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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1945
Page
2
Recounts biblical passages from Deuteronomy to James focusing on wealth, stewardship, and true worship. Notes Malachi tithe calls and God challenging covetous hearts, the rich man’s danger, and early Christian communal sharing. Cites Jesus teaching on inheritance and riches amid worldly concerns. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Four industrialists from High Point will attend the golden anniversary congress of American industry in New York City December 5 6 and 7, announced by the National Association of Manufacturers. The High Point group includes Henry A Foscue Raymond S Reed Nathan M Ayers and Neil A Ayers. A total of 24 North Carolina businessmen have made reservations for the event.
The High Point Ministers Association holds its December gathering Monday at 10 in First Baptist Church. Speaker will be Dr. Elbert Russell of Duke University and Guilford College, discussing Does Jesus Teaching Afford An Adequate Philosophy Of Life.
Ira Mosher NAM president will speak on Full Production Means Full Employment. Henry A. Wallace secretary of commerce will discuss Government's Role in Full Production. General Omar Bradley will head Veterans Administration as a speaker. Leaders Marshall and King will highlight the three day congress with 4500 attendees from 47 states and Canada.
The North Carolina Methodist Conference moves to raise 20000 dollars to establish a Youth Camp in eastern North Carolina. Rev LaFon Vereen says all churches will be informed and invited to contribute. The Board of Education reports 1089 youths attended last summer and expects to double with expanded facilities next year.
City wide evangelism conferences planned for Charlotte and Greensboro December 5 6 feature Dr H H McConnell Dr Wallace Alston and Rev James W Middleton. Events begin 10:00 a m at West Market Street Church Greensboro and repeat December 6 at First Methodist Charlotte description notes broad denominational service and leaders from Georgia and Atlanta.
Horoscope notes a December 1 birthday person as a natural leader in business and society. It highlights optimism generosity trustworthiness and strong judgment. The guidance urges clarity in actions and speech to avoid misunderstandings and potential offense.
The pamphlet explains traditions for ring sequence at a wedding. It states wear the engagement ring on the finger first and place the wedding ring above it, removing the engagement ring during the ceremony to slide on the wedding ring. Then the engagement ring is worn above the wedding band.
Diplomacy and high ideals mark today for you with generous sympathy and strict stance against ill-doing. Focus on well being, ensure insurance premiums are current, and seek a health checkup if needed. Show extra tolerance and affection to family while maintaining ambitious drive.
Alfred Lord Tennyson appears in In Memoriam. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote Song. A sailor exits in a wooden shoe.
Gaylore, chairman of the board, NAM, and president of the Inger Milling Machine company in Rockford, TI, and Clinton P. Anderson, secretary of agriculture, are named in the document.
Hind Methodist church outlines Sunday school at 9 45 tomorrow with C N Jarrett as superintendent. Reverend Spencer W Johnson preaches at 2 a m and 7 30 p m. Youth Fellowship meets at 7 pm Sunday. Woman's Society of Christian Service prayer meets at 7 pm Monday. Men’s Club meets at 7 pm Wednesday. Prayer service at 7 30 pm Wednesday.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church schedules Sunday services at 9 45 for church school and 11 00 for morning worship led by Rev Paul Hardin Jr with a sermon titled For This Cause and a vesper hour led by Youth Fellowship representative Ralph Til den The Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold its annual Christmas program Monday afternoon starting with circle meetings at 3 o'clock Mr Hardin continues his Will of God themed talks from Leslie Weatherhead All members and friends are invited to all services.
Sunday school opens at 9 45 AM at the First Congregational Christian church located at West Green and Tryon streets. Rev G C Crutchfield pastor will deliver the morning message at 11 AM and again at 7 PM. Prayer services are planned Wednesday night at 7 30.
Joseph David Boyd presents two sermon themes at Central Christian Church meeting in the Masonic Temple. The 11 o clock session focuses on Far Sightedness and the 7 30 evening service covers Getting Spiritual Results.
The Christian Science Society at 319 North Main Street invites the public to Sunday services at 11 o clock with the subject Ancient and modern necromancy alias Mesmerism and Hypnotism denounced. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock and the reading room is open Wednesdays and Fridays 3 to 5 p m.
Rev. Paul Tudor Jones will preach on The Enduring Word from Isaiah 40:1 at 11 o clock in the First Presbyterian church. Vespers at 5 in the sanctuary feature The Little Serving Maid advent story. Fellowship groups meet after vesper with supper at 6.
At 11:00 a m Sunday the Rev W Wilbur Hutchins will preach The Difference Between Right and Wrong in the morning service A memorial service honors eight World War II heroes and a dedication service dedicates the church library as a memorial to fifteen members The Sunday School meets at 9 45 with Dr W F Clayton in charge The Woman's Missionary Society meets Monday with program and prayer Foreign Missions luncheon at 11 00 then a 1 00 mission film and business session including officer elections
The Southeastern Methodist bishops approve a $75,000 Peace Memorial Chapel at Junaluska on the assembly grounds. Funds come from each church donating one dollar per name on its service flag. The site will include a book of memory, cloister, altar, and dedicated memorials for fallen service members.
Tomorrow at First Methodist Church the minister Wilson O Weldon preaches at 11 on What Do You Say and the choir offers Create In ee a Clean Heart O God. Ralph H Vance speaks at 7:30 on Talents of Gold with the choir performing Supplication. Interim Fellowship hosts supper at 6 in the downstairs hall prepared by Mrs Jones Burns and Mrs J A Lee. The Stewards meet tomorrow at 7:30 in the Philathea room for a Christmas music program.
Rev. E M Jones will preach on Are the memes Favored at 11 o clock Sunday morning. At 5 o clock vesper he will speak on To Be Kept. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30. Jimmy Kent heads Youth Fellowship Sunday at 6 with a supper at 6 45.
Saint Mary's holds 8 a.m. Holy Communion and 9:45 a.m. church school then 11 a.m. service with sermon by the rector. Saint Dunstan Boy Choristers sing "With a Voice of Singing." Monday 6:15 p.m. parish supper meeting with rector and organization presidents reports. Four vestrymen to be elected for three years.
Morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 6 30 will be led by minister Cecil E Haworth. The Young Friends Fellowship meets at 6 30. Boy Scouts gather Monday at 7. Auxiliary hosts a Christmas program Monday. Circles meet in the Annex at 2 30 followed by a 3 o clock general business session. The program tea concludes.
Rev Troy London will preach at 11 o clock service at Union Tabernacle tomorrow morning Rev E F Eagle will preach at 730 p m Sunday school led by G H Stafford superintendent Saturday night prayer service at B E Chandler home at 730 public invited
The Plane Club Model Masters met at the Y M C A on Friday with Howard Payne in charge. After a brief business session the group agreed to travel to the old race track Sunday afternoon to fly planes. The Army has built stills to reclaim cloaking fluid with only a ten percent loss.
SGT Husse y back from overseas with the 10st airborne infantry arrives at Newport News on Sunday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Claude Hussey of 122 Virginia avenue and his wife lives in Thomasville. Gerald D Sechrest gunners mate 2/c of 1713 Branch street serves with the navy in Cuba awaiting discharge. his wife and small son live with his parents. Two of his brothers Melville Clayton and Ophir have received honorable discharges from the army. John C Burton AMM 2/c returns from Luzon on a 30 day leave. he is visiting his mother Mrs Debbo Burton in Winston-Salem and has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.
Pfc Geo Junior Newsom 22 son of Wiley G Newsom Rt 5 High Point NC received an able discharge from the United States Marine Corps He participated in the Airville campaign and wears the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon with one star.
On board Greely Pic. Rep Edmonds from Rt. 4 aboard the USS General A. W. Greely carrying the first shipload of returning veterans from the China theatre. The ship will dock in New York on December 5 after a 28 day run Calcutta via the Suez canal. The Greely is the last Orient troopship to reach the East Coast in time for home arrival before Christmas per a navy news release.
At the Naval Staging Center in Pearl Harbor William E. Geogory a ship's cook third class from East High Point prepares to rejoin civilians. Thousands are processed here as prospective dischargees grouped by their separation center for final papers aboard ships bound for the States as shipping space becomes available.
Pfc Don Reese Loftin to receive honorable discharge from the U S Marine Corps at a North Carolina center on November 30. Loftin served overseas at Iwo Jima and the Marshall Islands and was attached to a unit awarded a presidential unit citation. Buck Coltrane, son of Mr and Mrs A B Coltrane of Trinity, also discharged from Fort Bragg after 39 months in the Army including Africa and Italy with the 686 ordnance ammunition company. His unit earned the Meritorious Service Plaque and Coltrane held the rank of corporal before discharge, receiving AMET campaign medal with two bronze service stars, Good Conduct, and Victory medals.
Staff Sergeant Alvas P Smoot and Sergeant Raymond Lanier of High Point North Carolina assist at the Bremerhaven Germany staging area for the large US Army flow. The site will process about 10 000 troops monthly en route to the United States with Smoot arriving in 1944 and Lanier in 1943.
American church leaders urge rapid missionary expansion in Japan as wartime religious pressure recedes. Collaboration between Roman Catholics and Protestants spreads in Germany, with churches pledging reconstruction and aid.
Guilford County transfers list numerous property deeds in High Point including O L Williams Veneer to C Frank Williams on Carrick Street and multiple parcels traded between N W Bales and others in Greenway and Way Park subdivisions, plus transfers in Blairwood Blair Park and Hillsdale additions and several street lots in East Commerce Oak Street Gatewood Avenue and West End areas.
Field Marshal Count Terauchi Suichi formally surrendered to Lord Louis Mountbatten in Rangoon. He handed over swords dating to the 13th and 15th centuries as illness delayed his move from Singapore to yield weapons of authority from Emperor Hirohito.
Noble T. Praigg, Executor of Agnes Noble’s estate, Greensboro area notice. Creditors and all persons with claims must file by November 17, 1946. People owing the estate should settle promptly. Dated November 17, 1945. 11/17-24 12/18-15-22
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