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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1952
Page
2
Bids will be opened here tomorrow on 11 road improvement projects totaling 44.7 miles in 11 counties. The Highway Commission will review the low bids on Thursday.
Funeral services were held for Charles L. Trimnal 75 at First Church of God with interment in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Other funerals included Corinna Royals Harris 91 from First Methodist with burial at Fair Grove Cemetery, Mary Steed Robbins 65 at First Wesleyan Methodist, and Joseph Howell Fitzgerald 61 at Greenwood Baptist with burial in City Cemetery.
Eugene Lowman a 26 year old furniture worker from Lenoir was arrested in Thomasville on a bigamy charge. He reportedly spent part of his new honeymoon with friends while having a wife and three children in Lenoir. He reportedly married a 1 year old girl Friday and was arrested Saturday.
The notice explains that times listed follow Eastern Standard Time and must be adjusted for other zones. Central subtract one hour, Mountain subtract two hours. Some stations may shift relay times to match local schedules. Last minute changes are not covered.
Radio listings show multiple programs from 6 pm to 11 pm including news, talk, music, and dramatizations with a variety of hosts such as Beulah Skeatch Gordon MacRae and Eugenie Baird. TV schedule covers WBTV Charlotte channel 3 with daytime and prime time lineup from 3:15 to 11:15 featuring news, soap operas, and classic shows.
City firefighters battled two smoldering blazes caused by sleeping with cigarettes in hand. Kenneth Johnson 22 of Route 4 High Point arrested on careless setting a fire after a mattress blaze at 907 English Street. A sofa fire at 1307 Emory Street injured Johnson slightly. Additional incidents included a furnace motor issue at B Nai Israel Synagogue and a wire fault at Belk Department Store.
A dense notice lists numerous real estate transfers including Graves Higginsto Jesse J Byers and wife for four lots of the David H Baker property. E Humphries and wife to Quality Built Homes Inc for a Sherwood Park lot. W Paul Davis Sr and wife with W Paul Davis Jr and wife to Lewis Motor Co Inc for 13 Albion Hills lots, except a tract by J W McGuinn and wife to William Ingold. Additional transfers involve Quality Built Homes Inc to J C Farr, to Robert A Wilson Jr, to Roy Jones to Joe Harrelson, to Marsh Furniture Co Inc for High Point Development Co lot, to O V Kester and wife, Atlantic Insurance and Realty Development lot on Willow Wood Circle, Piedmont Oil Co Inc to C C Hoover and wife for Snow Park, J R Helderman and wife to High Point Glass and Decorative Co for two tracts on Greensboro Road, J R Terry and wife to Bryan Haworth and wife on Trenton Street, Guilford Realty and Insurance Co Inc to Myrtle H Barth on South Wrenn Street, and further transfers involving Sunrise and Amos Brothers. The item ends with a recipe note about stuffing eggs and serving with salad.
Fred Wesley Little, 16, was treated at Memorial Hospital after his car struck a power pole on East Lexington Avenue. He said he fell asleep at the wheel. No charges were filed. Vehicle damage $600 and pole damage about $50.
Advice stresses meticulous food storage and dish washing to deter pests. Do not leave food exposed keep garbage covered and rinse dishes if washing immediately is inconvenient to prevent infestation.
Twelve men and two women gathered in Raleigh to formally cast North Carolina's 12 electoral votes for Adlai Stevenson. The slate includes one representative from each of the 12 districts and two at large delegates. NC gave Stevenson a margin of 94,696 votes over Dwight Eisenhower in the November election, 652,803 to 558,107.
To make a zesty tongue pairing whisk prepared horseradish into whipped cream. Fold in finely grated apple and season with a pinch of salt and sugar if desired for a balanced sweet heat.
North Carolina state parks drew an estimated 1,310,000 visitors in 1952, per Parks Superintendent Thomas W. Morse. The two-year totals to last June 30 reached 2,439,141, up 49 percent from the prior two-year span.
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