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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1946
Page
10
At a Lexington court hearing Pansy Everhart and Jim Aver, both 30 or 23, faced questioning that drew laughter from onlookers. The judge spoke on morality and faithfulness, noting Aver’s overseas service and delaying judgment until Friday.
Instructions warn that two drops in each nostril are to be used only as directed. The note urges care and indicates the solution is for symptomatic relief of cold. users should follow label precisely to avoid misuse.
Guilford County tax records show 1946 taxes far behind last year with many property owners still unpaid. Tax supervisor T R Short urged owners to file promptly as only two weeks remain before the deadline and evening hours are available Tuesday and Thursday 7 to 9 p m to finish the listings.
The State unemployment compensation commission reports North Carolina workers in all and commercial concerns received 1944 benefits up from 584 323 in 1940. The UCC noted increases in claims totaling across sectors and regions with notable growth in recent years.
City Manager Roy Braden announced a carload of wire and equipment arrived to boost electric distribution in wards 1 and 2 north of the railroad. He said the program will raise service by about 10 percent when complete, with extensions and added lines where current is insufficient. Labor shortages delay related water and sewer work, but materials are arriving and the project is deemed a must.
General MacArthur issued a Pacific theater order cutting discharge point scores for enlisted men from 50 to 48 and for officers from 70 to 68. Those with longer service become eligible for return to the United States and eligible troops will be moved to disposal centers as depots free up.
A thief shattered a State Street jewelry store display with a metal weight and stole watches valued at 650. Police estimated window damage.
Mrs M B Stroud, former Thomasville resident, died in a Durham hospital after a long illness. The funeral, from Pilot View Baptist near High Point, featured Rev C C Roberts Rev Thomas B Flowe and Rev George H Wallace officiating. Bearers included Dillard Cox Darrell Cox Glenn Cox Monroe Cox J H Cox J R Cox Vernon Webb and Winfred Winslow. A quartet supplied music with Miss Isoline Byerly at the piano. Flowers were arranged by Mrs Vernon Webb and Mrs Henry Higdin. Interment was in Floral Garden Cemetery family plot.
Jesse Columbus Bratton 85 died at his High Point home on Friday afternoon. Services were held Sunday at Sechrest's funeral chapel with Dr. F L Conrad officiating. The Emmanuel Lutheran church choir sang. Burial followed at Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers were J A S J H Witcher J T Bolton B K Edwards D C Bodenheimer and J L Bowers.
Funeral services for Grover Littleton Thompson 60 long known local linotype operator were held at Sechrest's funeral home after noon. B Conrad former sales rae First Baptist church and Rev Wilbur Hutchins led two duets by North Main Street Baptist choir. Pallbearers included Furr family members. Burial in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Graveside services were held Sunday at Prospect church cemetery at 5 pm for the infant daughter of T. C. and Lake Montgomery Lohr of 808 Blain Street. Rev. S Hartzell of St. Mary's Episcopal Church officiated. Surviving are the paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Montgomery and the paternal grandmother Mrs. W. C. R, all of this city.
Funeral services for three month old Horace Ann Gore were held at 3 PM Sunday from 138 Fowler Street. Rev. T T Lindsay and Rev S H Peters led the service with Pentacostal Holiness and Cloverdale Living God church choirs providing music. Flowers were carried by community children. interment followed in Lebanon cemetery.
Roosevelt Scott 34, Negro, bound over to Guilford Superior Court on larceny charges after preliminary hearing in municipal court. He allegedly entered E C Kearns home and stole a $35 overcoat. Major court docket included many drunk driving cases and various minor offenses with fines and costs.
Pawnbroker William Keller reports a surge in wedding and engagement ring purchases, saying he receives five or six sets daily, versus only a couple per week before the war. The remark highlights wartime social shifts in Los Angeles.
High Point police report multiple thefts over the weekend including car break ins and shop prowlers. A West End sandwich shop lost cigarettes and coins while a tool house was burglarized and an attempted entry at B and H Food Store was detected. Earlier a Davis Feed Store break in cracked a safe and $1,500 was stolen. Chief J. A. Lowdermilk urged drivers to lock cars, noting a holiday decline in thefts during Christmas shopping.
Jurors to serve at the High Point term of Guilford Superior Court in civil session for February 4 are listed. The sheriff’s department released the names of jurors who will be notified of the panels to report for jury duty in the coming civil term.
Brooklyn born Julius Schulman, assistant concert master of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, performs a rapid four-voice effect by manipulating his bow to make one violin sound like four during Paganini concertos. He has used the trick for three years and plans Bach sonatas with the device.
Foley Alabama Baldwin county establishes recreation grounds for teachers and students to spark interest and provide a release from classroom strain.
Judge D. MacRae of High Point Municipal Court ordered men to give up seats to women as more than 100 cases were set for trial. The packed courtroom saw witnesses and spectators filing the aisles while the judge urged chivalry from the bench.
City officials say a new city garage and storage center may begin soon if labor and materials become available. A Grimes Street site near Willow Brook is ready, with 10 000 dollars set aside, while shortages of workers and supplies persist. City employees currently store vehicles at home due to lack of garage space. Part of the site was acquired by foreclosures and purchase.
Winston-Salem district guild of the North Carolina watch makers and jewelers association will host its annual banquet at the Sheraton hotel. New officers to be installed include A. K. Freeman president, Frank Clay vice president and librarian, D. G Underwood secretary, R. M. Avery treasurer. Lester Morgan outgoing president. John W. Clay, humorist author of a new poetry book, will speak.
In Ithaca New York the New York Artificial Breeders Cooperative has installed an exercise device for bulls. Six bulls are strapped to a wheel by ropes through nose rings as the wheel turns, each bull walking about a mile per half hour six days a week. Bulls get Sundays off.
Willard Mayberry famed midwest farm spokesman will speak at the Executives club meeting tomorrow at 7 PM at the Sheraton hotel. He runs a 2500 acre Kansas operation raising wheat sheep hogs and cattle and is a noted journalist and author on agricultural matters.
Vance Mullis aged 14 and Robert Poole aged 15 were released on bond after Lexington police apprehended them for larceny of an automobile. C A McAllister, owner of the car, signed the complaint. Mullis gave 1509 Ward Street as his address and Poole said he was canning cherries to improve flavor.
City council to request budgeting of about six thousand dollars for a new street flusher as the 1922 machine is worn out and parts are unavailable. The only current cleaning equipment is a relatively new sweeper, in heavy daily use, while other routines use trucks.
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