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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1953
Page
2
Chicago reports strong first week at the International Winter Home Furnishings Market. Manufacturers note heavy orders from retail buyers nationwide and predict firm 1953 sales, with competition sharper than since Korea War. Kent Coffee Manufacturing says it will take orders into June as it enjoys excellent volume.
Early Saturday morning shots from a shotgun damaged Deputy Craven’s vehicle parked at Route 2 home. Neighbors heard heavy shooting Friday night and into Saturday. deputies suspect a group of inebriated youths cruising the area. The damage bent metal and shattered two windows but did not penetrate the car.
Funeral services for 16 month old Karen Sue Wood of Danbury were conducted Saturday at 3 pm at State Line Primitive Baptist Church. Elder J W Brown and Elder Joel Simmons led the service with pallbearers Clyde Wood Herbert Epperson Robert Spencer and S O Shelton. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Thelma A Phillips 43 wife of William S Phillips died Friday. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from Koonee Funeral Home chapel with Rev Worth Pugh Rev Sam Peters and Rev A H Johnson officiating. Interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
James Campbell Welch 76 of High Point died at Point Memorial on a Monday afternoon after several months of declining health and 10 days of serious illness. He was born May 25 1876 in High Point to Columbus and Lenora Welch and married Lula Mae Nance who died in 1933. A retired painter and paperhanger living at 118 Carter Street, he was a Methodist and an honorary member of the High Point Fishing Club. Surviving: daughter Mrs Herbert Price four sons Burris James William and Guy Welch all of High Point two brothers Edgar H. Welch of High Point and M Ernest Welch of Washington DC 17 grandchildren four great grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Sechrest Chapel at 2 pm with Dr L J Reavis officiating. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. The family will remain at Sechrest's.
Amvets Post 15 will meet at the County Courthouse Wednesday at 7 30 p m Dewey L Gunter pub relations officer announced to ny About 250 veterans attended a meeting Wednesday night in the Courthouse Chief topic of discussion was the Veterans Bonus Referendum The North Carolina General Assembly will take up the veterans bonus issue during its current session.
President-elect Eisenhower has taken steps to win Southern Democratic backing for his agenda. He wrote to a Dixie legislator praising a conference plan and offered patronage talks to Democrats who supported him. Senators forecast Southern support to back budget and economy measures, with leadership changes proposed for the Senate committee on non essential expenditures.
The Senate internal security subcommittee charged the State Department with failing to screen Americans on the United Nations payroll and urged further inquiry to assign responsibility. The report, prepared before President Truman issued a loyalty screening order, accuses officials of withholding essential information. The U N and State Department clash over accountability for unfit employees, with Lie citing delays in obtaining staff data.
Police said a coroner's report indicates Sadie Barber died of acute alcoholism and exposure. The body was found yesterday around 10 a.m. in a stream behind 609 Elizabeth Street by local boys, initially suspected as a drowning after a fall. Investigators noted she left home intoxicated late Friday night.
Police reported three minor accidents with no injuries or charges. At 6:50 p.m. a three car crash on Ward Street involved George M. Neal Audry W. Pearson and a parked car owned by Mrs V V Horney causing about 400 dollars in damage. Earlier at 3:25 p.m. Glenn Beshear and Worth Hill sustained slight damage in a two car on South Wrenn Street. A final incident near Ward and English Streets involved Everett Loflin and Harry Ple with about minor damage.
A man identified as Holmes, accused of stealing a $29 radio and a $20 wood stove from W. W. Horton of Hor, posted $500 bond after arrest by city detectives. Hearing is set for tomorrow in Municipal Court. Rufus Lee, 49, of 35 Woodbury Street, was brought in on a Mecklenburg County capias after failing to satisfy a judgment on a hit and run conviction and is held without bond.
Charlies Clapp of Route 4 told police last night that a fender skirt was stolen from his 1939 model automobile while it was parked near the police station on East Commerce Street shortly after 10 o clock.
The infant daughter of William and Virginia Taylor of Route 5 High Point died at a local hospital shortly before 1 pm Saturday. Born Friday, she is survived by two brothers Anthony and Sherman, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs O J Taylor of Sanford, and the body was moved to Sanford for a graveside service this afternoon.
Senate Republican leader Robert A. Taft blasted what he called complete confusion over who will hand out federal jobs in the Eisenhower administration. Taft, Knowland, and Millikin will press Pres elect Eisenhower in New York to ensure Senators are consulted on appointments in their states and to guard patronage power for smaller jobs.
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