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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1946
Page
13
Realtors warn values are advancing too quickly as first four months push dollar volume to a record high. demand’s primacy boosts purchases of existing homes and lots while housing shortages persist amid material bottlenecks and veteran influx.
Fire department drills occupy crews for two weeks twice yearly. At station two helpers train in fire fighting ladder work rescue methods scaling pumping and calisthenics led by Assistant Chief C Kennedy. Classes use drill yards near station two and Jones Street pumping sites with focus on rescue techniques and safe egress.
Thom A. B. Ditton will speak to the local Executives club tomorrow night in High Point. His talk titled Chances of a Lifetime aims to offer listeners a relaxing hour of vicarious adventure and insight from his varied career across continents and roles.
The article details rising bread scarcity as flour deliveries shrink by 20 to 25 percent, with bakeries trimming retail sales and rationing loaves. Households rush to stores for bread while limits rise Fridays and Saturdays and droughts threaten hard wheat future supply. Local bakers note slim meat options and lingering shortages of fats and oils, with calls for renewed rationing.
Pioneer council number 52 will hold its regular meeting Monday night at 7 30 at the hall 128 percent street.
The local Disabled American Veterans post completed its organization last week with nine new members bringing total to 20. Claude R. Sealey was elected post commander, Talmadge Pipkin has left the city for a national service position, William F. Mayberry Jr. is vice commander, F. C. McCuskey adjutant, and D. C. Lawson treasurer. Sealey urged other veterans to attend the next meeting, set for 8 p.m. in the county building Wednesday, where installations will take place.
The Veterans Administration opens a full time contact office in the High Point post office building with John E. Saintsing in charge. Local veterans are urged to contact him there as the Greensboro itinerant service ends. Saintsing, WWII Navy veteran and native of Reidsville, has lived in Winston-Salem and worked at its post office. He belongs to the American Legion Disabled American Veterans Am vets and the Masonic lodge. Office in room 215. hours six days a week.
Mrs. Sarah Cobl Davis, 59, resident of 202 Phillips Street, died shortly before noon yesterday in a Morganton hospital after an extended illness. A Randolph County native, she lived in Morganton for years and belonged to the Pilgrim Holiness church of Randleman. She was the daughter of Edward and Mary Johnson Coble and leaves two sons Frank E. and Ralph Day of High Point. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
The $327000 YWCA building fund drives momentum as donors turn in envelopes. Co chairs Nathan Ayers and J Welch Harriss report steady quotas and upcoming report meeting at 4 pm in the Sheraton room. The new facilities aim to curb juvenile delinquency by expanding youth programs and revenue from dorms and health clubs.
The 1901 start by T. W. Albertson of High Point’s first rural route is noted as the city marks 45 years with the addition of Route No. six. The article recalls mail volumes, route changes, and May as Rural Mail Box Improvement Month with emphasis on box repair, proper heights, and legible owner names.
Dr. Thomas M. Rowlett of Concord was elected vice president at the 42nd annual North Carolina Osteopathic Society convention at the Sheraton. New officers include Dr. E. W. Bush and Dr. F. R. Heine, with Dr. W. J. Hughes re elected trustee. Delegates for the state board were named along with an American Osteopathic Association delegate from Raleigh.
The City-County Authority plans two new local airports serving High Point and Greensboro. High Point aims to expand its field to airport status with a 6,000 foot runway and modern facilities, backed by federal fifty fifty aid. Greensboro seeks a 4,000 foot High Point entry with improved facilities and a Greensboro field upgrade.
Rev. E. L. Cross, a colored minister living here but preaching at Salem church near Farmer in Randolph county, reports a seven year locust emergence. He recalls Solomon's time, notes last big outbreak in 1933, and warns farmers to take watchful precautions as crops may suffer despite a smaller insect.
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