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The High Point Enterprise from High Point, North Carolina • Page 6

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-The High Point (N. Knterprise, Sunday, March 25, 1951 Local Parties Still Not Commenting On May 8 Slate the local election hoard continued to polish up voting procedures and policies this week, bolh Democratic and Republican camps maintained a strict silence on their slates for the May 8 municipal election. In some cases there hints as to who would seek the eight council posts and the mayoralty. But largely the picture was clouded over with reports from Democratic and GOP leaders that they were still working on satisfactory line-up of candidates. Democratic Executive committee Chairman Dave Neill declared I building, that the committee was not ready local election board, announced names of Ihe registrars for the forthcoming primary and election.

Precincts, names of registrars and their addresses, and locations of polling places are, in that order 1-Mrs. Fletcher Welch. 321 Ard- rnore Circle, 321 Ardmore Circle. 2-R. Bruce Surratt, 235 Boulevard, Elm Street school.

3-J. M. Harrison, 600 Centennial avenue, Ray Street 4-Mrs. G. F.

Kearns, 313 Willowbrook street, Guilford county A Turn About Thomasville By Wint Capel VVell, I hope all of you are having a good Easter, and found a lot of Easter is the way 1 can think of to introduce something interesting I heard last week about dyed ment on its elections for the city's top elective jobs. But he- added that some indication of the Democratic slate might, be known before long. GOP GOP Leader Fred Metcalfe. was away from the city and could not be reached for comment on progress in his parly. But it was recalled that he had previously stated the Republicans, hoping for a new strength this year, would offer some enthusiastic competition for the front-running Demo- from other Republicans crats.

Hints aroused speculation that the GOP would come forth with a man-for- man opposition against the Demo-, crats. Even so, there appeared no immediate prospect of getting a peek at the GOP selections. Through it all, there was and even undercurrent of expectation that Amos Kearns, Crown Hosiery Mill would be the leading choice of the Democrats for the mayoralty post. While the party's top men made no official comment on this possibility, it was understood that feeling was strong for inviting Kearns to run for the major municipal office. Announced In the meantime, Arthur newly-named chairman'of the street, 618 Cable street.

7-Mrs. E. Spencer, 802 Lake street, No. 6 Fire Station. 8-Mrs.

Waldo E. Carroll, 513 Fisher street, No. 4 Fire Station. 9-P. L.

Massey, 900 North Ham- lion stiseet, 900 North Hamilton street. 10-iMrs, D. D. Acden, 502 Chander street, Senior High school. 11-Mrs.

Gurney T. Royal. 801 Willowbrook street, 801 street. 12-Mrs. Mary B.

Ritter, 619 Arch street, Brentwood school. 13-Mrs. Lucille Pierce, 507 Nathan Hunt drive, Cloverdrile school. 14-John M. Slay, 1617 Ward Hill school.

15-Mrs. Cll Before egg dye was on the market, or was easily accessible, children had colored eggs on Easter, The color came from some young, green farm crop, usually wheat. Tender Bprigs of the plant wrapped around an egg in such a fashion as to produce a design. Then a piece of white cloth was sewn tightly around the egg to hold the plant leaves in place. Next the cloth-hound egg was hoilcd several minutes in a pan of water.

When the clotb. and leaves were removed, the desired design was imprinted on the eg2 in t'ni'pn. Yes, a little old-fashioned. Easter today, commercially, is far less simple. Easter eggs are dressed and painted up to look like beautiful women.

Baby chicks are sold in a variety of colors. And you can send a Western Union Easter message by using a Bunnygram. Bar Association Plans Talks On Court Issue A mounting dissatifaction among some local attorneys over night court sessions and what they term "inadequate" courtroom may get an airing sooh before the High Point Bar Association. Association President Ben Herman said yesterday the question of securing more courtroom space was expected to be agenda of a meeting of the group within the next 10 days. No specific date was named for the session, however, and Herman added that this would not be the sole topic of the msiness meeting.

He said some members of the association ace in favor of urging he city to buy the Elm 'street school building when and if it is 15-Mrs. Clarence Farmer. English street, George Under- neSIS wood's office, English street. At the same time, Utley announced that the board's 'Office, located in the County Building, is open for personal calls or for telephone contact for persons wishing to discuss election matters. The that swept northeastern states on Thanksgiving weekend, 1950, ranks third among nation's greatest catastrophes in the amount of insurance claims.

It was exceeded only by the San Francisco fire of 1906 and the Chicago fire of 1871. Clinton Ingram, senior at Guilford college, is' writing his thesis for his A. B. in physical education oh Thomasville's recreation program. During his Spring holidays last was busy compiling data.

He was getting a helping hand from Recreation Director Henderson. MINISTER TO Mrs. Edsel Jones of Thomasville will be doing-a lot of traveling They will minister to deaf persons in the state. Here the couple is photographed as they study a North Carolina road map. 1 Photo).

Religious Needs Of Mutes To Be Provided By Couple THOMASVILLE, Mar. 24. and his wife will conduct Sunday Back-Drop ITS TINE TO SEE Henderson almost arranged for a spectacular back-drop for the community Easter sunrise service to have been held this morning in the Memorial park stadium. He thought a large cross laid out on the stadium field in white lime would improve the setting service. But out of the stadium he experimented and found that the plan wouldn't work.

Due to the roll of the field and the low pitch of the field stands, a person sitting in the stands would not have been able to see man a small part of the proposed cross. A Favorite My favorite stop-and-go traffic signal is one installed recently on highway 10-A in front of the new-" trucking terminal. I have driven under it numerous times and have never seen it when it didn't say" go." FAIR FIE ID at TELETHONIX Burnsville Couple Appears In Morals Case April 9 THOMASVILLE, Mar. 24. Burnsville couple will be arraigned in court here April 9 on a charge of fornication and adultery, according to Police Chief Paul M.

Shore. The. defendants are Miss Doris Tipton; 20. and Virlin Carroll, 40. They allegedly lived together here for several months until March 5, when they were returned to Burnsville to face multiple charges.

Fornication and dultery warrants from Thomasville have been served on the couple, according to the chief. He said they posted bond in Butnsville for trial here. young couple who moved here three weeks ago take on a big and siginficant job starting around the first of April. They will "travel about North Carolina and minister to groups of deaf persons. They will teach from ihe-Bible in sign language and interpret religious services.

At first they will make periodic visits with groups of mutes in 15 North Carolina cities. Later, their work is expected to be expanded to include visits in 15 other cities. The couple is Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Jones.

They are making their home 25 Randolph street here. Thomasville was chosen for their residence because it is centrally located. Jones is from Toledo, his wife is a native of Illinois. Thej met while attending the Central Bible Institute in Springfield, Mo. After preparing for their work among the deaf, they were graduated from the Institute last January.

Jones said he decided to devote his life to the ministry because "I felt it was the most needy field." His decision was made after hearing a minister give a talk on.the.religious needs of the deaf The cities where at first he anc his wife will visit with groups 01 deaf are Thomasville, Morganton Durham, Shelby Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, Raleigh Charlotte and Hamlet. He has no: yet been ordained. Until he is, he chool classes of mutes, and when they attend church services the ones will transcribe the sermon and hymns in sign language. The youthful minister said there are 3,000 deaf in he state, and that 'eventually he hopes to reach most of them. The couple is employed by the Easter Play Tonight At Emmanuel Church THOMASVILLE, Mar.

Easter play, "The Way of thi Cross," will be presented at Eni manuel Evangelical and church, Route 2, Thomasville, "Sunday night at 7:30 Way of the Cross" pro trays a certain man for whom th Easter story holds little of livin reality, who suddenly, finds him self thurst bodily into' the cente of those strange events of Friday and Easter morning and with The experience comes a new' unfolding of the message of the A cast of 25 characters will be used to unfold the Easter message. The characters are played by Van D. Grimes, Mrs. Edith Grimes, Raymon Kanoy, Bill Hedrick, Paul Sullivan, Brown Kanoy, Joyce Clodfelter, Lawrence Albright, Sonny Nickard, Patricia Murphy, Prima Byerly, Victor a position to be sold. Others, the other hand, are against is move, he added.

A bill to permit sale of the wilding as soon as the school om'missioners find it is. no longer needed for school purposes is now the State Senate, having been leared through the House. Advocates of the Elm Street chool touildihg proposal 'state that be structure could be used to wuse a courtroom entirely free of nterruption by Superior Court, which periodically, ds room used by municipal court here. An uninterrupted schedule of day courts, they state, would eliminate the necessity for night court sessions. Night sessions have run as long as midnight and 1 a.m.

at times. This, say the advocates of the new courtroom, works- a hardship upon witnesses, police officers and the the clerk of court. On occasions, police officers have waited until 11 p.m. or nidmight to testify even though they were scheduled to go on duty again the next morning at 7 a.m. Other reports from the night sessions state that women with -infants sometimes have to wait until the late hours of the night to testify in certain cases.

Kiwanis Club Will Offer Bale Development Course High Point's Kiwanis club.will present the Bob Bale course in sersonal development here the week of April 23, at High Point college, Club President W. E. Lewis' announced last night. Bale, who will personally teach the course, is no stranger.in High Point, having taught a course in effective speaking at the Sheraton hotel several years ago. He has appeared in a number of large and small cities throughout the country.

His North Carolina appearances have been in, Durham, Charlotte. Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, in addition to High Point. The Bole course in personal de- development- is a short, practical that shows how to develop more attractive personality, how remember names, and faces, how become an effective public peaker, how" to sell more ffectively, how to keep energy igh, how to get along with people iques of leadership and how to make rules bring more success and happiness. Numerous favorable endorse- Baptist State Convention, but will minister to mutes of all denomina- ions. They are taking over work done by C.

E. Jones of Lumberton, until bad health forced his retirement. Ministry among the deaf was pioneered in North Carolina by Rev. Charles F. Leek, Baptist convention official and pastor of the First Baptist church here.

He succeeded in securing Baptist convention provisions for 'the needs of the deaf a few years ago. Shortly afterwards, the Lumberton resident was obtained as the convention's first minister among the deaf. A group of mutes attend services of the First Baptist church here, and will be ministered to by the Edsel Jones. Jones said interpreting is not difficult after the sign larfguage has been mastered. He recalled a time not long ago when he made a mistake while interpjreting that entertained the mutes watching him.

It was at a church service, and the congregation was singing "Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away." By mistake, Jones signed "when Jesus washed my soul away." Murphy, Barbara Clodfelter, Eva Nell Stillwell, Betty Hill, Hill, Mrs. Colene Be van, Patty Glena Jean Hedrick, Mrs. -Doris Hiatt, Mrs. Dbnnie Myers, Doris Christie, Paul Lamb, Brown Foute, George Bevan, and Peggy Slate: Familiar Easter hymns and anthems will be sung. Solo parts wil! be sung by Mrs.

Faye Kanoy, ark Mr. Lawrence Burton, and a duet by Mrs. Edith Grimes and Mrs Eula Mae Murphy- Mrs. Betty Fouts, an accomplish ed violinist, will play special mu sical selections. The church choir is sponsoring the play and offer the specia music.

The president of the choir Mrs. Odessa Kanoy. has appointet the General Committee for the production, which is composed of Mrs Edith Bodenheimer, chairman Mrs. Effie Black and- Miss Nina Sullivan. Davidson College Head To Speak In Greensboro all the coal mined in the United.

States one year were loaded on a single railroad train the train would be long enough to stretch around the world three times. rom individuals who have taken tin cities. BOB BALE with age being no barrier. Bale has had students as young as 12 years and as old as 80. There are rio examinations, each student being given a 100- page book, "This Week To which contains the on all lectures, plus a 52-week Bland W.

Worley, chairman of the follow-up, progrma, has announced that Reservations for the course may course is open to every person I be made by communicating-with nterested in self improvement, I Worley at Box 631, High Point. OLD FASHIONED REVIVAL REV. C. C. BROWN Evangelist AT ARCHDALE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Beginning MARCH 25th and continuing UNTIL? each evening ot 7:30 p.

m. EVERYONE IS WELCOME SPECIAL StN'GING AT EACH SERVICE Pastor: Rev. D. H. Patton $39995 ASHEBORO, Marten 24.

Dr. John R. Cunningham, president of Davidson college, will deliver the i principal address at the meeting Friday night of the Greensboro chapter of a i son alumni. Charles F. McCrary, Asheboro.

president of the group, announced today. The Davidson college president will head a delegation of campu- which will include I Vthletic Director Paul Scott. Coach Dick Redding and a student quar- et. The Davidson meeting will be icld Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at he Greensboro Country club with McCrary acting as toastmaster.

i Vll Davidson men and their wives; rom Greensboro, High Point-, Bur- i ington, Reidsville and Asheboro are invited to attend. Boys Living High In County Jail VIENNA, March Sheriff Byram Fokes told today three Negro boys have been 'feathering their nest" in the Dooly county jail. RCA vigor million proof television Thare's been a "traffic" problem In front of rhe New Falrfield ever since it arrived. And no wonder! For here's 17-inch television that literally a crowd stopper. Just one look at the lovely handsomely finished, expertly styled and we think you'll agree with our customers this set is tops! And the Falrfield has all top-quality RCA Victor features like the picture pick-up for best powifafe anywhere.

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CUXNIXGHAM XO TUKX-ABOUT CADILLAC, March Boyne Mountain Ski Club's mascot, a 160-pound St 5r. CARL DURHAM Durham Will Address Jr. League Forum Congressman Carl Durham of Chapel Hill will be the principa i speaker at a legislative forum sponsored by the Junior Service League here Tuesday night. The forum will be held in the Ray Street School auditorium beginning at p.m. It is the first legislative project the league has undertaken and is open to the public.

Mrs. Albert Hart. league vice-president, said Durham would address the forum on the topic "inter-relations Between Our Foreign Policy and Military Policies." I The league had requested that he pattern his speech on this subject. question and answer period jwill follow the main address. i Congressman Durham is second ranking member of the House Military Affairs Committee and vice chairman of the Joint Committee 'on Atomic Energy.

u. AW U- i Fokes said the smallest of the Bernard dog, turned up missing at! three a 13-year-old would the height of snowstorm last! squeeze through a ventilator at night night, then scale down the wall: A cscue party of kii ers set out I on knotted, bed clothing held byl in 25 inches of fresh The 1 hw two friends. St Bernard was found buried in! The lad would burglarize fillingkhe snow a short distance from the! stations of cigarettes, candy He was quickly food and then reenter the jail the even a slug of brandy. same way he "got out, Fokes said. The scheme was detected when'DEWEY AILING the boy was seen in town onej ALBANY, N.

March night by a fnend. Officers xvere Thomas E. Devey observed hen the found foot- his 49th birthday bed. i and 194S presidential nominee has been confined to the executive" mansion since March 13 with a virus infection. (Choice of One) Fresh Fruit Cup with Lime Sherbet Chilled Tomato Juice Pineapple Juice Half Grapefruit Maraschino Crea mof Fresh Mushroom Soup Clear Consomme' Canape of Anchovy Chilled Celery Hearts Rose Radishes- (Choice of One) Grilled Eastern Swordfish, Parsley, Butter.

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