Final Plans Mapped For Home Front Drive In High Point
Zone leaders of the citizen’s service corps outline a pledge drive to curb inflation in High Point. Merchants support the effort to keep food prices at the top legal level and ban black markets. The campaign runs Monday through the following week with housewives signing pledges and receiving a front window sticker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen's Service Corps
High Point
John Peacock
Citizens’ Service Corps
Oon
Kflaton
Citizens’ Corps
Matt Wall
Black
Charles Carroll
Civilian Defense Corps
Carroll
Japan
Peacock
Dr Anup Singh to Speak at HPC Friday
Dr Anup Singh writer lecturer and author of Far Eastern affairs will address the student body in the High Point College auditorium at 8 30 a m tomorrow morning. He will discuss Americas Stake and Chance In Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anup Singh
High Point College
America
Asia
India
Switzerland
England
Far East
India Today
New Republic
Amerasia
Harper's
Singh
The
India League of America
Hoffman To Address Shrine Here Friday
Potentate M. E. Hoffman of Oasis Temple Asheville will speak on Our Shrine Hospitals For Crippled Children at the High Point Shrine Fellowship Club dinner at the Sheraton. More than 75 Shriners from Greensboro Winston-Salem and Charlotte will attend with past potentates and divan members as special guests. A pre-dinner session is planned in the Sheraton Room at 6:00 p.m. with local officers and organizers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Hoffman
Oasis Temple
Asheville
Our Shrine Hospitals
High Pointhrine Fellowship Club
Sheraton Hotel
Point Shriners
Julian Price
Joseph M. Bryan
Rabban
Greensboro
J. B. Whittington
W. N. Folger
Henry W
Red Fez Shrine Club
Desert Dust
Aa.o.n.ms
C. P. Heindel
Scottish Rite Bodies
L. R. Fisher
J. W. Bennick
Sheraton Room
H. Kalte
Rotarians Hear Rabbi Army Captain at Thomasville meeting
The Thomasville Rotary club heard Rabbi Eugene Mihaley of High Point speak on Zionism and a just peace after the war. Captain Austin H. Russell, bomber pilot with 75 missions in Burma, shared war zone experiences and noted Japanese material shortages due to Burma bombings. Other visitors included Tom Gunn and Dr S W Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rabi
Eugene Mihaley
High Point
Europe
Austin H. Russell
C. Roy Russell
India
J. W. Hawthorne
Russell
Burma
Japan
Tom Gunn
Sanford
S. W. Taylor
Carl Ellison
Sonny Burton
Ed Layton
L. A. Kress
Wilson Promoted to Technical Sergeant at Camp Stewart Ga
Cleveland J. Wilson of 101 Park Street is promoted to technical sergeant at Camp Stewart Georgia. He entered the armed forces May 6, 1940. In 1913 the army listed 17 airplanes and 23 officers in flight training.
Pre-War Dads Among Group Leaving For Army Induction
Jere Sloan of local draft board four reports 12 to 15 pre Pearl Harbor fathers among 74 men leaving for induction. Transfer from other boards predominates. Fred Snider and Harriss Jarrell among those departing. Complete list includes Dwight Egbert Pendry and many others with three men failing to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere Sloan
Draft Board Four
Pearl Harbor
Dwight Egbert Pendry
David Merdith McDonald
Albert Pritchard Jones
Kenneth Malcom Hall
Roland Linville Franklin
Robert Wayne Colton
Calvin Webster H K
Fred Irving Stevenson
Charles Welton Snyder
James R. Stuart
Ralph Atkinson Goode
Fred Clarence Smith
Fred Ernest Hollyfield
William Frederick Snider
Isegh and
Marsh
Pid Anderson Mabe
Charlie Edmond Thompson
William Russell Terrell
Luther Judd Wright
William Glenn
Frank Benjamin Moore
Willa Anderson Whitstine
Thomas Rufus Shuskey
Winford Dewey Brown
Robert Lucian Long
Charles Leonard Deal
Carl Roscoe Johnson
George Kenneth Tate
Leon Allen
Paul Lliam Davis
Dallas Stanton Lee
Flan Charles Erwin Posey
Archie Timothy Roberson
Harriss
Hassell Jarrell
Frank Howard Hunt
Lloyd George Dunlapp
Carl Theodore Lackey
Ernest
Ellington Addresses Exchange Club on Juvenile Delinquency
J J Ellington Raleigh youth commissioner spoke to the Exchange Club at the Sheraton hotel about juvenile delinquency. He cited poor home conditions inadequate housing and parental absence as key causes and urged stronger recreation and guidance drawing on local state and federal efforts including Raleigh youth center. Jimmy Bulla was admitted as a member and R T Craughon won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Ellington
Boys
Exchange Club
Sheraton Hotel
Raleigh
Ellington
Capital City
Model Young People
Jimmy Bulla
R.T. Craughon
Full House Planned for Cecil Brown WW2 Eye Witness Talk
Cecil Brown, renowned correspondent, speaks at Senior High School auditorium at 8 15 tonight under American Business Club sponsorship. He will recount World War Two experiences aboard the ship Repulse and the Prince of Wales with vivid details and answer questions after the talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Brown
Brown
American Business Club
Prince of Wales
Warrorwly
High Point
W. E. Mitchell
Thomasville Police Strike On Capiases Nets Two Arrests
Police Chief W. G. Friddie ordered the capture of 500 capiases on file, releasing a list to officers. Two men were taken into custody for larceny and driving without a license, with several others paying fines to the municipal court. He said more arrests would follow as time allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Capiases
W. G. Friddie
Robert Lee Jarrett
Infant Alexander Dies After Short Illness
Linda Gayle Alexander age two and a half months died at a local hospital shortly after 1 PM Wednesday after a brief illness. Born in High Point August 30, 1943 she was the daughter of A. H. and Edna Denton Alexander. Survived by parents of High Point 304 Ennis Street, one sister Sylvia and one brother Bobby, grandparents Mrs Nervia Alexander of Thomasville and Mrs Clara Deaton of this city. The body was returned to the residence for three o clock Thursday. Funeral services set for Friday at four o clock from First Pilgrim Church with Rev O L Ruth officiating. Interment Floral Garden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Gayle Alexander
High Point
A. H
Edna Denton Alexander
Ennis Street
Sylvia Alexander
Bobby Alexander
Nervia Alexander
Thomasville
Clara Deaton
W D Fox Dies In Asheboro
William D. Fox 82 died Tuesday night at an Asheboro clinic after a several day illness. Survivors include wife Dora Richardson Fox three sons B G Fox Wilmington J B Fox Balti more H W Fox High Point two daughters B C Presnell Asheboro route three and Lilly Hite Mt Airy route one. Services set for Friday at 2 30 from New Hope Methodist Church near Seagrove with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
William D. Fox
Dora Richardson Fox
B. G
Wilmington
J. B
Baltimore
H. W. Fox
High Point
B. C. Presnell
Lilly Hite
Mt. Airy
New Hope Methodist Church
Seagrove
Church
Penetro Nose Drops Nose Congestion Aid
Advertises Penetro Nose Drops for relief of a cold clogged nose with guidance to use only as directed and to ease breathing. Mentions product as a nasal spray or drop solution aimed at clearing nasal passages during a head cold.
Tom J Heath Claimed By Death Here
Thomas J Heath 47 prominent High Point businessman died at home 1121 Adams Street at 8 15 this morning after weeks of illness He organized Royal Cleaners in 1942 with W E Hughes and was a member of Wesley Memorial Methodist church Guilford Council No 23 Jr C U A M and the Exchange club He is survived by wife Minne Frances Lewallen one son Sgt James Edwin Heath Sicily one daughter Marie Frances Heath and his parents and siblings Funeral arrangements pending at Sechrest Funeral Home with body to remain until Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Heath
Adams Street
Stokes County
Walter
Millie Bouldin Heath
High Point
W. E. Hughes
Royal Cleaners
East High Street
Walter Heath
Kernersville
Willie Heath
Martha Heath
Sechrest Funeral Home
Jaycees End Scrap Metal Drive Here
The Junior Chamber of Commerce ends the scrap metal drive this week with a 10 a.m. Saturday ceremony at the Paramount theatre for Junior Commandos and others. Co-Chairman P D Morrow praises the effort and teachers for the success. A total of 113500 pounds of metal was collected. The Boy Scouts and Junior Chamber plan a large waste paper campaign with home collection north of the railway next Sunday and south of the railroad the following Sunday November 28. Please tie and bundle newspapers magazines and corrugated boxes and place bundles in view for pickup. Apartment residents should place papers at the curb the day of collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount Theatre
P. D. Morrow
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Boy Scouts
Worsham Dies While Driving Truck on Fairfield Road
Ben H. Worsham, route four resident and owner of H. and W. Supply Co., died of a heart attack Wednesday afternoon while driving on Fairfield road. Born December 26, 1898 in Oxford, he is survived by his wife, two children Bill Worsham and Virginia Taylor of Durham, and a brother A. T. Worsham of Florida. Funeral from Yow's to Oxford today at four, interment Elmwood Cemetery. Rev. Eugene Usry officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Worsham
Route Four
Fairfield
H. and W. Supply Company
Oxford
Thomas
Betty Worsham
Bill Worsham
Virginia Taylor
Durham
A. T. Worsham
Florida
Yow
Elmwood Cemetery
Eugene Usry
Miss Ollie Sherrill Speaks To Rotary
Bible teacher Miss Ollie Sherrill told Rotary Club members at the Sheraton that a community funded Bible course in public schools offers a year of study equal to six years of Sunday school. She noted the North Carolina Virginia program is non sectarian and supported by local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Sherrill
High Point
Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Sherrill
North Carolina
Virginia
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B.F Goodrich
Silvertown Stores
North Main
HPC
Alexander
W.D. Fox
Tom J. Heath
Jaycees
R, W. Watson
Main St
Baraca-Philatheas
Apove
Baraca-Philathea Union
First Methodist Church
B. V. Hedrick
Salisbury
A. Johnson
Baracas
P. £. Lindley
Cary Davis
Rev. Wilson
Weldon
A. B. Saleeby
Lucille Hayworth
K. Edwin Fussell
Gladis Kivett
George R. Brown
Miss Kivett
Wagger’s
High Point At Wagger’s
Rogers
Wagger
Elwood Hotel
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