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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1950
Page
15
Ruth Millett urges women to foster friendships, cut worry, pace daily life, and devote time to family. She stresses talking less and doing more, being charitable to other women, and growing satisfaction at home rather than chasing improvements.
Senator Clyde R. Hoey urged Congress to put the quietus on John L. Lewis in a Shelby Rotary Club address. He warned against autocratic control of the coal industry and called for applying anti trust law to Lewis and similar powers. Hoey also expressed optimism about 1950 business conditions and ongoing prosperity.
Calendar listings show meetings and hostesses for groups including the African Violet society Mrs. Dale Montgomery 901 West Bay, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union Union Hill, Emery wood country club, and several garden and civic clubs. Activities run Monday through Friday with dinners, speakers, and membership gatherings at locations such as the Sheraton Hotel YWCA and local homes.
North Carolina based firms with Delaware or New Jersey charters weigh rechanging to domestic status. Officials note no tax advantage to keeping outside charters when operations and assets stay in state, with some firms already considering domestic incorporation to reflect local presence and pride.
President Truman enjoys a three week Key West break described as his best vacation. Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham reports excellent health and calm mindset, while aides note continued dependence on rest and sun. The Little White House serves as a relaxed base with informal staff activities and minimal formal duties.
The first three volumes of the Catalogue of the Frick Collection are ready for distribution. Only 175 copies will be issued to major museums and libraries, funded by Miss Helen C. Frick, to honor Henry Clay Frick’s centenary. The set will total ten volumes, with five text and five illustration volumes, produced by hand on English handmade paper at a large folio size.
Canterbury to meet Friday afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs. W F Ellis at 317 Woodrow Avenue. The note lists time and host for the local club gathering.
Maryland coach Jim Tatum said the Terrapins are in good condition and high spirits as they prepare for the Gator Bowl showdown with Missouri in Jacksonville Florida on Monday following light workouts to avoid injuries.
In a New Year note McKenney offers readers a bridge hand and strategy. The columnist explains a four heart or four spade contract leads to a diamond opening and demonstrates how the queen of diamonds signals to partner to win the next diamond trick. The sequence shows how West should respond with a small diamond and how East wins with the nine of diamonds before shifting to clubs, outlining how declarer can lose a spade two diamonds and a club.
The Ladies Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Tuesday at 7:30 PM at the home on West Broad Street.
Watches gain status as fashion items with Swiss design. New calendar models show 31 days on the outer face with a black silk cord band and automatic date control. Bold numerals on glass improve readability, raised crystals magnify faces, and black suede bands highlight gold or stainless steel cases.
Frankurt Urt Germany reports three judges were named to new posts in Germany’s US zone courts. H Lloyd Ericsson of Lawrence Kansas and Fred J Cohn of Raleigh North Carolina were named associate judges of the Court of Appeals as the court grows from seven to nine members. Peter J Flanagan of New York City was appointed to a restitution appeals court handling Nazi loot cases.
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