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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1946
Page
5
OPA officials said the number of the new sugar ration stamp will be kept secret until January 1 to prevent early spending. The stamp will become valid then and replace the previous rationing system.
A community song service is set for Sunday December 15 at Smithwood Christian Church four miles north of Liberty. Five pounds of sugar will be issued from January to April 30 and current stamps No 51 and home canning stamps 9 and 10 expire December 31. OPA indicated a second stamp may be valid in Q1 1947, but agriculture officials doubt this before April 1. Industrial sugar allotments for Q1 1947 will match Q4 1946. institutional allotments for January and February stay unchanged.
Pearlie Lee Robbins 17 of Thom asville route 2 had a narrow escape from serious injuries when his motorcycle crashed into a car driven by Julius Green as Green pulled into his driveway. Robbins was taken to City Memorial hospital. city police investigated.
Dispatcher's radio call leads patrol to Sherburne and Pascal avenues where officers locate two detectives investigating other suspicious men.
Thom asville Jaycees prepare to announce their Young Man of the Year from candidates named by a committee led by Joel Walker. A sub committee including George Finch George Arnold and Rev Farl Koestline will assist and report before Christmas holidays. The award will be presented in January for the first time since 1941.
The Thomasville Woman's club drives the Christmas Seal sale with a $1,000 goal and reports a gratifying response. Mrs. C. L. White Jr. says a partial results report is expected later today.
The JayCees inducted Edward Bowles Thomas Honeycutt Gene Lambert and R D Webb as new members. They discussed a December 19 Christmas dance and approved sponsoring a city Christmas lighting contest with 15 10 and 5 dollar awards. An amendment to the Ja constitution covering memberships at large was approved.
Sixteen Thomasville police officers logged 3143 overtime hours from July 26 to December 1 amid the Thomasville Chair Company strike. The report, filed with the city council by Chief E R Richardson, notes ranges from 77 to 260 hours per officer and calls for wage and equipment considerations, while the council sends the matter to the city manager for review.
The Thomasville district committee of Boy Scouts of America schedules a dinner on Monday January 13 at 6 30 PM in Community Methodist church to replace the regular meeting. The program focuses on renewing Scout activities ahead of National Boy Scout week February 7 to 14 and notes the district needs 12 additional Scouts by December 31 to avoid losses in registrations.
A woman describes relief from gas pains headaches and constipation after taking INNER-AID a herbal remedy said to cleanse the bowels clear stomach gas and aid liver and kidneys. The ad urges others with gas and constipation to try INNER-AID sold at drug stores.
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