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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1947
Page
11
In Guilford County a local column selects two outstanding neighbors for orchids. Mrs. J Workman known as Sally aids the ill and needy, while Mrs. C L Clark a Gold Star mother and 25th anniversary celebrant also aided service members and re addressed her late son’s Christmas packages for dispatch to others.
Downtown High Point shows fading Christmas signs as stores reset stock and decorations. Merchants report solid sales, some overstock into 1948, while shoppers hunt after Christmas bargains. Banks and offices ease to normal, with city officials coping amid a quiet holiday.
First Baptist church in Thomasville sets a Baptist student program for tomorrow night at 7 30 and a Christmas sermon next Sunday at 11 titled The Aftermath of the Advent. Twenty of the twenty five students away at college will read, sing, or speak, with participants from UNC, Campbell College, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Appalachian State, and other schools.
W. J. Peters of Durham won the North Carolina chess championship held in Raleigh under the state federation. Runners up included Dr. J. U. Gunter Greens boro resident M. L. Silverstein a NC State College student Charles Muller and J Browne Evans of St Pauls. Winston-Salem will host next Labor Day. Angello presided as retiring president. O W Upchurch will be president next year with H E Snyder as vice president and M R R Upchurch as secretary treasurer.
RALEIGH N C December 27 Miss Martha Temperance Pou of Smithfield sister of the late Congressman Edward W Pou died at the home of her niece Mrs Josiah William Bailey here today She was the only daughter of the late Edward W Pou Sr and Anna Maria Smith Peu and is survived by three nieces Mrs Bailey Mrs Thomas Waden of Washington and Mrs Ed win F Parham of Henderson and a half nephew Arthur Pew of Atlanta Funeral services will be held this afternoon at St Pauls Catholic Church in Smithfield
In Florence South Carolina a police officer and a Negro prisoner were shot to death during a jail incident. Two other officers were wounded with one in critical condition and another slightly injured.
Mrs Housewife urged not to discard Christmas wrappings and holiday paper. Jaycee members will lead a house to house collection on January 4 to sell saved paper for the Junior Chamber of Commerce civic projects.
DETROIT December 27 Fire destroyed a home as 65 year old Frieda Landorf rushed inside to save seven year old Leslie Cook who died from smoke. Mrs Landorf sustained severe burns and was rushed to Saratoga General hospital in serious condition. The blast originated in the basement with undetermined cause.
Richard A. Short the High Point college graduate manager of athletics was named bursar and Loyd O. Hughes was appointed auditor by president Dr G L umphreys. The changes take effect January 1 with Short remaining as athletics manager for now.
Dr A M Proctor head of the Duke Summer Session for the coming summer term by appointment after the death of Dr Holland Holton. A Trinity College graduate with A M and Ph D from Columbia he directed five schools before Duke 1923 and holds 12 honorary and professional society memberships. He co authored Principles of School Administration and serves on state and national educational boards including the North Carolina Board of Correction and Training.
Sam Jones of 117 East Third Street Winston-Salem suffered serious injuries after a car driven by J B Ling of Lumberton skidded on an icy Winston-Salem highway four miles from High Point and overturned. D L Harry of Winston-Salem had a neck injury described as not serious. Ling was uninjured. Jones received emergency treatment for a fractured pelvis internal injuries and head injuries and was taken to a Winston-Salem hospital.
Solicitor Jack Hooks said a local probe is under way into the November 22 Angier killing of Charlie Smith and wounding of Daniel Bassford by two white men. Tuskegee Institute requested details. Governor Cherry called it a local matter not needing state action as Harnett County authorities prepare to present to the grand jury in early January.
Jamestown officials announce a $115,000 municipal bond election to finance a water distribution system and a voluntary fire department. Mayor C T Ragsdale urged all registered voters to cast ballots, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on December 30.
First Methodist church will observe Student Recognition Day with a 6 30 dinner for home for holidays followed by a 7 30 worship service led by students. Charles Allman will preside with Percy Payne Jr Vann York Jeanne Montgomery Gilbert Gray Wray Ward Jr Tommie Forster Lawrence Leonard and Jeitzel Wagner speaking or sharing music. Rev Wilson Weldon will give greetings. Mrs C R Hinshaw coordinates dinner arrangements.
Four young people from the First Methodist church will represent Greensboro district at the national Methodist Youth Conference in Cleveland Ohio. Delegates Charles Alman Betty Alman Margaret Lee and Martha Hayworth depart Monday on a special bus with other Greensboro riders. The conference gathers about 10 000 Methodist Youth and 1 000 adult counselors.
The newly formed Western Carolina Class D baseball league will hold a general organization meeting Tuesday in Morganton, announced league president John H. Vioss.
University of Kansas coach George Sauer led a 40 minute full scale scrimmage in Miami on December 27 and said he was none too pleased with the result.
High Point traveler Roscoe Seaby Anthony claims his 1000th Atlanta visit and astonishes by answering rapid, exact questions at Terminal Station. The 49 year old, with a single suit and four watches, speaks of travels across all states and counties, improvising with humor as spectators quiz him.
James S. Conrad, manager and co-owner, has bought C. C. Smithdeal's interest in the Winston-Salem realty and insurance firm. He will run the organization as James Conrad, Realtor, at 1244 North Main Street. Conrad moved to High Point a decade ago and joined Smithdeal Insurance and Realty. In December 1944 he acquired half of the business, renaming it Conrad Smithdeal Co. He says the staff remains.
John McLean Post No 196 American Legion plans urgent pledges collection this week to cover less than $1,000 outstanding on the $325,000 fund for a Negro memorial center. H M Kirkpatrick notes continued white and colored donations. The center would provide child recreation and adult lectures and gatherings in a supervised facility, with Wachovia Bank as trustee. Leaders include Estelle Carter and Gail Simmons.
Funeral services for the late Rev J D Newton retired Baptist minister of Thom asville were held at Rich Fork Baptist church with Dr W K McGee Dr I G Greer Rev Walter L Warfford officiating. The Mills Trio sang as pallbearers D A Long Jr C H Howell Dr R W Crews J Walter Lambeth Ford M Myers and George D Finch served. Interment followed in the Mills family plot at the church cemetery.
Funeral services were held for Eva Woodburn Mann 79 widow of Jefferson Davis Mann at Wesley Memorial Methodist church with burial in Oakwood. Pallbearers included Amos Kearns Charles Kearns and others and floral tributes by Sorosis club. A mixed quartet sang at the service. Austin Wilkes Brown 58 of 204% Lindsay Street died in Winston-Salem and services were conducted at Sechrest Funeral Home with burial at New Hope Baptist church cemetery near Lincolnton Georgia. Continued services were set for Sunday morning with interment in Georgia.
Funeral services for Charles William Turner May 67 of Rt 4 will be held Sunday at 2 PM at Smyrna Presbyterian Church with Rev. Sam H. Peaters officiating. Interment follows in the church cemetery. Procession departs from the residence at 12 30 PM.
In Detroit on December 27 a CIO local union officials group urged Henry A. Wallace to stand as a presidential candidate. The telegram stated that with Wallace as nominee the people’s vote could bring about a progressive election victory.
William Francis Vollmer, Saint Marys Episcopal Church organist, offers a Christm as music hour on WHPE and WHPE FM from 4:30 to 5:00 PM. The set opens with Christmas Carale based on From Heaven Above to Earth I Come, followed by Bach and Corelli pieces and Gaul’s The March of the Wise Men, concluding the broadcast.
Greensboro reports show victims in the Desantis shootings after a Christmas Eve fatal spree. Joe Desantis, 60, fatally wounded himself. three killed and four injured, with Mrs. David R. Martin improving in hospital. Funeral services held for Martin family members and victim W. B. Seawell.
A telegram advocating Wallace's independent run was publicized by James Couser, financial secretary of Ford Local 600 CIO United Auto Workers. About 40 CIO union leaders listed as sponsors of the telegram in Couser's announcement.
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