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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1955

Page

1

Clergy Schedule and Youth Fellowship Activities Featured

This week features Rev Corbin Cooper at Whiteville First Baptist and Rev Lloyd Garner guiding a Holy Land slide series at Reavis Memorial. Dr Bernard Boyd heads the First Presbyterian 11 am service with Rev William Curry speaking next week. Communion at Emanuel Lutheran. Harry Hawthorne leads summer services. Main Street Methodist notes South Emphasis Week with a two day Lake Junaluska camp for about 30 MYF members. Reavis Memorial Baptist youth meet after 8:30 service with Cooper as speaker. North Carolina MYF Conference in Durham ends with Rev Parnell Bailey and Taft Bell addressing 450 delegates on Ways to Peace and Discipleship.

Corbin Cooper Whiteville Reavis Memorial Baptist Church Lloyd Garner The Holy Land World Alliance London Bernard Boyd University of North Carolina First Presbyterian Church William Curry Greensboro Roy F. Watts Emmanuel Lutheran Church Harry Hawthorne Main Methodist Church Lena Davis Methodist Lake Junaluska MYF Jo Anne Sowers Methodist Youth Fellowship North Carolina Durham Parnell Bailey Bailey Duke University Chapel

Sun Day School Schedule Revamped At First Baptist

Sun day school superintendents at First Baptist plan a Sun day school Up Day setting aside 1.11. On that date the one hour class will start at 9 50. Mrs Charles L James of Winston Salem will speak Monday evening at Green St Baptist Woman's Missionary Society meeting. She directs rehabilitation for alcoholics at the hospital.

First Baptist Church Woman's Secret Charles L. James Winston-Salem Woman’s Missionary Society of Green St. Baptist Church James

Evangelism Committee to Meet for Supper at Church

The Evangelism Committee of First Presbyterian Church will gather for supper in the church dining hall Tuesday at 6 30 PM. After the meal, more on page 8.

First Presbyterian Church

Governor to survey damage from Diane over coast

Gov Hodges planned aerial survey of hurricane damaged coastal areas after reviewing National Guard forces at Ft Bragg. He would meet with U S Rep Bonner and FHA and SBA officials at Belhaven to aid farmers and small businesses hit by the storms. Emergency loans were declared for 28 eastern counties with salt damage, gypsum subsidies offered to restore soils, and farmers urged to contact FHA supervisors.

Raleigh Lina Diane National Guard 30Th Infantry Division Ft. Bragg Air National Guard Belhaven U. S Herbert C. Bonner Farmers Home Administration Small Business Administration Hodges Jane Connie U.S Kerr Scott FHA Scott Beaufort Bertie Brunswick Camden Carteret Chowan Columbus Craven Currituck Dare Duplin Edgecombe Gates Greene Hertford Hyde Jones Lenoir Martin New Hanover Onslow Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Pitt Tyrrell Washington

Ervin Pushes Broad Hurricane Protection Effort

Senator Ervin urged robust hurricane protection funding after Hazel and discussed shore defense, zoning, building codes, and inland aid. Brig. Gen. Itschner highlighted plans to reduce property damage from storms. Governor Hodges and Sen. Scott backed long term measures and disaster legislation.

Washington Sen Ervin D-Nc E. C. Itschner Army Engineers North Carolina Congress Hazel Connie Diane Weather Bureau Itschner Army Hodges Scott Carolina

Bryson City men charged over bus routes in North Carolina

The State Utilities Commission charged J. C. Frazier and Glenn Milsaps with hauling passengers without bus franchises and called them to a hearing on September 16 to show cause why their truck licenses should not be revoked. The pair were cited for operating on Smoky Mountain Stages routes. The commission also authorized Smoky Mountains to provide service over U S 64 between Highlands until June 1.

Alreigh Bryson City State Utilities Commission Commission J. C. Frazier Glenn Milsaps Pear Motor Vehicles Department Smoky Mountain Stages Smoky Mountains U. S. 64 Highlands

Gallagher To Appeal Sentence In Court Martial

New York Sgt James C Gallagher vows to appeal his court martial verdict to the Supreme Court if needed for murdering two fellow POWs in a Korean camp. He was found guilty of unpremeditated murder collaboration with Chinese Reds mistreatment of prisoners and informing. Sentenced to life with hard labor, the decision is subject to automatic reviews by Army and Judge Advocate General officials.

New York James C. Gallagher U. S. Supreme Court Gallagher 1St Army Judge Advocate General Washington Brooklyn

Princess Margaret Birthday Sparks Royal Romance Speculation

Residents pack Ballater for a festival at Albergeldie Castle as Princess Margaret turns 25 tomorrow. Speculation swirls over a Townsend marriage and a potential bill to renounce royal succession, with Townsend visiting Belgium with his two sons and Margaret supervising bazaar stalls.

Ballater Scotland Margaret Peter Townsend Elizabeth Crathie Albergeldie Balmoral Castle Castle Britain Townsend Belgium Mariaerke Stegenother Charles Hugh John de Laszlo England

Missing 40 From Flooded Camp Sought

Stroudsburg Pennsylvania reports a dawn search for about 40 people missing from Camp David a private summer camp five miles north of town nearly all residents from New Jersey and Staten Island New York. Fourteen camp buildings were destroyed and state police reached the submerged site with the camp run by Rev. Leon David.

Stroudsburg Here Camp David Leon David Manuel N. J New Jersey Fromersey City Rutherford West Patterson West Caldwell Staten Island N. Y

Eisenhower Approves Aid For North Carolina Storm Damage

President Eisenhower has granted North Carolina federal aid for Hurricane Diane damage and concedes possible use of remaining funds for Hurricane Connie effects. Gov. Hodges requested permission to apply part of the one million dollars already allocated, with a CDA review to determine further grants.

Fraser Colo Eisenhower North Carolina Diane Connie Luther Hodges James Hagerty Federal Civil Defense Administration

Sunday Enterprise preview tease for High Point area

The High Point Sunday Enterprise promises 48 pages of news and pictures with tomorrow editions featuring a local auto dealer’s new luxury models, a lavish middle price home on the market, and a High Point mother seeking help to reunite with her children. Staffer Bob Marks queries decade long hurricane trends as Editor Holt McPherson reports from Austria on freedom after 17 years.

High Point Sunday Enterprise Bob Marks Holt McPherson Leon Burnett ABC Thomasville

Miner Pay Hike Reported

Washington reports a new two dollar daily wage raise for many soft coal miners, with a scheduled Sept 1 increase to 19.45 and a further rise to 20.25 by April 1. John L. Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers, and Harry M. Moss of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, reportedly sealed a two-stage contract replacing the three year old deal.

Washington John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Union Lewis Harry M. Moss Assn Moses Northern Steel Swis Southern Charleston W. Va Daily Mail

Little Liz and a Half the People

A fragment hints at social contrast and humor about Little Liz and a version of Liz with broader social insight. The text suggests jokes about class and lifestyle differences in a satirical tone.

Worst Flood in History for Northeast States

The Associated Press reports the Northeast faces its worst flood on record with at least 92 deaths across seven states including Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Virginia. Dams burst and rivers overflowed, leaving thousands homeless, bridges washed out, and cities deprived of water and power as leaders declared emergencies. Rescue crews use helicopters and temporary river crossings are brought in from distant locations. Camp David in Stroudsburg was submerged with 14 buildings destroyed and missing campers feared.

Associated Press Pennsylvania Connecticut Massachusetts New Jersey New York Virginia Rhode Island Stroudsburg Camp David Aang Rice City Uxbridge Mass Blackstone River Woonsocket R. L Delaware Trenton Seymour Conn Marion Ohio

Riots Rift Morocco Marked by Deaths in Casablanca Suburbs

In Casablanca outskirts tens of thousands of Moroccan workers face bloody clashes as French forces clash with rioters. At least six killed in Casablanca area and several others in Oued Zem and Rabat amid anniversary of Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef’s exile. French authorities bolster troops to quell unrest.

Casablanca Morocco Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef Oued Zem Marrh Rabat Gilbert Grandval France Grandval Theaitra Tan Mohammed Ben Youssef

Worst Over For Most Of Virginia After Diane Floods

Virginia faced an unofficial toll of three to four million dollars in damage from Hurri cane Diane. Two drownings were linked to the storm and more than 120 families were displaced as rivers overflowed. Woodstock suffered a water-leak break in the Shenandoah pipeline, while North Anna River floods threatened U.S. 1 and 301 near Doswell and Hanover.

Richmond Virginia Diane Old Dominion Woodstock Shenandoah Valley Shenandoah Co of State Health Department North Anna River U.S. 1

Disaster Struck 66 Years Ago

In western Pennsylvania on May 31 1889 the South Fork dam burst flooding the Conemaugh Valley near Johnstown. Within an hour the disaster claimed about 2200 lives in Johnstown and surrounding communities with mass destruction noted at Grandview Cemetery where 777 victims remain unidentified.

Johnstown Pennsylvania Conemaugh Valley Conemaugh River Ca Alti Valley Long Creek Conemaugh Jennstowns Grandview Cemeterie

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