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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1952
Page
6
A Hobart novel follows Dr Samuel Towne and his brother Alan amid medical reforms, racism, and social controversy. Alan champions progressive care while Sam resists compulsory medical insurance, polio illness, and hospital politics.
Readers question future of the book section amid doubt in the Enterprise. The editor urges postcard replies to gauge reader appeal and decide if the Book Page should stay.
William G Carr was appointed executive secretary of the National Education Association effective August 1. The NEA trustees, led by A C Flora of Columbia, DC, praised the post as one of the most influential in education. Carr has served as associate secretary since 1940 and will replace Willard E Givens. The NEA counts about 875 000 members.
Police charged Samuel May Smaw, 30, with murder in the fatal midnight stabbings of Charlie William Clark, 34, and Mary Lee Keys, 29, near Clark’s house. Smaw admitted using a dagger he called a rattlesnake knife during the fight and was treated for wrist cuts.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 from the home of her grandparents S. E. Whitley at 115 East State Street. The infant, four weeks old, is the daughter of James and Lorene Whitley White of 301 Rock Springs Road. Body remains at Cumby-Orrell Mortuary until 9 30 this morning, then to 115 East State Street to await the funeral. Reverend J A Grout, pastor of a local church, will officiate with relatives named from Greensboro and High Point.
Mrs Pearl Holton 65 died at High Point Memorial Hospital after illness of several months. Born Alamance County January 9 1887 she married M L Holton in 1911. Services held at Friends Meeting House with ministers H McNatt H Stine Jones and Branson Wood. Interment in local cemetery. Survived by three sons two daughters a brother and several grandchildren.
The High Point Public Library added several non fiction titles including Taft’s A Foreign Policy for Americans and Biddle’s The Fear of Freedom along with works by Herberg Keller Marrow Mumford Gray Voorhis Hunter. Fiction picks include Mountains of Allah and various author titles.
Durham Duke University creative writing professor Dr William Blackburn discusses writing as exploration not formula He praises writer William Styron who credited Blackburn with starting his serious writing The class emphasizes form design and practice readers aloud help students spot mistakes and grow He values friendly atmosphere and small classes with home tea sessions for reading and discussion
A review of Charles Neider and Brothers collection Great Shipwrecks and Castaways. It gathers twenty authentic accounts of sea disasters from letters diaries and logs focusing on real peril against nature. Each piece records factual events with minimal embellishment and sometimes fatal outcomes.
A sensational Georgian wars romance by Paul Chavachavadse, set in Tiflis and the Caucasus. Zoe Duval, an intrepid widow, falls for Captain Novoselsky amid war and captivity, facing a brutal Moslem regime and perilous ransom drama.
At the Michigan Press Association session in East Lansing on January 26 1952 editors and publishers cast 88 votes. Dwight D Eisenhower led with 48 votes, Taft received 17, Governor Earl Warren of California 3, and Harold Stassen 2.
Vienna reports the United States will provide 120 million dollars in economic aid to Austria for the fiscal year ending June 30. The amount compares with 194.35 million dollars in the prior fiscal year.
E G Jarvis owner of City Appliance Company was re elected president of the Southeastern District of the Bottled Gas Association at a January 15 Atlanta meeting. The district covers 12 southeastern states and the association unites gas dealers and manufacturers to set rules for production and distribution.
The forecast calls for overcast skies with near 68 degree highs and a risk of light rain or drizzle in daylight. Yesterday's high reached 58 with a low around 50 last night. tonight's low is also expected near 50.
Raleigh P Atty Gen Harry McMullan's office will contest Duke Power Company's rate increase filing. McMullan says depreciation figures are inflated and out of line. Duke planned to present before the State Utilities Commission next Tuesday seeking an extra two million dollars annually.
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