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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1954
Page
7
Auditions for the 1954 Jaycee Jollies will run March 23 to 27 in Radio Sta po studios. Show Director J W Morgan will supervise auditions Tuesday night and January 26 with no parts yet assigned. Open to all ages, performers can showcase singing dancing or comedy as group talent acts.
The fragment references Alabama and Confederate topics with mentions of Briens ish and United States, indicating a historical note on regional loyalties and postwar alignment. No clear event or person names are provided to anchor a fuller summary.
A dense list of time stamps and program names outlines a daily radio broadcast with segments like News & Sports Summary Weather Reports and various music and devotional blocks. Entries reference programs such as Adam and Eve Johnny's Morning Jamboree World News and The Session among others.
In New York rumors swirl around Walton Winchell and high society. Franchot T and Pier Angeli reportedly reconcile in Paris while Flora Robson's new film is teased as a Hollywood highlight.
The column lists showbiz bites and society scraps including long running best sellers, Anna May Wong transfusion notes, a New York Giants landlord’s son marrying socialite Ann Mumm, a Norwich Hospital birth to the Hayward Rosses, Joan Castle Billy Rose wedding hints, Roz Russell star vehicle at OCinerama, a post-deal Mary Rose Tennyson marriage, and stockholder suits against RKO plus a draft-dodger connection for L Fennelley.
Prince Christian of Hanover and Princess Rosemary Hood figure in late 1930s gossip with references to Pamela Churchill's romance with a Rothschild, Runyon Fund supporters including Governor Bermuda's daughter and Navy lieutenant, Ray Harrison, Bogart financing Huston's Beat the Devil, and music figure James McHugh's illness. J Shubert avoids a brother's funeral after 25 years.
The Palm Beach era snippets list Billy Daniels at the Miami Beach Casablanca on the 29th, Mary Small at Sans Souci, Betty Hutton at Beachcomber, Dick Haymes at Clover Club, and Lee Russert overseeing The New Moon Ate. Duke Stewart debuts The New Surf ferry, Leone’s on the old Colonial Inn site thrives, Stone Crab Joe’s expands, Jane Morgan headlines Latin Quarter, Henry Youngman energizes De Lido, Frances Faye and the Red Cape anchor Ciro’s late, while Manhattan cold snaps filter to Miami. Rich is Bet ter.
A New York novelty shop at 42nd and Broadway shows a window mix of switch-blade knives obscene photos and religious medals. The latest Top Secret cover features Errol Flynn. Next season male sports jackets may add tails. A restaurant on 6th Ave advertises Waitress Wanted Experience Essential But Not Necessary. Choreographer Richard Barstow and singer Sally Nesbitt may wed. Burlesque waned as Chicago Minsky’s closed. An ad agency seeks 6300 dollars from Carnival in Flanders ads. Courts ruled on the Van- case.
A dense listing shows daily programs across stations with time slots and hosts. Notable names include Golden Voices, Jack Benny, The Tonight-like formats, multiple news segments, and variety shows across morning to late night.
Time zone adjustments affect station relays with one hour subtraction and two four hour shifts. Local stations modify hour of relay to fit total schedules and last minute program changes must be included.
This week students swapped study for spectacle as debates over chemistry and other subjects gave way to fascination with the elements. Third floor students wore long-sleeved sweaters amid iron ceremonies planned for Friday January 2. About 35 students will be inducted. Junior Mr Edwin Jones, newest member of the High Point city schools music department, visited a Senior High Orchestra rehearsal. WHPS radio will air two episodes of A Month in the Country on Thursday and Friday at 7 00 PM with BBC approval.
The Distributive Education Club at Hi Pt Hi met with president Lawrence Brown to plan participation in the State D E convention at Woman's College Greensboro February 26 27. Activities include a speech contest ad planning and merchandise manual with a banquet and dance to close the event.
The group held its regular meeting on Wednesday morning and reported the current results of the station sale. Several members volunteered as guides for the Atomic Exhibit at that time.
Beta Club held a 3:30 meeting to discuss Pennants sales and decided the sale will continue, though the note ends with an unclear phrase about a mixed-up Bison.
The Future Teachers of America gathered at 8 15 a m Tuesday to discuss activities and make tape recordings of members voices. Members could sign up to observe teaching methods in elementary schools. A committee of FTA members was recently formed to recommend solutions to Hi Pt Hi student council for school problems.
Advisor Miss Ruth Goodman announced this week the induction of new Masque and Gavel Society members. Details on the ceremony and participants were not disclosed in the available copy.
A historic theater on the verge of repurposing into a garage follows harsh reception for a show titled Dead Pigeon. The text notes ordinary steel burning like paper under a makeshift jet engine tempera. The Republican Party traces roots to a 1854 meeting in Ripon Wisconsin.
The student store clerks were entertained Tuesday by Mrs. W. K. Whitesell, advisor to the staff. Miss Maxalynn Mourane's fourth period French II class hosted a two month in planning French dinner with fish, pommes de terre souffles, green salad, French dressing, and cream puffs served by the students.
Report cards will be distributed. The first order of junior varsity rings arrived Monday. Readjustments will be made this week and rings likely reordered on February 15. The GAA basketball team faces Trinity girls this afternoon after a postponement.
Actress Gene Tierney, back in Hollywood after three years in France, intends to make a film then return to Paris. She declined to comment on reports of a romance with Mos Khan.
Daily list of programs for WHPS FM with host names and time slots from Monday to Friday including Guest Star Public Health Series Lew White Show Vaughn Monroe Sammy Kaye Show and musical variety programs. The text preserves early radio scheduling style with program titles and times.
Hollywood gossip notes Roy Rogers and Dale Evans plan to join Billy Graham in a two week London revival in April, with brief TV appearances and hymn singing. Other items cover censorship debates, Marilyn opera references, Tony Curtis vocal debut talk, and various show business happenings and rumors.
The article questions Terry Moore’s Korea USO tour publicity claims after George Murphy advised restraint. It notes no vulgar outfits by Moore or other stars in Korea and mentions precedent with Marilyn Monroe nudity calendars. Murphy, a talent scout, is cited regarding the publicity dispute.
NBC will rush Margaret Truman to the west coast to team with Spike Jones in one of the hall a sessions of the Spike Jones Show. NBC big names will join Spike's program in the coast appearance.
A San von 4 theater marquee hints at possible legal action. Pilarow rises to No 1 as life unfolds through secretaries and executives in a Lima airline office. Pilar left a typewriter job in 1949 to act in Brazil, later divorcing and reportedly traveling with Wayne in Mexico.
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