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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1950
Page
11
The inquiry asks to identify relief options related to food and toys. It seeks categories such as subsidies, grants, or waivers, plus possible consumer protections, safety recalls, and disaster assistance specific to these goods.
Requests for aid from the Community Christmas Party must reach the Salvation Army or Guilford County Welfare by December 11. Applicants are urged to present in person if possible. mailing is acceptable if not. Donations to the Empty Stocking Fund total $921.15 with contributors listed.
A column notes Dr Clyde A Erwin addressing school superintendents on general assembly legislation and state power of pressure groups. He cites a Pasadena superintendent pressured to resign, then discusses Korea Manchuria policy and UN faith amid Cold War tensions.
Officials and delegates of District 5 the United Furniture Workers met in a two day convention at the union hall on South Main Street. Speakers include Morris Pizer and Fred Fulford of New York with John V. Riffe and Phillip Clowes from Atlanta. Attention focused on Hickory indictments and recent union troubles.
Carlos Fallon, a former Colombian naval officer and U S Army intelligence captain, will address the High Point Executives club at its December 11 meeting at the Sheraton hotel. He will lead a personally conducted tour of Latin American republics south of the Isthmus of Panama after recent completing a five month trade survey. Jon, a humorist, will join as traveler and speaker.
James W. Clontz resigns as assistant solicitor of Guilford Superior Court after two years in office to pursue full time private practice in the Wright building. He commends Solicitor Hagan and notes his World War II service as a major. He and his wife Martha Warner reside in Madison apartments with their two month old daughter.
The fifth annual North Carolina Hotel Association convention starts today at the Sheraton in High Point with about 200 hotel men expected. Everett Allen releases the official program as registrations begin at 3 pm and a three day schedule unfolds featuring speakers from Ritz Carlton, Hotel Astor and state officials, plus an election of officers Tuesday.
President Hoover opposed continuing reduced income taxes and proposed an almost four billion dollar budget for the next fiscal year warning of possible deficits into 1932 amid drought. In China a civil war clash left hundreds dead and missionaries held as emissaries and captives. Germany’s Dietrich outlined drastic budget cuts of 345 million yearly to slash debt. An air mail route from Greensboro High Point to Augusta was proposed in the post office supply bill. The 1940 note reports Greek forces advancing in Southern Albania threatening remaining Italian positions as the front develops.
One hundred twenty two deceased members of Lodge 1155 Elks will be memorialized at the annual service today at the Elk home. Special 3 p.m. eulogies for W Page Harris and W W Burgess. Rev. Kenneth Goodson to deliver the memorial address. Exalted Ruler Robert Martin to preside.
The High Point High School chorus will perform Handel's Messiah on Saturday and Sunday December 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. in the Senior High auditorium. Tickets are by invitation or by calling the high school office. admission is free but ticketed to avoid crowding. Soloists include Mildred Crowder Mary Lou Moran C L Gray and Marvin H Pickard.
Air Force Captain Isaac H. B. Kenney of High Point has been assigned to the Air Weather Service at Washington to support MATS. He is the second High Point man assigned to MATS this month after Sergeant William H. Winslow. A Jamestown High School and High Point College alum, he is a World War II B 25 veteran who married Mary R. Kimrey.
Tax data released for 1950 shows High Point and county property values totaling 71.1 million dollars with city and county receipts totaling 1,072,870.42 if ad valorem bills are paid. Real estate and personal property values stand at 46.7 million and 24.4 million respectively, with a tax rate of 2.749 per hundred.
The High Point Monthly Meeting of Friends reports a successful first year for its building fund drive to finance a new meeting house. Members volunteered 500 hours to clear a 12 acre site, with space cleared for a softball diamond and a rustic shelter house seating 64, plus a large rock chimney and barbecue pit. The site has seen ongoing improvements since purchase a year ago.
Red Cross official Charles Mendenhall said blood needs in Korea require raising the High Point quota from 150 to 200 pints daily. The bloodmobile will collect donations at the school administration building next Wednesday and Thursday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. with divisions led by Harry Hauser Ed Pleasants and Ed Auman Arthur Paschal. Local goals include 1 800 pints from Piedmont region by December 31 to build emergency stocks as war intensifies.
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