Records Branch Moves to St Louis Tuesday
The adjutant general's Records Branch will begin moving its personnel records and equipment from the Furniture Exposition in High Point to new quarters in St. Louis Missouri, with tentative start date Tuesday September 25. Col E C Gault cites increased work and the need for larger quarters and thanks High Point for support while noting many personnel will stay or seek other jobs.
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Lization
Adjutant General's’ Office
St. Louis
Col. E. C. Gault
High Point
Exposition Building
Col. Gault
War Department
Adjutant General
Edward F. Witsell
E. C. Gault
Earl N. Phillips
Adjutant General's Office
Lutheran Brotherhood To Meet Wednesday
The Emmanuel Lutheran Brotherhood holds its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the church basement. Kent Lutheran layman Harry E Isenhour of Mabury and former national president will speak on The National Federation of Churches.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Brother
Harry E. Isenhour
Kent Lutheran
Msbury
Brotherhood
National Federation of Churches
Record Rainfall Breaks High Point Arid Vicinity Totals
Heavy storms since last Thursday shattered rainfall records in High Point and surrounding areas. From Thursday 5:30 p m to 7:30 a m rainfall reached 8.94 inches over five days, with 3.75 inches in a 24 hour span and 1.45 inches in another period. No casualties reported. Electrical lines fell, limbs felled wires, and several schools and street lights were affected while damages were repaired by city crews. The Jamestown area lake flooded and water cascaded over a dam as crews worked through the storm.
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High Point
City Utilities Department
East Side
Jamestown
City Public Works Department
Obituary: G G Coffey Dies Near Lenoir After Illness
G G Coffey former High Point resident died at home near Lenoir Sunday morning after a brief illness. He was nearing his 53rd birthday born Oct 3 1892 to Smith and Rebecca Green Coffey. Survived by two wives and four children including Vernon Coffey and Paul Coffey. Funeral set for Wednesday at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church with interment in Oak Wood cemetery.
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G. G. Coffey
High Point
Lenoir
Smith
Rebecca Green Coffey
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Miller Baptist Church
Caldwell County
Yowg
Vernon S. Coffey
Barker Street
H. O. Miller
W. C. Guth
West End Baptist Church
Akw Wood Cemetery
Briggs Says City Is Losing On Land Sales At Recent Meeting
The City Council held a routine meeting approving 28 property sales to former owners at public auction totaling 13 908 63. Leroy Briggs highlighted a big loss on four parcels and sought details on liens and expenses. The council also discussed gutters and curbs on Wellington street, taxi cab expansions, a new bus franchise, fire department salary adjustments, soil erosion work near the city lake, and a potential municipally funded lake museum.
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Leroy Briggs
Wellington Street
W. E. Linthias
High Point
C. B. Raper
English Street
Dillard Inam
D. N. Moore, Jr
Washington Street
C. L. Samuels
Wrenn Street
K. Herman Falk
Public Safety
E. K. Ingram
Ingram
Braden
Earl N. Phillips
City Lake
Red Feather Symbol To Brighten 1945 Chest Campaign
Red Feather will mark the 1945 Community and War Chest drive opening October 10 in High Point. Nearly 20 000 residents are urged to wear the red feather in support of a $112 500 goal for 27 agencies including nine local groups and national war relief services.
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Community Chest
Black Prince
Robin Hood
England
High Point
Veterans’ Service Center
Girl Scouts and
Boy Scouts
Adams Memorial Young Women's Christian Association
Mary Bethune
Young Men's Christian Association
Carl Chavis
Salvation Army
Red Shield Boys Club
National War Fund
USO
United Seamen's Service
Belsian War Relief Society
United China Relief
American Relief For
Czechoslovakia
American Relief
France
Greek War Relief Association
Italy
United Lithuanian Relief
F of
Luxembourg
Norway
Philippine War Relief
Ambulance Corps
Denmark
Community Chests and Councils, Inc
JayCees Honor Mercury Club Members in Season Finale
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts Mercury Athletic Club Thursday at Citylake with a hamburger dinner at 6. The climax is a softball clash between arch rivals Macs and JayCees to close the season. Mercury president Jim Steele named AAU delegate for Florence, S C, Oct 1. Arch McMullan named alternate.
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High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mercury Athletic Club
Citylake
Macs
JayCees
Jim Steele
Carolinas Aau
Florence
S. C
iArch McMullan
Whisky seizure and multiple convictions in Thomasville case
In Thomasville on September 18, Ray Bartlett Drury of Baltimore was convicted of drunken driving and transporting 29 gallons of whiskey. He received a suspended six month sentence on the driving charge, a $50 fine, and court costs. 104 quarts and 24 pints of whiskey were confiscated and sold. Other defendants included Gaither Cauble with a $100 fine. Edward Haywood and William Ensley faced juvenile and property-violation actions. Herman Hoskins received multiple sentences for resisting arrest, drunken driving, speeding, and related offenses.
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Thomasville
Ray Bartlett Drury
Baltimore
Maryland
Carl Wilson
Gaither Cauble
Salisbury
Buck Kennedy
John Bodenhamer
Edward Haywood
William T. Ensley
E. R. Richardson
Ensley
Herman Hoskins
Captain Henry Baker Arrives From China
Air force pilot Captain Henry Baker attached to the ATC arrived in Miami Florida from China where he served the past year. He plans to stay with his mother Mrs. Henry Baker on Rockford road and after a 30 day furlough report to Washington DC for further assignment.
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Henry Baker
Air Force
ATC
Miami
Fila
China
Rockford Road
Washington, D. C
WIC Circle Meeting At First Baptist Church
The WIC circle of the First Baptist church will meet Wednesday at 6 30 with Grayce Dora Lee 228 Hobson street Members urged to be present Mrs Mary Bass and daughter left for New York where they rendered a program at Brooks Memorial church and spent two weeks with Mr and Mrs G W Johnson 303 Taylor street I H Harriss and Mrs Harriss 904 Richardson street are visiting relatives in New York and New Jersey
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WIC
The
First Baptist Church
Grayce Dora Lee
Hobson Street
Lea
New York
Mary Bass
Brooks Memorial Church
G. W. Johnson
Taylor Street
I. H. Harriss
Richardson Street
New Jersey
Morrison duo earns degrees at TCU exercises
Fort Worth Texas. Jane Oakley Morrison received a bachelor’s degree in commerce while her mother Mrs Morris on accompanied her to the Texas Christian University commencement where she also earned a Master of Arts. Both ceremonies occurred during the same exercises.
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Fort Worth
Texas
INS
Jane Oakley Morrison
Texas Christian University
Training In Piano Tuning Offered Vet's
The national piano manufacturers association with the federal government plans a training program for 10 000 piano tuners and technicians. Veterans will receive subsistence and training expenses. the course runs 26 weeks of school followed by a year in a piano factory. Four schools are set up and veterans can contact Claude R Sealey at the U S employment agency for details. The home of James Whitcomb Riley at 528 Loberbie Street Indianapolis is noted as a literary shrine.
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National Piano Manufacturers Association
Claude R. Sealey
U. S. Employment Agency
James Whitcomb Riley
Loberbie Street
Indianapolis
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