Fellow Flier Learns of Lt. J. W. Edwards Escape
Capt R J Teetor visiting High Point learned Lt James William Edwards, missing since January, was alive after escape from Omori prison camp near Tokyo. Teetor said Edwards’ B-29 formed near his during a major air battle. Edwards and crew jumped as enemy fighters converged. Edwards’ parents in Lexington Avenue area had just learned of liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Teetor
James William Edwards
High Point
Edwards
Japan
William Cards
Lexington Avenue
Omori
Tokyo
Teeter
Teetor
Cadillac
Mich
Walter Hester
Hesters
Cleveland
Tenn
Pacific Area
Funeral Rites For Helen A Mendenhall And Others
Funeral rites held in Thomasville and High Point for Helen Amelia Mendenhall Mollie Myers Snell Mollie Brown and Charles A Mollett. Services conducted by local pastors with multiple pallbearers and choirs. Interments in Prospect Methodist Oakwood City cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen A. Mendenhall
Thomasville
Helen Amelia Mendenhall
Near Thomasville
C. O. Plyler
Fremont Mendenhall
Reid Mendenhall
John Mendenhall
P. K. Frazier
Lewis Myers
Fred Albertson
Prospect Methodist Church
Catherine Mendenhall Arnold
Charles A. Mollett
Forrest Avenue
High Point
Hoy L. Fesperman
First Reformed Church
H. Norwood Bowe
R. FE. Mitchell
T. 8. Delappe
G. M Hunsucker
Mollie Myers Snell
Myers Street
J. Henry Whitmore
First Presbyterian Church of
Fulton Lyttle
Mount Airy
David Mac Jester
C. R. Reed
S. L. Pollock
C. H. Newby
Carson C. Cox
T. H. Tomlinson
French Smith
Paul Green
Moyer Mendenhall
Marie Jones
City Cemetery
Molly Brown
Mary F
Molly) Brown
Mangum Avenue
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Thomas FE. Strickland
J. A. Grout
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Chester Brown
R. W. Brown
B. L. Brown
Paul Sizemore
Lawrence Proctor
Eugene Proctor
S. E. Cashwell
Georgia Hicks
Jesus
Welch Memorial Church
Earl Sheaf
Lumberton Officer Whiting Reported Safe Home Soon
Lt. Commander George H. Whiting of Lumberton, missing aboard the submarine Grenadier since May 1943, is expected to return to the United States after a Guam cable from his mother announced he would fly home. He was the executive officer and navigator of the Grenadier when it vanished in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
George H. Whiting
Grenadier
Guam
United States
Whiting
Pacific
Enrollment In City Schools Shows Gain
High Point city schools end six days with 7 325 total enrollment, up 152 from two weeks ago. White schools register 5 921, Negro schools 1 404, led by Junior High 1 308 and Senior High 1 084. Ada Blair 304, Brentwood 246, Cloverdale 505, Elm 459, Emma Blair 585, Johnson Street 377, Oak Hill 487, Ray Street 566. Negro schools Fairview 397, Leonard Street 638, William Penn 369. Compared to Greensboro, High Point white enrollment exceeds Greensboro in first week while total Greensboro enrollment is 8 460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City
Charles F. Carroll
Ada Blair
Brentwood
Cloverdale
Elm
Emma Blair
Johnson Street
Oak Hill
Ray Street
Fairview
Leonard Street
William Penn
Greensboro
High Point
Death Claims C T Archer at Greensboro Home
Charles Turner Archer aged 68 died at his Greensboro residence 11 Battleground avenue Wednesday at 2 pm after a heart attack. He was a Guilford County native, former farmer and merchant, and long time rural mail carrier until 1938. Surviving are his widow Maude, three sons, four daughters, a sister and six grandchildren. Benjamin Franklin line appears as unrelated note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Turner Archer
W. J. Wright
R. M. Cline
High Point
Battleground Avenue
Greensboro
Turner
Guilford County
William Archer
Hillsdale
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Maude Everette Archer
Charles E. Archer
Miami
Fla
John W. Archer
Shephard Field
Tex
David Archer
Germany
Charles White
Ward J. Burgess
Wright
Cline
Tia Johnson
Arrival Of PCA Officials Delayed In North Carolina
PCA officials delaying preflight talks with Greensboro High Point city leaders to plan reactivation of Knoxville Norfolk service. Fred Moss reports they are uncertain when they will arrive at Greens boro High Point airport as others proceed to Asheville Hickory and Greensboro. PCA adds Rochester Elmira Corning as stops on Washington to Buffalo route improving local air access. Residents gain direct daily flights to Norfolk Washington Baltimore Harrisburg Williamsport Elmira Corning Buffalo and Kester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania-Central
Knoxville
boro-High Point
Fred Moss
PCA
Ust
Durham
Asheville
Hickory
High Point
Greensboro
Civil Aeronautics Board
Rochester
Elmira
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Edwards
Yanks Guard
U. S
U. S. Army Signal Corps
International
N. L. Garner
INS
Agency
C. T. Archer
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Vaughn
Midget Food
W. Ray St
Velveeta
All Brand
Arton
Preshaire
U. S. No
California
Far
Clinton
Carolina Beauty Kraut
Weiners
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