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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1958
Page
9
City officials announce a broad effort to ensure all businesses hold the required privilege licenses. A door to door check will target violators while letters go to current licensees about upcoming expirations. Violations incur 5 percent monthly penalties. licenses expire annually with beer and wine licenses in May or June.
Railroads in the South will cut furniture shipping rates by about 10 percent starting June 9 in the area south of the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and east of the Mississippi. The plan, led by the SFMA, targets a 10 000 lb minimum shipment from High Point to Atlanta with a 20 cent per 100 lb reduction.
Six Tip-Top Bread salesmen earned top safety citations at the annual Safety Award Dinner at the YMCA. Willie Phillips Tom Lake Wes Jones Ross Pardue C A McVey and Clyde Hammock led the 42 citations while others received honors for one to five years without accidents. High Point plant drivers logged 1 753 814 miles in the past year as manager Jim Hightower cites mandatory refresher safe-driver courses.
Joseph M. Hunt Jr of Greensboro is expected to announce tomorrow for re election to the State House from Guilford joining Ed Kemp of High Point and Thomas Turner of Greensboro as incumbents seeking another term. Clyde A Shreve has said he will not run again. Newcomers Stedman Hines Hugh Humphreys and William H Hunter Jr also entered the race.
Health department rabies vaccination drive runs until May 6 with $1 fees. Clinics run 5 to 6 PM at local schools and one store garage, covering Ada Blair Summerfield, Johnson Fairview Florence, Brentwood Senior High William Penn, Cloverdale Oak Hill Stokesdale, Leonard Highland, Tomlinson Sandy Ridge Prison, Emma Blair Shepard’s, Oak Ridge Vickery Chapel, among others.
High Point Health Board hears excuses for lax restaurant inspections due to staff shortages. Officials promise a May expansion of sanitarians and a time‑framed program to raise standards. Debate centers on booster heaters for dish sterilization and a plan to add an administrative assistant position.
About 3,000 children joined the Easter egg hunt at City Lake and Washington Terrace Park as 10 winners were named. Prizes included ducks rabbits and dolls for various age groups with local stores donating the special eggs. Winners included Ann Hilton 1603 E Green St in under five, Janie Mitchell, William Gansman 1410 Forrest Ave, Laura Jesiter 805 E Commerce St, Jean Bryson 1120 Tryon St, Debra Chamber, Vivian Williams 612 Mangum Ave, Wayne Lilly 513 Radford, Vronia Smith 214B Windley St, Jerry MacKinney 225 Windley St.
Patrolman Dick Carter reports the drivers licensing bureau will be closed all day Thursday while three examiners attend a meeting in Salisbury. The Elwood Cox home office will reopen Friday morning.
Prospective Brentwood first graders will attend a pre school clinic Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. Local pediatricians and health department staff will offer immunizations and physical exams. Parents should bring birth certificates and may obtain the registration form at the school.
High Point and Lenoir sources denied knowledge of a threatened split over design piracy. Harold Coffey said no petition to adopt an ethics code exists and no meeting is planned without one. Trade observers note design piracy remains a chronic issue with no clear rules to stop it.
Patricia Ellen Phipps leads as the first contestant for the Miss High Point Pageant at High Point College Memorial Auditorium on April 19. The event offers a $300 scholarship and an all expense paid trip to Fort Lauderdale, with other prizes and bragging rights for the local winner.
Oscar Martin Smith of Route 2 Denton was arrested late yesterday on the National Highway by police on a charge of driving while drunk. He posted bond for trial April 21.
Security National Bank unveils a 1412-14 W Green St drive in office with 4150 sq ft, two drive in windows, underground teller access, and full banking services. R E Clement named branch manager. open house 3 to 9 p.m. with tours, prizes, and refreshments.
Weather outlook shows increasing clouds and warmer conditions with occasional rain on Thursday. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures, with below normal readings continuing through the five day forecast. Highs near 67 today, lows around 46 tonight, with near 58 Thursday and a low near 38.
Two 17 year olds from Archdale were halted at a license checkpoint on West Green Street at 8 30 pm. Driver Chaney had no license and confessed to stealing a 1947 pickup owned by Ragan who reported the theft. Chaney held for auto larceny warrants. McDowell released to a deputy.
Joyce Groome of High Point and Larry Bruce Campbell of Asheboro won district piano contests and advance to the North Carolina Music Contest Festival in Greensboro where Dr. Thomas Richner of Columbia University will judge the eight state finalists. Richner, a pianist and educator, led the NC Piano Teachers Association fall clinic in Greensboro last October.
Two calls to the fire department this morning produced no damage. At 9 26 1317 Furlough St rags in a living room caused smoke but the occupant Cora Moore was away. cause undetermined. A 9 15 Montlieu Ave call was a false alarm. Earlier Clara Cox reported ceiling fixture smoke. no fire found and an electrician called. Monarch Furniture Co Ward Street had a to trash fire in the lumber yard with no damage.
The city adjustment board meets tomorrow to consider a single item a permit request by H J Taylor for Gulf Oil Co to rebuild the filling station at the northwest corner of Court and N Main Street.
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