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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1951
Page
9
A narrator recalls a tense shopping trip in a women’s apparel store on a second floor. He steeled himself to face eight clerks and a sea of lingerie, narrowly avoiding embarrassment as a fashion-absent male observer among the shoppers.
Tomorrow night's Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting is canceled said President Jack Green. Members were urged to attend the dress rehearsal of the Jaycee Jollies of 1951 at the Junior High School auditorium at 7 30 p m. The next business meeting is set for Monday night March 12.
This week lists multiple lunch meetings at the Sheraton in High Point. Monday hosts High Point Personnel Association at 12 15 p m and Exchange at 6 15 p m. Each day features clubs including Civitan American Business Altrusa Optimists Real Estate and Sertoma with 12 15 p m or 6 30 p m start times, plus Rotary Friday Kiwanis and a Saturday Camp Pla Mor event at 2 p m.
Real estate firms report a two day surge in High Point with three properties sold totaling about 195 000 dollars. Briggs Manufacturing buys the middle building on South Hamilton Street and Mendenhall Moore handles sale of North Wrenn Street property divided into three stores.
The Democratic executive committee nominated Mrs. Hunter Dalton and attorneys Robert M. Martin and Arthur Utley Jr. to the two City Board of Elections seats, with Dalton noted as the first woman candidate. Martin and Utley bring prior election reform experience to the board.
Retrospective recall recalls Thomasville 1918 Red Cross fundraising where Col Lom bard led Atlanta office support to a jammed auditorium drive. By sunrise the local goal was met and Thomasville hailed as first in the nation to complete its campaign amid praise from news services. The piece also nods to Hi Toms spring baseball lore and local politics on Sunday sports bans.
City Council plans action on bids for water system materials meters and police uniforms with prices ranging 2610 to 4095 for 60 meters and delivery 30 days to next steps include a move to oppose federal taxation on city bonds and to adjust tax repayment discounts. Also a 5 monthly raise for meter reader W P Rich and abandonment of Price street from Carrick to Scott to be considered.
High Point shows five years of rapid growth in population, hospital completion, and industrial expansion. Hosiery mills drive a large share of output, with 31 plants operating 10,000 machines and a yearly production of about 187 million hose pairs. Construction boomed postwar, with city building inspections totaling over four million in 1948 and above five million through 1949.
Several local service members are training at military installations. Pvt. Clarence T. Hayes is promoted to Private First Class with the 43rd Winged Victory division at Camp Pickett Virginia. Pvt. Weldon Burton trains as an air force technician at Warren Air Force Base Wyoming. Ray V. Cody serves with the Fleet All Weather Training Unit Pacific at Barber’s Point Hawaii. A Navy crewman trains with a Martin Mariner patrol bomber unit at San Diego. Pvt. Boyan visits wife Mary Lee after completing Lackland training and heads to Brooks for language school.
Spencer R. Caudell, aviation ord inanceman second class, USN, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Caudell of San Diego.
John Bailey a third class aviation electronics man and son of Mr and Mrs Sherrill O Bailey of 616 Gate wood avenue is being trained with a combat air crew in the operational training unit of Fleet Air Wing 14 at the U S Naval Air Station San Diego California.
Transferred Pvt. John McCain Lamb Jr has been moved to Greenville Air Base in Greenville, South Carolina. He was previously stationed in Texas. More details appear on page seven B.
Philosophical reflection on how future knowledge rests on past and present states. It questions our ability to predict tomorrow by tracing lines from memory and experience, suggesting hindsight reveals patterns guiding what comes next. The piece emphasizes continuity and the limits of foresight.
Ten years ago Sofia reported Britain would sever relations with Bulgaria and allow the U S to take over British property. Nazi moves toward Turkey and Greece increased hourly as Washington debated aid to Britain and defense, while High Point urged hydro electric project progress and faced legislative opposition.
East Commerce North Main and Bay streets face parking changes at the Tuesday council meeting. Items include meters on East Commerce, a two hour limit extension on North Main, and parking bans on sections of West Ray and East Bay streets.
A Purdy Street resident was cited for failure to yield after a Tuesday collision at Howell and Hamilton. Clifford J. Wall drove the car and Ray Gallimore operated the fire engine in the incident.
The Chamber of Commerce reports 676 members for 1951 with 200 new members added this year. The expansion doubles the 1951 budget and relocates to Arcade Building. A new clerical staff addition and a promotional director post are planned, with recruitment hampered by early candidates' military duties.
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