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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
3
Hot humid but clear forecast for the Fourth promises a 90 degree high after a three day break. Humidity rises, rain chances slim with scattered mountain showers. Offices close for the holiday. post office and library operate on holiday schedules. banks and salons also close. Lamp black noted as a printing ink product.
Former resident Mrs Sarah Murphy dies Monday in Mt Vernon New York body arrives to city funeral Saturday 3 30 p m Hairlip Chapel Rev J J Patterson to officiate burial Greenhill cemetery Mr and Mrs George Smith accompanied the body they reside at 1403 East Street Public notices include personal visits from Raymond Gill and Alonzo Gill and a Brooks Memorial Senior Choir concert July 6 at 8 p m with James B Richards guest director no admission
News publishers raise prices by three to five cents per copy while home delivery subscriptions increase by five to ten cents weekly. Several dailies lift Sunday edition prices to 15 or 20 cents, with some papers also adjusting mail or delivery rates as circulation costs rise. An editor notes ongoing strain on circulation and advertising in response to higher newsprint costs. A Texas circulation manager cites pressure to adjust rates amid rising production costs. About one in five cars have over 80,000 miles on their odometers.
Police early this morning arrested Myrtle Outlaw Batman for assault with a deadly weapon after she fired a .38 caliber pistol across Hoover Street, wounding Mabel Loury in the leg. George W. Abney and Paul Deal were also jailed on related charges, with bonds set for Monday hearings, while Thomas H. Gilbert faced assault and other accusations.
Two persons were injured when a 1950 Ford driven by Robert Clinton Ingram struck the rear of a 1951 Buick driven by Mrs. L H Crowder as it crossed Route 68 at Bridges Street. Injuries included a head cut for Mrs. York and cuts and bruises for Ingram. Cars suffered $650 in damage. treated and released at High Point Memorial Hospital.
Aubrey Boles driving a car entered by Bitch Face Veneer Company becomes the 36th local youth to enter the Soapbox Derby to be run Saturday on the Centennial Avenue Course at 2 p.m. Gary Davis, entries chairman, says the field may rise to 40 and entries close tomorrow. Sponsors include WHPE WMFR Lyles Chevrolet Lions Club and The Enterprise. Shell Oil provides free oil and offers stations for pickup. First trials held this afternoon with more tomorrow at 1 30 p.m. to help drivers learn the course.
Virgil Harmon, Amvets Club manager, reported a self player piano was taken from the Amvets Club at 315 North Main Street before 3 pm yesterday. Thieves entered by breaking the back door between midnight and 3 am, moved the piano to the street. Value listed at 15 dollars.
Friends of L. M. and Bonnie Brown of 116 Culler Street mourn the infant son Michael Wayne Brown born June 19 1952 in High Point who died Wednesday at 3 15 PM in Baptist Hospital Winston Salem Surviving are the parents two sisters and the maternal grandparents Graveside rites were conducted by Rev Worth Pugh and Rev E G Cochrane Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery
In Nacogdoches Texas J B Hutchinson who had a broken leg in a cast for nearly two months applied full weight yesterday. He suffered a second break and received a brand new cast today as doctors alleged to have reinforced the injury.
Walter C. Lax aged 51 died suddenly at his residence near Denton yesterday morning. He leaves widow Beadie Surratt Lax a son Edward and a daughter Mrs. L P Spain two brothers Roy and Alex Lax and four grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 1 pm at Siloam Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Police in Sonia Michigan search for a man with Santa Claus whiskers who allegedly traded Rhoda Taylor a $20 bill taken from her mother’s purse for an ice cream cone. The incident involves the 3 year old and authorities pursue leads to recover the money.
The initial fire ball in an atomic blast has a temperature of many millions of degrees and remains very nearly a vacuum, defining the extreme conditions at the bomb’s core.
Jesse Garrett a 49 year old from Scott Depot West Virginia wed Ette R. Crosbie 32 of Elkhart Indiana in a ceremony led by Peace Justice George Meginity. The couple left for their honeymoon with their four children after Garrett answered a Rockport Indiana notice offering a share of 28000 for a suitable mate.
An inch of rainfall yields about 1.2 billion gallons for the District of Columbia. Across typical ground, a measured inch translates to roughly 27,000 gallons per acre.
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