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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1946

Page

10

YWCA Activities And Local Church Notices For Colored Community

The Blue Triangle club skips Friday and will meet on the second Friday in May. PYWCA choir urged to attend tonight at 7 30 prompt. Education Committee held a March membership with Easter themes. Attendees included Mrs W F Elliott Mary Eccles Mrs Esther Walker Mrs Thelma Peterson and others plus Corporal F Postelly of ORD Greensboro. Y’s Gay Girls hosted. YPC of St Stephens AME Zion to meet at parsonage Friday 7 30 with Miss Viola Lawrence announcing Miss P C crown. Emmanuel Baptist Church will host Rev O C Crone and choir tonight at 8. Corrections note two typographical errors in a column regarding speaker E L Peterson and gifts at HPNI meeting to E Davis and Letitia Palmer. Personal notices list Easter visits among Mrs Bertha Butler Andrew Harrison David Giles and others. Jubilee Singers to perform at Emmanuel Baptist Friday 8 pm and Daniel Brooks Gospel Singers at St Olive Baptist tonight 7 30. Coffee note closes with historical remark.

YWCA Blue Triangle Club PYWCA Education Committee W. F. Elliott Mary Eccles Esther Alker Thelma Peterson Hattie Cooke Alice Eco Sylvia Alford Campend Corporal F. Postelly O.R.D Greensboro Yp.c Y.P.C St. Stephens Ame Zion Church P.C Viola Lawrence Emmanuel O. C. Crone Emmanuel Baptist Church Ion Isting H. P. N. and I E. Davis Letitia Palmer Bertha Butler Asheboro Boulware Andrew Harrison Commerce Street Columbia S. C Mr. Harrison David Giles Les Street Aston-Salem Chapel Hill Jubilee Singers P. m Daniel Brooks T. Olive Baptist Church Orth and Edmondson Streets

Patches of Silk Stockings and Odd Facts Fill City News

Albany merchant Nathan Solomon sold 450 pairs of prewar silk hose by a sidewalk box joke. A Pole weight fact, a Wilmington manager decline, and Osceola Mills crime sting mix in a single page brief featuring city, state, and INS notes.

Albany N. Y Nathan Solomon Wilmington James R. Benson A. C. Nichols Benson Nichols Osceola Mills INS Eagle E William Delansky

Ancient Eian Calendar Spotted by Astronomers

Astronomers reveal that Eian culture devised a 365 day calendar 6,000 years ago based on astronomical observations. The finding connects early timekeeping to celestial cycles and suggests advanced astronomical knowledge in ancient societies.

Forty Nine Discharged Vets Report To Thomasville Board

Special to The Enterprise: forty nine discharged servicemen reported to the Thomasville draft board between April 11 and 20. The list includes Thomasville residents such as Paul Blair and Harry Finch, along with others from High Point Lexington Denton Winston Salem and surrounding areas.

Enterprise Thomasville Draft Board Paul Henry Blair Harry Brown Finch Charles Willard Perdue Joseph Allison Farrington J. Harry Cunningham, Jr Claude Warren Jones George Mel McAdams Robert Lacy McDonald Garlan Free Bailey Weddie Wilson Huffman Robert William Thompson Hammett Andrew Cecil, Jr Clarence Woods Fowler William Loy Dailey Frank Ray File David Elijah Diamont Connie Smith Hanes Austin Henderson Russell James Colon Crawford James Everett Hudson Joe Milton Lloyd John Burgin Lawing Oliver Warren Russell Paul David Freedie Virgil Strickland Briles Amos Homer Ragan, Jr Lucian Elmer Hiatt Austin Harold Fouts Frank Thomas Fallenstein John Reid Howard Charles Avon Ragan John Carrill Lohr Lewis Wood Hill Clyde Dana McLain Ralph Kerner Hiatt Frank Madison Hayes Marcell Leon Beck Robert Lee Carpenter Alexander Rowan Farrington Billy Ray Thomas Wilfred Ransom Eddinger High Point Mack Lindsay Parrish Harold William Dill Vestal Leon Hill Lexington Marvin B. Smith Donald William Morris Denton Fred Nial Livengood Walter Francis Craven Barley Ernest Robbins Winston-Salem

NLRB Certifies Two North Carolina Union Elections

The National Labor Relations Board certified two bargaining agents for North Carolina plants. United Furniture Workers of America will represent Thomasville Chair company employees in Thomasville, and Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America will represent Armour Fertilizer Works employees in Navassa.

Washington National Labor Relations Board CIO North Carolina United Furniture Workers of America Thomasville Chair Company Thomasville Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America Armour Fertilizer Works Navassa

Painter Bill Lawrence Fells 30 Feet From Hotel Window

Seattle painter of tall buildings Bill Lawrence fell 30 feet from a hotel room window and injured only his ankle and pride. He quipped that the incident would invite razzing from his colleagues.

Seattle Bill Lawrence Bill Lawrence

Monk in Florence Invents Spectacles in 1135

A Florence monk is credited with the invention of spectacles in 1135 marking a milestone in vision aids. The tale places the origin in medieval Italy and highlights early craft and innovation.

Florence Italy

Beginner's Luck For Rookie Cop

In Rio de Janeiro a rookie policeman brings in his first prisoner a youth charged with carrying a knife. He announces the arrest to the captain claiming he resisted with little trouble. The captain identifies the boy as the famous murderer Zeda Liha causing the rookie to faint.

Rio DE Janeiro Scott Zeda Liha

Bond Election Set for Jacksonville Water Bonds

Jacksonvile board of commissioners set May 25 as the date for a bond election on issuing 30,000 in water and sewer extension bonds and a tax of three to ten cents per 100 to finance a recreation program.

Jacksonvile Jacksonville Board of Commissioners

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