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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1953
Page
11
Local architect Robert Guarino reports the proposed 40 unit New Negro housing project is stalled by a tighter money market. Council cooperation was helpful but funding delays and higher interest rates now hinder immediate construction. Backers remain interested pending market easing.
The Emma Blair School P T A transformed a pre Christmas lounge project into a cooperative effort with contributions from local businesses and individuals. R B Culler provided key furniture and labor, while Pantasote Company Myrtle Desk Colony Tables Elwood Hotel W K Simons and Carson Inc supported with fabrics, tables, lamps, and upholstery materials. The lounge now serves teachers students and a story room with most furnishings in place and still awaiting a few chairs and lamps.
Asheboro April 4 Dr Frank Edmondson is nominated by the Randolph County Medical Society as the ideal general practitioner of medicine. He serves as chief of Randolph Hospital medical staff and maintains a grueling schedule while engaging in extensive community service and medical education.
Funeral services were held for Pfc. William R. Holston at Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church with a Fort Bragg firing squad, then interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Also noted were the deaths of Mrs. Penina A. Kennedy and John Adam Crawford with services planned in Worthville and Denton respectively.
Mrs Maude Harris wife of the late C D Harris died in Baptist Hospital Columbia after a brief illness She lived in High Point with daughter Mrs H L Hendren visiting another daughter in Columbia at the time of death Surviving daughters Mrs Gaye Iddings and Mrs L R Smithey and sons W R Harris and R L Harris Services set for Moravian Falls Baptist Church tomorrow at 2 p m
Newark firemen will retrain to use new trucks with duraluminum ladders that can conduct electricity if they strike live wires. Wooden ladders are unavailable as Douglas fir used in World War II has depleted stocks.
Mrs Eliza Ann Meredith Burton 87 widow of Solomon S Burton of Route 1 Thomasville died in Rex Hospital Raleigh Monday after a week long illness. Born August 2 1865 in High Point she lived most of her life here. Surviving daughter Susie Burton Ayers Raleigh two sons Clay High Point Martine Route 1 Thomasville and 12 grandchildren. Burial Oakwood Cemetery. Burial details and funeral at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home leave for Martine Burtons home Tuesday afternoon. Funeral Wednesday at an announced hour.
John Page Routh 82 of Route 1 Franklinville died at his home Sunday night after ten days of illness. Survived by wife, three daughters, six sons, one sister, one brother, 55 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 at Bethany Methodist Church with Rev. Penniger and Rev. Swinson officiating. burial in church cemetery.
British railways convert passenger cars into mobile classrooms for 25 students. Each unit includes defense instructors and demonstration equipment to tour the country, training volunteers in defense while traveling between locations.
A string of Easter weekend wrecks in High Point caused property damage and injuries. Bobby Ray Criscoe, 16, of Route 5, was hospitalized with a broken collarbone and head lacerations after a 7 p.m. crash at Highway 10A and Club Drive. his condition was listed as fair. His twin Billy Clyde Criscoe and Jimmy Ray Stewart were uninjured. The Criscoe car collided with Bibert L. Elam and L. N. Hand. Investigations continued into the second vehicle.
Evangelist Cemer argues the Seventh Day is the Sabbath and that true Protestants should follow the Bible alone. He speaks at Bay Street School Auditorium and will discuss "Yours In the Judgment" Friday at 7 30 p.m. as part of a High Point sermon series. He links Sabbath keeping to recognizing God’s six day creation.
Three residents reported Easter losses to City police a lost billfold a stolen bicycle and a dented car fender Jerry Bean reported a green and white bicycle stolen C M Jones reported a missing billfold and Joe B Wary Jr said the fender of his car was pushed in while parked near a North Main Street cafe damage totaled twenty dollars
The Macedonia Church of the Living God at 1105 Lake Street announces its Friday evening services will permanently move to Wednesday at 7 30 o clock starting this Wednesday.
Torrential showers and cloud cover reduced Easter Monday activities after bright sunny Easter Sunday. Forecasters predicted continued showers through the afternoon and into tomorrow, with milder, cloudy skies. Residents shifted from parades and egg hunts to indoor pursuits as stores adjust hours, and City Police repainted Main Street lane lines amid a quiet business day in High Point.
Thomasville reports a quiet weekend with drunken driving, assault charges, and disorderly conduct. Notable cases include Brad Myers facing drunken driving and prohibition violations with a $350 bond, and Ralph Hall on resisting arrest and interfering with an officer with a $250 bond. Nancy Jones faces an assault charge on April 17. Wallace Wade charged with assault with a deadly weapon and liquor law violations, bond set at $250. Harvey Yates charged with assaulting his wife, bond $200, hearing April 13.
Two weekend accidents in Thomasville left two people injured. John Clyde Roberts of High Point faced drunken driving charges after a late Saturday crash on East Main Street in which passenger Mrs. Jerry Dill sustained serious facial injuries and was hospitalized in fair condition. The Dill family member, Jerry Douglas Dill, also faced public drunkenness charges. A second crash on the Thomasville Lexington by pass involved Mrs. Margaret E. Lillis of Erie Pennsylvania with chest injuries and shock.
Philip DeBerard of Southern Bell told Jacksonville Exchange Club that Southerners use their telephones 7 percent more often than Yankees, who average fewer than five calls daily, explaining a regional habit.
In Atlanta citizens from Druid Hills led a park clean-up at Fernbank Forest to cut city costs. About 75 residents including doctors professors Boy Scouts and students turned out for the first spring Saturday and plan to continue weekly clean-ups.
Sgt. Stc. Pete R. Armstrong of an U.S. Infantry division in Korea earned the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service as a forward observer for mortars during patrol actions between November 29 and December 1, 1952. The award was presented March 24 by Major Roger Whiting.
A 2 year old man was jailed on two charges after he kicked a radio off a table and knocked out a tooth. Robert Diggs of 212 Beamon Street posted 500 bond on malicious damage to property and assault charges. hearing set for April 15. Complainant Mary Haywood of 805 Leonard Street. A larceny charge against Paul Henry Ingram, 22, of 449 Meredith Street, for taking 6 dollars. bond 100, hearing next Friday. Another man Nathan Gleria, 37, of 1708 Brooks Street, freed under 300 bond on assault on a female. alleged to have kicked Lucille Glenn and threatened her with an axe and icepick. Eliza Steele 31 and Frank Basking 37 charged with fornication and adultery. woman also charged with disorderly conduct. hearings set 15. Mary Foster 47 of 608 Hulda Street arrested on liquor count. seven pints of white whiskey in possession. bond 300 for April 15 hearing. John R. Kearsey 40 of Jamestown charged with assault on Myrtie Hobbs. hearing in one week. bond 100. Church affiliations listed for U.S. residents. Congregationalist and Disciples of Christ each 1, Friends 1, Baptist 2, Reformed Dutch 2, Methodist 4, Unitarian 4, Presbyterian 9, Episcopalian 9. three talonged to no church.
A brief devotional prayer invoking Christ to speak to this generation and offer rest to the weary. The text asks for renewed strength and the ability to rise with wings like eagles through faith, attributed to Dale Oldham of Park Place Church of God in Anderson Indiana.
Thirteen candidates have filed for the May Thomasville election. Incumbent councilman from the second ward is unopposed. Other contenders include Fred Ferger son challenging Charles Eanes for councilman at large, Thomas Allen, Harold Harrison unopposed for first ward, and Carl C. Wilson opposing Mayor W. W. Rapp.
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