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