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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1947

Page

2

Fall of Judah in Babylonian captivity told in Bible history

A historical summary of Judah's decline ending in Babylonian captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem. Jehoiachin and later Zedekiah reigned briefly, Jeremiah faced imprisonment, and the temple and royal treasures were seized. Gedaliah ruled briefly before Ishmael and others fled to Egypt as Judah fell from the Lord’s favor.

Judah David Solomon Babylon Jehoiachin Jehoiakim Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem Zedekiah Jeremiah Benjamin Penee Ope Irijah Babylonia Gedaliah Ahi Shaphan Ishmael Egypt

Quick Response Saves Building In Goldsboro

Quick action by Goldsboro fire department prevented a serious blaze at the State hospital for the Negro insane in Goldsboro. The fire started on the second floor of an old unoccupied building housing $75,000 worth of new equipment, which was undamaged. The site is slated for razing and a new structure funded by the last general assembly.

Goldsboro State Hospital A. W. Gurley General Assembly

Policeman Wins Steak Eating Derby After Snack Spree

Seattle police Patrolman Bill Hill ate two hamburger steaks four spaghetti platters five cups of coffee and two ice cream dishes at six pm. A couple hours later he entered and won a steak eating derby with seven steaks and a strawberry sundae. He joked he could have eaten more but others quit.

Seattle Bill Hill Hill

Homecoming Sunday at Pine Woods Church near Thomasville

Pine Woods Methodist church near Thomasville will celebrate Homecoming Sunday with an 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. Dallas Bush of People’s Bible School near Greensboro. A church grounds picnic dinner will follow and Everett Hilton will lead the singing program.

Pine Woods Methodist Church Thomasville Dallas Bush People's Bible School Greensboro Everett Hilton

Evangelist Rev. Leroy Spencer Leads Rankin Memorial Revival

Revival services at Rankin Memorial Methodist Church begin Sunday with Rev. Leroy Spencer of High Point as evangelist. Spencer, recently discharged from three years as an army chaplain, previously led Park Street Methodist Church in Belmont. Services each evening at 7:30 with special music.

Rankin Memorial Methodist Church Leroy Spencer High Point Mr. Spencer Park Street Methodist Church Belmont

No Court Session Held in Greenville Police Court

City police court in Greenville did not sit today due to absence of prosecutions. Clerk H L Curry noted this rare occurrence, last seen two years ago.

Greenville D. C City Police Court H. L,curry Curry

Services At The Churches LINDSAY MEMORIAL METHODS

Montheu avenue near Five Points Rev. T. E. Strickland pastor church school 9 43 W B Deik superintendent morning worship 11 sermon by pastor The Stars in Their Courses Fought Against Silence MYF 6 45 Evening worship and sermon by pastor Now or Never Mid week prayer service Wednesday p m

Montheu Avenue Five Points T. E. Strickland W. B. Deik

Church Services Schedule With Philippine Sermon

Barker and Adams street hosts Rev. Juan F. Cagle as pastor with church school at 9:45 and morning worship at 11. Sermon by Rev. C. M. Ferrer of the Philippines, MYF at 6:30, evening worship at 7:30 with Rev. LeRoy Spencer delivering the sermon.

Welch Memorial Methodist Church Service Schedule

Welch Memorial Methodist at Mangum and Lake street lists Rev. H B Bolick as pastor. Church school 9:45, Walter Voncannon superintendent. Morning worship 11, sermon by pastor. MYF at 6:13, Rayford Coggins leader. Evening worship 7:40 with sermon. Mid week prayer service Wednesday 7:30 p m.

Welch Memorial Methodist Mangum Lake Street H. Bb. Bolick Walter Voncannon Myf Rayford Coggins Main Street South Main Street E. M. Jones Oo. V. Kester Baptist Tent

Jamestown Methodist Service Notes

Reverend P T Dixon pastor of jamestown Methodist church speaks on Living Up to Our Best at ten o clock. R E Bundy superintendent leads with Youth Fellowship at seven in the evening.

Jamestown

Rev Carl A Grimm Leads Sunday Services

Pastor Carl A Grimm conducts Sunday school for all ages at 9 45 and worship at 11 with a sermon. No evening service, union meeting held at the tent.

Carl A. Grimm

Sunday church notices list multiple area services

A regional church calendar lists service times for many denominations. Main Street Methodist and First Methodist outline Sunday worship at 11 with sermons, Sunday school, and midweek prayers. Numerous others including St Marys Episcopal Archdale and Central Friends provide similar schedules with union tent services and youth fellowships.

Rev. J. T. James Schedule for BTU and Evening Service

Rev. J. T. James leads BTU at 7 00 and an evening worship service follows. The brief notice lists his community duties and church activities for the day.

East Green and Arch Church Services Announced

Rev J P H McNatt pastor sets Sunday services at East Green and Arch with Minsel at 9 45 and 10 morning worship led by H Frazier at 11.

East Green Arch J. P. H. McNatt H. Frazier

Sunday church notices at First Presbyterian and nearby chapels

First Presbyterian on North Main at Shirley lists Rev. Paul Tudor Jones as pastor with Sunday school at 6:45, P. H. Iton as superintendent, a sermon on That They All May Be One, and 8 p.m. young peoples meeting followed by supper. Crestwood Chapel and Randolph Chapel announce church school, adult classes, vacation Bible schools, and evening sermons led by T. T. Traynham and Rev. J. P. H. McNatt respectively.

First Presbyterian North Main Shirley Paul Tudor Jones P. H. Lton Young Peoples Baptist Tent Crestwood Chapel H.C. Simmons Ernest McCall T. T. Traynham

Mitchells Grove Methodist Service Schedule

Kivett Drive extension under Rev. A Burgess pastor with Sunday school at 9 45 am Herman Billings superintendent morning worship at 11 am sermon by pastor young people 6 30 pm and evening worship at 7 30 pm note day 7 30 pm

Mitchell's Grove Methodist Kivett Drive A.burgess Herman Billings

Methodist Church Services and Local Congregations

A roster of Sunday worship times and sermons across multiple churches including Ward Street Methodist Calvary Methodist Lebanon Methodist Wesley Memorial Church of God Christian Science Bethel Temple Hayworth Wesleyan Ennis Street Wesleyan Congregational First Church of the Nazarene Foursquare Church North Main Baptist Green Street Baptist Jewel Baptist with details on pastors service times and special events such as vacation Bible school and city-wide revival meetings.

Missionary Work and Religious Education Across Africa and Beyond

Dr. George W. Harley is named consultant to the U S Public Health mission in Liberia as church groups prepare for a Lake Forest College conference August 15 22. Other items discuss African marriage customs studies and postwar church growth in Tanganyika and Europe.

George W. Harley Asheville Methodist Church Ganta Liberia Republic United States Public Health Mission United States Army Poe United States Canada Lake Forest College Ilinois International Council of Religious Education Frank Grebe Buffalo N. Y Wesner Fallon Newton Center Mass Harry C. Monore Chicago Clarence Seidenspinner Racine, Wis Dorothy B. Fritz Philadelia Louise C. Drew Awaii Merie Davis New York International Missionary Council Bantu Africa International African Institute British Colonial Office Reaserch Foundations Tanganyika East Africa Leipzig Germany Lutheran Church Richard Reusch Augustana Synod Lutheran 0. A. Olson

Oakdale Methodist Church Service Schedule

Rev John Burger pastors Oakdale Methodist Church with 3 p m BTU and 3 45 pm worship after noon service. Evening worship held at East Russell street tent tabernacle. Sunday school at 10 am led by Henry Garrett superintendent. Morning worship and sermon at 11. Youth Fellowship at 6 30.

West End Ennis and Redding W. C. Guth Coffey BTU East Russell J. T. James Tent Tabernacle East Russell Street Oakdale Methodist John Burger Henry Garrett

Local church listings detail services and programs

Multiple churches list schedules including Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship and sermons by pastors J A Grout C M Floyd and C E Matthews Bible study Wednesday evening and youth activities are noted along with a vacation Bible school start date and a Leban on Methodist Young Adult class meeting at 1190 Johnson Street on Monday night.

Lebanon Methodist Church Johnson Street

Reds Call Acheson Speech Slander in Pravda

In Moscow Pravda calls Dean Acheson’s Wesleyan address “gross and rude” to the Soviet Union. The piece denounces U S foreign policy accusing it of distrustful, dollar diplomacy and unchecked expansion under Truman doctrine, blaming American leaders for World tensions.

Moscow Pravda Today Wesleyan Dean Acheson Unon Acheson Russia Pravda Communist Party U. S United States Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dixie Potatoes Being Trucked To East's Marts

Norfolk reports a glut in southern potato markets sending northbound trucks to eastern markets where prices are higher. The Virginia Ferry Corporation notes a continued tie up at Little Creek terminal as ferries run 24 hours a day to Cape Charles, with 15 round trips daily and long lines of trucks and cars waiting. North Carolina harvests already underway while Virginia growers prepare to begin digging soon.

Norfolk Virginia Ferry Corporation Little Creek Cape Charles North Carolina Virginia

Shelby Radio Tower Blown Down by Wind

Shelby residents clean up after a severe windstorm that caused heavy property damage and a fatality. Barney J. Fowler, 54, city electrician, was electrocuted when he touched a 2300 volt wire as the 304 foot WOHS tower collapsed, knocking the station off the air.

Shelby Barney J. Fowler City WOHS

Lexington Man Named Head Textile Board

The Southern Textile Association closed its annual convention in Lowing Rock with speeches by Gov. Thurmond and Thurmond Chatham. Virgil E. McDowell roanoke Rapids was named president, with R T Stutts as vice president and Smith Crew as board chairman. Executive secretary is J Oscar Omas. three-year board terms went to Cauble, Marley, Crenshaw, and Henderson.

Lowing Rock Southern Textile Association Lexington N. C Stutts J. Oscar Omas Fieldcrest Mills Spray Marshall Dilling Gastonia Mill S. M. Cauble Belmont A. R. Marley Durham W. Earl Crenshaw Lancaster, S. C R. E. Henderson Danville, Va

FDR Prefers Ickes to Wallace for 1938 timber

James A. Farley quotes Roosevelt saying Henry Wallace would like to run for president but prefers Harold Ickes as a fighter. Farley notes Roosevelt favored Ickes and hints at Wallace's shifting positions. He also recalls Roosevelt wanting Farley to run for New York governor in 1938 as a 1940 background.

Washington Roosevelt Harold Ickes Henry Allace James A. Farley Henry Farley Ickes Collier's New York

Pheasant causes train stop and Aberdeen engineer injured

Public utilities commission notes a ringneck pheasant stopped a train after crashing through a locomotive and striking engineer H. S. Andrus, 68, of Aberdeen. Also a public hearing is set for June 24 1947 in High Point North Carolina on a building zone district change proposal. City Clerk Lots Welborn.

Council Chamber High Point North Carolina Lexington Avenue Palatka Street Wright Street Hicks Street Welborn

Salisbury Boy Wins Scholarship

James H. Randall of Forest City and Ver non S. Ryan of Salisbury won Abraham and Charles Erlanger textile scholarships worth 1600 dollars each. They will begin studies at State college next school year after selection by the Erlanger Mills group. Four finalists were chosen after an initial 18 applicants from three North Carolina textile firms entered the May competition.

Raleigh James H. Randall Forest City Vernon S. Ryan Salisbury Abraham and Charles Erlanger State College Malcolm E. Campbell School of Textiles North Carolina Erlanger Family New York Erlanger Mills, Inc Lexington North Carolina Finishing Company Alexander Manufacturing Company Forrest City

Appointment for Winston-Salem Man Goodrich to state board

Governor Cherry reappointed Ray W. Goodrich of Winston-Salem to a three year term on the state board of photographic examiners. The term expires June 10, 1950. Notice also lists executors seeking claims against Irene C. Holton estate and a separate land sale notice in Guilford County with details of the July 8 auction in High Point Township.

Winston-Salem Raleigh Cherry Ray W. Goodrich State Board of Photographic Examiners Irene Holton High Point Guilford County North Carolina Louise HM Abernathy Garrett Brentley Circle The Fatete Irene C. Holton Superior Court of Plore J. Clodfelter Alta Anderson Burton John B. Burton Mamie R. Anderson Myrtle Lowe N. C. Lowe Ruth Redding Sid J. Redding Kevin Anderson Pauline Anderson Willis Anderson Theo Anderson Roy Anderson Lela Anderson High Point Township N C Anderson Heights Potts Street Potta Street City of T. W. Albertson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Prophets Jeremiah, Jonah, Isaiah By Newman Campbell Pine Woods Church Spencer Rankin Memorial E. T. Hedrick Bible Class First Evangelical and Reformed Church South Main and Russell L. G. Furgurson Good Singing Good Fellowship Lindsay Rankin Memorial Methodist First Reformed Church First Methodist North Main Richardson Wilson O. Weldon L. F. Ferree Star ST. Mary's Episcopal North Main Farriss Howard S. Hartzell Baptist Archdale Methodist W. B. Penny Geo. B. Eldersupt OAK Hill Friends Burton Street D. Virgil Pike Carl Shepard Orship Suess Central Friends South Main Commerce Cecil Haworth Horace Haworth Young People’s Fellowship Union Tabernacle Clay J. Childress Emmanuel Lutheran North Main Howell F. L. Conrad Grace Lutheran Centennial Avenue Fred Rockett Walther League First Church OF God Louis F. Gough Gospel Tabernacle Christian and Missionary Alliance Willowbrook Street Charles A. Epperson Ray Wagner First Baptist North Glenola Asheboro Road Charles McBride R. J. Brown Archdale Baptist Archdale Paul Cassell Tom Causby Southside Baptist W. H. Barker A. Y. Bean North Park Putnam Avenue H. B. Chatham Alfred J. Buescher Jeholiakim Zebediah Ismael Brentwod Randolph Chapel J Ross Ward Street M. McKinney E. K. Hedrick Charlies D. White Calvary Methodist C. B. Newton Lebanon Wesley Memorial Methodist North Main Street Sheraton Paul Hardin, Jr Board of Stewards City Lake Church OF God Commerce Street Fred Jump Christian Science Christian Science Society North Main Street Bethel Temple F. C. Myers Hayworth Wesleyan H. T. Troxlier J. Paul Hill O. BE. Embler WYPS Ennis Street Wesleyan Sunday School H . Danford M. C. Connor Ymweb Mildred Hyde Congregational West Green Tryon Street G. C. Crutchfield W. R. Jones First Church OF the Nazarene East Green Street C. C. Brown Foursquare Church English Street C. L. Watkins North Main Baptist Neil J. Armstrong Green Street Baptist Green Street Mangum Avenue Julian Hopkins Russell Street Jewel Baptist J. P W. W. Reid National Fire Protection Association of Boston Neville Langford-Smith Mangu Reusch Paul Hutchinson Europe Asia America Church OF Christ Hamilton Street W. E. McGilvrey Ervin Griffin Christian Endeavor First Pilgrim Holiness South Hamilton J. A. Grout John Lain Pisgah Baptist Worth Wingate Streeta C. M. Floyd Z. V. Lanier C. E. Matthews John Cargill MT. Calvary Baptist Randolph Street Carl W. Staley East’s Marts Shelby Radio FDR Farm Bureau Henry J. York S. Main ST Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Home Office Columbus, Ohio
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