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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1948
Page
5
The Magdalene Rebekah Lodge will hold a regular meeting at 8 o clock at the home on Commerce Street. All members are urged to be present for the gathering.
The state utilities commission will hear Tidewater Power on Wednesday seeking higher gas rates. Goldsboro Gas on Thursday will argue against rate changes and for improved service. Hickory Telephone on Friday seeks permission to issue more stock. An Oct 18 session will hear Catawba Telephone’s bid to raise rates.
Thomasville news notes a reception honoring teachers and officials from four local public schools at First Baptist Church with about 100 guests. Activities include a welcome by Dr. Charles F. Leek and arrangements by Mrs. R. G. Jennings and others. Also mentions a Wednesday bridge club gathering and a surprise birthday party for W. S. Horton at Main Street School. The Fine Arts Department prepares an antique and fashion show on October 12 with multiple committees and tickets on sale.
The Christian rural overseas program in North Carolina known as CROP was organized at N. C. State College. Sponsored by Protestant and Catholic churches the group named Rev. N. N. Fleming of Mebane Hawfields Presbyterian church as executive committee chairman. CROP HQ will be in the North Carolina council of churches offices in Durham. Uncle Sam’s first five cent pieces minted in 1794 were silver and contained no nickel.
For every hospital order we deliver, we arrange the flowers in a suitable container at no extra charge.
Raleigh October 1 Ninety per cent of all farm fires are preventable declares H M Ellis extension agricultural engineering specialist at State college urging North Carolinians to observe Fire Prevention Week by removing fire hazards around farms. He notes lightning causes over a third of fires and urges proper lightning rods and maintenance along with chimney and flue repairs and safe storage practices to reduce losses from fires.
A historic note claims Alexander the Great shaved clean to start a fashion among Greeks and Romans that persisted for five centuries. An unrelated fact states the average adult brown bear weighs about 800 pounds.
The North Carolina state board of education protested the 25 percent increase in fire insurance premiums on school buildings, citing Reid’s tabulation showing higher past losses than payouts. The board ordered sharing Reid’s figures with the insurance department and referred the issue to its legislative committee for possible action.
In Red Springs on October 1 Dr Henry G Bedinger resigns as president of Flora Macdonald College noting the changes in leadership. The move affects the college administration and may signal a transition period for the institution in the wake of his departure.
Donald college official named Dr Bedinger to lead Pineville Presbyterian Church as pastor. Resignation disclosed yesterday and will take effect this month on an unannounced date. Dr Bedinger has headed the women’s school for 18 years.
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