The list of “Negro canvassers” for a September 1942 war bond drive is a who’s who of East Wilson business, civic, and social leaders, including the whole of the Men’s Civic Club.

Wilson Daily Times, 8 September 1942.

• C.L. Darden — Camillus L. Darden, undertaker.
• William Hines, businessman.
• Rev. W.A. Hilliard — William A. Hilliard, A.M.E. Zion minister.
• Dr. G.K. Butterfield — George K. Butterfield Sr., dentist.
• John M. Barnes, builder/contractor.
• Dr. B.O. Barnes — Boisey O. Barnes, physician.
• E.M. Barnes — Edward M. Barnes, principal.
• Dr. J.F. Cowan — Joseph F. Cowan, physician.
• W.H. Coley
• S.P. Artis — Separise P. Artis, barber.
• Carl W. Hines, teacher.
• J.M. Miller — John M. Miller Jr., teacher.
• Dr. I.A. Shade — Isaac A. Shade, pharmacist
• Rev. O.E. Sanders — Otto E. Sanders, Presbyterian minister.
• S.J. Satchell — Spencer J. Satchell, teacher/musician.
• James Whitfield, painter.
• M.D. Williams — Malcolm D. Williams, principal.
• Carter Foster, extension agent.
• Dr. D.C. Yancey — D’Arcy C. Yancey, pharmacist.
• C.L. Hardy
• Charles D. James, undertaker.
• Hartford Bess, shipping clerk/choral director.
• Robert Haskins, insurance agent.
• J.L. Cooke — Jerry L. Cooke, railroad postal clerk.
• James Henry Knight, blacksmith.
• Daniel Carroll, businessman.
• Lewis Thomas — Louis Thomas, carpenter.
• William Prince — probably, Willis E. Prince, carpenter.
• Levi Jones, barber
• Roddick [Roderick] Taylor, barber.
• Wilton Bethel, insurance salesman.
• Tom Cooke
• H.M. Fitts — Howard M. Fitts, teacher.
• Thomas Ellis
• E.H. Diggs — Edgar H. Diggs, barber.
• Sidney Boatwright, barber.
• Dr. W.H. Phillips — William H. Phillips, dentist.
• James Baker
• Rev. Jeff Holloway, carpenter.
• Rev. Charles T. Jones, Missionary Baptist minister.
• Rev. F.M. Davis — Fred M. Davis, Missionary Baptist minister.
• Rev. E.H. Cox — Eddie H. Cox, Free Will Baptist minister.
• Rev. A.G. Dunston — Alfred G. Dunston, A.M.E. Zion minister.
• A.J. McCoy — probably, Arthur J. McCoy, laborer.
• E.W. Fisher — Edwin W. Fisher, photographer.
• Robert E. Lee
• Levi Godwin, insurance salesman.
• G.J. Faison — Grant J. Faison, grocery store merchant.
• James Sutton
• Ola Dupree, restaurant owner.
• Wesley Jones, fertilizer plant worker.
• Milton Fisher, principal.
• Ambrose Floyd, taxi driver.
• C.E. Artis — Columbus E. Artis, undertaker.
• E.L. Joyner — Eddie Lee Joyner, plasterer.
• A.G. Walker — Arnold G. Walker, principal.
• S.H. Vick Jr. — Samuel H. Vick Jr., 
• Walter Mitchell
• Merry Matrons’ Club
• Ladies’ Civic Club