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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1958
Page
8
Mrs. Helen Hill of 323 W Russell St reported a bathroom fixture freed from the wall as she entered. She said every pipe in the house froze, illustrating the severe cold weather’s impact on homes.
About 50 members of the High Point Jehovah's Witnesses will attend a three day Shelby conference led by Rev. J. M. Welborn. L. E. Reusch district supervisor will discuss Facing the Future Without Fear. G. J. Stankiewicz circuit supervisor speaks on Safeguard the Heart with Wisdom. Delegates over 1,000 expected.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will hold a 24 hour prayer vigil from 6 o'clock tonight through 6 p m tomorrow to augment the World Day of Prayer. The vigil operates in 15 minute periods or longer as desired with guidance folders in the vestibule and church offices open during the entire period.
W. W. Sharp Jr. was re-elected president of Sedgefield Country Club for a third year at a Tuesday night meeting. Jesse M. Cobb was elected vice president, Thomas L. Benson was re-elected secretary, and R. L. was elected treasurer to George K. Cavenaugh. Sharp will call a board meeting to appoint committees. The article notes the U.S. now grows more than half the world’s soy bean crop and its uses.
Weather driven fire activity light but persistent with a utility crew handling burst water pipes. Early morning flooding at Presbyterian Home on Greensboro Road followed by several calls yesterday including a blowtorch thawing plumbing at 11 Farlow Street and overheated furnace at 616 Colonial Drive and a burst pipe at 408 East Washington Street. Damage deemed negligible.
A vintage recipe introduces ice box brownies rolled into a long log to slice into cookies. It notes chilling the roll for easier handling and yields about four dozen cookies. Variations include a peanut butter version with added peanuts and peanut butter.
Lent focused menu features fish filets baked in sour cream and deviled fish filets with a bread crumb crust, plus a lobster tails thermidor. Recipes include Lobster tails thermidor with vermouth and light cream, and a blushing rarebit over potato chips as a quick cheese option.
Dr Norio Ogata of Nippon Dental University reported cultivating the leprosy bacillus in the lab for the first time. He said initial four months, now three weeks, and cautioned that this does not immediately enable diagnosis or treatment but could aid eventual eradication with further medical cooperation.
In Rolla Missouri Mr and Mrs Thomas Ellwood are placed on probation for allowing their 12 year old daughter Patsy to wed James Harris aged 67. Harris received six months in jail for conspiring to falsify the marriage license claiming Patsy was 18. Patsy became a state ward and in a foster home. The Ellwoods pleaded guilty to falsifying her age and received six months in jail but the sentence was suspended and they go on probation for a year.
The Soviet Union is estimated to have about 195 152 000 residents according to the latest figures. Officials caution the figure may be revised as census data are processed.
A woman, Peggy Swamey, 23, of Route 3, was injured when her car ran off the road between Hillsville and Flint Hill at about 6:30 am and struck an embankment. She was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital with minor injuries including a cut lip and sprained muscles. Witnesses said she apparently lost control while driving to work.
Britannica notes William McGuffey who authored readers used in schools for fifty years began teaching at age thirteen, marking the start of a long educational career.
During a fierce snowstorm in Washington New Jersey a laboring woman on Montana Mountain saw state police deploy a snowplow to reach her home. The plow became stuck and the National Guard sent a 45 ton tank to blaze a path. The mother was rushed to a hospital for delivery.
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