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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1950
Page
9
Deputy Sheriff Doc Lee and fellow officers recounted a liquor bust where a bootlegger’s routine fooled them. The car search found nothing, prompting laughs at the misread setup. The night closed with a taxi tipster and a quip about talking to drunks on a bus.
Three physicians from Manila and Tokyo visited High Point Hospital under construction praising U S hospital standards. They toured five floors with administrator W R Peters and guide George Harriss noting costs materials and design. The visit underscores U S aid and postwar hospital development in Asia.
A survey by Coy Powell and Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods released by James A. Haney suggests a definite rental shortage in Thomasville. The findings, based on interviews with landlords and real estate figures, note 100 of 103 landlords received rent increases and list vacancies and units managed by local banks mills and Legion activities.
The Fourth Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale will be held at the Borden Gibson Plant on North Main Street with prizes up to 15 dollars for top grade steers. About 30 animals are expected. judging starts at 11 a.m. and sale at 2 p.m. Purple Ribbon winners receive 15 dollars, Blue 10, Red 7.50, and White 5. Active 4-H or FFA members ages 10 to 20 from the High Point area may exhibit up to two animals. Auctioneer Reid Mendenhall Jr. will lead the sale. Officials include C. F. Bernhardt as judge and a sales committee chaired by Vance Proctor and P. M. Davis.
A National Labor Relations Board hearing between Thomasville Furniture Corp and the AFL Upholsterers union was postponed indefinitely due to the absence of the company’s general manager R. C. Jenkins. The union seeks recognition as the bargaining agent for about 276 workers.
Moyses Guelmann part owner of Industries Moveis Guelmann do Parana in Curitiba Brazil described his self sufficient factory. The unit covers two and a quarter million square feet, employs about 450 workers, owns a forest of one million cubic meters of wood, and makes items from chairs to bedroom suites. Guelmann travels in the US to study American methods and seek agents and materials for use by American manufacturers.
High Point men show little interest in new plaid fashions with clerks noting conservative purchases. Retailers display plaid items from ties to shirts, but local buyers prefer traditional colors and avoid tartan lines for now. College influence may shift tastes later, but current demand remains low.
High Point college prepares for the 27th school year starting Tuesday September 12 led by Dr. Dennis H. Cooke the third president. Enrollment for 1950-51 expected to exceed last fall's 748 with 690 spring term. 710 applications and 485 boarding plus 225 day students already filed. Pre-opening seminars and freshmen orientation set with events through September 16 and greetings by student leaders in Roberts Hall chapel.
The first group from High Point and nearby areas to be inducted since the Korean War will depart for Ft. Bragg on September 27. Fifty-five men who passed exams will make the trip, while 50 more will report Wednesday for pre induction physicals.
Guilford Young Democrats set a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the county courthouse in Greensboro to elect officers and plan activities for the November general elections. C A York Jr of High Point seeks re election. changes allow nominating from the floor. Absentee ballot forms and registration dates are outlined for the upcoming elections.
City may appoint a new public works director next Tuesday after the death of Silas McBee. City Manager T E Hinson said he has not heard from the top applicant as council raised the post salary to a maximum of 650 dollars a month to attract the right candidate. Dempsey Neal has been acting director since McBee's death earlier this year.
The State Highway commission prepares Memorial park streets for hard surfacing at state expense after preparatory work. City already equipped park streets with curbing and guttering and may extend hard surfaces to other local streets. A contract for curbing and guttering on portions of 415 streets has been let. work on the first of 15 projects began last month. Property owners pay for curb and gutter work on the 15 streets.
Reverend Carl Judy, recently returned from a missionary post in Korea, will address the First Methodist church Sunday at 7 30 p m. He served in Seoul and left as Communists advanced. A West Virginia native and Duke graduate, Judy will speak on Korea.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt urged repeal noting state control of intoxicants could be restored by replacing the 18th Amendment. He argued states should decide legality of sales and even prohibition, reflecting regional differences in temperance policy.
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