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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1946
Page
18
A look at a public hair fashion debate shows Sinatra Como and other stars opposing short cuts. They argue long hair preserves femininity and romance while hairdressers warn short styles mean more chemicals, hats, and fewer adornments, risking the classic American look.
Pvt and Mrs C L Thompson announce the birth of son Roger Dale Thompson at Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital on March 22 while Pvt Thompson serves in the U S Army in Austria. Cpl and Mrs Paul H Poole announce the birth of son Carlos Paul Poole at Washington Street unit of High Point Memorial hospital. Mrs Poole is formerly Miss Ophelia Saltz.
The Woman's Auxiliary of St Marys Episcopal Church hosts a Lenten study class Monday at 3 PM in the church chapter with Rev Howard S Hartzell speaking on the Doctrine of the Incarnation. The Business and Professional Women group meets Monday at 7 30 PM in the chapel with the same topic discussed by the band rector.
A compact guide for teen boys emphasizing polite acts to win favor with adults. It lists opening doors for women, escorting dates to doors, rising when addressed, sending a thank you note with a small gift after visits, proper handshake norms, and active participation in conversations to avoid passive behavior.
Wesley Memorial church boards of stewards host a veterans banquet Friday March 29 at 7 15 pm for church service persons. George Davis will lead the invocation, Eddie Tinsley directs selections, and C G Bedford will welcome guests. J J Griffith chairs the servicemen’s committee, with plans for the event and reservations urged at the church office.
Washington discusses inflation as excess money chasing scarce goods, with price controls, wage policies, and public opinion shaping future prices. OPA reports 30 to 40 percent current inflation and possible further jumps if controls end. economists warn of higher costs and savings shifts as buyers delay purchases.
The North Carolina federation of music clubs announced winners in the annual composers contest. Miss Celeste Horne of Greensboro won amateur piano solo suite in C minor and Robert L Hull of Duke University won professional orchestral Prelude and Fugue. Other amateur winners included Henri Emurian, Wilmington, and Mrs. Sarah K Cooke, Greensboro. Professional winners included Martha Taylor Davidson and Edwin Michael Hoffman. Judges were Dr. Carl Gilbert and Richard Bales.
The sixth annual North Carolina conference meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will be held at Duke Memorial Church in Durham next Tuesday to Thursday. Officers zone leaders and delegates from 515 local societies and 52 Wesleyan service guild units will attend, totaling over 20,000 members in eastern North Carolina. Conference president Mrs. Gurney P. Hood of Raleigh will preside and give the president's message Wednesday morning.
M C Jacoby of Topeka received the Purple Heart 27 years after being wounded at St Mihiel during World War I. His two brothers Joseph and Rufus Jacoby, residents of Cheyenne Wyoming and Enid Oklahoma, were wounded in the same action and later received the Purple Heart and the French Croix de Guerre.
Former Sergeant James Cockriel of Platte City Missouri survived an SS firing squad in September 1944 after eight bullets pierced his body. He escaped to Belgium with resistance aid before capture again and faced a delayed medical response that left three bullets inside him.
Maj. William R. Berkley announces new War Department rules allowing veterans separated >90 days to reenlist at grades tied to their service and training. Eligible veterans discharged after May 12 1945 may enlist by June 30 1946 at the Greensboro Army Recruiting Station in the post office building.
The article urges gardeners to plant kale Scotch or Siberian varieties to secure a reliable, tasty food supply. Kale tolerates heat and cold, thrives with similar care to turnip greens, and can produce into summer and fall with partial shade. A new August or September planting yields abundant fall winter and early spring greens.
State women leaders who served during the war and victory loan campaigns will meet Tuesday afternoon at the O Henry hotel in Greensboro to draft plans for state participation in the peace time savings bonds programs of the United States treasury department. Mrs Karl Bishopric of Spray is the state chairman of the women's division of the North Carolina war finance committee announced today.
America's early transcontinental railway runs across the Panama isthmus covering about 50 miles. The project connects key ports and facilitates crosscontinental travel and trade.
March 23 special report states John Coteland a Black resident of Holley Street was arrested for letting his mules forage freely. He faces recorder's court on March 29 after the incident noted by Police Chief E R Richardson.
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