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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1952
Page
12
Two officers halted a prowler at McNeill Furniture Company on Extension Street last night. J Stallings pursued a man described wearing a brown garb and black leather coat, who escaped on foot through the rear door. The front door entry left no items missing.
The notice lists pallbearers W. J. Abercrombie Neal McGill Bob Lee Ben Allen Rush Crawford and Ronald Bratton for a funeral service conducted by High Point Chapter Order of DeMolay. Richard Barl died in the late afternoon after months of illness since December 29, 1951. Burial plans include Oakwood Memorial Park. The text also mentions Mrs Lathe Behmer of Mrs Tr Ray and family, and references to local clergy and burial arrangements.
A four day civil and criminal term of jury court closed with all cases disposed in the first session. Only two criminal trials occurred without a jury. seven other criminal cases were continued. The term granted 41 divorces. archie Myatt presided as pros. Several named divorces included Sally dillo Spurgeon wiltars Mae Williams and others. A person at 107 Kivilow Street was fined $100 on a driving offense.
State Utilities Commission inspectors rated bus stations in 14 North Carolina towns. The list includes Belmont, Rock Hill, Charlotte, Chimney Fayetteville, Greensboro, A Point, Bileboro, and Rutherford with a top rating of 100.
A Philadelphia poll shows Dwight D. Eisenhower ahead with about 6 574 mailed ballots versus Taft 74 for the presidency. Other leading possibilities include Senator Kefauver 708 Senator Taft 574 General Douglas MacArthur 371 Governor Earl Warren 342 and Harold Stassen 342.
High Point couples rush for marriage licenses as 12 applications were filed by closing time Tuesday. Names include John W. Hedrick Jr and Betty Jean Rich. William E. Younts Jr and Mary Alice Cottam. William Ray Farlow and Barbara Russell. Billy Ray Hughes and Doris Lee Riggs among others from Guilford, Richmond, Mount Airy, and Winston-Salem areas. Deputy Register of Deeds confirms the surge ahead of St. Valentine’s Day.
Firemen rushed to three alarms within a half hour yesterday morning. A gas stove blaze in Brentwood Apartments at 10 35 followed by a reported fire on Grace Street in the Beck of Washington Street area was quickly subdued. A third call from 1413 N Hamilton Street at 10 58 a.m. ended the sequence.
A garbled note reports Acton completing a task five times faster than usual with unclear context. The fragment hints at speed improvements but lacks concrete details such as project, date, or organization involved.
Fragmentary text notes a politician named Mullan seeking a fourth term and mentions a payment of 100.80 dollars to Executive Raymond Maxwell, but details and context are unclear.
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