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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1958
Page
20
In a West End home on Unit Street, Dr D K Williams greets visitors and shows a lab filled with bottles and papers where he makes various remedies. He travels selling products and touts a mix of telepathy ideas, law study, books, and a life spent blending science and mysticism.
A thief snatched a laundry bag from a parked laundry truck in Madison. The bag reportedly contained dirty diapers, leaving the operator puzzled by the tainted loss.
In early modern theater male and female roles were often assigned to boy players or hired adult actors depending on the company. Male leading parts sometimes played by boy apprentices known as boy players, with women rarely appearing on stage.
Funeral services for Norman Hester will be held this afternoon at 3 from the Allen Jay Baptist Church with Rev. George H. Wallace and Rev. R. L. Smith officiating. Burial will be at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Hester, 47, of 1016 Fairfield Rd., died Friday at 5 p.m. at High Pointe Hospital after a ruptured blood vessel. The body remains at Cumby Mortuary until 30 minutes before services. Honorary pallbearers include members of the Junior Order Trophy Council No. 29 and Pittsburgh Plate Glass employees. John Ward Harriss of Route 2 Lexington, 30, dies Friday afternoon at home. funeral set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Fairview Methodist Church with Rev. Cameron Dodson and Rev. Robert Oakley. burial in church cemetery. Mrs. Mary Grissom, 76, widow of Cyrus Memorial Hospital, died since Dec. 31 and critically ill since Jan. 13. funeral held Saturday at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with Dr. C. C. Herbert Jr. officiating. burial in Oakwood Cemetery family plot.
Rufus Alexander Lackey 68 of Route 5 High Point dies after declining health. Survived by wife Estelle Horne and son Capt Thomas Lackey stationed in Munich Germany, two grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral arrangements with Yow's Funeral Home.
William Herbert Rogers 80 died at 10 50 p m Friday at the home of his daughter Mrs Aline Richardson in North Carolina after a prolonged illness He was a Marion native son of the late Samuel O and Mary Gaines Rogers He had lived with his daughter since retiring as a watchmaker six years ago Funeral services will be at 3 30 p m Sunday at Smith Brothers Funeral Home conducted by Rev B F Allen Burial in Rose Hill Cemetery Surviving are two daughters Mrs W J Yarborough Granite Falls NC and Mrs John Richardson Wilmington NC two sons Grover Rogers Thomasville NC and Wilson Rogers Charleston NC eight grandchildren five great grandchildren.
Margie Parks age 38 died at a Butner hospital Friday at 10 30 p m after four months of declining health and a week in serious condition. Born July 9 1919 in Montgomery County she was a former Montgomery County resident. Surviving are her mother Mrs Ira G Parks of 1306 Tryon St High Point two brothers Ira Parks of High Point Mack Parks Route 1 Linwood three sisters Mrs Ray Bowers High Point Mrs Curtis Luck Asheboro and Mrs A E Davis Robbins. Funeral services held this afternoon at 2 30 from Albertson Road Baptist Church with Rev John Woody officiating. Interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Body remained at Koonce Funeral Home until funeral hour.
The wallpaper industry began in America in 1739 with printed designs produced in Philadelphia.
The Public Library adds films available through February including Family of India 13 min color and Marriage Today 22 min about adult love. Medieval Crusades 28 min color links crusades to Western Christianity. Rhythm In Paint 10 min color shows painting rhythm with Eliot O Hara and Margaret Sheppard. Some People Stayed At Home 9 min. The wrong people came out to vote.
The annual meeting of the Retarded Children Day Center board will occur at Cloverdale School Monday at 4 p.m. Outgoing president Jack Green will review the past year's program and reports on relations with the State Board of Education and the local United Fund. The gathering will conclude with elections for new board members and officers for the coming year.
E B McFarland 63 died at 3 30 a m in Veterans Hospital Durham after two years of declining health and a week of serious illness Survivors include his wife a daughter Mrs Mack Sparrow Chapel Hill a son E B McFarland Jr Route 6 Durham two brothers J A McFarland High Point L McFarland Jamestown two sisters Mrs N L Bowman High Point and William Presnell Greens Funeral services are incomplete
In Hamilton Ohio 18-year-old Clayton Isaacs was fined 100 dollars and costs after police caught him with a three layer cake stolen from a display on the Butler County courthouse lawn. He had not yet eaten it.
The Austin library on wheels remains popular as bookmobile ridership grows. This week’s route includes Monday visits to Friddle Street, Grace Street, Wise Street, and Wesley Place. Tuesday stops on Barber, Woodrow, Farriss, Vail, and Taylor. Thursday sites on Leonard, Hoskins, and Daniel Brooks Homes. and Friday calls at Kimrey, Arlington, Williams, and Terrell Drive.
Three Pack 55 cub scouts received awards at a meeting last week at First Methodist Church. Dallas Shurgart and Stevie Duggins earned Wolf awards, Scotty Meade earned Bob Cat Pin and Wolf award. Blue and Gold Banquet planned for Feb 22. Parents viewed a film on Cub Scouting by Bob Tye, Uwharrie Council rep, while the cubs watched cartoons. Cub Master Harold Lindenburger presided.
The Public Library will host a Tuesday 7:30 p.m. operatic program in the audio-visual rooms. The recorded performance is Il Trovatore by Verdi featuring Zinka Milanov Jussi Björling Fedora Barbieri Leonard Warren with the Metropolitan Opera Company and the Robert Shaw Chorale conducted by Robert Shaw. A short pre concert discussion on the composer and opera will follow.
Canter the easy gallop traces back to medieval pilgrims walking with mules to Canterbury Cathedral England. The term Canterbury pace originates from that historic road journey.
The article notes that in the 19th century gasoline or stove naphtha was a waste byproduct of kerosene refining and disposed of by pouring into creeks, a practice described via the Britannica.
The article explores approaches to achieving peace of mind amid personal stress. It outlines practical steps, coping strategies, and mindset shifts to reduce anxiety and improve mental balance.
A public service guide suggests delaying immediate anger and channeling energy into constructive activity such as gardening cleaning the garage or a DIY project. It notes eleven tips and offers a free booklet How To Deal With Your Tensions from Better Mental Health Box 2500 New York written by top psychiatry experts.
High Point twenty six orchestra members will travel to Burlington February 6 to participate in All State Orches tra. The All State Orchestra will give a concert at Walter Williams High School February 9. Earning 25 points in speech to become members of the National Forensic League are Jane Folger and others. Seventeen seniors named in Who's Who at HPHS. HPHS National Forensic hosts R J Reynolds Gray high schools at a practice congress.
In Tabernacle Virginia Hurst reflects on turning 100 saying aging feels the same as younger years with added fatigue. She notes stamina fades with age yet daily life remains meaningful as she recalling decades of memories.
Inventor Thomas Edison is noted as born in Milan Ohio with Dutch ancestry. The fragment hints at Edison’s birthplace and heritage, reflecting early biographical details from his origin.
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