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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1946
Page
2
Newman Campbell presents a dated survey of Leviticus feasts and their meanings for the Jews. He outlines Passover unleavened bread first fruits Pentecost Trumpets Day of Atonement and Tabernacles as rites shaping Hebrew national identity and worship, from the Exodus to the harvest festival.
County records report Clyde Lee Dixon, 26, of Longhurst and Arlington, Va., as the year's first highway fatality. He was fatally injured when his car failed to make a curve near Roxboro yesterday afternoon.
Teed Theodore Hester 36 died Thursday afternoon at 2 30 in a automobile accident near Red Springs. He lived in Asheboro and worked for Red Springs silk mill. Survived by wife Viola Melton son Roy McDowell Hester three sisters two brothers and several in laws. Funeral Sunday 2 p m at East Green Street Baptist church High Point with burial at Floral Garden Cemetery.
A new helium-oxygen gas blend allows divers to reach deeper underwater depths and extend bottom time, expanding capabilities for underwater exploration and work.
Greensboro churchmen joined national voices urging reconstruction aid for Hiroshima and Nagasaki hospitals and relief institutions. Dr. R Murphy Williams Rev Joseph B Clower Jr and Dr John R Cunningham urged generous funding to aid suffering, while Dr L N Bell questioned the plan's wisdom saying it could offend nonbelievers.
North Carolina conference leaders approve the Methodist Retirement Homes of Durham to house about 200 ministers. A charter has been issued for a central unit with an infirmary and nursing facilities, near Durham and possibly within driving distance of Duke Hospital.
Mrs. R W Barnwell president of the North Carolina Council of churches calls denominational and interdenominational women to study recommendations on atomic energy control and Security Council voting. She says UN influence will be shaped by Christian prayers and interest worldwide and a partition may be sent to Edward R Stettinius.
The seventh annual institute of religion at United Church in Raleigh draws capacity crowds each Monday. Dr. J. D. Clark and Rev. Allen P. Robinson report high turnout for sessions on What Price Peace. Upcoming Feb 4 features Dr. H. H. Chang with The Price of Peace in the Orient.
Swift II sailed into San Francisco Bay after submarine nets were removed. Winton C. Edwards alerted coast guard when a whale attempted to flip his water taxi. Swift II turned toward the gate and disappeared. Swift I, earlier named by waterfront men, carried the same waters in 1938.
A Northeastern church listing notes sermons at 11 a m and 7 30 p m by Joseph David Boyd with topics The Business of the Church and The Meaning of the Christian Life at the Masonic Temple pulpit. First Presbyterian highlights Rev Paul Tudor Jones preaching February 3 text Ezekiel 15 1 7 with missionary vesper 5 o clock and Christian Discipleship Today, plus Westminster supper and Deans leading discussion. First Baptist details Sunday School 9 45 a m and worship 11 a m led by Dr W E Clayton and Pastor W Wilbur Hutchins with Lord s Supper, choir music under Carl Cronstedt and Emil Serpos. Evening service at 7 30 features Chaplain Woodrow Hill recently returned from service in the Pacific and ordained Baptist minister, soon to reenter civilian pastorate.
The Gospel Tabernacle lists Sunday schedule with Rev. Arthur Glass speaking at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. evangelical services. A Mid Winter Bible Week is set for Feb 3 to Feb 10 with Glass as speaker and Dingeman Tealing as chalk artist drawing at each service. Services run 7:30 p.m. each night.
The First Congregational Christian church on West Green Street at Tryon Street begins Sunday school at 9 45 tomorrow morning. Rev G C Crutchfield will preach at the 11 o'clock morning service and the 7 o'clock evening service. Wednesday prayer meetings start at 7 p m.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church offers classes at 9 45 with Dr George T Wood speaking to the young adult group on Will The Application o Christ's Teachings Help Build Better Health The 11 o clock service features Rev Paul Hardin Jr on The Secret of His Presence The 5 o clock session closes The Great Choices of Life We Choose Our Religion Don Huber leads the youth program Woman's Society board meets 2 15 choir room general meeting 3 30 intermediate room Quiet talks on spiritual power mid week service 7 30 Intermediate assembly room.
Reverend E M Jones speaks at 11 am on Christ's Influence In Life. Evening topic Our Greatest Need. Youth Fellowship at 5 30 pm with thought provoking questions led by Young People leaders. Senoet meeting to follow. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 30 pm.
There will be a celebration of the holy communion at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning at St. Mary's Episcopal church. Church school convenes at 9:45 a. m. at which time the rector teaches a Bible class for adults. There will be a celebration of the holy communion and sermon at 11 a. m. when the
St Dunstan choristers join the choir for an offertory anthem O Lord Most Holy by Fr Abt. The young people's service league holds a 6 pm supper meeting led by Miss Peggy Russell. Parish canvass for reconstruction and advance fund set for Sunday. fund stands at 8.8 million dollars to rebuild war stricken churches and fund missions. L R Stewart chairs the parish canvass.
First Evangelical and Reformer church hosts morning worship at 11 o clock with Rev Hoy L Fesperman delivering The Cleansing of a Soul and a choir anthem out the light by Gon oud. Evening service at 730 features When Slothfulness Kills My Zeal. Meetings listed for senior consistory Monday 730 pastor study junior a eaggpenag Sete Wednesday 3 mid week prayer 730 pastor in charge.
The First Methodist announces a full Sunday schedule with 9:45 Sunday school led by L F Ferree, 11:00 sermon by Dr W A Lambeth on Gaining a Sense of Direction, and 7:30 evening sermon on The Gospel According to Me. Choirs, solos, youth and women’s groups, and midweek chapel address by Mr Weldon are listed.
The Christian Science Society at 319 North Main Street invites the public to Sunday services at eleven o clock with the subject Love. Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at eight. The reading room is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 pm.
The Saturday night prayer band meets at 1607 Bradley Street at 7 30. Sunday school begins at 9 45 with G H Stafford in charge. Sunday services are at 11 00 a m and 7 30 p m with Rev E A Modaris delivering the sermon. The public is invited to all services.
Western Pacific army headquarters announced that all enlisted men with 45 or more points or 34 or more months active service as of February 28 are being sent to disposition centers for return to the United States. The call excludes critical specialists volunteers and Army Air Forces personnel. New York City's sanitation department sweeps and cleans 4,000 miles of streets daily and collects 3,460 truckloads of garbage rubbing and ashes.
The author explains a period of illness with influenza and complications, recalls childhood pneumonia and a mother’s improvised remedy, reflects on America's Golden Age before the Spanish American War, and notes a 1940 statistic on licensed prostitutes in Japan.
Dr Charles W Iglehart of Union Theological Seminary serves in Japan as adviser on religious education and liaison with Christian leaders. The American Bible Society plans one million Japanese New Testaments and 100 000 English copies, plus other church goals amid wartime upheaval.
At a Greesboro joint meeting of High Point Greensboro and Guilford county officials the debt service fund allocation for county and city school systems remained unsettled after a tentative report. A fact finding audit was urged to uncover past procedures and errors with the matter now returned to the subcommittee for investigation and a recommendation. Before the war 99 of every 100 Japanese children were in school.
J H Holton administrator requires all named creditors to present claims by January 19 1947 in Thomasville North Carolina. Indebted persons should settle immediately. Notice dated January 17 1944 signed by J H Holton administrator and attorney J Roy Proctor Thomasville NC.
Publication notice in Guilford County North Carolina announces a divorce action filed in High Point Municipal Court. The defendant Carl J Hedrick must answer within twenty days after February 11, 1946 or face court relief as requested by plaintiff Ola Hedrick. The clerk M W Nash handles filings. attorney Byron Haworth participates.
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