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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1947
Page
11
Buyers from the southeastern states register at the Southern Furniture market with 5087 total thus far for January. The brisk morning buying covers nearly all lines of home furnishings as merchants plan selective restocking and anticipate new lines soon. Temperature reached 80 degrees in the Exposition building as visitors shopped.
Wann's Drug Store, long located at 105 South Main, is relocating to 104 North Main in the former Gibson Ice Cream space. D. A. Dowdy says the new quarters are larger and modern with 300 more square feet and a second floor for special departments. The move begins with a Monday opening while current operations continue through Saturday night. The staff remains, with an enlarged prescription department and a second floor housing truss fit and hearing aid services. Mann’s Drug was founded by J Mann, with Dowdy joining in 1918 and taking ownership in 1924. the chain now includes Mann's No 2 on North Main and stores in Kannapolis, Thomasville, Eastington, Greensboro, and Reidsville.
Mrs. Nonnie H. Long of Winston-Salem filed an answer in a local municipal court denying a two year separation cited by her husband Robert Long. She claims they live together and that he has failed to support their two children. She seeks dismissal, alimony pending the hearing, custody of the children, and costs against him.
Dr. Thomas F. Chilicote, editor of the New Life magazine, spoke at High Point college to begin a religious lecture series. He will speak nightly at 7 and Sunday at 11 a.m. in the cold auditorium with sessions focused on athletics, social organizations, and veterans, plus planned student interviews.
Mrs. C A Lind offers 50 dollars to sit with her little boy Joey during his trip to Chicago before March 7. Joey’s mother is in Chicago and airline officials require an accompanying adult. If he misses the date he must wait to cross into the United States on the system.
In municipal court J H Norman and Mrs Bessie Bryant faced fornication and adultery charges as testimony revealed a welfare department placed a mentally incompetent boy in the Bryant home. Welfare head Miss Gladis Kivett said the arrangement was temporary and welfare workers have shifted the boy through four homes. The boy’s mother is serving a two year road sentence. case workers hope to find a new placement immediately with the welfare office paying 30 dollars a month for room and board. Norman, 66, pled guilty to immorality and drew 23 months on the roads, appealing to superior court with a 500 dollar bond. two pistols found on him were confiscated. The woman pled guilty and received two years suspended on condition of nonassociation with Norman.
Tommie Stathan a Negro of 14114 Phoenix street was bound over to superior court after municipal court found probable cause for assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly stabbed Arthur McCoy with a knife causing serious injuries. Reeves Bowers paid 25 dollars for assault with a shotgun on Benny Allen. Allen was charged with pistol assault on Bowers and appealed after receiving a like sentence. Other defendants faced fines for drunk driving hit and run reckless driving and various minor offenses including assault, prohibition violations, and indecent exposure.
An informal meeting at Oakdale Cotton Mill between High Point city officials and Jamestown supporters explored proposed incorporation boundaries. No action was taken, maps were reviewed, and both sides plan a follow up session next week. The proposed line excludes the High Point municipal airport and lake but includes the recreation park and swimming pool.
Central Friends meet ing house hosts a series of public services this weekend led by Errol T Elliott of Richmond Indiana. Elliott recently returned from a three month spiritual pilgrimage to Europe and will speak Friday night at 7 30 and Sunday at 11 am and 6 30 pm with a tea at 3 30 pm Sunday. He edits The American Friend, a fortnightly of the five years meeting, and serves as secretary of the execution committee. Rev. Cecil Haworth leads the services at Central Friends.
Seven youths aged 0 to 12 were arrested after entering the High Point armory through a coal chute and looting supplies. They were turned over to High Point juvenile authorities pending disposition. Some items were recovered. no arms were taken.
Robert A. Young announces a new Young's Nursery service office at 790 North Main Street in High Point as part of a regional expansion from Greensboro. The Greensboro unit has operated since 1920 and remains family owned since 1865, with the High Point office to be managed by veteran Richard Wilkinson.
City officials and Bishop Waters await arrival of English sisters from the Company of Mary to survey High Point for a potential million dollar 100 bed hospital. Promised city property and multiple locals offer sites including five acres by Blair Park golf course and 13 acres on East Russell street extension. several other offers unnamed.
An attractive young woman rumored to be a Belgian princess arrives by a late Cessna at Fraley Field with her husband escorting her. Airport staff note the claim is unconfirmed while she jokes about the tale and reveals a love of flying. The pair stay with Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Burgess at 1200 North Main Street.
The South Piedmont district of the North Carolina Education Association will hold a 11 o'clock Saturday morning meeting with state education leaders and the governor to discuss teacher salary increases. Proposals include a new South Piedmont schedule aiming to raise pay enough to retain teachers, though still below the $2400 minimum urged nationally. Judge Sam J. Erwin and others will present details and review actions from similar meetings across the state. The session is set in the junior high school auditorium.
T. J. Hicks, local man, was ordered by the municipal court yesterday to be sent to the county road camp for 60 days on two charges. Hicks had been sent to the county farm last summer and escaped after serving part of the sentence. officers traced the escape to his home while investigating an abandonment and non-support charge.
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