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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1950
Page
25
The piece reviews court disruptions in High Point with city and Superior court sessions spilling into nights. It notes the council’s failed plan for space in the County building basement, the Bar association’s objections, and the strain on police and court staff over an 11 week period.
Mrs. Bascom Whitaker of Oak Ridge retires after 25 years as regular organist at Wesley Memorial Church in High Point. She began in November 1925 and will be succeeded by Mrs. Randolph Phillips of Greensboro.
George B. Dean of Spartanburg South Carolina will report November 1 to take the public works director post, vacant since Silas McBee’s death. He previously managed Spartanburg housing authority and was project engineer for the U S Housing Authority, supervising 390 units costing 1.2 million dollars. Dean holds Carolina engineering licenses and a Clemson degree.
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Marlowe of 1219 Westwood drive has adopted a Greek girl through Foster Parents Plan for War Children. The child Assimina Haxtzipetrou, 3, lives in Greece with her mother. her father was killed in 1949 after enlisting in the army to fight the partisans.
An advanced first aid course begins Monday at 7 30 p m at the Red Cross chapter house 109 Thurston street taught by Miss Evelyn Prescott from the senior high school physical education department Eligible participants must have completed a standard first aid course within the last three years Sixteen people have signed for the six two hour classes to be held Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays Further details are available by phone at the chapter house.
Enterprise staff writer details a surprise sanitation inspection by Sanitarian George Rountree at a High Point city school. The report notes sub par ice boxes and washing water, cracked tables, and insect risks, with recommendations to fix iceboxes booster heater and utensils while praising areas rated Grade A for overall food service safety.
A chemist Dr Charles H Herty presented at an Atlanta chamber luncheon a method to make white newsprint and high grade book paper from southern pine. He claimed southern pine could compete with spruce in sulfite process paper and urged southern business to adopt the innovation.
A local Halloween feature fills streets with costumed revelers Tuesday night as police monitor crowds and roped-off lanes. Shops report strong demand for witch and ghost costumes with peak sales expected tomorrow as families prepare for festivities in town.
Thomasville prepares for a Halloween gala Tuesday night led by the city parks and recreation department. White and Negro divisions stage activities on Main Street Bridge and East Washington Street with rope‑off safety zones, 7 to 10:30 pm festivities, grand marches at 8 and 9 pm, and a 9 pm prize parade. Committees list includes H N Willard, W B Hall, Carl Plate, J J Ellington and several others.
Water line construction costing an estimated 138000 dollars is underway by Boyd Goforth construction of Charlotte under contract with the City of High Point. The project supports a million gallon tank at Howard and Farlowe streets with multiple 12 and 16 inch mains to be laid along Forest Brookside Johnson and Putnam streets. Engineers from W F Freeman Inc cited 180 calendar days for completion and said the tank base should begin in early next month with reinforced concrete footings and steel tank components arriving shortly.
Thomasville schedules second annual city wide Halloween party with a costume parade black cat contest street dances and music by the high school band. JCs and recreation department co sponsor with Milton Fuller as parade master of ceremonies and Baron Craven Hardy Henry and Stewart Kennedy as judges.
Thomasville article reports Ho ward B. Foshee of Montgomery Alabama a junior at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville being ordained at 11 a.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church Thomasville with Rev. Charles F. Leek presiding and Rev. Hughey O. Miller presenting the Bible. A charge to be given by Rev. Leek titled Be A Good Minister of Jesus Christ with several ordained ministers assisting. Foshee married Zola Hubbard Leek in June 1949 at First Baptist Church.
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