Council Discusses Physical Checkup for Policemen and Firemen
City council in regular session discussed periodic physical examinations for police and fire personnel and awarded a $2,606.55 uniform contract to Fletheimer Brothers Company of Cincinnati. They also reviewed power savings from a new air compressor at the Westside sewer plant and approved several property deeds and beverage licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Friddle
Kirkman
Fire Department
Tae
Fletheimer Brothers Company
Cincinnati
Westside
Kwon
Linus
Otteray Drive
Country Club Drive
Highway 10A
Lexington Avenue
Temas
Public Works
Washington
Ritz Soda Shop
Mangum Avenue
R. C. Boyce
Hoover Street
O. H. Dogcett
Astor
North Main Street
J. C. Dillard
Public Utility Department
Gaither Kern
C. FE. Thayer
H. E. Bizzel
J. A. Lewis
Pemp
Lindale Dairy Corr
West
New Students Entertained As College Opens
Orientation Week at High Point College continues with a sophomores party and a Center Theatre theater event. Registration for the 19th year began with a large freshman class, including 42 day students from lign Point, as leaders welcomed new students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Theatre Management
High Point College
Cllege
Lign Point
P. FE. Lindley
G. [. Humpheys
Billy Henderson
James Lowder
McCulloch Hall
Marie Parker
Women’s Hall
Bob Porter
High Pointer Fires First Axis Shot Before War
Francis Henderson, 26, boatswain’s mate aboard the tanker Salinas, fired a shell at an Axis submarine’s conning tower during an early torpedoing incident. Relatives learned he survived days after the attack as the ship reached port, while his father Rev. E. L. Henderson, pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, expressed pride. Francis, a Navy veteran of nine years, hails from High Point and has a brother in the Marine Corps. His wife, living in Mobile, Ala., later joined him at an East Coast port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Henderson
Alfred Street
North Carolina
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Francis
Salinas
Henderson
High Point
U. S. Navy
Marine Corps
Mobile
Ala
Funeral Rites For J Alson Holmes Well Known Businessman
Funeral services for J Alson Holmes, longtime local businessman, were held at Sechrest Funeral Home chapel conducted by Dr C Excelle Rozzelle. A quartet sang My Faith Looks Up To Thee and Rock Of Ages. Burial followed in Floral Garden Cemetery. Survivors include widow Marrietta Betts, two sons Ben and Lawrence, two daughters Amy Lou and Edith, a brother John A Holmes and a sister Mrs B F Warren.
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J. Alson Holmes
Chestnut Street
Sechrest
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
John R. Peacock
Hulda Whitely
J. Gurney Briggs
J .W. Garrett
Rock of Ages
Troy Reiley
Ray Smith
J. N. Wright
Charles Thompson
E. P. Allman
B. S. Goode
J. T. Davis
Floral Garden
Mr. Holmes
Marrietta Betts
Ben R. Holmes
U. S. Army
Lawrence Holmes
High Point
Amy Lou Holmes
Edith Holmes
John A. Holmes
B. F. Warren
Mebane
J Adolphus Welch Rites Held for World War Veteran
Funeral services for J Adolphus Welch a World War veteran were conducted at Deep River Friends Church with Rev O L Easter officiating. The service featured Gospel Trio renditions and pallbearers from the American Legion. Interment followed in Deep River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J .Adolphus Welch
East
Lexington Avenue
Deep River Friends Church
Rev
O. L. Easter
Lebanon
Promoted Captain McNeill Joins 753rd Tank Battalion
Charles L. McNeill of High Point is commissioned as a captain effective July 4 1942 with the 753rd Tank Battalion and stationed at Camp Hood Temple Texas. A former professor of violin at Friends University Wichita Kansas he is 25 and married to Betsy Corbin of Wichita.
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Charles L. McNeill
High Point
Camp Ood
Temple
Texas
McNeill
Army
High Point College
Fort Bennine Ga
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Captain McNeill
School of Music
University of Michigan
Friends University
Wichita
Kansas
Betsy Corbin
Camp Hood
M. FE. McNeill
Vera Idol Delivers Humorous History of Names Talk
Miss Vera Idol, professor of English at High Point College, addressed the American Business Club at the Hotel Elwood dinner meeting on the History of Names. She traced many of High Point’s citizens to ancestral roots in Ireland Scotland and England.
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Vera Idol
High Point College
American Business Club
Elwood
Thol
High Paint
Ireland
Scotland
Fingland
Poem Highlights High Point Names at Asheville Conference
The item notes a poem weaving familiar High Point names and reports the Second District Conference of American Business Clubs to be held at the George Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville on Saturday September 19. Local club representation includes Gilbert Clinard Bob Davis and John Meyers with James G B Lovelace as program chairman. The attendance prize went to W E L Mitchell and Bob Davis presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Asheville
George Vanderbilt
Gilbert Clinard
Bob Davis
John Meyers
James GB. Lovelace
W. EL Mitchell
Delinquent Registrants Listed by Draft Board Four
Draft Board Four lists delinquents who failed to return questionnaires. Names include Thomas Deverhouse 3108A and John Robert Moore 10958 along with John R. Odom 11236 Burman Sanford Williams 11560 Dewey Lee George 10193 Henry Hines 10869 Samuel Titus Whitworth 11029 William Gaston Brown 11296 Stephen Murphy 11154 Simon Reid 11709 Oscar Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Deverhouse
John Robert Moore
John R. Odom
Burman Sanford Williams
Dewey Lee George
Henry Hines
Samuel Titus Whitworth
William Gaston Brown
Stephen Murphy
Simon Reid
Oscar Hampton
Planning a Post War World Victory and Peace Terms
A speaker argues victory must come with careful peace terms. Merely eliminating Hitler won’t solve global instability. The speech warns against Versailles style rhetoric, urges republican governance, justice over force, and patience to avoid repeating past errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Versailles
Dunn Named 1st Vice President of Winston-Salem Traffic Club
T. B. Dunn, noted traffic expert and manager of Security Warehouse, is appointed 1st Vice President of the Winston-Salem Traffic Club succeeding Tom H. Willings of the New York Central System. He is promoted to General Agent in Atlanta and is active in the High Point Traffic and Transportation Club, serving on its board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Dunn
Security
Winston-Salem Traffic Club
Tom H. Willings
New York
Andrews to speak to High Point life underwriters
H P Life Underwriters hear Andrews secretary of the National Association of Life Underwriters address the High Point group at the Elwood Hotel during the noon meeting. L F Ferree serves as president of the local chapter. Buenos Aires is the largest city of Latin America with 2 300 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WL HH. Andrews
Greenboro
National Association of Life Underwriters
High Point Group
Elwood
L. F. Ferree
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Charles H. Cecil Funeral Held at Pleasant Grove
Funeral arrangements for Charles Has sell Cecil aged 26 are announced for Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with Rev. C E Ridge and Rev Mr Plyler officiating. The body lies in state from 10 15 a m to 11 a m prior to service and burial follows in the family plot at the church cemetery. The body was moved from Yows Funeral Home to the home of his mother on Route Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hassell Cecil
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
C. E. Ridge
Mr. Plyler
Spring Hith Methodist Church
R. £. Ceci
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Seiler
Selter
N.S. Vu
Eily
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McKenney
Irene Dunne
Patric Knowles
Paramount
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Broadhurst
Andy Devine
Leo Carrillo
Atalto
Priscilla Lane
Planning and Zoning Commission
J. Adolphus Welch
American Legion
Frank L. Lewis
Gary Beverage Company
C.L. McNeill
Business Club
Draft Board
Wide World Features
Alf M. Landon
France
Germany
Dunn
Twin City Traffic Club
Amelia
Veitameen D—Anheuser-Busch
Barker's Yeast
America
Manly
Adolphus Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Budweiser
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