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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1955
Page
4
A long reflection on liberty and the American republic notes the founding ideals, the fight against McCarthyism, and the enduring strength of democratic values. It highlights Owen Lattimore’s vindication and Murray Kempton’s critique of Communism, urging Americans to keep faith with freedom and basic Americanism.
Editor Holt McPherson returned from a week off to find the office had missed the absence. Pamlico Beach trip noted by Madeline Hoover. North State and Southern Bell telephone directories delayed by a strike. new books due around Christmas. Ten party lines discussed with an offer to convert to four party lines for a fee. Local painting on Washington Street disrupted sidewalks. A humor piece recounts a New Yorker learning old jokes are numbered. Community updates include ABC store referendum, a Trinity High senior winning a citizenship contest, and High Point Furniture Markets benefiting from air conditioning.
The reflection discusses signs of social decay and the need for divine justice. It cites Jeremiah 22 1 9 24 25 to urge rulers and people to execute judgment, protect the oppressed, and uphold righteousness. It warns that oppression invites foreign dominance, and that only by God’s will and spirit can liberal society endure.
The High Point Enterprise lists its 1955 staff and department heads including President D A Rawley, Secretary-Treasurer Mrs R B Terry, Editor C W Patterson Jr, Advertising Director Charles B Loplin and Circulation Manager. It notes the paper is established 1884 and published from 305-307 North Main Street, High Point, N C.
Published Every Afternoon and Sunday Morning. Member of the Associated Press. AP dispatches may be reproduced. Entered as second class matter at High Point post office. Carriers and distributors are independent contractors. Enterprise not responsible for advance payments. For home delivery rates contact your local carrier.
The writer recalls a bygone Fourth of July orator who spoke from bandstands in small towns. He notes the speech praised liberty, the founding era, and patriotism, and laments the orator’s disappearance while urging readers to value American citizenship and freedom. Walter E. Ditmars from Hartford, Conn. signs the letter.
A sequence of readers from High Point express strong views on liquor regulation and closing beer joints, opposition to state sanatorium transfers, and a broad critique of U S foreign policy with comments on Tito and Peron, geography, and Cold War tensions. The letters mention local streets, hospitals, and Elm Street addresses.
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