works while detailing staffing changes, tax and debt refinancing, housing authority start up, and the city’s relations with Duke Power and county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Arthur Kirkman
Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
Everett, Zane and Muse
Certified Public Accountants
Council
Planning and Ae Commission
Parks and Juveniles
E City
R. Sechrest
H. G. Ilderton
H. A. Millis
Capus M. Waynick
J. C. Morgan
Willis Slane
Major Cowan
I. Paul Ingle
Parks and Recreation and Juvenile Court
University of North Carolina
W. F. Bailey
Miitary Service
Highland Mill
Duke Power Company
Duke
Housing Authority
City of
Perry Street
Hamilton Street
Southern Railway
Willowbrook Street
Public Administration Service
North Carolina
League of Municipalities of
Institute of Government
Blair Park
Washington
West Side
Supreme Court
Byron Haworth
Haworth
Harriss Jarrell
Jarrell
D. C. MacRae
Selective Service Act
Muchey
Arrell
Guilford County
City Atorney
Takin
Aoupreme Court
North Corona
Superior Court
Davidson County
Carreed
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Knox
Permant
Y.M.C.A
David H. Blair
A.A.U
War Fund
Read Cross
O. Arthur Kirman
Pacific War Reflections and Community Letters
A period column recalling Balboa era calm facing a growing Pacific war threat from Japan, plus a High Point feature on soldiers Colon Loflin and Commander R. F. J. Johnson Jr. receiving praise, local civic gratitude, and appeals for letters to servicemen. The piece also includes a temperance reflection and a citizen message honoring city workers and public service.
Civilian Guard Meeting Scheduled at Armory Wednesday
Notice to civilian guard members and joiners to attend at the Armory Wednesday night at 7 30 p m New men invited amid concerns over prices and raw material access due to United States defense program requirements Chilean manufacturers raising orders for American products after news of the program reached Chile The bow and arrow saw use in English defense as late as years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Stout Balboa
Darien
Asia
United States
China
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Great Britain
Hawaii
Australia
Solomons
New Guinea
Tokyo
Chile
Daughters of Dorcas Hear Christian Love Talk
At a regular meeting the Daughters of Dorcas heard Mrs Sylvia Alford speak on Christian Love. Mrs H M Kirkpatrick introduced the speaker and an ice course followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Dorcas
Gertrude Saulter
Sylvia Alford
H. M. Kirkpatrick
L. E. McDaniel
Mesdames Asheworth and Studderton
B. Leach
E. Amaker
C. Goins
G. E. Stanton
C. Gill
C. Camp
R. G. Mason
A. Hiatt
B. Colson
M. H
L. E. McDonnell
D. N. Moore, Sr
Mills Phipher
E. P. Wilson
PTA
C. H. Caldwell
C. G. Stanton
Addie Tyson
High Pointer Found Guilty On Drunken Driving Count
Ley C Gaddy of Thomasville was given a six month suspended sentence for drunken driving conditioned on a $50 fine, court costs, and no driving for one year. Other defendants include H B Clinard for drunken driving with similar conditions, Lester Floyd for assault with a deadly weapon with 60 days suspended, Charlie Wood for assault with 60 days suspended, Alonzo Jewel for larceny and receiving with eight months suspended, John Henry Hightower for a different charge with $5 and costs, Ned Cochrane for passing on a curve with costs, Odell Motsinger for reckless driving with costs, and Lowery and Alexander for disorderly conduct with $10 and costs each plus Lowery’s drunkenness charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ley C. Gaddy
Shelton Stree High Point
Carl Wilson
H. B. Clinard
Lester Floyd
U.S. Army
Fort Bragg
Johnny Everhart
Charlie Wood
Alonzo Jewel
Kodak
Co. & S. Motor Company
Murphy Dry Cleaning
Jo Wilson
John Henry Hightower
Ned Cochrane
Odell Motsinger
Winston-Salem
Thomas Lowery
Nathaniel Alexander
Lowery
Epworth League Missionary Meeting at St. Mathew's C.M.E.
The Epworth League Missionary Meeting of St Math ew's C.M.E. Church meets tonight at 8 o'clock at 206 Moon Street, hosted by president Mrs. Hattie Boulware. All members urged to attend. Mrs. Ida Butler sponsors the church project. Preaching tonight by Rev. Mason of Bethlehem Baptist. choir and congregation accompany. Mrs. Thelma Sierson and Mike Elizabeth Howie visit Tagin Ga to see friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League Missionary Meeting Missionary Society of
St. Mathew's C.M.E
Hattie Boulware
Moon Street
Mason
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Ida Butler
Georg
Thelma “Sierson
Mike Elizabeth Howie
Tignal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kirkman
Jamestown High School
Anna Lee Ferguson
Civitan
Bill Turner
Estella Thompson
Maxine Willard
Neal Waters
Ruth Phillips
Ida Ann Montgomery
Ottis Thrift
Doris Hayworth
Bette Davis
Joyce Pendry
Jeanne Spencer
Denny Lee Bryson
Mildred Johnson
Billie Moore
Edward Wilson
Margie Wagoner
Carl Fowler
Eugenia Osborne
Mary Hilda Hix
Marie Davis
Juanita Hunsucker
Henrietta Bundy
Dot Hunsucker
Delphene Thornton
Hassel Moran
Herman Wade
Ruby Smith
Bette
Betsy Jane Montgomery
Gayle Willard
W. A. Bivins
Southwest Pacific
Enterprise
Charlotte Observer
Colon H. Loflin
J. 8. Loflin
Colon
Enterprise Circulation Department
Duke Power
Adams
R. F. J. Johnson, Jr
USN
Marine Corps
South Carolina
Charles
Marines
England
Harmony Choir
St. Stephen A.M.E. Zion Church
Mattie Simpson
Annie Bell Simpson
Robert F. Steed
Washington, D. C
Parthenia Harris
Passaic
N. J
Hannibal Harriss
Daniel Brooks
Harrise
New Jersey
Waldine Knox
Bureau of Engraving
Washington ,D. C
E. Washington Street
Marie Brown
E. Commerce Street
Miss Brown
C. F. Wilson
Mary Serena Wilson
Johnson Street
J. W. Sechrest & Son
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Church
Trincity Cemetery
Clarence Clapp
W. L. York
D. W. Hoskins
William Setliffe
W. F. Hussey
L. F. Honeycutt
Messrs
J. M. Thomas
Edgar Hartley
D. A. Dowdy
Neal Sinodis
R. ©. Betts
Thomas Kotsios
R. H. Hayworth
John N. Nance
Mr. Simmons
C. L. Michael
Sam Dutton
T. W. Albertson
Horace Hayworth
G. H. Jones
J. R. Willis
Arthur Allred
Wm. D. Lewis
J. E. Horney
A. Coke Cecil
W. W. Snider
Ange
W. D. Brooks
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Dorothy Hoskins
J. Gurney Briggs
Margie Johnson
Koonee
O. L. Brown
Calvary Methodist Church
Johnson
B. H. Phaup
Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
Beulah Kidd
F. H. Asbury
J. R. Boone
J. T. Skeen
Colan Craven
Clarence Payne
Donald Payne
Guy Johnson
Paul Hamilton
Oakwood Cemetery
Northwest
High Pointer
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