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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1949
Page
9
Anxious about Mickey Bison’s health, coaches expect his return after severe shoulder injuries. He suffered repeated dislocations, a torn ligament, and surgery at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem. Doctors expect weeks of recovery before possible comeback with the team this season.
Cincinnati Reds beat Boston 11 to 1 in a spring game at Tampa with Walker Cross and Millard Howell likely to start against Philadelphia as Bucky Walters plans a rotation. Ray Murray hits a homer for Cleveland in a 9 to 8 ten inning win over New York.
Four games at the High Point college gym will start the Red Shield Tourney sponsored by the Salvation Army tonight. Mercury and Optimist clubs receive byes into Friday's semi finals. Opening games pit Daycees vs Order of Moose at 6, Kiwanians vs Civitan at 7, Exchange Club vs Lions at 8, A B Club vs Rotarians at 9.
Miss Blanche Berrier of High Point Memorial hospital addressed the High Point Civitan club at the Sheraton hotel on the development of anesthesia. She noted that surgical anesthesia has progressed mainly in the last century and cited historical use of hypnotic substances such as henbane mandrake poppy coca. The only guest was Mr. D F Payne.
Johnny Revolta, veteran pro from Evanston Illinois, ties Lawson Little of Monterey California for the halfway lead with three under par 67s in the Seminole club pro am tournament in West Palm Beach Florida. The event ranks among the tour’s richest, with Revolta aiming for a grand slam.
If you are underweight this ad promises a solution from Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. It claims to stimulate appetite and improve digestion turning food into added flesh. Available at the drugstore in tablet form for 50 cents and liquid for one dollar.
Thomasville, Mar 16. The council was given a status report on the legislative program. The charter revision bill has passed legislature and awaits certified copy. Ratification enables new election machinery, with filings open for 1949 51 council seats. Abbott's Creek township incorporation bill was introduced. Police warrant signing authority was expanded to police, clerk of court after ratification.
Capitol Square insights cover debates on state appointments and the Scott program. The piece notes Mayne Albright and L. Y. Ballentine as new names in circulation with no senate appointment expected before adjournment. It recounts heated gasoline tax debates tied to road bonds, laughs over wordplay, and a narrow 71 to 39 vote backing the governor's plan. Senator Libby Ward misses sessions. Leroy Scott proposes a wartime veteran bonus plan with uncertain costs. An attempt to cut state employee pay via a supplemental salary bill amendment is withdrawn after protests.
Miller the sophomore Frank Hassell stands 6'3" 195 pounds and may become a scoring threat like Powell with another year of age and development. After 26 games this season he gains needed experience and potential. Ray Correll’s junior high team lost one game and captured the state junior title. The Western Conference next year could feature Bison first and second teams in a top pair.
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