Most Local Plants To Close For Labor Day
Majority of industrial plants will close all day Monday for Labor Day nine firms will operate as usual City employees except firemen and women will observe the holiday County offices and clerk of court announce cases moved to Wednesday No city or rural mail delivery but boxes will be available and some mail to trains General delivery hours 9:00 a m to 12:00 m Stores and banks closed most businesses affected list of plants closed and those operating including Welch Furniture and many mills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. C. Clark
Merchant's Association
W. J. Carter
High Point Clearing House Association
Welch Furniture Company
Kearns Furniture Company
Marsh Furniture Company
Continental Furniture Co
Furniture City Eee National Upholstery Co
Burton Upholstery Co
Silver Knit
Thomas Mills, Inc
High Point Wear Co
Hilcrest Silk
Highland Cotton Mill
Pickett Cotton
Amos
Melrose
Crown
O. E. Kearns and Son
Triangle
Slane
Harris and Covington
High Point Overall Co
Myrtle Desk Co
Globe Parlor Furniture Co
Alma Desk Co
Snow Lumber Co
Tate Furiture Company
P. A. Thomas Car Works
Carolina Container Co
Guilford Hosiery Mills
High Point Paper Box Co
Tomlinson’s
High Point
Sherrod Shirt Co
Heritage Furniture Co
All Adams Millis Corporation
Budget Of 1 969 291 Is Approved In High Points Council
High Point adopts a 1 969 291 dollar city budget for 1943 44 and elects M F Crooks to fill the council vacancy. The session approved raises for many city employees, set the tax rate at 1.21 per 100, and approved a postwar capital reserve fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Crooks
High Point
MM. F. Crooks
Council
Finis
Judge Starts Own Campaign To Sell Bonds
Judge D C MacRae began a private campaign for the third war loan drive by suspending judgment for two blackout violators on condition they buy $50 bonds. Others charged with blackout violations received suspended sentences or fines, with duties as air raid wardens and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
Harry Jacobs
Jacob's Men Shop
Sallie Tucker
Quality Beauty Shop
D. W. Meares
Almina Street
United States
Meares
H. N. Williard
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Bill Royal
Mallory Street
Friends Quarterly Meeting at Springfield This Saturday
The Society of Friends holds its quarterly meeting at Springfield meeting house with a 10 o clock morning session. Worship at 11, picnic lunch on church grounds, and a 1 15 o clock business session follow. Frederic Carter, new North Carolina yearly meeting executive secretary, attends along with several scheduled matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Friends
Springfield
Frederic Carter
North Carolina
City Council Approves Pay Raises and Sets Tax Rate
The council approved monthly raises for several city staff including Lois Welborn and others, with a total $240 boost for Welborn’s combined treasurer clerk and purchasing agent roles. J C Dillard received a raise to $185 monthly. The tax ordinance set the city rate at $1.21 per $100, allocating funds to operation, debt service, school debt, and street debt. A $60,000 capital reserve fund was established for post war construction needs, funded by ad valorem taxes and prior year encumbrances. Acting City Manager Jones and City Accountant Crowe were commended for budget work.
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Lake Crowe
Grover H. Jones
General Assembly
Security
High Point
Jones
Capital Reserve Fund
W. G. Friddle
Police Division
Ingram
Treasury
Health Department
A. J. Setzer
Charles Stoker
R. S. Long
W. T. Saunders
J. Vassie Wilson
L. F. Honeycutt
C. B. Blackburn
Lois Welborn
17 Year Old Girl Charged With Drunkenness
Cora King, 17, of 424 Mangum Street, appeared in High Point Municipal Court this morning minus her shoes. Officers arrested her at Meadowbrook Inn shortly after midnight on a public drunkenness charge and the judge continued the case next week along with Marie Meredith who faced the same charge. The court records note repeated prior arrests for King and that she was placed under the girls' commissioner last week. The commissioner said King reported she would not drink again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora King
Mangum Street
High Point Municipal Court
Meadowbrook Inn
Marie Meridith
King
Cora
Funeral services for B. F. Bryant at East Burlington Church
Funeral service for 59 year old B. F. Bryant will be held at 4 PM at East Burlington Presbyterian Church. Burial follows at Pine Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife Elizabeth Mabry Bryant, four daughters Elizabeth Lambert Overa Robertson Cleo Johnson Linnie Bryant, three sons Richard James Bryant Beaufort Bryant, three sisters Elizabeth Bryant Lillia Bryant H. B. Belcher, three brothers Ezel Bryant Charles Bryant, and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bryant
Burlington
B. F. Braynt
East Burlington Presbyterian Church
Pine Hill Cemetery
Elizabeth Mabry Bryant
Elizabeth Lambert
Overa Robertson
Cleo Johnson
Linnie Bryant
Richard and
James
Reminiscence of 1918 Draft Registrants and School Days
W A Bivins retrospects on the 1918 selective service registration in High Point and Greensboro. The piece lists local registrants, cites wartime bond drives, and recalls school days from 1886 to 1898 with vivid anecdotes about spelling, reading, and early baseball memories.
Pvt Underwood Wounded In Pacific Action
Private Harvey Fk Underwood, son of Mr and Mrs E J Underwood of 104 Culler Street, was wounded in action in the Pacific area on July 28. A military telegram reported unknown degree of wound but said he was improving, followed by a V mail dated Aug 24 stating he was at a rest camp in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Underwood
E. J. Underwood
Culler Street
Pacific Area
War Department
Harvey Fk. Underwood
Adjutant General
Underwood
Pacific
Myrtle Desk Company
Miss Nila M Jones Dies At Parents Home At 42
Miss Nila M Jones 42 died at her parents home 113 West Chester Drive shortly before 6 p m Thursday after declining health since October and serious condition since May She was born July 26 1901 in Henderson County daughter of L J and Eugene B Blackwell Jones came to city 24 years ago from East Flat Rock Surviving are her parents two sisters Miss Nora Jones Mrs Earl Staten five brothers J R A P Jones W D Jones Ed Jones and E R Jones Interment in Oakwood Cemetery Funeral Sunday at 2 p m from Koonce Funeral Home chapel with Rev O R Ossman and Rev O L Ruth in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nila M. Jones
Westchester Drive
Miss Jones
Henderson County
L. J
Eugene B. Blackwell Jones
East Flat Rock
Christchurch
L. J. Jones
Nora Jones
Earl Staten
Camden
N.J
J. R
A. P. Jones
W. D. Jones
Lake Waccamaw
Ed Jones
Manchester
E. R
Jones
Norfolk
Koonce
O R. Ossman
Waupaca
Wis
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Instructions On Blackouts Being Distributed Here
Local civilian defense distributes colored posters and air raid instruction to factories schools and merchants amid fears of enemy bombing raids. Officials say signals can be confusing and emphasize blackout precautions while 800 manufacturers produce over 3 billion dollars in war material and supplies of rubber are expected to total 275000 tons in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civilian Defense Office
United States
My Memory of School Days and the Good Old Days
The narrator recalls school exhibits, brush arbors, roses, pink lemonade, ice cream, recitations, and speeches. They remember the academy piano as a steady sound of little girls practicing. They contrast the past with a future where minds and souls may create greater music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
September stove allotment for High Point residents
The rationing board announced 107 new stoves available in September for High Point residents. Demand exceeds supply with many applications on file. used stoves are not rationed and will be considered first in future months. The September quota includes 26 coal and wood stoves, 5 gas cooking stoves, 38 oil cooking stoves, 33 coal and wood heating stoves, 5 oil heating stoves, and no gas heating stoves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Container Given Right To Boost Workers' Wages
The war labor board grants Carolina Container a 10 percent wage increase retroactive to July 9. General manager C. T. Ingram said the request was first filed four months ago but not decided until after July 1, and the raise is being distributed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Labor Board
Carolina Container Company
C. T. Ingram
Kiwanis Spotlight Showcases Bulla and Way
Kiwanis club guests Jimmy Bulla and Pearl Way, selected from the local senior high, spoke at a 12:15 meeting in the Sheraton hotel about their Tar Heel ventures at the University of North Carolina and Woman's College Greensboro. They praised the institutes and urged members to buy War Bonds. visitors included Dr Glenn Peary J G Bagnal and Sam Dutton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
Jimmy Bulla
Pearl Way
Institutes of Government
University of North Carolina and
Woman's College
Greensboro
Tar Heel Boy State
Tar Heel Girl State
North Carolina
Joe Johnson
Lee Schanner
Bulla
Miss Way
Glenn Peary
J. G. Bagnal
Statesville
Sam Dutton
High Sheriff Faces Assault Charge In Archdale
W M Bingham Randolph county sheriff was to be heard by Magistrate R D Auman in Archdale on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. W A Jessup filed the complaint after Bingham allegedly fired five times at a car driven by Jessup on July 17, missing him, then arrested Jessup for drunken driving. The case heads to Randolph superior court next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Bingham
Randolph County
R. D. Auman
Archdale
W. A. Jessup
Auman
Gaston A. Johnson
Jessup
Johnson
Randolph Superior Court
Sheri Johnson
Moonshiners In Wilkes Back At Brandy Making
United States Marshall Fdney Ridge reported that moonshiners have resumed brandy production in Wilkes county. A covey of three stills was found yesterday, each producing apple brandy. Arrests were made for James Blevins Dora Blevins and Dewey James with bonds set at 500 each. Trial scheduled for November 23 term of Wilkes court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
United States
Marshall Fdney Ridge
Wilkes County
Marshall Ridge
Wilkes
James Blevins
Dora Blevins
Dewey James
J. W. Dula
Wilkesboro
Wilkes Court
Greensboro War Loan Drive Kickoff at Bond Rally
Greensboro launches its third war loan drive with a bond rally at the Carolina theatre attended by merchants and employees. Dr I Q nationally known quiz master headlines the event as the goal is set at 13 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Carolina Theatre
Dr. I. Q
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