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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1951
Page
10
HAL BOYLE laments the parking crisis as cars outpace space and people. He recalls horse sense and jokes about a radar under the hood to guide vehicles to parking. He warns the auto must become self reliant or it will fade like the horse.
A local advertiser promotes multiple furniture businesses across Virginia Carolina Georgia Florida. One operation specializes in carpets while another manufactures plastic covered upholstered furniture. Trade market described as brisk.
CHAPEL HILL UP Ten state radio executives will speak at the first annual North Carolina High School Institute at UNC from July 22 to August 4. The event, sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters and the university’s communication center, offers intensive training to help high school students judge their aptitude in radio. Speakers include Paul Marion Charlotte Cecil Hoskins Asheville Bob Rierson Charlotte Joe Lawdon Wilson Ed Kirk Raleigh Jack Younts Southern Pines Charles Gaylord Fayetteville Don Pierce Washington Edl Anderson Forest City. Earle Gluck Charlotte NCAB president will close with a final luncheon address.
C A Jaccksen of High Point WN C recently purchased the registered Brown Swiss bull Coon Creek John 103126 from Tom Morgan of New York New York. The acquisition is reported by Fred S Idise secretary of the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association Beloit Wisconsin.
The article recalls John Howard Payne, famed for Home Sweet Home, as an unsuccessful playwright who wrote the noted song for one of his many failed plays. It also notes Free Towers on San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge stand at 746 feet.
The lineup lists WHTV Channel 3 programs including 380-Space Patrol 215-Robert Quinlan and Tele Rec revue O Novelty with Horace Hebit. followed by Summer Theater at 9, Chronoscope at 10, Clan Tee Wee at 10:30, Wee The People at 10:30, and It's Up to You at 11.
Two High Point men died when their car crashed into a tree near Burlington early Sunday. Marine Pfc. Harold D. Suggs and John Thomas Carter Jr., both 26, were killed. Cpl. Robert L. Sharpe, 18, another High Point native, survived with minor injuries. Suggs and Carter were home on leave. Sharpe had liquor with them and said they were intoxicated. Carter, driving, lost control at high speed, with 225 feet of skid marks noted. Carter and Suggs died of internal injuries. Sharpe reported he helped summon aid but the line was snapped by the crash. Carter’s funeral planned at Trinity Methodist. Suggs awaiting word from a brother in the Navy.
About 500 ruins of ancient Indian pueblos have been found on the rims of Arizona's Grand Canyon. Cliff dwellings run along the lower canyon walls in many places. Connie Webb Suggs of High Point and two brothers E Leonard Suggs of the U S Navy and Robert Stevens Suggs, plus two sisters Joyce Suggs Kupecki and Bobby Suggs Davis, are named in the readable fragment.
State Labor Department reports food prices fell slightly from March 15 to June 15 in six of seven North Carolina cities. Salisbury was the only city with a rise, up 0.1 percent, while Raleigh dropped 1.5 percent. Greensboro had the highest market basket at 217 dollars. Asheville listed the lowest at 29.31 dollars. The report notes Charlotte Greensboro and Asheville saw near one percent declines with Raleigh at 217 and Salisbury 29.31 in the 53-item basket.
An old advertisement touts BC Headache Tablets and Powders as a fast relief remedy for headaches neuralgia and muscular pains. It highlights a blend of tested ingredients that work together for quicker effect and promotes 10 and 25 cent BC Powders and Tablets with larger bottle pricing.
Across the country smokers sought which brand best suits their throats. Camel tops all brands in a 50 day coast to coast test with heavy emphasis on mildness and flavor. Throat specialists report not a single case of throat irritation from Camels in the study.
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