Tennessee Man Held Here On Two Forgery Charges
W. F. Davis of Johnson City Tennessee is jailed on two forgery counts and a whisky possession charge. Detectives arrested him Sunday after recognizing him from a prior wanted poster. Bonds total 1 00 for forgery and 200 for whisky with a Municipal Court hearing planned later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
W. F. Davis
Bill Hanner
Johnson City
Tenn
Madden Carroll
Davis
Dcnber
Jacob Rabinowitz
G. H. Ray
Joseph E. Bird
D. S. Lee
Bird
Wallace
Jimmie Green Earns Eagle Scout Award in Thomasville
Jimmie Green of Thomasville received the Eagle award at a Main Street Methodist church service. The 16 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Green, belongs to Troop 21 and Sea Scout Ship 21 led by A. L. Elliott and James F. Lambeth Jr. Skipper. The Main Street Methodist church sponsors the troop. Green, the 10th Eagle in the Uwharrie district, progressed from Tenderfoot in 1941 to Life in 1943 with multiple steps completed since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Jimmie Green
J. S. Green
Spring Street
Main Street
B. W. Hackney
Uwharrie Scout District
Jimmie
Troop 21
Boy Scouts
Sea Scout
A. L. Elliott
James FE. Lambeth
Uwharrie
Fellowcraft Degree Event Announcement
The text invites members and visitors to attend a Fellowcraft degree ceremony on Tuesday October 17 at 7 30 PM led by Master T Bennison. The notice emphasizes cordial invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowcraft
Flash Fire At Marietta Paint Plant Basements
A flash fire in the lacquer room of the Marietta Paint and Color Company Plant at 1647 English Street caused slight damage shortly after 7 am. The minor explosion, similar to a prior incident two months ago, was caused by a short circuit. Fire crews from Station No. 3 responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Paint and Color Company
English Street
Lgram
Tuberculosis Association Directors Meet at YWCA Tonight
Directors of the High Point tuberculosis association will meet at 7 30 tonight at the Y W C A to plan a tuberculosis seal sale. L L Bing Miller assistant secretary of the state organization was here to confer with association leaders today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Tuberculosis Association
L. L. Bing Miller
Grover H. Jones To Preside At Meet Of Baptists
Grover H. Jones will preside over the Piedmont Baptist Association meeting at First Baptist Greensboro with ministers and lay delegates from Guilford and Rockingham counties. Sessions cover reports on Sunday schools training unions and missions and conclude with a 7:30 p.m. program and Dr A S Gillespie address.
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Grover H. Jones
Piedmont Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
Baptist Churches
Guilford
Rockingham
State Baptist Convention
Charlotte
J. R. Ciscen
J. Clyde Turner
Association
C. S. Hodge
J. Car Bell
Woman's Missionary Society
J. Ben Eller
T. L. Sasser
George H. Wallace
High Point
A. S. Gillespie
China
Civil Service Examination Date Notice
The High Point Civil Service Commission announces an oral examination for a teen position. The times are 9:00 to 12:00 and 2:00 to 5:00 on October 19 20 and 21 1944 at 808 Security Bank Building. Applications must be filed prior to the examination with James B Lovelace secretary.
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Security Bank
Civil Service
James B. Lovelace
High Point Civil Service Commission
Local Men Leave For Camp Croft 36 in Induction
Forty three local men and boys departed for Army induction at Camp Croft South Carolina marking four years since selective service began for the current emergency. Cornelius Harold Williard led Board No 5 with transfers and multiple registrants from Boards 4 and 5. Some listed transfers from other boards. two men failed to report and face pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Croft
Greensboro
Cornelius Harold Williard
Rex Hugh Fitch
Arthur George Johnson
Robert Luther Taylor
Warren Coolidge Comer
William Clarence Malpass
Tay Edward Proctor
John Voss Vereen
Clyde Buren Welborn
Lawrence Otis White
Raeford Perry Loflin
Robert Hill Burton, Jr
Marcus Odell White
Orne Harrison Osborne
Wilbur Gene Tuttle
Joe Daniel Ellington, Jr
Robert Clarence Elliott
Charles Donald Clodfelter
Donald Percy Hine
Joe Frank Cross
James Dawson Lewallen
Wade Walden
Carl Grayson Hines
William Oliver Spencer
James Wilkinson Slate
Herman Huggins
Paul Harrison Gurley, Jr
Oscar Slane Whitescarver
James Franklin Bailey
Samuel Latham Patterson
Kent Grayson Barneycastle
William McKinley Craven
Donald Lee Dale
James Calloway
Fain Glenn Boshears
Willie Estell Bare
James Calloway Edwards
Newberry
S. C
N. Wilkesboro
Rocky Mount
Henry Moore
Masten
Richard Lee Patterson
Asheville
Alfred Thomas Martin
United States Naval Reserve
Philadelphia
John Lee Floyd
United States District Attorney
Funeral Rites for W. Charlie Falk Held Near Mt Airy
Funeral services for W. Charlie Falk 65 died at a local hospital Thursday morning were held Sunday. A 10 30 service was offered at the daughter’s home in Triangle Lake, followed by 2 o clock rites at Holly Springs Church near Mt. Airy led by Richard P. Myers. Speakers included J. L. Bennett David L. Hiatt and Ernest D. Stevens. Pallbearers were J. T. Bratton Sam Hiatt Ernest Stevens De Whit Richardson Victor Collins and D. McDowell. Interment was in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Charlie Falk
R. P. Kirkman
Triangle Lake
Holly Springs
Mt. Airy
Richard P. Myers
J. L. Bennett
Durham
David L. Hiatt
Ernest D. Stevens
Greensboro
J. T. Bratton
Sam Hiatt
Ernest Stevens
DeWhitt Richardson
Victor Collins
D. McDowell
Church Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs Allie Blanche Myers of High Point
Mrs Allie Blanche Myers Route 3 High Point died Thursday morning at a local hospital. Funeral services were conducted at Piney Grove Baptist Church at 3 pm with Rev W L Campbell Rev J H Allred and Rev C M Floyd officiating. The Barker Trio sang several hymns as pallbearers listed Larston Tuttle Carey Bennett Marvin Kearns Robert Kearns R A Pickard and Mayfield Hoover. Interment was in Fairfield Cemetery.
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Allie Blanche Myers
High Point
Piney Grove Baptist Church
W. L. Campbell
J. H. Allred
C. M. Floyd
Barker
Larston Tuttle
Carey Bennett
Marvin Kearns
Robert Kearns
R. A. Pickard
Mayfield Hoover
Fairfield Cemetery
Funeral service for Mary Alice Cox six months old
The funeral for Mary Alice Cox six months old daughter of Silas Cox and Elma Mae Bullings Cox was held Sunday at 4 30 p m from J C Green and Sons Funeral Home with Rev D A Oakley officiating Interment was at Zion Reformed church cemetery Survivors include her parents four brothers Otis Major Lee Bobby Ray Clinton Silas Cox one sister Mae Cox maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs L B Bulloe paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs A C Cox
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Mary Alice Cox
Thomasville
Silas Cox
Elma Mae Bullings Cox
High Point
J. C. Green and Sons
D. A. Oakley
Trinity Methodist Church
Zion Reformed Church
Otis
Major Lee
Bobby Ray
Clinton Silas Cox
Mae Cox
L. B. Bulloe
A. C. Cox
Death notice for A J Rickel in Greensboro obituary
A J Rickel of 225 West Bay Street died today at a Greensboro nursing home at 2 30 AM after weeks as a patient. Born June 17 1859 in West Salem Ohio, he was a longtime High Point resident and former Globe Home Furniture superintendent. Survived by two daughters Mrs W C Ferree Archdale and Mrs T D Ferree Greensboro. Funeral Tuesday at 10 from Sechrest Funeral Home with Rev Wilson Weldon officiating, Oaklawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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A. J. Rickel
West Bay Street
Greensboro
Mr. Rickel
West Salem
Ohio
Michael
Elizabeth Klouse Rickel
High Point
Mebane
Old Globe Home Furniture Company
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. C. Ferree
Archdale
T. D. Ferree
City
Sechrest Funeral Home
Wilson Weldon
First Methodist Church
Oaklwood Memorial Park Cemetery
FBI Reports Near Half Million Draft Cases Handled
The FBI says by October 1, 1944 it closed 417,677 Selective Service cases and prosecuted 10,490. Director Hoover framed the effort as making men available for service with delinquents pursued and others registered. Examples include evasions in Alabama New Mexico New York Connecticut and Oregon with men and women involved in disguise and deception.
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FBI
Edward Scheidt
Charlotte
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Scheidt
Alabama
New Mexico
Don’t Take Gasoline Application To The Rationing Board
The local rationing board urges residents to submit basic A gasoline applications in person at the County Building on Friday or Saturday. Complete forms earn new gasoline books at submission. books will not be mailed later. County schools may assist with out of city registrants and their names will be published tomorrow.
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J. F. Jones
Grand Ole Opry Comes to School Auditorium
The Grand Ole Opry visits the Senior High school auditorium in Nash ville Tenn for three shows at 5 00 7 00 and 9 00 p m sponsored by the High Point VFW past Radio stars from coast to coast headline the lineup with Minnie Pearl Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys Spike and Spud and Georgie Haven among the acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Gene Autry
Spike and
Spud
Georgie Haven
Ralph Blanchard Visits War Chest in High Point
Ralph Blanchard executive director of the Community Chest and Councils will be in High Point today. He will visit other towns in the state and meet with Chest secretaries and attend the United War Chest campaign report meeting this afternoon.
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Ralph Blanchard
New York
Community Chest and Councils
Organization of Chests
High Point
Ruth Neve
Brazil Natives Consume High Coffee Intake Daily
A sizable portion of Brazilian people reportedly drink between 10 and 20 cups of coffee each day. The habit reflects widespread coffee culture and daily routines across the country.
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Brazil
J. W. Gilmore Dies After Long Illness at Home
J W Gilmore well known painting contractor died at his home on Route 5 near High Point shortly before 1 am Sunday after nine weeks of declining health and three weeks of serious condition. Born June 15 1875 in Chatham County he came to the city 30 years ago from Moore County. Survived by wife De Gilmore two sons Archdale Walter and a daughter in Raleigh a half sister Mrs Mattie Richie of Raleigh and a great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 from Union Tabernacle Prospect Street with Rev S E Taylor officiating burial in Oakwood cemetery.
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J. W. Gilmore
Ainting
Hame
Iigh Point
Route 5
Gilmore
Chatham County
Dock
Priscilla Carpenter Gilmore
Moore County
Main Street Methodist Church
de Gilmore
Archdale
Walter Gilmore
Raleigh
Mattie Richie
Sean Drew
Union Tabernacle
Prospect Street
S. E. Taylor
Oakwood Cemetery
New Registration Under Way In County
A total of 775 people in 40 of Guilford county’s 89 precincts registered Saturday for the general election on November 7. The county’s new registration likely reached 1,500, according to Leslie Abbott, Greensboro, chairman of the Guilford County board of elections. Abbott also said 1,681 soldier ballots have been returned and more than 4,200 absentee applications were mailed, with many signed ballots expected before election day.
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Leslie Abbott
Greensboro
Guilford County
Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp Meets Tonight
Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp No. 62 assembles this evening with a full attendance urged. Visiting Sovereigns are invited, and officers JOHN D. BRUTON and EDGAR C. JOHNSON sign the notice as Corsul Commander and financial secretary respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Piedmont
John 2. Bruton
Edgar C. Johnson
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Jimmif Green
Acadia Lodge
T. Bennison
Hamilton
Elgin
Waltham, Bulova, Gruen & Longines
Lester's Repair
Lester
DR. B. F. Thomas
W. Rich St
Phene
Dr. Max Bones
Depot
Office Equipment CO
North Main St
Albert
South Main St
Marietta
Tuberculosis
St.Joseph
N. Main & W. Washington
Fraley Field
South Main Street
Security National
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Meet of Baptists
Civil Service Examination
Teen
National War Fund
Yter
C. Fulk
Mrs
Allif Myers
Hungri
Rumania
Bulgaria
Crete
Bane Anorar
Dardanelles
SIG
Aegean
Mediterranean
Athens
Patras
Belgrade
St. Louis
Posin
Oregon
War Chest
Master Masons
Fleet Lewis
T. Gregory
Wagger
Elwood
RED Cross
Oshwrem's
U Red Cross
Robert J. Henning
Benjamin Moorenis
Man
Alaska
Nat Walker
Walgreen
High Point's Cash Jeweler
N. Main St
Igh Point
Larcest Credit Jewelers
Main ST
Iy LD
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Downs
Manville
Jane
Turkey
NY. FL
Guarnor
Wachovia Bank
Grace Main
Washington
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Winston-Salem
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