Welborn chosen as Civilian Service Corps block leader
John Peacock names Allen B. Welborn as chief block leader of the Civilian Service Corps. The plan organizes block precincts with zone and sector leaders to mobilize housewives and citizens in salvaging, nutrition, education, housing, war savings, and other war services. Peacock notes the approach mirrors programs in Chicago and Detroit, aiming for broad community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peacock
Allen B. Welborn
Civilian Service Corps
Peacock
Matt Wall
Civilian
Ivilian Service Corps
Chicago
Minneapolis
Syracuse
Detroit
San Diego
High Point
43 License Tags Go On Sale Here On December 1
Fourteen thousand 1943 license tags have been received by the Carolina Motor Club. Tags go on sale Tuesday December 1 at 9 a.m. School bus, contract hauler and tax service licenses require the registrar card. Forms No 334 and CWN-4 are available for applicants. The 1943 tags are small rectangles to be clipped to the old tag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Motor Club
Thelma Ryan
Knox Returns to City After Physical Checkup
City Manager E. M. Knox returned to the city today after several days at Duke Hospital Durham for a routine physical checkup. He recently underwent a serious operation and the visit was to note any change in his condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Knox
Duke Hospital
Durham
Knox
Due Hospital
Civilian Service Corps to Aid War Efforts
A speaker explains a permanent organization will enable rapid action in war services, including public guidance on processing fat and greases at home. Citizens of High Point are urged to cooperate when block plan members visit homes to seek aid and services for the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Service Corps
High Point
Block Plan
Fire Destroys Old Furniture Plant In Two Blazes
Two early morning fires in a city destroyed a two story iron clad building at 103 Phillips Street used as a furniture factory and storage. Owned by J. C. Spencer, it carried 2000 dollars in insurance. A second blaze at 1515 English Street caused minor damage to a storage building owned by C. B. Mattocks housing materials for Charlestown Upholstery Material Company and Troy Excelsior Company. 1800 dollars of stored equipment remained undamaged.
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Phillips ‘Street
English Street
Phillips Street
J. C. Spencer
C. B. Mattocks
Charleston Upholstery Material Company
Troy Excelsior Company
Rabbi Levenson Speaks at HPC Chapel Hour
Rabbi Joseph Levenson of Norfolk Virginia was guest speaker for High Point College chapel at 14 o'clock. His topic was The Message of Israel to a Troubled World. He is a Cincinnati and Hebrew Union College graduate and has served as regional rabbi with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations before leading Congregation Chev Sholom in Norfolk. He also addressed religious education classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Levenson
Norfolk
High Point College
Rabbi Levenson
University of Cincinnati
Hebrew Union College
Union of the American Hebrew Congregation
Congregation
Chef Sholom
Blackburn Named Fourth Member of Draft Board 5
President Roosevelt appointed R. R. Blackburn as an additional member of Draft Board 5 upon Governor Broughton’s nomination and a local committee’s recommendation. Blackburn, a World War I veteran and local electrical appliance dealer, is the first veteran of the last war to join the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Blackburn
Roosevelt
Broughton
Blackburn
ISFMA To Meet Nov 19 20 In Winston-Salem
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association schedules its 32nd annual meeting for November 19 and 20 at the Robert E. Lee Hotel Winston-Salem. Governor J Melville Broughton will keynote the dinner. Others speak on wartime furniture topics and price controls. Officers Henry Wilson and John E Justice Jr preside as attendance nears 230 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ISFMA
Winston-Salem
Southern Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Robert E. Lee
J. T. Ryan
J. Melville Broughton
Trigg
D. L. Jordan
Association
Ernest T. Trigg
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association
Chris A. Walker
Robert M. Hanes
Winston- Salem
Governor Broughton
Henry Wilson
Drexel
John E. Justice, Jr
North Wilkesboro
Labor Department Seeks Civil Service Typists in High Point
The U S Civil Service regional office launches a drive for stenographers and typists for the Labor Department in Washington D C. Pay ranges from 1440 to 1620 dollars annually. Qualifications include 35 wpm typing or 80 wpm shorthand for the 1440 level, and two years stenography for the 1620 level. Interviews at High Point Post Office room 212 C Friday 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service
Department of Labor
Washington, D. C
High Point Post Office
Christmas street lights out this year in Thomasville
Thomasville will skip decorations on principal streets this year as merchants move to window decor. The merchants association met Tuesday night and awarded three prizes for best window display: a 35 war bond, 10 in war stamps, and 85 in war stamps.
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Thomasville
Rationing Dates Shift to December 2 1942
Local rationing board secretary M W Nash announced the mileage rationing program date moved from November 22 to December 2 1942. Tire issuance remains through that date with new regulations taking effect December 2 1942. November 22 remains final for disposing idle tires. Commercial vehicle rations are extended to December 2 with no ODT certificate needed. Commercial vehicle inspection deadline moved from November 15 to January 15 1943.
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M.W. Nash
Nash
ODT
Poole and Spearman to join nation’s war effort
James W. Poole Jr. of Security National Bank will leave soon to join the U S Navy Reserve as a lieutenant after a physical exam. Roy J. Spearman High Point American Legion commander and local insurer will become an assistant field director in the American Red Cross and train for foreign service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Poole, Jr
Security National Bank
Roy J. Spearman
High Point American Legion
Poole
U. S. Navy Reserve
Spearman
American Red Cross
Twenty Patrol Aspirants Training at Fayetteville
Twenty aspirants for state highway patrol trained at Fayetteville for six weeks under Maj. John T. Armstrong. Thirty or more applicants competed. the 20 selected will serve six months under veteran patrolmen after completing the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
State Highway Patrol
John T. Armstrong
Raleigh
Armstrong
Judge Olive Denounces Lost Peace After War Victory
Judge Huber Olive told Blair Park's American Legion gathering that the nation must win the peace as decisively as it won World War I. He warned isolationism is impossible and urged a strong postwar policy, with applause from Legionnaires and Auxiliary members.
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Olive
Huber Olive
American Legionnaires
Legion Auxiliary
Blair Park
United States
Iself
Judge Olive
Legion
Roy Svearman
Andrew Jackson Post
High Point
Leigh Harper
Auxiliary
Meat conservation plan sets quotas on beef veal pork and sausage
A new meat conservation plan establishes sales quotas on beef veal pork and sausage. Civilian supply will be near normal, but the step is taken due to insufficient meat to meet abnormal demand driven by record buying power.
Free Radio Course Planned For Next Year
A free radio communications course is being planned for the early months of next year with no tuition, only textbook costs. If enough interest is shown, the class will be organized this year and begin in January meeting at night three times weekly at the Senior High.
Community Chest drives record total in High Point history
The Industrial Division led by R T Amos reports the High Point Community Chest exceeded its $35 000 goal with 55 351 60 raised, surpassing last year’s 47 348 by 8 003 and marking a 16 percent increase while Ed Mendenhall and L C Natton announced the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Amos
Ed Mendenhall
L. C. Natton
Mendenhall
High Point Community Chest
College Faculty Discusses Change In Curriculum
At a High Point College faculty meeting the curriculum revision was debated to better prepare students for postwar life and armed services. A committee led by N. M. Harrison was formed with Dean P. E. Lindley, Prof. O. Cummings, Dr. Clifford R. Hinshaw, Dr. Helen Bartlett, Dr. Ben Hill, and Miss Louise Adams to study and report later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
N. M. Harrison
Dean P. E. Lindley
O. Cummings
Clifford R. Hinshaw
Helen Bartlett
Ben Hill
Louise Adams
Radio course opens to all for wireless jobs
Those interested are asked to contact the local radio station or Guilford Radio Service Company at once. There is no age limit. Those who complete the course will be qualified for civilian or military employment in the wireless field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Radio Service Company
Wireles Field
Prayer Service Arranged At Mrs Byrum Street Home
A prayer meeting is set for Friday evening at 7 30 at the home of Mrs G Ex Barr 1516 Byrum Street Vance Hill will lead the service.
Police Asked To Locate Mrs Annie Mae Sailers in Atlanta
Atlanta chief asks High Point police to help find Annie Mae Sailers, former resident here in 1939, as her father nears death in Atlanta. Citizens with information should contact High Point Police or her sister Ruth Sailers Hafre at 1030 Tilden Avenue NW Atlanta.
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M. A. Hornsby
Atlanta
High Point
Annie Mae Sailers
W. G. Friddle
R. L. Hafre
Ruth C. Sailers
Tilden Avenue
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Hief
B. Welborn
HPC
Draft Board
Rose Furniture CO
South Main Street
East Main Street
Fayetteville Street
Asheboro
Labor Department
T'Ville
Curtis Smithdeal
Logan Chitwood
Arthur Kirkman
Willard
Willerd
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West End
Cecil’s Drugstores, Inc
Mann Drug CO
Walgreen Drug Store
Sparks
Waltham
Benrus
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