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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1953
Page
2
HAL BOYLE reports on a group of husbands debating how to kiss a wife, noting wives’ mothering tendencies and the tension over timing. Contributors stress break time pecks, honeymoons, and anniversaries as crucial moments, with a punchline promising ten more kissing tips tomorrow.
Ljubljana and Sarajevo will host new English language schools under a US funded effort. The government and Georgetown University Foreign Language Institute signed a contract to implement intensified training using audio-visual teaching, financed by the United States Foreign Operations Administration.
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby survived a serious auto crash with minor injuries delaying White Christmas production. Director Michael Curtiz quickly rearranged schedules and Crosby returned after two and a half days, avoiding costly shutdowns while studios and insurers weighed the impact on other Paramount projects and star studios.
Dallas police report more than 96000 dollars of the 100000 robbery cash recovered in three quick strikes in Texas and Ohio. Two Dallas men were arrested after a Sammons home robbery in Wheeling West Virginia.
Clear skies prevailed in most areas with fair mild weather forecast. Light rain touched eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin while showers spread through North Dakota and the Seattle area. A few southeastern Great Plains storms and Miami and similar spots reported showers. Temperatures ranged from the 58s in Caribou to a 94 in Yuma with 81 at International Falls a date record.
A warm up quiz asks: who wears glasses always in the U S what state has three counties which bird lays eggs as large as 36 chicken eggs and the proper plural of tablespoonful. Also a biographical note on James Joyce born 1882 in Dublin outlines his travels and works Ulysses and Finnegans Wake. An Irish actress born 1920 Maureen FitzSimons is profiled with early radio and Abbey Theater training.
Asian Campbell reports on a British actress who met Charles Laughton after a London screen test, signed with Mayflower Pictures, and starred in Jamaica Inn. She moved to the United States for Hunchback of Notre Dame and later How Green Was My Valley. She wed William Price in 1941 and features in The Quiet Man.
Entries list key moments from 1777 Burgoigne surrenders at Saratoga to 1945 Nazi war crimes indictments. Highlights include 1805 Napoleon defeats Austrians at Ulm, 1933 Einstein arrives in the U S as a refugee, 1941 USS Kearney torpedoed off Iceland, Beau Nash born 1674, Edison dies 1931.
Meerschaum or meer shum is a noun for a fine white clay like mineral from Asia Minor used especially for tobacco pipes. Origin German literally sea foam.
The list includes Marsha Hunt and Jean Arthur as birthday celebrants. Rita Hayworth is noted, while novelist Fannie Hurst and playwright Sidney Kingsley also have birthdays today.
A Burke essay cites deep traces of the wisdom of the Creator in the human mind, arguing that closer inquiry into thought reveals divine design and purpose. The piece reflects on knowledge, reason, and the moral order shaping human understanding.
Your future hints at disappointment or hurt today but urges you to know all facts before judging. Do not seek entertainment as the day remains unfavorable. Tomorrow offers time for church and a romantic prospect in the evening, with no social plans before then.
A detailed list of services, classes, meetings, and events for the week across multiple church groups. Includes guest minister Dr E L Spivey at 10 59 a m service with broadcast on WNOS, Sunday School, Morning Worship, Junior R A Youth meetings, choir rehearsals, training unions, and missionary society programs.
A detailed listing of weekly church events includes Sunday services at Crestwood and Ran, choir practices on Tuesday, and various youth and study groups throughout the week. St. Mary’s Episcopal notes YPSL coffee hour after an 11 a.m. service honoring Rev. and Mrs. Price.
The Emmanuel Lutheran Church lists morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening worship at 7:30 p.m. Junior Luther League at 6:30 p.m. with the Senior League not meeting. Choir rehearsals occur Tuesday and Thursday, with Cherub and Carol choirs in the afternoon and a Brotherhood supper with Dr. Rozzelle speaking Wednesday.
Sunday services include 9 45 am church school and 11 am sermon The topic is The Task Before Us and Power Behind Us An official high board meeting at 2 30 pm MYF supper at 6 pm and a minister Thoughts by Gali Sunsanee at 7 30 pm A membership and evangelism committee meeting in the pastor s study Also Wednesday 6 30 pm family night supper 8 30 pm mid week hour broadcast over WMFR Thursday 7 30 pm family fellowship meeting in the downstairs recreation room
Sunday School at 9 45 am Worship at 11 am sermon Beyond Compulsion Youth Choir practice 5 pm followed by MYF and Justice Primary meetings Evening Worship 7 30 pm sermon Christian Consecration Commission on Education 8 30 pm Monday Official board 7 30 pm Wednesday junior choir 4 pm service 7 30 pm senior choir 8 15 pm
Monday begins the seventh year of Rev Robbins ministry with 9 45 Sunday School and 11 a m Morning Worship sermons Let the Scriptures Speak on the Church and Christ ian companion. A Training Union study begins 7 15 p m and runs through Thursday night. Homecoming Sunday includes 9 45 Bible School 11 am sermon by W D Helsabeck and 7 30 pm Evening Service plus Youth meeting.
The church schedules Sunday activities at 9 45 a m church school 11 a m morning worship with a sermon titled A Wife Who Was Satan's Agent Evening fellowship groups at 5 p m Monday Women of the Church Wednesday prayer service at 7 30 p m
Sunday schedule lists 9:45 am and 6:30 pm sessions plus 7:30 pm training and 8:30 pm prayer times at Training Union and Evening worship.
Newman Campbell imagines a Rip Van Winkle waking to a world of cars planes and nuclear talk, then argues believers must show through deeds and speech what they live by. Paul’s metaphor of planting and watering frames Christians as laborers with God, building a community where new creation alters lives and priorities.
A dated meditation urges readers to become "new" men and women by accepting the Word of God and living faith through Jesus Christ. It recalls Biblical calls to light and works, warns of modern dangers, and emphasizes public witness and brotherly love as path to a better world.
The notice outlines a Sunday lesson on Doctrine of Atonement with a Golden Text from Isaiah 59 20 and Bible passages. Activities include services at 11 a m and 8 p m, Sunday School at 9 45 a m, reading room hours, and Tuesday and Thursday meetings at various local venues.
Sunday service at 10 a.m. Bible study at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Evening sermon titled The Book of Acts. Wednesday Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Local listing reflects standard worship times and lesson topics.
Sunday schedule lists Czech School at 9 45 am and Church School meeting at 10 30 am Morning worship at 10 45 am and Young People's meeting at 6 45 pm Evening sermon by pastor at 7 30 pm Wednesday midweek service at 7 30 pm Saturday Prayer Band service at 7 30 pm
Radio programming list from WHPE stations covers Shady Green Pastures on WHPE FM at 6 30 Saturday. The Christian Brotherhood Hour airs Sunday 8 30 on WHPE AM FM with Sunday School 9 45 morning worship 10 45 sermon The Certainty of Conversion Youth view at 6 30 installation of new officers Evangelistic service 7 30 sermon Things God... Monday Church Worker's Conference 8 at the church Tuesday Missionary Lad Prayer meeting 7 30 Wednesday Mid week Prayer 7 30 Thursday arch visitation 7 Friday and Saturday work on the parsonage for all men of the church.
Sunday observes annual rally with 10 a.m. program including songs instrumental music poems talks and an address on Christian Education by Dr Excelle Rozzelie of High Point College. Dinner on church grounds. Missionary Society leads 7 30 p m service. Cub Scout Pack meets Monday 7 30 p m mid week prayer Wednesday 7 30 p m Boy Scout Thursday prayer Friday
A 10 day revival begins at 7 30 p m Sunday with Rev Townson Davis pastor of Sheets Memorial Baptist Church Lexington as guest minister. Springfield Friends hold Sunday services 9 45 a m sermon It Is Time To Read. Evangelism committee sponsors both morning and evening meetings with events in the auditorium recreation room and chapel throughout the week including youth fellowship choir practice and a monthly Wednesday chapel meeting.
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