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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1947
Page
22
The High Point Public Library will observe the 28th annual Children’s Book Week from tomorrow through the week with the slogan Books for the World of Tomorrow. Librarian Elizabeth Gurley notes student grade visits and emphasizes adult access to new books during and after the event.
In Thomasville Davidson county superior court will hear whether Guilford or Davidson County should receive the liquor money from the Teague brothers. Fred die Teague and Frank George Ashington Teague face liquor charges after 28 cases of tax paid whisky were found. the case aims to fund Davidson county schools.
U. S. tobacco usage rose sharply from the start of World War II, doubling by 1947 as soldiers and civilians increased cigarette intake amid wartime supply and postwar habit formation.
Funeral services for Charles Roy Dorsett 33 who died in a local hospital were held Friday at 2 30 p m from Koonce Funeral Home chapel Rev Julian S Hopkins of Green Street Baptist Church officiated Music was provided by Ward Ostrander and Mrs Hopkins Pallbearers included W G Wilson T G Womack W L Moser Ae Morris W W Samuels G C J Flynn and H T Riggins Burial followed in Floral Garden Park cemetery Also a funeral service for Darrell Hughes will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Youngs Funeral Home chapel with Rev W W Robbins and Rev George Richman officiating Pallbearers listed.
The notice states Kermit Lomax will be interred in the family plot at Floral Garden cemetery. Funeral details are not provided in the surviving text.
Charles Schmitt twenty pulled on cowboy boots and a pistol worn as a war souvenir, fired on his porch and wounded his abdomen, claiming accidental discharge. He was listed in fair condition at West Baltimore General Hospital.
Miss Margaret Lewallen, daughter of Mr and Mrs W M Lewallen Route 4 High Point, named best citizen at Allan Jay High School. She will compete in the state DAR good citizenship contest.
J. B. Powell of Lexington was reelected chairman of the Northern North Carolina Virginia division of the Southern Textile Association at its annual fall meeting in Greensboro. Walter Vincent of Danville named vice chairman and Howard Barton of Spray reelected secretary. Executive committee members were N. A. Carpenter Cooleemee Ray Butler Spray and Sherman Lasinger ite Oak. A safety program could cut textile mill accidents by up to 25 percent.
The article notes Egypt was about 90 percent Coptic Christian after the 641 A.D. Arab conquest, but modern estimates place Copts at barely five percent of the population. It discusses long term demographic and religious changes in the country.
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