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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1943
Page
14
Businesses and government offices announce Thanksgiving operations with many sectors closing banks and loan firms all day while postal windows suspend mail in city and rural routes. City schools plan Thursday and Friday closures, and only police and fire departments stay open.
Schools Superintendent Charles F. Carroll Jr announced Christmas holidays for all High Point pupils will run two weeks from December 17 to January 3. Schools close tomorrow for Thanksgiving break. students have Thursday and Friday and the weekend off. Police arrested Bertha Eastrel James Nelson and James Moore on alcohol violation charges. bonds ranged from 100 to 200 dollars.
Secretary Frank J. Sizemore said no representative from the Office of Defense Transportation would be at the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow or any future day until further notice. The ODT had been sending an agent every Wednesday to answer questions and advise on transportation rulings.
J F Jones secretary of the rationing board warns B and C gasoline holders not to exhaust their allotments before December 1 when new five gallon value coupons become valid. No new allotment will be issued until the current coupons expire. OPA notes the change reduces coupons in circulation but does not increase supply.
Two Camp Mackall paratroopers Murry M Hale and Sidney A Dinander failed to appear for an adjourned municipal court session to answer charges of immoral conduct at a Sheraton hotel. Four women at the scene requested jury trials while several other prostitution related cases were continued. Judge D C MacRae sentenced Mrs Ruth Baldwin to twelve months in the county workhouse for immoral vagary and heard evidence in a felony assault case against Otis Hicks with Virgil C Cecil testifying. Cecil, a High Point native stationed at Camp Forrest Tennessee, reported being cut.
The Flying Fortress, the B 17G eighth in its series, is described as a flying gun armed with 13 50 caliber machine guns. The latest model features a new chin turret pair as a standout feature.
Visitors from Los Angeles Albany and Detroit arrive as Tomlinson reports record open house attendance on the second day. Officials say sales and orders are strongest in high end items with many pieces already sold. Mrs Olin B Johnson wife of South Carolina’s governor attended yesterday.
Utilities Director J. L. on said the hog machine parts would arrive today from the shipping company. Ikins said full hog slaughtering apparatus would be in operation by week’s end as weather favored operations. The missing parts, which scratch the hog’s body, are expected to greatly speed up slaughtering at the abattoir, Perkins indicated.
City council plans a Friday night adjourned session due to Thanksgiving. The agenda includes racial business approving foreclosed property sales and lien redemption deeds to other owners. An ordinance on bicycles is not expected to be discussed.
Police Chief W. G. Friddle announces J. R. Red Loflin of 209 Kennedy Street is appointed patrolman first class. Loflin returns from a defense job and fills a vacancy caused by D. S. Doc Lee leaving for Coast Guard service next week. Fire department staff W. A. Metcalf and Paul Davis will report for armed service December 4.
Funeral services for 61 year old James Jim Brooks a veteran merchant were held at Brush Creek Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors include his widow the former Blanche Spoon a sister Mrs Martha Ann Davis of High Point and several nieces and nephews.
W A Bivins reviews Where is Sammy a biographical account by a news photographer who travels across the Atlantic into dangerous places and meets varied people. The piece contrasts the two Sams and notes the urge to be where events brew. The reviewer expresses discomfort with graphic battle imagery.
The writer notes a dead alarm clock and wakes at 6 30 am to view the crescent moon Mars and the Star and Crescent symbol. He recalls the Mahometic banner across Asia and Africa, comments on the Turks and Cecil Brown, and reflects on spiritual strength seen in the star rather than Mahomet.
A pre Thanksgiving note honors service members and their families. The writer muses on an ordinary day for most, hopes for home meals like chicken and sweet potato pie, and honors boys in service plus WACs and Waves in wartime. Some may miss the feast due to war.
Thirteen bond cases heard by MacRae plus two arrests for false testimony over a marriage license misrepresentation. Cecil Smith and Woodle released on bonds of 500 and 200 dollars respectively as hearings proceed in municipal court.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to provide mustering-out pay unemployment allowances and social security credits for service members and to enact unemployment insurance for merchant mariners. He emphasized plans and legislation ready for returning veterans and noted he no longer requests merchant mariner mustering-out pay.
Captain Roy Teague announces a meeting of the auxiliary policemen at 7 30 this evening at the armory on English Street.
A reflective piece recalls Thanksgiving pasts and family homecomings, praising those who protect homes during wartime. The author contrasts golden age memories with present gratitude while honoring daily gifts and the hope of survival through uncertain times.
Lt. Gussie A. Heifner and Cpl. Dorothy G. Skokos, WAC recruiters, addressed Civitan Club members at the Sheraton Hotel. Heifner urged support for the all states campaign enabling women from each state to form companies, and Skokos described her Army Air Corps duties. Heifner noted North Carolina ranks second in the fourth service command for WACs in the all states campaign.
Home Secretary Sherbert S Morrison said he bore full responsibility for releasing Sir Oswald Mosley as police reinforced outside Parliament. A noisy crowd of war workers protested, shouting that Mosley was freed on health grounds while Morrison defended the move as upholding a controversial fascist doctrine.
Lt James Smith 20 of the Army Air Forces, son of Mr and Mrs Harold D Smith of 1013 Hamilton Street, reported missing in action by the war department. Telegram says he has been missing since November 16 in operations in the Pacific area after earning his wings in May 1943 at Williams Field Arizona. He graduated from High Point High School in 1942 and enlisted January 21, 1942. He had completed 25 missions and earned a medal. his mother last heard from him weeks ago. He is an only child.
The First Methodist Church plans a Wednesday 7 30 p m Thanksgiving service of praise with Wilson O Weldon delivering a brief message and choir music. Oakview Methodist will be open all day on Thanksgiving with a 10 o clock service led by Pastor George L Curry.
A joint service of Pleasant Grove Prospect and Hill Methodist churches will be held at Pleasant Grove Wednesday night at 7 30. Rev C E Ridge Pleasant Grove pastor will lead the service and Rev C Plyler of Prospect and Spring will deliver the sermon.
Dr. L. B. Hayes of Greensboro will deliver the message at a combined Thanksgiving meeting of the Monarch and Rotary clubs at the hotel Wednesday. The event brings together members from both organizations for a shared observance and address.
Wesley Memorial Methodist holds a 7 30 p m Thanksgiving service in its main auditorium with Dr Excelle Rozzelle delivering the message titled All This and Heaven Too The service includes congregational singing readings and special choir music directed by J Gurney The Thanksgiving offering benefits the Children s Home in Winston Salem
The Christian Science church at 319 North Main Street will host a Thursday service at o'clock with a Thanksgiving themed revue.
Funerals for Mrs. J B Craven were held at West Market Street Methodist Church Greensboro with Bishop Clare Purcell Rev Edgar H Nease and Rev W Kenneth presiding The burial followed at Craven family plot in Trinity Randolph County Active pallbearers included T B Bledsoe J Tysor Orton A Boren J El Mitchell J C Cowan Jr and Charles A Hines Honorary pallbearers were local Methodist church stewards and pastors.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a Wednesday meeting at 7 30 PM replacing the previously scheduled Thursday session. The change was officially announced today and will be observed for the upcoming gathering.
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