Edinger Liberated and Public Land Sale Notices Embedded
Mrs. Clara Edinger receives a May 18 1945 letter from husband Pfc Cavilis C Edinger confirming liberation from a German POW camp since May 27 1945 and good health. The document also lists multiple public land sale notices from High Point North Carolina detailing bids down payments and 60 month terms across several plats with specified lot numbers and dates in May 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinger
Clara Edinger
Ward Street
Pfc
Cavilis C. Edinger
H. C. Edinger
Thomase
City of
High Point
N. C
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
West Side Park St
Walter Smith
Park Street
B. F. Hoskins
Hoskins
G. E. Kerr
Said Kerr
Said Smith
E. N. Phillips
Ragan & Harmon
Office of Register of Deeds
Snow Park
Service Weekly Publication for Men and Women in Service
Publication issued weekly aimed at service members and their families. It covers military news, advisories, and community notices relevant to personnel and dependents, with an emphasis on morale, programs, and local support resources.
Hi-Points to Publish Vet Advisory Council Feature Next Week
Next week Hi-Points starts a new series featuring Veterans Advisory Council members real estate figures contractors and lawyers. Readers are invited to send personal questions and the column promises to help answer them. The note praises Hi-Points readers and Hi-Points hometown High Point as welcoming and ready to assist returning locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Advisory Council
You Men
Stan Taylor
High Point
Food shortage hits home as meat and chicken limits bite
Food thoughts shift to scarcity as meat markets tighten and chicken sales are frozen. High Points and metropolitan peers report worsening conditions with dwindling chicken supplies, plentiful fish and eggs, and overall low meat consumption after government restrictions.
Military Casualties and Wounded from World War Reports
Casualties listed include Fred R. Beck formerly with Snow Lumber on a bombing mission in Czechoslovakia and Pfc. D. C. Lawson wounded on Okinawa. Sgt. Kermit Cecil of Rt. 2 is reported in Germany. The note adds he is now in a hospital in England.
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S/Set
Fred R. Beck
The
Snow Lumber Company
Czechoslovakia
D. C. Lawson
Okinawa
Kermit Cecil
Rt. 2
Germany
England
Freight rate reform hailed by South and High Point
The Interstate Commerce Commission set a uniform freight scale for the eastern U S. an immediate 10 percent cut in southern rates starts August 30 with a possible two year horizon for full rates. An interim 10 percent rise for the eastern territory accompanied the change and critics warn wage and price burdens may shift from freight to workers.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Rocky Mountains
High Point
ICC
South
Summer Jobs Boost for Students in High Point
The local employment office appeals to high school students teachers and principals to take summer vacation jobs in industry. Jobs would not count against employers hiring ceilings and would allow a fall return to studies. Ralph E. Miller notes labor shortages persist and nine million man days could open in summer statewide if teachers and pupils take temporary work.
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Ralph E. Miller
High Point
Memorial Jamestown Service Draws Largest Congregation
The 18th Jamestown memorial service at Jamestown Methodist Church drew the largest local crowd. Pastor Dr. Watson Goode delivered the address on Immortality. Nine local Negroes departed for Fort Pragg for pre induction examinations. Southern Oil Co sues C E Coffey for return of equipment.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Methodist Church
Watson ©. Goode
Fort Pragg
Southern Oil Co
C. E. Coffey
High Point Sevenths War Loan Drive Opens Strong
The Seventh War Loan drive in High Point reports $229,912.08 in E bonds sold by week’s end, about 30 percent of the city quota of $727,000. The city’s overall goal stands at $3,727,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Kalte Cleared in $50,000 Libel Suit Over City Affairs
Kalte was found not guilty in Guilford County Superior Court of libel charges brought by former Mayor Arnold J. Koonce. Testimony included Mary Baker of the Rainbow Girls and Kalte's affidavit claiming political pressure to remove the police chief.
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J. H. Kalte
Arnold J. Koonce
Guilford County Superior Court
Miss Mary Baker
Reidsville
Order of Rainbow Girls
The
Carolinas
Kalte
Koonce
W. G. Friddle
Lastiay
Friddle
Republican Party
Awards announced include unit badge cluster and citations
Over the past week an oak leaf cluster to Sgt. Frank L. Hiatt of Thomasville with the 15th AAF in Italy, a presidential unit citation to the 405th Fighter Group in Belgium including Cpl. Lawrence D. Wagner of 523 Centennial Ave, a Bronze Star to Pfc. William E. Walker of Thomasville Rt. 1, and a Purple Heart to Cpl. Walter Lee Williams of 223 Mangum Ave for wounds in Germany.
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Frank L. Hiatt
Thomasville
15Th Aaf
Italy
405Th
Ninth Air Force
Belgium
Lawrence D. Wagner
Centennial Ave
William EB. Walker
Rt. 1
Cpl
Walter Lee Williams
Mangum Ave
Germany
New City Swears In Mayor Phillips and Nine Allies
Earl N. Phillips and a fully Democratic council take office with four new members and four re elected. Walter Crissman named prosecuting attorney over resigning Tom Sprinkle, amid party shifts and comments from outgoing officials. UNC alumni heard Carl Snavely and university leaders at a Sheraton dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl N. Phillips
Walter E. Crissman
Tom Sprinkle
Crissman
Louis B. Fisher
Arnold J. Koonce
Koonce
J. J. Corrigan
J. G. Groome
J. A. Sloop
M. F. Crooks
A. Kirkman
Amos R. Kearns
O. A. Kirkman
Kearns
Briggs
Lewis
Hunt
Kirkman
Dallas
W. L. Hunt
Grant
Law and Public Safety
UNC
Carl Snavely
W. D. Carmichael, Jr
Consolidated University
J. Maryon Saunders
Sheraton
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Santos
Tim Tyler
Spud
RED Cross
Inandrake
Digge
Nuffy
Lissen
Sint, Sir
Qater
Donald Duck
Mickey Finn
Mickey
Barney Baxter
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Etta Kett
SOL
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