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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1955
Page
4
The High Point sewer and water survey flags serious deficiencies and tight margins for growth. It urges decisive action, likely bond issues or rate increases, with expert guidance to prioritize expansion and avoid overburdening taxpayers.
The piece notes Princess Margaret's decision to prioritize duty to the Crown and Commonwealth over personal love for a divorced man. It draws parallels to her uncle Edward VIII who abdicated for the woman he loved, suggesting the royal stance may restore the Crown's tarnished image.
The Neisler textile empire centered around Kings Mountain sold to George Horvath of New York. Horvath Mills will not alter production or sales, while the Neisler family hands over operating duties after nearly 50 years of three generations building a prominent outfit. The sale preserves a strong mill group and tradition amid a courteous transfer.
A nostalgia piece lists telegrams of misprints and double meanings that plagued old newspapers. It recalls errors from headlines to obituaries such as singers misread as sinners and couples misdescribed in marriage advice, illustrating the charm and chaos of early printing errors.
The High Point Enterprise staff includes C D A Rawley as president and R B Terry as secretary-treasurer. W Patterson serves as advertising director, Bolt McPherson handles business, and WTHO JR is the circulation manager with Charles B Loflin in a related role.
Publication details state The Associated Press content and rights, with information on second-class matter, carrier contractors, and subscription payment responsibilities. It mentions delivery rates via local carriers and Pyne Advertising, Ward-Griffin representatives.
In a club tale the diamond merchants woke to a cash for soul deal. Kessler writes a bill of sale to sell his soul for 160000 francs, then faces marital and business ruin as the paper disrupts luck and judgment and a street reunion tests the truth of his claim.
Governor Hodges and North Carolina Bottlers Association members met at Sir Walter for a conciliatory exchange. Bottlers indicated forgiveness for the now-defunct soda tax proposal while Hodges praised progress and urged input to a special commission studying tax structure.
Governor Hodges promotes selling Tar Heel opportunities at home and attracting outsiders by a tax friendly, climate aware package. Parks provide education and recreation with signs and guided nature studies, boosting reservations. The state seeks professional salespeople over mere order takers to market North Carolina.
Mr Reuther urges a 30 hour week and hints housewives might unionize while taxes are treated like groceries. Prison labor concerns arise from a pregnancy at Butner first offender camp and Hodges asking why prisoners cannot gather pine cones for forestry nurseries. Experts warn that prisoner liberty must be tightly supervised, limiting employment options and raising costs.
Exposition Building officials push a major expansion including a wholesale supply center to boost furniture market facilities. Projections show potential to double exhibit space and strain lodging and dining capacity while aiming to strengthen High Point as a manufacturing and marketing hub. A Cancer Detection Clinic and hospital expansion receive philanthropic support, with calls for further $100,000 contributions to advance civic medical services.
Reports from Chicago show fall market prices up about three percent amid higher labor and material costs, while Detroit notes rising optimism as Ford hits post war production records. Officials predict 1956 will surpass 1955 in autos.
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