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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1947
Page
8
In Tulsa a cabdriver admitted bankruptcy filing stating he lost 3500 dollars in craps in the prior 90 days. He conceded he was not “rolling it dough” but gambling losses led to his financial trouble.
A Queensland bush tree known as the kerosene tree ignites easily even when freshly cut, posing a fire risk to nearby scrub and developments.
Mr and Mrs Robert Wagger and family travel to New York as Harold Wagger plans a January wedding to Renee Kramer at the Hotel Pierre. The article notes other local movements and hospital care among residents including Miss Louise Amos and Mrs Sarah Page.
After February 15 ceilings on transient hotels and related lodgings will be lifted but High Point managers expect no rate increases. Elwood hotel’s R. K. Young and Sheraton hotel’s R. B. Curran cite high occupancy and improved costs as factors keeping prices steady with possible minor room changes. A note on etymology explains the word turkey as a corrupted form of tukki meaning peacock.
The notice explains time conversions from eastern to central standard. It states all times are PM EST and to convert subtract one hour to CST and two hours to maintain standard. It also notes relay times by local stations may vary.
Noted young Irish tenor Christopher Lynch appears at the senior high school auditorium Friday at 8 o clock as part of the community concert association series. The former Ireland native studied in Italy and made a Carnegie Hall debut with a 59 piece orchestra. McCormack praised his voice and humor, while Lynch’s early life on a bloodstock farm fed his love of the land and hurley sport.
The Carolina Georgia football clash is set for New Year’s Day in the Sugar Bowl. Mrs. George T. Wood Sr. leaves for Florida for a two week trip, joined in Laurens by her daughter Mrs. E R Lyon who accompanies her.
Tickets for the January 23 performance of Americas Town Meeting of the Air in High Point are available at the chamber of commerce and WMFR. Limit purchases to what you will use due to high demand. The 8:30 p.m. broadcast from the senior high school auditorium is sponsored by local civic clubs and will air on ABC stations including WMFR.
Members of the executive club will hear Monday night at their meeting in the Sheraton hotel John Fraser an expert on handwriting and character analysis Fraser affiliated with the Associated Clubs of New York and noted for his Scotch humor and foreign knowledge He was religious editor of the New York Herald Tribune and other major papers. One half of one percent of polyethylene produced in the United States if converted into synthetic rubber would meet all U S rubber needs.
The statement notes that three days of the week bear names tied to heavenly bodies Saturn Monday and Sunday linked to the sun. It presents a linguistic puzzle about why Saturday Monday and Sunday correspond to celestial associations.
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