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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
11
City council meets at city hall to open bids on closed garbage bodies, a road roller, and police uniforms. Five new garbage units planned replacing eleven, with four workers per unit, aiming to improve efficiency and cut labor costs. Officials expect reduced street trips and lower overall staffing as the fleet upgrades occur.
Eugene C. Powell, former local police member, stopped at Greens bus Station to identify Otto Jones, a fugitive from the County state prison. Powell pursued Jones after a rest break, tackled him, and handed him to Greensboro police. Jones was later transferred to Central Prison in Raleigh for reassignment to camp.
Draft officials announced that eight men from Greensboro boards left for Camp Croft along with 36 registrants. Names listed include Willard Arthur, Charles Anderson Shack, Oscar Carlton Martin Jr, Wade Hill, Fred Wilson, Billyerrill Ingram, Carl Herman Tea Jr, and Joseph Lloyd Gre Snider. The call was described as the largest in two and a half years.
Workers at Melrose Hosiery donate 500 dollars and mail a check to the emergency infant paralysis hospital in Hick and the Polio fund receives ten dollars from the Elizabeth Albright day school class of Ward Street Methodist church. The brief item notes local contributions and ongoing fundraising.
Rotary International general secretary Lovejoy spoke to Thomasville and visiting Rotarians including from Lexington and High Point. Mayor R. L. Pope introduced him as Dr. O. R. Hassler presided. Lovejoy urged service, goal of aiding service members, and postwar job placement. Charles Stone of Charlotte, district governor, attended as a special guest.
Cpl Darrell C Hill an Infantryman with the 121st Infantry Regiment 8th Division was killed in action in France on July 11 official war department notice to his parents states He volunteered four years ago and previously worked for National Food stores Survivors include his widow Mrs Ruth Bean Hill formerly of Martinsville Virginia and his parents Mr and Mrs Numa Hill of 206 Tomlinson Street
Brentwood Presbyterian pastor Rev J P McNatt was guest speaker for HIPIC in the Y M C A lobby. His address, Man's Greatest Need, urged a firm religious foundation for peace of mind and lifelong service. A follow up meeting with gym activities is planned for next Wednesday night.
Draft Board No. 5 requests help locating Robert L. Horne colored 27 who last received mail at 310 Coolidge Street and Wallace Nesbit colored 25 formerly of 615 Hurley Street. Notices to report for pre induction were returned as unknown at the provided addresses per J. F. Snider in charge.
Twenty missionaries will speak at about 40 of the 55 Piedmont Baptist churches from September 17 to 22. Evening meetings start at 7 30 o clock with a full schedule to be announced.
The free all soldier show from Camp Butner visits the High Point auditorium at 8 p.m. It features the 225th Army Band with new material and a veteran speaker recounting combat experiences. A film, The Battle of Russia, will be shown and organizers promise pace and interest higher than past performances.
Postmaster in High Point warns in early holiday guidance that overseas mailings run Sept 15 to Oct 15. Packages must be securely wrapped in sturdy boxes, weigh at most five pounds, and not exceed 15 inches in length or 36 inches combined length and girth. Include sender and recipient addresses inside and outside and mark parcels Christmas parcel for December 25 delivery. Only one parcel per week per recipient is allowed.
Fifty to sixty Gray-Y boys will attend a JayCees outing and wineer roast hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce on September 21. The event honors the waste paper collection service performed by the boys this summer with a ball game and refreshments at Baker's Service Station starting at 6 p.m.
Mrs Sarah Toomes 79 died at her Jamestown home Wednesday afternoon after months of illness. Born October 12, 1864 in Guilford County, she was married to N E Toomes who died in 1942. Survived by daughter Mrs C F Garrett and four grandchildren, brother Addison Hodgin, sister Mrs Martha Quate. Funeral Friday at 3 pm at Mitchell Grove Methodist Church with Rev E W Jones and Rev C M McKinney. interment in Mitchell Grove Cemetery. Body returns to residence this afternoon at 5.
Boulder Colo INS the University of Colorado will set up a counseling and advisory service for returning war veterans with special educational problems. Review and refresher courses will be offered in German selected fields, especially mathematics chemistry physics and English. Several high school courses will let veterans makeup curricular deficiencies.
A lightweight portable hoist used by American Air Forces in England halves loading time for small bombs on planes crossing the continent. Weighing 20 pounds, it features a C-clamp lifting two bombs at once. The note adds a remark on the ancient use of cosmetics dating to 5,000 B.C.
About 9 000 to 10 000 industrial workers will begin shifts one hour later after October 1 daylight length changes prompt new schedule. C T Ingram Sr of Associated Industries of High Point cites uniform policy to fit riders and share the ride plans and notes varied hours among retailers and government offices.
Greensboro firms and a College Place Methodist church class congratulate High Point on selecting Captain J A Lowdermilk as chief of police. Lowdermilk, on FBI leave in Richmond, Va, was appointed last Saturday and expected to arrive next week to assume duties.
Mrs Betty Poole Snyder 51 wife of Mack Snyder of Randolph Street Extension died after a two week illness in a focal hospital. Survivors include her husband five daughters five sons two brothers two sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral Friday at Fair Grove Methodist church at two. Interment in church cemetery. Body remains at Russell Funeral Home until funeral hour. In Africa tribes measure beauty by faces some would deem deformed.
Registration time for all first graders and elementary pupils not at a High Point school last year moved to next Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4 due to delayed opening. Parents may call the school if unable to attend in person. first graders dismissed at noon for the first two weeks. Oct 2 birth cutoff applies for 1944 1945 term.
The Everett, Zane and Muse Accounting firm of Greensboro has begun the city audit, with a completion target of November 15 after a two thousand dollar low bid approved by the city council. The contract also covers auditing the municipal clerk of court for three hundred dollars.
Furniture stores here will continue to close on Wednesday afternoons through September but will resume their regular schedule on October 4, it was announced today.
Funeral services for David H Blair 76 of Washington D C will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in Springfield Friends church with Rev Harold Hadley and Dr Clyde Mil officiating. Burial will follow in Springfield cemetery. The body will arrive in He Point Friday morning and lay at Blair home 1818 South Main Street until service time. Pallbearers include John Richardson R R Ragan J Allen Austin John Peacock Horace Haworth Nereus English G H Kearns Grover H Jones.
Principal R H Abernathy announced Trinity Schools will reopen Monday September 18, a week later than planned. The district still needs four teachers to fill positions in the high school and several grades.
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