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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1951
Page
17
A veteran narrator recalls offbeat wartime language misadventures with Italian phrases and a loud Jersey private named Rutkowski. The tale shifts from army drills in language to an encounter with a native girl whose puzzled reply highlights cultural misunderstandings.
Mrs Kathleen Beck a young High Point housewife narrowly escaped serious injury when her husband driven car overturned after a sideswipe on E Kivett Drive Police reported the car was allegedly driven by Robert Lee Nelson 18 Negro Beck and the child unhurt Mrs Beck received minor injuries
Don McMahan, an eighth grade pupil at Junior High, will represent High Point at the Winston-Salem Sentinel spelling bee on April 28. The 14 year old son of Mr and Mrs J C McMahan beat 17 local champs to earn the berth, with Joan Harrelson taking second place.
Representatives of the United Textile Workers of America meet at the Elwood hotel to bargain wage increases and benefits for about 12 hosiery firms. Key aims include a 6 percent wage boost, weekly pay, reduced vacation eligibility, insured benefits financed by mills, and pensions. Contracts expire May 1.
Del mar Leonard, 25, of Lexington Route 2, posted a 1500 bond after arrest on an attempted rape charge. He was jailed Tuesday and released yesterday as Deputy Sheriffs Melvin Stamey and Arnold Craven escorted him home. Leonard’s trial date was set for April 23.
Local Board No 42 reports no May induction and confirms the May 24 call for 25 men has been canceled. Two calls remain to be filled as 65 men head to Fayetteville on the 18th and 12 to be inducted on April 24 amid widespread nationwide cancellations and possible training overload.
Thomasville April 12 C T Kennedy a peny lawyer filed with the elections board as a third ward councilman candidate for the May 8 city elections. The line up shows Kennedy and Bill Tomlinson as third ward contenders with filing deadlines April 17 and registration through April 28.
The High Point district will send 12 representatives to the annual Scout conference. Attending are J. H. Millis Harry Williamson J. Paulle Harris Covington Bob Amos Jr Brant Snavely Charles Ward George Covington Dr. George T. Wood Dr. Hal Ingram nee McCall and B W Hackney. The event, themed Strengthening the Scouting Program in America, will review progress and outline expansion plans for the year. Dr A A, scout executive of Boy Scouts of America, will speak. Scout officials plan to attend from Florida as well.
Blake T Thompson, local real estate and construction executive, is named head of the High Point Scrap Mobilization Committee by Chamber of Commerce manager Frank Sizemore. The drive seeks discarded machinery and paper to supply the federal government, with focus on recovering scrap from industrial firms. The committee will later form a full panel to promote the campaign after a request from the United States Chamber of Commerce to the National Production Authority.
Dr I G Greer of Chapel Hill executive vice president of the North Carolina Business Foundation will address the Dairy Council of High Point and Greensboro Friday night at the Sheraton Hotel. The program expects 300 members and guests with Walter Comfort presiding and Will A Foster of New York City as a special guest.
In Superior Court Roy Raymond Phillips of High Point faced charges of reckless driving and driving while intoxicated. Two witnesses testified that Officer John R Hedrick struck Phillips after he was handcuffed and placed in a patrol car. A housewife corroborated seeing Hedrick strike Phillips and then strike another man multiple times in the rear seat.
A large number of converts will be baptized at Sunday night’s 7 30 service at First Baptist Church in Thomasville. The pastor will preach The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand and The One Way to God.
An 11 year old boy sustained head and leg injuries after riding his bicycle into a car on Textile Street yesterday. Bobby Reeves, 172 Textile Street, remained at Memorial Hospital for treatment. Edward Walker, 30, of Prospect Street Extension, was cleared of blame by investigating officers.
Veterans with first period of service after a cutoff must renew or convert NSLI to keep national service life insurance. New terms include five year renewals or converts to permanent plans. reentry to active service is required for new insurance if policy expires. Local offices advise contacting county veterans service in the basement of the county building.
THOMASVILLE April 12 An open house to inspect the new Memorial Methodist church building on Rah street will be held Saturday from 7 to 8 with refreshments served by church women. First services in the new building are planned for Sunday.
M G Smith earned permits to build four houses on Biltmore street at 1120 1122 1124 and 1126 with project costs of 6500 each.
G Wesley Johnson and Juanita Ingram of High Point received marriage licenses.
The Family Service Bureau's monthly board meeting focused on the bureau’s function as a Community Ghost agency. John W. Starr Jr. outlined two main problem types: outside environmental pressures and internal self and relational conflicts, with casework aimed at planning and improving living conditions and outlooks.
A full ration plan for over 400 idle Highland Cotton Mill workers will begin tomorrow as the Textile Workers Union announces a food allotment program. The union estimates about 1,000 people overall may benefit, with distributions scheduled between 10 am and noon. A mass meeting is planned at the union hall with TWUA leaders expected to speak. Fewer than a dozen workers have returned to the mill during the 12 day walkout as talks on wages stall.
Members discussed Mills Home expansion including three new cottages a church an infirmary and a print shop with a recreation building. The program noted reduced cottage length aligning with child care thinking and cooperation with the City of Thom asville. Guests included Comma Ingalls fresh from Korea with the Legion of Merit.
Nottingham emerges as the smallest parish by population with Shire Hall and its voters holding the honor in this historic local claim.
An expert warns that racing an automobile motor at start up is harmful because many engine components have not yet reached proper lubrication. The caution highlights potential wear and damage during initial operation.
Partially cloudy and cooler this afternoon and tonight with a cold front moving in. Tomorrow will be fair and cool with a high near 60. Temperature is expected to fall from a 64 degree high to a 36 degree low today, last night bottomed at 55.
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