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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 06, 1956

Page

2

Eshelman Heads First Methodist Official Board

John A. Eshelman Jr. was elevated to chairman of the Official Board and Lay Leader for the 1956 57 conference year at First Methodist Church. He succeeds Luther Draper with Paul Bulla elected secretary. Dean Brown was recommended as a ministerial student. Porter Hauser announced Loyalty and Pledge day for the upcoming Sunday.

John A. Eshelman Jr First Methodist Church Eshelman Luther Draper Paul Bulla Jimmie Thompson Dean Brown Porter Hauser

Market mixed as rail carriers drag index in slow New York trading

Irregular early trading see saws stocks with some gains and losses. Santa Fe declines after a train wreck drags rail results while Gulf Oil and Royal Dutch hold gains and Amerada climbs. Industrials inch higher while rails slip. AP average down 10 cents to 185.30 at noon with rails and utilities showing separate moves.

New York Santa Fe New Mexico Illinois Central Southern Railway Chesapeake & Ohio Gulf of Royal Dutch Amerada American Telephone Johns-Manville Bethlehem Crucible U.S. Steel Youngstown United Aircraft Boeing Douglas Glenn L. Martin Associated Press

Television Programs Tauersday Schedule

The schedule lists Brighter Day Secret Storm and Fudge of Night with Matinee as part of the daytime lineup. Details show slots around 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. The list appears fragmentary with typos and truncated show titles but indicates a television guide block.

Roanoke TV Listings Highlight Late Evening Theater

WSLS TV Roanoke Channel 10 airs a 10:09 film in the late program slot with a 9.00 price video theater featuring Grevenho Mars 43.

Wsls-Tv Roanoke Grevenho Mars

Tavuespay 0 9 Film Pestivel 4 00 Ghowonse 4 00

The fragment lists a string of times and titles in a noisy schedule style. No clear event details or identifiable entities are readable enough to summarize into a coherent news item.

New Port Facilities Urged for Wilmington and Morehead City

Raleigh officials heard a request for permanent port facilities with focus on Wilmington a 1100 foot dock extension transit shed and road and railroad work. The Ports Authority seeks higher operating appropriations for the next biennium after reporting a net profit for 1955 56 with Wilmington showing 55321 and Morehead City 8250.

Raleigh Wilmington Lethe City Advisory Budget Commission Rector Gov Ports Authority Col. Marr Morehead City Marr

Auxiliary and lodge notices fill local schedules

The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion meets Friday at 8 p.m. at 113 Downing St. Pride of Guilford Lodge K of P meets tonight at Grant Rapids Temple on Perry. A bus to baptisms in Charlotte departs 8:30 a.m. from 813 Leonard St. for details contact John A. Thomas. An Altrusa Club meeting is set at 8 p.m. at 415 Hay St. Hossanna Tents No 326 convenes Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Grand Rapids Piedmont Temple. Reverend Garli preaches Friday at 8 p.m. at the Church God in Division Beamon St. A Monday program features Madam Marie Knight and The Southlanders at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church at 7 p.m.

Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion J. W. Carter Downing St. Lodge Pride of Guilford Lodge Grant Rapids Perry Bessie Smith Vail Street High Point Memorial Hospital Charlotte Leonard St John A. Thomas Temple Club Altrusa Club Temple Memorial Baptist Church Sara Matthews Hay St Willie Graves Hossanna Grand Rapids Piedmont Temple Perry Street Mr. Garli God Civision Beamon Street Marie Knight New York Brooklyn Southlanders Winston-Salem Mt. Vernon Baptist Church

Dow Jones Averages Snapshot From Market Report

A condensed market update lists the Dow Jones averages with figures for industrials utilities rails and overall volume. The report cites totals for the day including changes across major stock groups and a broad volume figure of around two million shares traded.

Stevenson Seeks Labor Vote at Conventions

Stevenson addressed an American Legion gathering in Los Angeles and urged labor support at a second convention of the International Association of Machinists in San Francisco. He pledged a strong campaign with Kefauver and claimed Democrats deliver on promises, citing social security voting differences between parties. Eisenhower signed related benefits and lowered the eligibility age for women beneficiaries.

American Legion Los Angeles Legionarres International Assn San Francisco Stevenson Sen Estes Kefauver Tennnessee America Senate Democrats Eisenhower

Kentucky Guard Clears Street as Negro Students Enter School

Commanding officer of about 210 soldiers from the 240th Tank Battalion moved tanks to the street before a Kentucky school. Guardsmen kept traffic moving while a hostile crowd chanted and a mother shouted for her children to leave. Negro youths Shir ley Beasley Margaret Garnett Kenneth Hayden James Beasley Dunish Kenneth Grtewndhaston were identified to enter but were turned away.

Williams Leroy Poole Shirley Beasley Margaret Garnett Kenneth Hayden James Beasley Dunish Kenneth Grtewndhaston Dunbar Negro High iMorganfield

Bell Believed Used by Saint Patrick Reaches Museum

A bell thought to have been used by Saint Patrick has been placed in the Irish National Museum, marking a historic relic transfer and signaling its public display and conservation.

Saint Patrick

Man Arrested In Narcotics Violation In Winston-Salem

A Winston-Salem man named Martin Luther Cline, 46, was arrested on a narcotics warrant for possession of barbiturate drugs in an unlabeled container. He posted $500 bond and is due in Municipal Court for trial. Millie Watson of Letzer Apartments on Field Street was arrested by state patrol for drunken driving, resisting an officer, and no operator's license. she posted $800 bond and faces a Sept. 14 court hearing.

Winston-Salem Martin Luther Cline Cline Millie Watson Letzer Apts Field Street State Highway Patrol P. E. Strong

Wanted Pair Arrested In Greensboro

The State Bureau of Investigation notified High Point detectives that two men sought for forgery were captured in Greensboro. Donald Ashby Stockard and William Charles Lewis Jr admitted passing four forged checks in High Point last December totaling 61.50 each. They will face court hearings in High Point after Greensboro proceedings.

State Bureau of Investigation High Point Greensboro James W. Powell SBI Donald Ashby Stockard William Charles Lewis Jr Stockard Lewis

Definite Turn Taken In Suez Canal Talks

Talks over the Suez Canal extend beyond expectations as Menzies signals optimism for a compromise while Egypt under Nasser resists full international control. Egyptian and British sources describe nonfinal positions and possible new proposals may emerge from ongoing discussions in London and here.

Suez Canal Menzies London Nasser Middle East Egypt Menzies Committee Dulles

Cities Named in U 8 List Revealed

A historical document lists fifteen cities associated with the United States case study. Officials confirm the enumeration reflects regional references used in the report.

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