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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1952
Page
2
A comprehensive list of church names and assigned pastors across multiple denominations in High Point and surrounding areas. Entries include Adventist Seventh Day at 1212 Pearson Street with J. W. Winston and Christ the King Catholic Church on Cherry Street led by Bartholomew Paytas, among many others.
Wesley Memorial Methodist and First Methodist list Sunday worships Sunday School and choir rehearsals plus midweek programs Spirit Life Fellowship Worship times and topics Watch Night service at First Methodist with “The Old Year Ends” and noted nurseries Pioneer and Senior Fellowships listed for morning.
Sunday events include Church School at 9:45 at both churches and Morning Worship at 11 at Crestwood with Rev Willard Mendenhall speaking at 11. High Point Deep River Quarterly Youth Meeting gathers at Central Friends Meeting House at 8. Saturday Deep River Quarterly Meeting at Central Friends. Tuesday banquet at YMCA 6:30. New Year’s Eve Watch-night service noted with Lord's Supper.
Sunday School at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with sermon A Bible for the Twentieth Century Junior Choir at 5 30 and a religious moving picture for all ages at 6 30 Young Friends of Deep River Quarter meet in the Annex Saturday features a Quarterly Meeting in the High Point area First Church of Christ holds Bible school at 9 45 and morning worship at 11 sermon Equipped to March youth meeting and training at 6 30 and evening worship at 7 30 sermon The Joy of Proclaiming the Gospel Wednesday Hours of Power prayer and Bible study at 7 30 p m
In Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge outlined rules for a mixed group of six white and four Black women to visit Rosa Lee Ingram, the imprisoned Black woman who killed a white farmer. He promised equal privileges if they obey regulations, amid a protest delegation from New York backed by the Civil Rights Congress. Separately, the Netherlands reports about 30 percent of its land area reclaimed from sea, land or marsh.
Wise Men Seek Jesus by Newman Campbell discusses the nativity narrative and the gifts of the magi. It explains the significance of gold frankincense and myrrh and notes the journey to Egypt after the angel warns Joseph in a dream.
The passage recounts the visitation of the wise men to Jerusalem seeking the newborn king, Herod’s plot to kill the child, the move to Egypt, and the eventual return to Nazareth fulfilling prophecy. It ties the Christmas spirit to worship and gift giving.
A collage of brief items touches on psychology in advertising, eye color genetics, Madison editorial phrases, a bank’s 80th birthday gift, refrigeration history in the meat industry, shaving thoughts, a department store elevator joke, and Westfield Massachusetts once dubbed the vesnyonate capital of the world.
The passage jokes about bug gy whips and a flourishing city of 21 000 its chief industry. It riffs on West Virginia Texas Alaska Oregon alcohol laws and a Portland mayoral change with a country editor quip about garage extraction fees.
William Miller flushed a duck on the opposite shore fired and struck a deer that fell into the river. The animal drowned but Miller stripped to his clothes and swam the river to pull the carcass to shore. The National Geographic Society notes many Dutch live below sea level.
A six-year-old girl, Mary Lynne Baddan, was severely wounded by a motion picture mountain lion named Buddy at an animal training farm. Sheriff deputies say the attack occurred when the girl and her brother wandered to the kennel area while awaiting dog boarding. Attendant Danny Moore wrestled the lion back to its cage. owner’s daughter called the animal always docile.
The Liberte was released from a voluntary at sea crew screening after the U S government agreed to halt inspections at the request of the French line The ship was first to arrive after the McCarran Walter Act took effect and earlier dockside shore leave was denied to 271 of 974 crew members The act requires screening for Communist affiliations before shore leave can be granted officials said none of the other lines have withdrawn from the program.
Evangelist Billy Graham returned from Korea and urged President-elect Eisenhower to declare a national day of prayer. He said religion is a keystone against communism and called for strong military power a revival of faith and open exposure of communist ideology. Graham predicted Eisenhower would be a monumental president and travels would continue to Formosa Hong Kong and the Philippines before Hawaii.
In Osceola Iowa a mother 30 and her husband 30 along with their 11 year old child were placed in isolation wards after polio hit just before Christmas. The three were separated from relatives and unable to see each other during the holiday season, while four other children stayed with grandparents. The grandfather described the illness as not terribly serious and hoped for a reunification soon.
Police lament chaotic crowds at Central Park skating rink as 4000 children sought ice access on Christmas, far exceeding the 2300 capacity. Officers called reserves to restore order and ration entry.
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