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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
10
In midtown Philadelphia a dog bath provoked a neighbors’ uproar. A petition by 42 residents urged J Louis T Holland to relocate his barking canine establishment. The zoning board declined to intervene, deeming the area commercial, leaving the dispute unresolved. Dr Helfand was ill and did not participate. he was bitten by a dog.
In Rockford a note from INS describes garbage collector F. B. Streepy of Joliet telling a group of aldermen that garbage itself is harmless, only the name bothers people.
The National Beta Club representing 957 high schools in 16 states will hold its annual senate meeting in Atlanta this Saturday. Dr. John W. Harris of Presbyterian College will audit the past year’s scholastic service work, with attendees from Georgia and several neighboring states. The Beta Club reports 20,477 members and has national HQ in Spartanburg.
South Carolina replaces West Virginia in region nine of the junior baseball competition. North Carolina Virginia and Tennessee also in region nine. Regional tournament opens in Sumter on August 14 with winner advancing to the southeastern sectional tournament starting August 19.
Report from Sonatore research laboratories states that of the first two million men examined under the 1940 selective service act, about 41 000 were rejected for ear defects.
In Chicopee Massachusetts a two inch lobster was discovered in six inches of water in the Chicopee River far inland from the coast. The find surprised observers and highlighted unusual aquatic life in inland waterways.
Obituaries record funeral services for Edwin John Burns of High Point held at Sechrest Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Wilbur Hutchins. Also noted are funeral services for Thomas Franklin Harvell of Jamestown at Mitchell Grove Methodist Church with pallbearers from Oakdale Cotton Mill and a Stamps Baxter trio providing music.
Private Harold Steiner of Erie writes home from Cebu island describing a cave with wall murals of Japanese pin-up girls. He notes the cave is modernly equipped and mentions finding the pictures among the military surroundings in the Philippines theater.
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