Negro Youth Leads Officers On City Wide Chase
Paull Portee 18, of 308 Taylor Street, led officers on a high speed chase through the city and into Randolph County before being caught at Flint Hill. He faced a prohibition violation charge and reckless driving after two gallons of whiskey were found in his 1941 Plymouth. Bonds posted for $500 to appear in municipal court Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paull Portee
Taylor Street
Randolph County
Flint Hill
Por- Mee
Gordy Street
English
Fairview
Taylor, Ward
South Main Streets
Archdale
R. I. Barr
Portee
George Walker
L. G. Myers
Scout events postponed due to polio outbreak
The infantile paralysis situation delays two finance related Scout gatherings in High Point. The Board of Review moves to Sept. 21 at Wesleyan church and the Court of Honor to Sept. 25 at the Junior High School. Both events remain open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Bunn Hackney
Scout
Board of Review
Wesley Rial Church
Court of Honor
Hackney
Local Stores Plan Victory Day Closures in High Point
High Point merchants will close stores to allow employees to attend a Victory Day celebration. If Europe news arrives before 2 pm on Sunday, closures extend only to that day. after 2 pm, the rest of the day and next day close. Grocery stores remain closed Wednesday afternoons year round. other stores resume regular hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
The
Merchants Association
Europe
Polio Ban Lifted In Thomasville
Thomasville officials announce the city will lift the polio ban at midnight Thursday. Children under 12 had been barred from public gatherings like Sunday schools and theaters. the ban removal allows such gatherings unless another outbreak occurs. Only two cases were reported in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fire damages Old High Point plant and furniture
Police and fire investigators probe an early morning blaze in the former High Point Furniture plant damaging the building and a large stock of furniture from A. E. Broyhill Furniture of Lenoir. Estimated damage reaches 2000 to 22000 dollars with fire tests tied to a sprinkler system outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
A. E. Broyhill Furniture Company
Lenoir
E. K. Ingram
C. Stoker
Ingram
High Point Fire Department
High Point Furniture Company
East Commerce Street
Dr Flagge Highlights High Point City Scenes At Civitan Luncheon
Dr Philip W Flagge presented a slide lecture on High Point at a Civitan Club luncheon. He showed photos of Main Street, churches, schools, golf courses, underpasses, and city landmarks, noting progress and changes. The event supported the crippled childrens fund through Rotary and featured attendance prizes and other club notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip W. Flagge
Civitan Club
High Point
Ed Davis
Flagge
Victory Gardens
City Lake
High Point College
Wilson
Weldon
Carlos Romulo
Rotary Club
Roceeds
Crippled Children’s Fund
Sheraton Hotel
Stokesdale
Board of
National Manufacturers Association
C. 8. Butler
Bristol, Tenn
Guy Leonard
Junior Dairy Cattle Show Set For Sept 27
The Upper Piedmont Junior Dairy Cattle Show for 4 H club members and FAA boys will be held at Statesville on September 27. A banquet is planned the night before at Barnum Springs with Davidson College treasurer F L Jackson as principal speaker and H Jeter of State College as toastmaster. The film Carolina Cows will be shown at the banquet.
Library Adopts Nine to Nine Weekday Hours
The city public library announces new hours from nine in the morning to nine in the evening, Monday through Friday, with Saturday closing at six. Librarian Mrs. Margaret Teague says the summer schedule previously had six o'clock closings and the change goes into effect September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
City Public Library
Margaret Teague
Mrs Richardson Appointed Elm Street School Principal
Mrs. A M Richardson named acting principal of Elm Street School replacing Lloyd Thayer who becomes acting principal of the Junior High school according to city schools superintendent C F Carroll. Richardson has served as substitute in city schools since 1937 and has taught in High Point since 1912 including the sixth grade and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Richardson
Lloyd Thayer
C. F. Carroll
Richardson
Elm Street
High Point
High Point College
Chowan College
University of North Carolina
Woman's College
City Seeks Priority On Fire Equipment
City officials advanced details of an application to the War Production Board for priority to purchase a new $14,000 fire fighting unit. Budget funds cover the cost and officials expect quick approval, noting new equipment is available. Separately, Berlin radio announced German ace Commodore Count Clemens von Schoenborn was killed in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
London
Berlin
Count Clemens von Schoenborn
Germany
Rotary Fetes Lovejoy at Thomasville meeting
About 150 Rotarians are expected to attend a Wednesday noon Thomasville Rotary meeting where Philip Lovejoy, general secretary of Rotary International since 1942, will speak. He previously served as assistant general secretary and managed twelve Rotary assemblies in several countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rotary Club
Philip Lovejoy
Rotary International
High Point Rotary Club
Lexington Club
Lovejoy
Chicago
Austria
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Switzerland
United States
Soldier Arrested For Borrowing Jeep
Local police report James L. Conner, a Camp Mackall soldier, arrested over the weekend for drunkenness and for driving a stolen jeep. He was jailed and later handed to military police. A man and woman, Hunter T. Walker and Mary L. Walker, also held on drunkenness and liquor law violations, traveling in a California-licensed car with whiskey in possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
James L. Conner
Camp Mackall
Hunter T. Walker
Mary L. Walker
California
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer
Horizontal and vertical clues cover a wide range from eccentric wheel part to Odin’s to solve this puzzle. The grid includes entries for cities in France and Massachusetts, metal fasteners, fruits of verse and anatomy, with terms for dwarfed forms and planetary weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
War Vet Needs Work Not Pensions Debate at Junior High
Around 400 locals attended a meeting at the Junior High School where Captain Morris Adler M D chief psychiatric consultant at the Overseas Replacement Depot Greensboro spoke. He argued soldiers returning home are changed by war and should receive medical care and vocational work opportunities rather than pensions or prolonged institutional care. The event included USO council members and ended with a film about recruiting more women into the Women’s Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U Council Ich
General Staff Angy
Hig
Morris Adler
Greensboro
Adier
Capt. Adler
New York
USO Council
Virgina Frank
USO
T. V. Rochelle
Ed G Hartley
Horace Haworth
Esdames Harry Doctor
Royster Thurman
Abram Raff
Charlotte
Hartley
M. Rochelle
Capt
Adler
Women’s Army Air Corps
Surratt Named Temporary Carrier for New Rural Route 5
Robert Bruce Surratt of 235 Boulevard has been appointed temporary carrier for the new rural mail delivery route No 5 to begin September 18. The route serves territory north of the city and south of the railroad tracks and the county's northeast section. Leonard, the mail superintendent, says the route will lighten workload and expedite delivery for families on up to 750 boxes and over 1,000 homes, cutting effort from long rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bruce
Surratt
Boulevard
B. G. Leonard
Leonard
Hostesses Sought By USO for ORD Dance
Miss Virginia Frank executive director of the local USO received a request from the Overseas Replacement Depot in Greensboro for 54 local junior hostesses to attend a dance there Thursday night. She asks all interested junior hostesses to sign up at the USO promptly. A weather note about keeping cottage cheese fresh by wrapping a damp cloth around it before refrigeration is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Frank
USO
Overseas Replacement Depot
Greensboro
Miss Frank
Mary Jane Stuart To Head Senior High Cafeteria
Miss Mary Jane Stuart of Winston Salem is named the new cafeteria director at Senior High School, succeeding Agnes Bowen who left for the Norfolk Navy Yard. The article lists cafeteria assignments and notes rising food costs and labor pressures while promising continued service of appetizing foods at varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Stuart
Winston-Salem
Chas. F. Carroll
Stuart
Woman's College
Gastonia High School
Agnes Bowen
Norfolk Navy Yard
Schoool
Ada Blair
Rosa Stover
Brentwood
G. C. Loflin
Cloverdale
H. R. Williams
Elm Street
Eleanor Clifton
Emma _ Blair
S. T. Buie
Johnson Street
Robert Sheloff
Oak Hill
B. H. Cook
Ray Street
D. A. Neese
H. S. Coffield
Fair
Liam Penn
Romelia
Carroll
Mrs Kendall Files Answer in Divorce Case
Mrs Myrtle Kendall files a responsive pleading in municipal court denying adultery claims in her husband Set William Kendall's divorce suit. He cites adultery and seeks custody of two older children now in an orphanage. she seeks alimony and counsel fees, plus dismissal of the suit. Kendall reports sending $4,600 overseas to build a home during 26 months apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Kendall
William C. Kendall
Kendall
Armed Service
D. C. MacRae
Sgt
Pfc Ralph Lambeth Wins European Campaign Ribbon
Private First Class Ralph M. Lambeth of Thomasville has earned the European African Middle East Campaign ribbon with two battle stars after over fifteen months overseas. The cryptographer at a B 26 Marauder headquarters in the Mediterranean Theater entered the Army Air Force in 1943. He previously ran WMFR radio and led Greensboro Broadcasting. a Duke University graduate and Phi Delta Theta member. His wife Dorothy P. lives in Thomasville, with his parents J E and Mrs Lambeth at Randolph Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph M. Lambeth
Thomasville
WBIG
Duke University
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Lambeth
Dorothea P
Salem Street
J. E. Lambeth
Randolph Street
Youre Not Too Old To Feel Young Tromone Ad Patter
An advertisement touts Tromone as a medical formula combining vitamins and hormones to revive vitality for middle aged men. It claims life enjoyment and attitude can improve with Tromone and urges follow the label directions from Mann Drug and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Os Mann
Notice of Sale in Guilford County High Point Division
In Guilford County North Carolina Mrs Emma F Cassell and husband Luther F Cassell and City of High Point announce a public auction sale of Lots Nos 162 and 163 in Fast View located on the east side of Richland Ave High Point Township. The sale is scheduled for September 25 1944 at 2 PM at the east door of the Greensboro Court House and is subject to court confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma F. Cassell
Luther F. Cassell
High Point
Superior Court
Guilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
High Point Township
N. C
Fastview
Office of Register of Deeds
Richland Ave
Rupert T. Pickens
L H Jones Dies at Home After Illness
Louis H. Jones 64 a well carpenter of 209 West Street died this morning at 11 30 following weeks of illness. He was born in Flat Rock January 25 1880 and married Lalaorne on September 8. Survivors include son Ha Jones and daughter Mrs Hortense Grubb both of Point, brother Millard Jones of Union S C, sister Viola Horne of Jonesville and six grandchildren. He was a member of Jehovahs Witnesses. Local arrangements are complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Jones
West Street
Flat Rock
Lalaorne
Ha Jones
Mra. Hortense Grubb
Point
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N. Main St
North Main
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Johnns
Manville
Washington
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Fligh Point
Main ST
DR. B. F. Thomas
W. High St
Max Bones
Depot
Tsicm Lyann System Loans
HOOD
Hood Nen
Lnan
Thomasville Rotary
Eugene Sheffer
Brittany
Edward
Concise
Charities
Unit of Apothecaries
City
Massachusetts
Dells
Syana As
River Islands
Rugged Mountain Ridge
Petition
Perched
Odin's Brother
King
Indicate, Inc
ORD Dance
Mrs. Kendall
Pfc
Ralph Lambeth
L. H. Jones
Tyson T. Ferree Architect
W. Green St
Tonigat
Gev
Ceci
Albert
South Main &I
Corverent
Mons- Michelson CO
OTRO
N. L. Garnel
Agency
K-Z Payment Plan
Hedgecock Lumber CO
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