Registration Day for Selective Conscription in High Point
High Point township reported 1743 registrants on Tuesday with broad civic participation. Factories and banks closed parts of the day to support the effort, with women aiding banding and a Red Cross booth at the post office. County totals approach 6500 registrations statewide. draft expectations estimate under 700 from the county.
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High Point
South Main Street
Liberty Loan Fund
High Pint
Uncle Sam
High Point Township
Southwest High Point
Northwest High Point
Northeast High Point
Greensboro
Morehead
Gilmer
United States
Personal and Civic Notices Spur War Effort and Local News
Local columns urge Red Cross enrollment and Liberty Loan support as draft needs rise to up to a million. The piece notes bank closings for fundraising, wedding and reunion updates, veterans’ travel to Washington, and civic ads from H. Gordon & Sons and Commercial National Bank. High Point and Wilmington connections appear with various community updates and patrol changes.
Review Announces Week-Long Serial Subscription Offer
The Review previews a major continued story starting the week after next. A 50 cent subscription covers the entire serial, urging readers to subscribe or renew now to avoid missing chapters.
Married Sunday Evening Ida Coltrane and Mebane Walker Tie Knot
Miss Ida M Coltrane and Mebane H Walker both of Greens boro were married at 9 PM Sunday at Rev C E Hodgin s Westminister Presbyterian church home ceremony. The couple drove to Greensboro with friends for the ceremony and returned that night. Walker works at High Point Hosiery Mills. Mrs Walker will receive gifts from High Point merchants as the city s first June bride. Veterans return from Washington report poor accommodations.
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Lillian McFarland
Earl A. Patterson
James W. Rose
West End
Margaret Kirkman
J. E. Kirkman
Converse
S. C.) College
Wilson Walhlington
Ruffin
Ida M. Coltrane
F. A. Coltrane
Mebane H. Walker
C. E. Hodgin
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
Walker
High Point Hosiery Mills
High Point
City council urged to set up caution boards at road entrances
A reader asks High Point’s city council to install caution signs at all entry points and a main street crosswalk with clear speed limits and safety messages. The letter argues such inexpensive signs save lives and property and urges prompt action.
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High Point
Help Sought To Relieve Car Shortage By Quick Unloading
Officials of the industrial department of the Commercial Club are asked by the U S Department of Commerce to urge firms receiving freight to unload and return cars quickly to ease a continuing shortage.
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Commerial Club
United States Department of Commerce
Personal and pointed notice to the Review delinquent subscribers
The editor appeals to overdue subscribers to settle accounts or arrange payments. It cites high paper costs, a potential war tax, and the paper’s need to stay solvent, urging timely remittance with guidance on dues and advance payments.
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Review Delinquent
Noted Worker to Attend C E Meeting
Carl Lehman All South Field Secretary of the Christian Endeavor societies will address the North Carolina State Convention of En-deavorers in this city tomorrow evening. Welcome will be given by Mayder W P Ragan Sylvester Newlin and R C Boyd. W M Danner Bert G Jones H F Williams will speak. Saturday picnic at Old Trinity. business leaders to supply autos by 4:30 Saturday. lunches due by 4. The convention opens at 3 o clock Sunday.
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Carl Lehman
Christian Endeavor Societies
North Carolina
Old Trinity
Trinity
Local notices from High Point area report visits and events
Mrs. T. P. Kimrey spent time in the city with sister Mrs. Roscoe Pearce. Mrs. Omer Harveil of High Point visited her parents. Families in Greens and Thom asville joined locals for weekend gatherings. A queer motor scene near Wallburg distressed onlookers. Rev. Mr. Johnson of Wake Forest preached at Wallburg Baptist. Herbert born to D. E. Clodfelter and wife. Local illnesses and a damaging hail storm north of Wallburg affected crops.
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High Point
Allie Guyer
T. P. Kimrey
Roscoe Pearce
Omer Harveil
E.C. Henderson
Jasper Wade
Greens
J. V. Guyer
V. V. Smith
Thomasville
C. C. Culler
Gertha
F. G. Hammer
Gibsonville
S. Guyer
Wallburg
Y. C. Weavil
A. M. Payne
W. W. Guyer
Ruth Grissom
E. C. Grissom
Lessie
Gracie Montsinger
Route 2
Delphia
Lelia Payne
L L. Davis
City
W. R. Davis
Phillips
Salem
Mr. Johnson
Wake Forest
Wallburg Baptist Church
D. E. Clodfelter
Herbert
John Clinard
R. M. Clodfelter
Faytte McGee
Margaret
Luther Green
Rev. Sanford
Shady Grove
Mrs. Griffith of
Clemmons
Johnson
Lewis Gibson
Laurel Hill
Scotland County
Kate Craven
Durham
Trinity
Davenport College
Lawrence W. Young
A. T. Wishart
Lieut
Culbreth
France
John Brame
Winston- Salem
Effie Crowson
Walter Crowson
Q. A. White
Raleigh
Alva Paul
George Thompson
Hickory Slope
Hazel Hagan
Ritchie
Eloise Johnson
Hagan
Frank Wood
Joe Riddick
Guilford College
Local Readers Welcome Visiting Family and Neighbors
Dr and Mrs Phillips host relatives at Wallburg with granddaughter from Winston Salem staying. Mrs Mack Clodfelter and her young daughter visited sister Mrs D E Clodfelter. Chester Montsinger returns home near here from Minnesota after about a year away.
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Phillips
Wallburg
Winston- Salem
Mack Clodfelter
D. E. Clodfelter
Chester Montsinger
Minnesota
Chester
High Point City Council Sets Budget and Code Steps
The council, Tuesday night, agreed to study a $2000 yearly library cost via the Woman's Club and Clara Cox, with no tax rise. They ordered road work on Louise avenue, investigated a $100 damage suit against the city, enforced speeding and muffler laws, examined water-rate issues for out-of-town users, planned a desk sergeant for police, and sought bids to uniform the police. Secretary Baker spoke at Chapel Hill on a forecasted long conflict for the United States.
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Woman's Club
Clara Cox
Louise Avenue
C. V. Cummings
High Point
News From Old Trinity Social Roundup
June Johnson reports on local visitors and residents in Trinity. Many townspeople and guests, including Gen Lawrence W Young and Rev T B Johnson, attend college events. Memorial Day closures and community routines mark the week.
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Claude Brown
Jessie Allred
el Rico
J. Ed Kirkman
J. W. Harris
Elizabeth Harris
Maude Owen
I. Irvin Paylor
High Point Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Alf. Moffitt
Baltimore
Albert E. Barbee
Mr. Barbee
Brunswick
Florida
Benjamin E. Moore
Edna Sechrest
Gilbert T. Rowe
Trinity College
H. Gordon & Sons
Commercial National Bank
Zolly Whitehead
Lumber Journal
Wilmington
W. L Stamey
W.L. Smith
Winston
Wadesboro
Drs Burrus and
McAnally
J. L. Lee
J.o.wood
Geo. J. James
Dolph Pancock
Chas. Hiatt
J. E. Allen
J. S. Fulton
McGhee
Wood
S. R. Horney
Re Niew
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Mary A. Clodfelter
Baker
Chapel Hill
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