Pilot Club Meeting Postponed To Next Week
The Pilot club business meeting set for Tuesday is postponed one week. The new meeting place will be announced later.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1949
Page
14
The Pilot club business meeting set for Tuesday is postponed one week. The new meeting place will be announced later.
Teers announce son Dwight Monroe born July 1 at Boulevard unit High Point Memorial hospital. Larkins announce daughter Vicky Sue born July 2 in Granite City. Cranford announce daughter Penny Gayle born June 25 at Boulevard unit local hospital. Yorks announce son Raleigh Frank Jr. born July 1 at City Memorial hospital Thomasville. Austin announces son Merk Douglas born June 30 at 108 West Isabella Salisbury Maryland. Mrs Austin is former Miss Bera Brown. A new photographic emulsion for recording nuclear particles is highly sensitive and risks premature cosmic ray exposure during shipment to researchers.
Mrs. J Edward Kirkman marks ninety at 230 Washington Street, reflecting on High Point's growth from a small village of 525 people and seven stores to the city known as the Furniture Center of the South. Born May 1858, she shares memories of early railroads, local leaders, and the war era shaping the community.
A fabric industry statement from James L. K of the Upholstery and Drapery Fabric Manufacturers Association says delivery schedules, not price, will dominate retail buyers after the July Hore Furnishings Markets. He cites 1949 first-half fabric production down about one third, furniture shipments off 20 percent, and retail furniture sales down under 10 percent, amid nearly zero on-hand stocks and cautious orders to ensure timely stock and makeup activity.
At Wetey Memorial Methodist Church in High Point a tribute marks Mrs. Kirkman aging into ninety, highlighting her church leadership, charity work, and social civic roles. Friends recall sixty years of friendship and praise her gracious character and public spirit.
Mrs Frances Tuttle a High Point resident for 49 years marked her ninetieth birthday with about 70 friends and family at her East Green street home. Widow of John Tuttle formerly with the Southern Chair company she moved from Yadkin county and is mother to five with 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Four children live in High Point and E P Tuttle resides in Montgomery Alabama.
A 19th century train arrival and a 150 unit parade highlighted Asheboro's event with Mrs Rankin and her son Robert Rankin among attendees. Dr J Pritchard offered Randolph history while notables from Charlotte Nashville and Asheboro joined the celebration and R E A held a five county meeting.
Rebecca Ann Allen, 2, of Antlers Oklahoma, was taken to a Paris doctor after a nickel lodged in her esophagus. The surgeon removed the nickel and found a penny also lodged there.
Construction in High Point rose above a three million dollar total for the June 1949 period. The city building inspector reported 32 permits issued for new residence and non residence work, up from 25 a year earlier, with $329 515 authorized in June 1948 compared to $256 026 last month. For the 1948 49 fiscal year total stood at $3 310 418, near the 1947 48 level of $3 918 488. New non residence construction was a major factor in June 1949.
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Muse died after months of illness. Funeral services will be at her residence Sunday at 3 p m led by Rev Paul Hardin Jr of Wesley Memorial Church. Burial follows in Oakwood Cemetery with pallbearers listed. Also notes farming and permits: Calimyrna figs can mature in two months without gnats with growth spray. twenty construction permits issued for $116820.
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