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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1954
Page
4
Chicago reports a surge in buying near market close, signaling a strong showing for the largest furniture display in High Point. Expanded facilities and a proposed 60 000 square foot building expansion reflect growing demand and optimism for a robust 1954 furniture season.
A Greensboro state council meeting this month could decide the location of the state Veterans of Foreign Wars headquarters. Local Post 619 and Archdale unit leaders Roy Hunter and Gerald Rodden spearhead the effort to retain the High Point base, opposing relocation despite plans for a new central building and temporary uptown offices. The paper urges pooling building plans to serve both state and local VFW interests and preserves the advantageous central location for the movement.
A two day atom energy exhibit in High Point, hosted by the city schools, High Point College, the Rotary Club, and The Enterprise, drew a literate, cross section of thousands. John Fox led the display linked to Oak Ridge, Tenn, praising student guides and the public interest in peaceful atomic energy. The piece notes a push toward international sharing of atomic know how and calls out a separate warning about unauthorized March of Dimes solicitors stealing donations.
Weimar Jones, president of the North Carolina Press Association, urges that every announced candidate for the House or State Senate be asked to state their position on repealing the 1953 legislative secrecy law. He says voters have a right to know where candidates stand before the 1955 session. The press seeks to limit secrecy and promote transparency in public boards and commissions.
George Sokolsky argues that society elevates wedding spectacles of the rich over genuine marriage, viewing divorce as entertainment. He critiques alimony schemes, sensational lawyers, and media attention, asking whether modern divorce reflects maturity or moral decline in the international set.
Lynn Nisbet reports on a North Carolina Freedom of Information conference that resembled a political convention with many legislators and officials present. The piece notes Democratic dominance, impending primary races, possible 1955 speakership, U S Senate speculation around Kerr Scott, and hints at contest for judgeships, with open access questioned by municipal leader Davetta Steed.
A collage of items notes experimental magnetic highway guided cars and evolving transport ideas. It cites Cornell on household food costs in 1880 and today and includes a Moslem Friday note from Mecca Medina history. It also mentions detergent tech, a family gag, and bacon's medieval origin.
Robert Ruark laments sparsity of sports-writing in January and February noting basketball hockey and track offer scant material. He recalls boxing and baseball seasons, mentions figures like Joe Williams and Red Smith, and recalls winter travel to sunlit spring training.
The column surveys postwar policy debates including proposed changes to the Taft Hartley Act with calls for secret government supervised strike votes or independent commissions. It notes a rise in coffee prices driven by market speculation, asserts continued coffee consumption, and references aviation safety concerns. It closes by praising Brandt W. Worley for community leadership in High Point.
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