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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1946
Page
5
Tarboro June 29 fire of unknown origin destroyed a three story warehouse owned by W S Clark and sons. Loss estimated at about 75000 with insurance. Volunteers kept flames from five nearby dwellings while firemen battled the blaze into the morning.
War veteran Gardner Larned, working to regain speed on the tennis courts, challenges husky Bob Falkenburg for NCAA net champion bragging rights in a June Evanston meet. Red and white wine notes appear as unrelated trivia in the fragment.
The article notes 7809 dogs listed as killed or missing in action in World War II and recounts owners writing about dogs weight issues and care. It also mentions a Canadian court ruling that an old law did not cover chasing automobile powered vehicles, legalizing such behavior briefly.
A reader explains why a dog's collar must be checked and loosened as puppies grow to prevent harm. A loose collar risks escape or entanglement in the woods and potential death by starvation or exposure. The column also shares a humorous Reading police episode with a woman mistaking a dog for a man and answers on distemper inoculations and canine remedies.
Berlin reports that on August 1 the famed third infantry division will be deactivated after a storied history from World War I to Desert campaigns. Generals Eisenhower and Clark, among its graduates, helped forge a unit famed for training, tradition, and combat achievement including 45,000 purple hearts and numerous medals.
Officers of the North Carolina Association of the Benevolent and Protective Orders of Elks were elected on the convention's second day in Wilmington. New leadership includes president-at-large Boyce A. Whitmire, vice presidents at large C David Jones and John Glover, and regional officers J Fred Richardson Karl C Miller Ed W Davis. Trustees Thad Eure and J M Rawlins were chosen. Charlotte will host the 1947 convention and Winston-Salem the fall quarterly meeting.
The Sampson Blues of Clinton in the Class D Tobacco League sign former Giants pitcher Van Lingle Mungo. Club president L. C. Kerr confirms the signing as the season moves toward opening.
In Philadelphia a few hundred middle aged and elderly residents formed an informal get-together club after letters to a local newspaper. They elected an executive committee, sang together, and planned future meetings at a participant's home. Conversations, songs, and exchanged phone numbers replaced loneliness as they built social ties.
Evangelist Rev Marion Leviner leads a tent revival on Snow Street inviting the public to attend all services.
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