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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1947
Page
2
In Baltimore a mare named Dolly ran loose pulling a wagon struck a baby carriage, scattering junk along Edmonson avenue. Infant Blanche was shaken but unharmed, hospital care given and Dolly returned to the barn.
Contributions totaling 540.50 for the Friendship Train Milk Fund have been received at the Enterprise office as civic clubs prepare to donate. Lions Kiwanis Exchange and other groups have given amounts to reach the target of about 3,000 to buy a car of evaporated milk for shipment to Europe this month. Checks are to be made out to the Friendship Train Milk Fund and mailed to the High Point Enterprise newsroom.
The Finance Division of the Religious Public Education committee met at Rev. Paul Hardin Jr s office to plan fundraising for the 1948 49 school year. Last year s High Point tour raised 11 61 35 for teaching Bible in public schools. this year they aim to equal or exceed it.
Miss Ismet Sanli, a Turkish delegate to the United Nations and an Inter national Air Conference representative, spoke to the High Point Executives club at the Sheraton about Turkey's foreign policy and its history. She argued peace at home depends on peace abroad and noted Turkey's moves toward calming relations with Greece and Soviet Russia while opposing Communist ideology.
Bulletin on standard time references notes EST baseline and CST MST adjustments. Mentions local stations may change relay times. States last minute changes cannot be included.
A dense November 11 radio schedule lists programs across networks from 6:00 PM to midnight. It includes news, sports, dramas, variety shows, commentaries, and music with numerous titles such as The House Party, Red Barber Sports, Mr. and Mrs. North, Boston Symphony Hour, and Dancing Continued.
Dick Douglas Greensboro attorney outlines Communist history and threat to American life at a 400 attendee meeting for 750 Point industries. He urges citizen cooperation to root out Communistic elements while foremen and supervisors receive a hot meal served from Charlotte via a four hour prior prep. The session is a quarterly gathering of industrial representatives.
Charlotte health officer Dr. M. B. Bethel announced a second spinal meningitis case among students. Thirty five Central High School band members who rode a Winston-Salem bus with a 16 year old musician are quarantined for a week, following a prior case in an elementary class.
The eleventh annual Christmas Seal drive aims to raise $1,200 starting Monday November 24 in Thomasville. Co chairs Mrs Julius A Green and Mrs Harry Lee Lambeth named committee heads for industrial business district city hall civic and publicity groups and said schools will participate through principals.
Firemen extinguished a blaze in the boiler room on Taylor Street at Myrtle Desk Company yesterday afternoon. Investigators believe dust accumulation on the ceiling caused the fire. Damage reported as slight. The Rhine river is navigable for 800 miles.
Four college students were slightly injured in a head on collision at Fourth Street and Montlieu Avenue. Co F Kirkpatrick 40 of Penny burn Farm faces reckless driving and improper brakes charges with bond set at 500. Rob ert Ingram Thomas Dodamead Jr Earl Kearns and Robert Brady listed with minor injuries and satisfactory hospital status. Francis Booze uninjured. John W Cox 55 of Rt 4 High Point arrested for driving while intoxicated bond 500 after crashing into a telephone pole on East Russell Street.
Martha Roys Winslow Royals 80 a Randolph County native died Tuesday morning at 5 at her son Lewis Winslow's home in High Point after long illness. She was born August 31 1867 and survived by four sons two daughters numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral from Mount Zion Methodist Church in Randolph County Wednesday at 2:30 with procession from High Point at 1.
WMFR will air Music Mirror at 8 15 featuring Dorothy Lewis a 15 year old pianist and high school student She has performed with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra and will again this season Her program includes Chopin Impromptu Willie Peacock and Gershwin Prelude No 3 Also notes quoted explore Lincoln New Hampshire colonial wealth topics.
Mayor Earl N Phillips proclaims October 9 to 15 as American Education Week in High Point urging citizens to observe the event. He cites national focus on public schooling, calls for renewed support, and notes sponsors include the National Education Association and American Legion.
New York November 11 Bosoms drew more notice than bravos as the Metropolitan Opera opened its 63rd season with a glittering audience and a show of diamonds. Hal Boyle notes the crowd’s reaction and the opulent atmosphere surrounding the premiere night.
William F E McKenney discusses a bridge hand from a Trenton event. South opens with a club, West doubles, and bidding varies. The author favors three clubs to show a good club suit and disrupt East West communication. East rebids three spades, West raises to four spades with a weak high card strength but favorable distribution.
A flamboyant opening night at the Diamond Horseshoe and the Met drew a glamor crowd. Notables including Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Oscar Ivanissevich attended the wealth infused pageantry, while couture and mink defined the lobby spectacle.
The High Point Exchange club donated 75 to the Friendship milk for destitute Europe train and voted to hold its annual ladies night on November 21 at the Plantation club. President Jack Dunne led the supper meeting at the Sheraton hotel with A. W. Stamey speaking on The Perfect Remedy for Alcoholism.
Raleigh Speller, a Black man, faces capital rape charges in Bertie Superior Court. He is accused of raping Mrs. Aubrey Davis of Windsor last July. A prior hearing found him mentally competent to stand trial.
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