Fairy Tale Decor In St. Louis Hospital Operating Room
A St. Louis hospital fitted a room for operating on dren with a flyproof design and walls decorated by fairy tale scenes to ease patient anxiety.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1947
Page
2
A St. Louis hospital fitted a room for operating on dren with a flyproof design and walls decorated by fairy tale scenes to ease patient anxiety.
A long line of people crowded the county building basement today seeking re examinations for new licenses. Examinations limited to applicants with surnames A or B and only two days remain to complete tests before December 31. Drivers caught without a license face charges and a minimum $25 fine plus costs as Judge D. C. MacRae presides.
The bill promotes a Lash es Out program and a food and livestock feed program in non European countries, both voluntary. It requests but does not demand a detailed plan to parcel out cost of living items at critical shortage, with a 15 day congressional decision window. It renews wartime grain use restrictions to Jan 31 1948 and extends power over rail transportation to Feb 28 1949, while forbidding price fixing in voluntary agreements.
Dr D M Summerville, county coroner, said 13 people died in separate incidents. Charles Allen 55 of Rolesville Negro killed when ambulance struck him. Driver exonerated. Ernest Hubert 34 found frozen near Mooresville. Jasper Faust Burlington shot. a Negro woman held. Sam Henry Jenkins 25 near Jacksonville killed in auto crash. driver exonerated. Janice Jones 17 of Goldsboro dies from injuries after Christmas collision.
The ex King Vittorio Emanuele III urged abdication as public feeling soured. In 1944 Rome fell to allies and he ceded power to Umberto as lieutenant general, making him nominal king. On May 9, 1946, Vittorio Emanuele abdicated again and fled to Alexandria, but Italians voted to become a republic a month later.
Funeral services were held for George H. Strother 68 at Calvary Methodist Church with burial in Floral Garden Park. Austin Wilkes Brown 58 of Lindsay Street died in Winston-Salem and was laid to rest at New Hope Cemetery. Charles William Turner May 67 of High Point Rt 4 died at home and was interred in Smyrna Presbyterian Church Cemetery with family honors.
Funeral services for John C. Boles 42 who died Christmas Day were held at his late residence Sun 11 am led by Rev T R York. Pallbearers named include Cromer Perdue Bodenheimer Rollins Hussy Woodrow Allen Royals and Saunders. Singers Miss Youthalone and Hazel Nifong performed with Nifong at the piano and floral arrangements were managed by Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Hussy. Interment followed in Floral Garden Me Soysiogy Park cemetery in High Point.
Lola Bryant 37 died Friday. Funeral from Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church conducted by Rev. T. R. York. Pallbearers Amos Bryant Loyd Carlton Austin Bryant Ed Workman Paul Bryant Vinson Sechrest. Singers included Dayton Jones Elvida Black and J D Jones Jr with Kermit Albertson at piano. Floral tributes carried by Mt. Zion church ladies.
Funeral services for Hattie H Oliver 71 widow of N F Oliver were held Sunday at 2 30 from Oak View Methodist church. Rev E M Jones and Rev J W Grace led the service with music by Mr and Mrs Carey J Davis. Interment followed in Fairfield Church cemetery with pallbearers H J Link W M Farmer W C Newman C A Jackson Y M Mooney and W T Ward.
A St Louis bank and trust company offers free hot lunches to its employees with table service. An executive cites convenience and aims to improve health and personnel relations.
CORVALLIS Ore. Rumors that foreign students are fleeing the United States for Russian universities lack substantiation at Oregon State College. Records show 73 students from 16 countries this term, up from 37 students from nine nations last year, with China and India each contributing around 20 students.
A brief note states that Shanghai lies at about the same latitude as Mobile, Alabama, comparing geographic positions and implying similar north-south placement on the globe.
Mrs. Mattie Gibson died Saturday December 27 after an illness at High Point hospital. Funeral at 3 pm Tuesday Hairlips Funeral Home is in charge. Survived by six children, Lady Carter Beatty Covington Ashton, eight grandchildren, three brothers Gaston Preston and Stokes Allen, and a large number of other relatives.
Dr Stroud Jordan a noted chemist and longtime New York City executive died suddenly at his Miami home from a heart attack at breakfast. A North Carolina native and UNC graduate, he served in WWI and as a Roosevelt food commission member in WWII. He leaves wife two daughters and relatives private funeral plans announced in Durham and Miami.
The Astoria newspaper, once rescued from ruin after 26 blocks burned in a 1922 fire, will switch from its old flatbed press to a modern tubular system as it modernizes its printing facilities.
Tularemia or rabbit fever naturally occurs in rabbits and may infect humans through bites or contact with infected rodents or their vectors. Symptoms appear 1 to 10 days after bite, with fever, chills, headache and swollen lymph glands. illness can last weeks with lasting weakness. Prevention includes rubber gloves when handling wild rabbits. treatment with streptomycin shows value, while penicillin and sulfonamides are ineffective.
Charlie Miles 76, of Greensboro Route 3, died Saturday night at 10 45 after years of illness. Born December 27 1871 in Rockingham County he was a farmer and member of Vickery Methodist Church. Survived by wife Mary Coleman two daughters Lillie Kirkman and Pearl Highfill, a son Charlie Miles, and two grandchildren. Funeral Monday at 2 pm from Sechrest Funeral Home chapel with Rev. A Burgess officiating burial in Groomes Chapel Cemetery.
The article notes that hummingbirds use their feet solely for perching and cannot move well on the ground. It emphasizes their expert midair hovering and reliance on branches rather than terrestrial locomotion.
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