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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1952
Page
2
A dense church directory lists congregations and pastors alphabetically by name and street, including Seventh Day Adventist entries such as D. G. Anderson and A. S. Hale at multiple North and East area streets, with presiding pastors named for each location. Also shown are Catholic, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and other denominations with respective pastors and street addresses.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m in both churches. Morning worship at 11 a m with sermons by Revs Grimm and Hale. Ground breaking for the new Sunday School at 3 p m at 901 903 English Street with H Hedrick turning the first spade. Synod president Rev Aubrey Hedrick present. Nursery and Sunbeams for children. Mid week prayer at 7 30 p m. Training Union at 6 45 p m. Evening worship at 8 p m with sermons on worship and Sardis. Color movies to be taken.
J Wilson Rogers, superintendent, leads church school at 9 45 with all youth and adult classes joining to hear Mrs. John Stroud teach on Cuba. Mrs T E Strickland plays organ 10 45 to 11 00. Dr Kenneth Goodson preaches at eleven on Anchors Are Necessary from Acts 27 29. Nursery operates during worship. Spirit Life Fellowship meets Wednesday 7 30. stewards boards meet 8 30. midweek chapel hours broadcast on WMFR.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will convene Sunday at 9 45 under superintendent Harry G Bell and Miss Elsie Ellen Moore director of Christian education. The minister Dr W Arthur Kale will deliver the 11 oclock morning service on The Happiest Text in the Bible John 3 16.
Emmanuel Lutheran announces August 10 with 9:45 a.m. church school for all ages and 11 a.m. service featuring a sermon Rekindle the Gift of God by Seminarian Tally Alksnis. Nursery and children meet downstairs. Luther League meets at 6:30 p.m. Topic Where Do We Go From Here. Circle meetings occur Monday August 1 at various locations and times with a senior choir rehearsal planned for Thursday August 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday services include church school at 9 45 and worship at 11 led by Dr Bernard Boyd in Pastor's absence. Nurseries operate during the hour for ages three and up to infants. Pioneer and Senior High Fellowships meet at 5 with hosts Mr and Mrs Jeff Pierce and Mrs H D Perry. Tuesday August 12 Evangelism Committee meets at 6 30 p m. Wednesday August 14 Morning Prayer from 9 to 10 for silent petition and intercession.
The Crestwood and Randolph Presbyterian Churches schedule 9:45 a.m. school. Howard Pancoast leads the Crestwood morning service and Rev. J. P. H. McNatt conducts the Randolph evening service.
Spirit will be the lesson sermon topic in all Christian Science Churches next Sunday. The Golden Text comes from I John 4 6 13. Sunday services begin at 11 oclock with Bible readings, and Wednesday evening worship is at 8. Sunday School meets at 9 45 for youths up to age 20. Reading room hours are Wednesday and Friday 3 to 5 p.m.
Fifty riders boarded a five car subway on the right train but the switch was not pulled, sending the train miles off course and dozens of blocks from its destination in New York. A subway worker failed to set the track, causing the misrouting.
Sunday service at 11 am with Pastor Wilbur G. McFarland preaching on Merry Christians from Luke 15 32. At 7 30 pm the Church nominating committee meets to plan quarterly conference elections for stewards and officers. Tuesday 7 30 pm Church board of education to finalize Church School for October 1. Senior choir practice Wednesday 8 pm.
Greensboro based Cone Mills Corp reports profits down by more than one third in the first half of the year from 1951. Net sales are about unchanged at $82.8 million on $3.81 million profit. Last year for the same period profit was $6.15 million on $84.28 million in sales. The firm maintains a 40 cent quarterly dividend payable September 1.
In Columbus three year old Patsy Thatcher, while watching sports on television, mixed up names during a TV interview and blurted out Ike Eisenhower as an Ohio State football star. The moment shows a child’s funny confusion between sports figures and national leaders.
In Verona Italy eight nations will present classic dramas at the Roman theater as the second Delphiad signals the Delphiada drama Olympics. The event unites university students with major theatrical trends and follows Mainz 1950 as the first Delphian. It will occur biennially under UNESCO and national government sponsorship.
In New York the Burlington Mills Cramerton division bought the first bale of 1952 cotton from Ray Barnick of Mission Texas for 2.78 a pound. The bale, auctioned at the Houston Cotton Exchange in June, yielded Barnick a total of 2684 dollars after a 1350 dollar bonus from Houston Exchange members.
A man at the Faulkner County courthouse in Conway asked for a housekeeping license. Clerks responded that only marriage licenses are issued, and the man left the building without a permit.
34 Explorer Scouts and four leaders depart Times Square heading to the 130000 acre Philmont Scout Ranch near Cimarron New Mexico. They will spend 23 days on the Santa Fe trail country riding horses fishing and panning for gold.
The article reflects on greatness and fate with references to Hitler Mussolini and Saul. It recounts Saul son of Kish of Benjamin being anointed captain, Samuel’s prophecy, Saul’s initial humility, and the people’s demand for a king at Mizpeh. It notes Saul becoming another man as foretold, inviting readers to read the Bible for full details.
A biblical excerpt recounts the anointment of Saul as Israel's first king by Samuel after Saul seeks his missing father’s donkeys. It notes Saul’s height and strength, the seer’s guidance, and God’s chosen leader, with a warning to fear the Lord and serve Him. The tale leads into an upcoming battle with the Philistines.
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