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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1947
Page
22
The Mu chapter Beta Sigma Phi sorority will meet Wednesday evening at the Y building on North Main Street. Miss Vera Idol will lead a discussion on hobbies. The notice also urges child safety on the way to and from school, emphasizing crosswalks and corner crossings.
President Truman nominated High Point men for recess appointments as commissioned officers in the regular army and regular air force. The men are 1st Lt. William D. Locke and 1st Lt. Herbert L. Spears. Senate confirmation required when it reconvenes.
Passenger miles in the United States rose to 95,549,090,472 in 1944 under wartime pressure, after a 1918 peak of 42,676,579,199 and a 1933 low of 16,340,509,724. Data shows wartime spikes and long-term growth in rail travel.
Henry Ford II created a Ford policy board of about a dozen veteran executives from GM and other majors to guide the company after taking the reins. The eleven bosses join the president at a daily lunch table shaping strategic decisions across planning, purchasing, sales, and operations.
The Washington camp No. 30 of the Patriotic Sons of America hosts Piedmont District No. 1 for a quarterly meeting in October. Delegates from Asheboro Greensboro High Point Lexington Revolution Siler City and Thomasville will attend. District president J A e and chaplain Rev IR L Smith of High Point will lead from 4 p m. State organizer W H Ferguson will speak. An attendance prize will reward the camp with most members present.
A Columbia SC third grade reader titled Gateway to South Carolina is produced entirely from state material. Authors Mary C Simms Oliphant and her daughter Mary Simms Oliphant Furman explain the text uses second grade vocabulary to avoid handicaps, with heavy illustrations and state themed content. It is distributed by the State Textbooks Commission. The piece touches on Indian lore nature study history geography recreation and industry.
Broadcast note explains time zone conversions for Eastern Central Mountain schedules and warns last minute changes cannot be included.
A dense Sunday lineup lists afternoon and evening broadcasts from 1:00 to midnight featuring a mix of talks, concerts, dramas, and variety programs. Notable items include the Raymond Swing discussion, Chicago Roundtable doorway to life, Robert Merrill concert, New York Philharmonic, Lassie dog drama, Sammy Kaye serenade, and The Shadow drama.
A detailed daily broadcast lineup for WHPE including morning shows at 7:00 to 11:45, noon news, afternoon features from 12:15 to 5:30, and evening programs such as The Concert Master, Special Assignment, and United Nations. Adds a caution that all programs are subject to interruption or cancellation for news.
A detailed timetable of morning to evening radio programs from WHPE WHPRE and affiliates. It includes news summaries music blocks variety shows sports and human interest segments with times from 1:30 AM through 5:45 PM and program titles such as Morning Hoedown Breakfast Patrol and The Variety Show.
Dr. FE Ginsburg announces a new optometry practice in the Grayson-Stanton building at 114% North Main Street. A Carthage native, he studied at State College and the Southern College of Optometry, served in the armed forces, and was salutatorian with the L. A. Farmer award.
The city honors a former Miss Leah Miriam Leyton graduate. faculty and fellow students praise her as a great asset to her profession. Dr Ginsburg is married, and residents on Woodrow Avenue note the community’s esteem. Between 1939 and 1947 plastics production multiplied five times in the United States.
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