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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1952
Page
2
Thomasville deputy Arnold Craven departed for Norfolk to extradite Arnold Mullins wanted for non support. Mullins waived extradition and will be returned to Thomasville on Tuesday. He is currently held by Norfolk police.
Mrs. W. S. Gillispie of Statesville led with a Minute pinscher named pondero pastorius winning Best of Match as 100 dogs entered in the second sanctioned Class A All Breed Match. Weather reduced entries, but W. B. Franks of Elon College showed a 13 inch male beagle named little beagle winning best in the hound group. Margaret Sanger of Guy Mount Kennels Greensboro won best in Sporting Group with a Gordon setter.
Several servicemen and their families are listed with current statuses. PFC James H Talley in Japan recuperating from a broken leg. PFC Donald N Setliff to Seattle then six months in Alaska with wife Miss Coleen McDonald. A20 Donald Lee Martin back at Randolph Field after 15 days with parents and training in California. Multiple others, including Bennie A Rook Jr, Steven M Ferguson, Perry Be Blackwelder, Master Sergeant Lawrence C Dennis, Sergeant William Moore, Corporal Perry McDowell, and more, are noted with assignments, leaves, or transfers across Fort Jackson, Camp Kilmer, Japan, Korea, and Europe.
Eastern Local Time note explains subtract one hour for central and two hours for mountain zones. Mentions some stations adjust relay times to fit schedules. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
A dense schedule lists CBS and other network programs from early evening through late night. Entries include news, sports, dramas, variety shows, a Crime Does Not Pay feature, and various local and national program blocks with numerous host names and times.
FASTEETH, an improved powder for dentures, holds false teeth firmly in place so they do not slide, slip, or rock. It helps avoid taste or sensation issues and neutralizes denture breath. Available at any drug store.
The multi million dollar United States Smeltering Company plans to move into Victoria to explore and develop natural resources in British Columbia. It has been registered under the Companies Act.
Advertisement promoting BC Headache Tablets or Powders highlighting fast relief for nerve- racing headaches neuralgic pains and minor aches. Ends with pricing 10¢ 25¢ tablets powders and larger bottles.
A sailor from Brinkley Arkansas was killed when his car veered across Highway 49 near Asheboro into a Ringling Bros circus tractor trailer and plunged 200 feet off the road. Two other sailors, Williams of Lisbon West Virginia and Davidson of Rector Arkansas, were injured and hospitalized in Randolph County.
A news item corrected earlier misstatements about Atlantic States Motor Lines. Brinson, president of Southern Oil, still owns the company which is leased to McLean Trucking of Winston-Salem and remains in operation. The Enterprise apologizes for the error and offers this correction.
Chas A Meadow of Kernersville aged 71 died yesterday at 5 30 PM after six weeks illness. He was a retired farmer and Union Grove Baptist Church member. Survived by three daughters, two sons, 15 grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, four sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Thomasville police arrested Walter Childress of 407 Reid Street Sunday at 10 50 pm on assaulting his wife and non support. He allegedly struck with a butcher knife. Also arrested weekend was Sylvester Gilmore of 808 Johnsontown Road on assaulting a female.
Janie Ann Spencer five of Route 1 Steeds died at 445 a.m. Sunday after a six month illness. Parents, three sisters Estelle Bonnie Ena Spencer and brothers Tracy Lacy Spencer survive. Funeral set for Monday at 2 p.m. Union Grove Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Thomasville police and state troopers searched for a 1950 model car stolen Sunday night from in front of Billy McGee at 312 Fisher Ferry Street. McGee reported the theft at 6 10 this morning after discovering the loss.
A tobacco barn on the farm of Thomas Tuttle Route 2 Thomasville was consumed by fire yesterday. The origin of the blaze five miles south of Thomasville was undetermined. Tuttle said the crop was the finest he had cured all season and estimated the loss at 400 dollars.
Rev and Mrs A J Argo returned missionaries to Africa will speak tonight at 7 30 oclock in North Wesleyan Methodist Church on Newton Street. The meeting is open to the public.
Rev. Donald B. Irvin preached on Andrew from the twelve apostles at 7:30 p.m. The sermon traced Andrew’s role in bringing others to Jesus, including Peter and the Greeks, and urged believers to share fellowship with relatives to guide them to Christ.
Industry leaders and manufacturers from the North Carolina Industrial Council gather in Sedgefield for the 26th annual convention headed since 1950 by Henry A. Foscue of Globe Parlor Furniture. Local attendees include Nathan M. Ayers Amos R. Kearns and Noble T. Praigg. The council formed in 1926 to study state operations and industrial development with ongoing work on water pollution and public safety measures.
Funeral services were held for Ed Hughes 81 of Lexington at Clarksburg Methodist Church with Rev. Oakley and Rev. Crawford officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers named. Separately Leo Schwab died of natural causes in Winston-Salem after being found in his room. services conducted by Rabbis Gold and Ershler, burial in Hebrew Cemetery. Schwab a 25 year resident of the community.
Mrs Lucia Parks Kearns died in a local hospital after a short illness. She leaves her son F Kearns of New York City and two stepdaughters, Mrs William Bizzelle of Goldsboro and Mrs Steward Parrish of Englewood New Jersey. Her sisters are Mrs E W Freeze of High Point and Mrs T M Crowell of Statesville, and brothers P B Parks Durham Hugh Parks Richmond and Joseph B Parks Philadelphia. Funeral services were held at 11 this morning from the home with Dr W Arthur Kale officiating. Burial followed in Oakwood Cemetery.
The local fire department reported a minor fire yesterday at Continental Furniture Company on East Green Street. Sparks from a boiler ignited dust in a dust separator. The blaze was extinguished without appreciable damage and did not spread.
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