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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1950
Page
24
Thomasville workers closed part of East Main Street today to lay a new surface as the state highway commission widens and connects sections from Randolph to Trinity streets. The project will cover the seam where old and new pavement meet.
The Young Composers Club of Women's College Greensboro will present a recital of student and faculty works in the Music building on Sunday afternoon November 5. The program, in cooperation with the American Federation of Musicians Greensboro Local 332, features original pieces by Nancy Pease Lydia James June Pose Susan and others including Elliott Weisgarber and Helen Gollson with a broad mix of strings and woodwinds. The public is invited to attend.
The U S Bureau of Mines logged thousands of mine fatalities between 1930 and 1947. The dataset records total lives lost across numerous mines, highlighting the dangers of early industrial mining and the push for improved safety standards during the period.
Clarence L. Hardy 73 world’s largest tobacco grower and wealthy North Carolina figure dies after a yearlong illness. Services set for 3 p.m. tomorrow at his home with Dr H S Hilley and Rev Paul Parker officiating. Buried in Maury cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs Esther Tucker and Mrs Estelle Moye, 10 nephews and 2 nieces.
William Birch Welborn 56 retired contractor of the Greensboro road died in a Winston Salem hospital. He was born January 21 1894 in Guilford county and married to Sue Rebecca Sechrest in 1916. Surviving are two daughters two sisters and other relatives. Funeral at Lebanon Methodist Church Monday at 3 PM with burial in the church cemetery. Body to be returned Sunday at 11 AM.
Workmen from 34 organizations gather at First Baptist church in High Point for the kickoff meeting of the North Carolina Symphony Society chapter. The membership drive runs two weeks ending November 11 with general $2, student $1.20, and patron $100 levels.
The Library of Congress and the University of North Carolina finished a state records project using over 1 700 reels of microfilm. The collection spans early legislative, judicial and executive records across all states and colonial predecessors, with costs and access details provided.
The Council of Jewish Women seeks used or new surgical equipment for its relief project in High Point now entering its fifth year. Hospitals beds wheelchairs crutches and linens are loaned or donated to the physically indigent with oversight by Mrs. Sam Hyman and committee members. Local doctors Red Cross Family Service and Welfare officials endorse the program noting its linen loan closet and community impact.
Funeral services for J. W. Lindsay will be held at the family home, 207 Hillcrest, this afternoon at 3 o clock with Rev. Arthur Kale of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church officiating. Pallbearers are Lindsay Dorsett, Paul Dorsett, John Austin and Allen Austin Jr nephews, and L E Kluttz, Robert H Bain and J E McKiernan of New York. Interment follows in Oakwood Memorial Park. Body moved to residence this morning.
In Stockholm on October 28 the 92 year old King Gustaf V was described by his physician as very serious. Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf rushed to the royal cottage for his third visit of the day as the king's bronchial catarrh sickbed condition was believed to be deteriorating rapidly.
Joyce Evans of Harrellsville, North Carolina was elected homecoming queen at the University of North Carolina. She won the honor after Pi Kappa Alpha sorority chapter won first place in the annual homecoming exhibit contest.
Firemen rushed to the Elwood hotel at 3 36 yesterday afternoon on a false alarm. No fire was found and all units returned to service.
Observations note elephants in captivity displaying guard duties and rest patterns. Separate details mention silkworms producing 400 to 1000 yards of filament and Laotian practices using crude rockets to ward off evil spirits. Forest litter burning is used to destroy fungus.
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