Dr Conrad to Retire After 55 Years as Preacher
Austin B Conrad, pastor of First Baptist Church since June 1930, officially resigns after 55 years in the ministry. He told the senior and junior deacons six months ago that age and health require a younger leader, with his retirement to be finalized at a church business meeting next Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
Conrad
Eel Eedda Lee
Nanaca
Brethren
Kress Company Donates to War Loan Drive at High Point Store
National offices of the S. H. Kress Company are donating about 1 000 000 to the third war loan drive and have allocated 3 000 of that amount to the High Point store. M L Roberts manager said Kress clerks and personnel here would make further bond and stamp purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Kress Company
High Point
M. L. Roberts
Kress
End of Pastorate Promised as New Leader Sought
A minister announces plans to form a committee to find a suitable successor, signaling the end of his long pastorate after fifty five years of continuous preaching. He expresses deep affection for the church, hopes for a smooth transition, and readiness to assist with supply ministry.
Market receipts and standards report from Chicago data
Chicago market figures show receipts totaling 604,483 with firm 93 AA 44 and 82 41 90 B 40, percentiles notes 89 C 4. Centralized carrots at 40 percent. Pegs receipts 11,248 with specials 50 and extras 43. Standards 41.4. Current receipts 39 to 39.9. Dirties 35 to 37 and checks 35 to 36 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Men and Women in Service Rank Advances Mentioned
Meda P. Pegram of High Point has been promoted to staff sergeant at Columbus Air Field in Mississippi, as one of only two in her company to earn the rank. Aviation Cadet Benjamin R. Varner, brother of Mrs. M. A. Nixon, has arrived at Frederick Army Air Field in Oklahoma for final bomber pilot training, with completion to grant silver wings and a commission as second lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meda P. Pegram
James A. Pesey
High Point
Columbus Air Field
Columbus
Miss
Benjamin R. Varner
M. A. Nixon
Hedrick Street
Frederick Army Air Field
Okla
Varner
Private Willie Yow Completes RAF School Training
Pfc. Willie B. Yow, son of Mrs. H. J. Yow, has graduated from the RAF school at Chanute Field Illinois. He completed the special purpose motor vehicles maintenance course and several technical operations essential to keeping the nation’s fighting planes ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie B. Yow
H. J. Yow
RAF
Chanute Field
Ill
Slack Graduates From Naval Training School
Hugh W. Slack son of Mr and Mrs H H Slack Route One Sophia has graduated from the naval training school for machinists at the University of Minnesota Minneapolis Minnesota. Robert G Vaughn son of Mrs E M Vaughn of Briggs Avenue has completed his course of studies as an aviation mechanic at the RAF Amarillo Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slack
Hugh W. Slack
H. H. Slack
Route One
Sophia
Naval Training School For Machinists
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert G. Vaughn
E. M. Vaughn
Briggs Avenue
Raf
Amarillo
Texas
Grogan Begins Pilot Training at Carlstrom Field Florida
Aviation Cadet Jack Carroll Grogan reports to Carlstrom Field Arcadia Florida for a phase of pilot training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs L G Grogan of Route One Trinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grogan
Florida
Jack Carroll Grogan
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
L. G. Grogan
Route One
Trinity
Thornton visits mother during base duty duties
Seaman second class Terrence E. Thornton stationed at the U S naval base Sampson New York visited his mother Mrs E Thornton of 307 Kennedy Street last week returning to duty shortly after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Terrence E. Thornton
U. S. Naval Base
Sampson, N. Y
E. Thornton
Kennedy Street
Willoughby Assigned to First Troop Carrier Command
Lt Julian D Willoughby formerly of 917 Dayton Street has wings and trains at Bergstrom AAF Austin Texas with the first troop carrier command His wife Virginia lives in High Point Aviation Cadet William Reve Gorman reports to Carlstrom Field Arcadia Fla to begin training for his wings He is the son of Mr and Mrs D J Gorman of 701 Montlieu Ave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willoughby
Tenas
Julian D. Willoughby
Dayton Street
First Troop Carrier Command
Army Air Forces
Bergstrom Aaf
Austin
Texas
Virginia Willoughby
High Point
FTCC
William Reve Gorman
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
D. J Gorman
Montlieu Ave
Sergeant First Class Charles F. McCandless Promoted
Charles F. McCandless a meteorologist with the U S Army Air Corps in Indianapolis Indiana rises from corporal to sergeant first class He is the son of Professor and Mrs C E McCandless of Oakwood Court Apartments and has served about two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FE. McCandless
U. S. Army Air Corps
Indianapolis
Ind
Sgt. McCandless
C. E. McCandless
Oakwood Court Apartments
Freeman Graduates and Bennett Completes RAF Gunnery School
Sgt. John T. Bennett of Middle River Maryland completed RAF flexible gunnery training in Fort Myers Florida, finishing third highest in ground range firing. Sgt. Otho H. Freeman of 412 Fourth Street also graduated from the same RAF gunnery program in Fort Myers Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Bennett
J. T. Bennett
Middle River
Baltimore, Md
RAF
Fort Myers, Fla
Duke V-12 trainees include High Point cadets list
Duke University hosts 1,600 navy marine and coast guard trainees in the V-12 college training program. among them are High Point boys John Nathaniel Crowder navy Wayne Edward navy Homer Franklin Haworth Jr navy Edward Kemp marine Charles Foulke Kinsey navy Edward Dalton Sale navy Stanley Steward Saunders navy Robert Edwin Stroupe navy James Erwin Whichlard navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy, Marine and
Coast Guard
Duke University
High Point
John Nathaniel Crowder
Navy
Wayne Edward
Homer Franklin Haworth, Jr
Edward Kemp
Marine
Charles Foulke Kinsey
Edward Dalton Sale
Stanley Steward Saunders
Robert Edwin Stroupe
James Erwin Whichlard
Luther W. Tise Dies After Hospitalization From Accident
Luther W. Tise died in a local hospital Sunday night after an accident at his Archdale Machine Shop on 320 East Russell Street. A blow torch explosion caused severe burns and he had been in critical condition since the incident Saturday morning. He moved to the city from Greensboro and leaves a wife, two daughters, a son in the armed forces, five grandchildren, three half brothers, and a sister. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 PM from the family home with two pastors officiating. Interment in Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro. He was born March 10, 1895 in Forsyth County, aged 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther W. Tise
East Russell Street
Greensboro
Archdale Machine Shop
G. E. Brewer
Nellie Lee Gibson
L. R. Hill
City
Pvt
Edward Lee Tise
Aberdeen
G. A. Tise
Norfolk
W. D. Tussey
James S. Tussey
Alice Brower
West Willis Street
O. L. Brown
Calvary Methodist Church
Mr. Barker
South Side Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Forsyth County
John C
Mary Bradenton Tise
Graduates of HPC Heard In City's Pulpits
Reports from city churches say High Point College alumni delivered splendid sermons Sunday. Dr. N H Harrison spoke at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church before Reverend Kenneth Crouse of Iersville, explaining invitations to visiting young ministers and praising the college as a cultural educational and spiritual power enhancing the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
N. H. Harrison
Kenneth Crouse
Iersville
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Funeral Rites For Lloyd A Blair
Funeral services for Lloyd A Blair twenty four sought son of Mr and Mrs E A Blair of 1505 Potts street were held Sunday afternoon at two from Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev C E Ridge officiating. Church choir provided music. Pallbearers were F C Garner Charlie Jordan Clifford Beane Millard Garner J H Spivey and Astor Spivey. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd A. Blair
E. A. Blair
Potts Street
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
C. E. Ridge
F. C. Garner
Charlie Jordan
Clifford Beane
Millard Garner
J. H. Spivey
Astor Spivey
Two Killed When Passenger Train Derails
Howard City Michigan September 13 Wreckers cleared Pennsylvania tracks three miles south of here after a passenger train derailed last night. Engineer John G Nyburg 60 and fireman Thomas Lock wood died in the overturned locomotive. Dining car steward Paul Ruiz of Chicago had minor cuts. About 100 passengers unharmed. Investigators sought the cause of the 8 30 p m derailment during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard City
Mich
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
John G. Nyburg
Thomas Lockwood
Pennsylvania
Mackinaw City
Paul Ruiz
Chicago
Revival at Ran kin Memorial Church Continues
Rev C D White of Thomasville preaches a revival at Ran kin Memorial Methodist Church. The pastor Rev Edw Suits announced the series will run through part of this week with services tonight and Tuesday night at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rankin Memorial Methodist Church
C. D. White
Thomasville
Edw. Suits
Thirteen Women Buy War Bonds at High Point Plant
Thirteen women who run a looping plant at 1404 Franklin Street High Point will purchase thirteen war bonds for the third war loan drive. Led by Mrs Mae Beeson the group employs twelve women in the looping room. Beeson and her family are buying bonds, and son John Alton Beeson is serving in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Franklin Street
Mae Beeson
Beeson
John Alton Beeson
U.S. Navy
Two Officers Docketed For Superior Court
Wilkesboro September 13. Guy L. Scott SBI investigator and Lt. W. B. Lentz Asheville district highway patrol commander were docketed for trial at a special term of superior court on lar ceny charges connected with the disappearance of 90 cases of liquor from a seizure near here. The grand jury indicted them in August after witnesses testified 90 cases disappeared from a total seizure of 697. Yates faces related charges. Governor Broughton ordered the investigation and court term. Judge R Hunt Parker presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesboro
Guy L. Scott
State Bureau of Investigation
W. B. Lentz
Asheville
State Highway Patrol
Here
Wilkes County
Grand Jury
Scott
Lentz
Phillip Yates
Yates
Broughton
Attorney General
SBI
R. Hunt Parker
Roanoke Rapids
Negroes Again Tried On Immoral Charges
Edward Miller and Eleanor Doster, both 17, appeared in court for a second time in a week on charges of occupying a room for immoral purposes. Miller received a four month sentence on the county roads after an appeal, while Doster was placed under supervision for substantiation of age. Plaster is made from anthills by natives in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Miller
Eleanor Doster
Miller
Doster
Mabel Hargett
Vandiver Gets 18 Months In Adultery Case
W. G. Vandiver a 32 year old father of three was sentenced to 18 months in prison after a Municipal court conviction for fornication and adultery with a 14 year old school girl Hattie Cowan. The girl testified she loved Vandiver and had lived next door in Roanoke Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Vandiver
Hattie Cowan
D. C. MacRae
Vandiver
Roanoke Rapids
South Main Street
Cowan
Mabel Hargett
Hargett
MacRae
Thomas Sprinkly
Winston- Salem
Mrs Harrington Dies In T ville After Stroke
Mary Alice Herrington aged 60, longtime Thomasville resident, died at home Monday morning after a stroke. Born in Anson County she lived in Thomasville 18 years. Husband James Robert Herrington died in 1934. Survived by three daughters Esther Brooks High Point Carl Lambeth of the home Lozzie Lyndon Randleman and seven sons Lonnie Fieldale VA Frank Albert Hugh Van Herrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Mary Alice Herrington
Thomasville
Anson County
James Robert Herrington
Esther Brooks
High Point
Carl Lambeth
Lozzie Lyndon
Randleman
Lonnie Herrington
Fieldale
Frank
Albert
Hugh
van Herrington
War Bond Drive in High Point Aims Thursday
High Point plans a 10 o clock Thursday parade of motorized equipment down Main Street to showcase the Fort Bragg caravan and boost a bond sale toward a 4 426 250 quota. W B Hall leads the campaign with sales booths and a 75 man Fort Bragg unit displaying armored cars and artillery. A 30 piece band will lead the cavalcade to the post office playground for a one hour exhibit and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Main Street
Post Office
W .B. Hall
Third War Loan Campaign
Fort Bragg
Hibit
Hall
Eighth Army
Nash Court Clerk Delivers Familiar Warnings Short Cut
M W Nash municipal court clerk grows tired of routine ritual in arrest cases. He repeats the standard warning that missing defendants must appear or their bond will be forfeited. Prosecutor Thomas Sprinkle chimes in with the second call, maintaining the same cadence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Nash
Nash
Thomas Sprinkle
Initiation to be Conferred by Reption Lodge Tuesday
The Odd Fellows of Reption Lodge will confer the initiatory degree on six candidates at the regular meeting Tuesday night at 7 30 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows of
Brooks Family Obituary Notes Military Service Ties
Of Thomasville, Fred Harrington in Miss U S Army, Brooks Herrington overseas with U S Marine Corps, two sisters Mrs M B Thompson of Charlotte and Mrs W W Christenberry of Florida, five brothers J M and Eddie Brooks of Charlotte Buddie Brooks of Monroe E M Brooks of Memphis Tenn and Cable Brooks of Arizona, 18 grandchildren and several nephews. Funeral arrangements were in complete today but body will remain at Russell Funeral home until late Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fred Harrington
U. S. Army
Miss
Brooks Herrington
U. S. Marine Corps
M. B. Thompson
Charlotte
W. W. Christenberry
Florida
J. M
Eddie Brooks
Buddie Brooks
Monroe
E. M. Brooks
Memphis
Tenn
Cable Brooks
Arizona
Russell Funeral Home
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G. D. Davidson
F. T. Gregory
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown Lumber CD
Oak Street
Ital
ICE Delivery Company
Bull West
Siebler
Shackelford
Lord Jesus Christ
psi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
Orkin Man
East Washington St
Pegram
Warner
YOW
Vaughn
Gorman
Bennett Graduates
DUKE
Bucket Brigade
U. S. Navy
NEA
U. S
Rendova
HPC
South Africa
Ani
ORLD
Nat Walker
Walgreen
City Fuel CO
Park St
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Araby's
Credit Jewelers
S. Main ST
A. McMurray
U.S
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