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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1959
Page
30
Union Hill School near Kivett Drive unveiled new playground equipment funded by the PTA and patrons. The asphalt basketball court has four goals to serve younger and older pupils, and a large woven wire baseball backstop was added to protect players and spectators.
Mrs. Charles Lee White Jr. becomes the first woman elected to the Davidson County school board, reflecting ongoing progress since the early female political efforts. A 43 year old Thomasville teacher and mother of two, she balances civic leadership with family and teaching duties.
Visitors to the furniture market are advised by the Chamber of Commerce to direct room inquiries to Mrs Drucilla Miles who will be stationed in the building lobby. Her phone is 6900.
Two weeks remain for the May 5 city vote as Thomasville records only 40 new registrations. Most new voters come from annexed areas. turnout expected light with polling at Main Street and Kern Street schools and City Hall. Ballot questions include five council seats and $725,000 water extensions plus $1,025,000 sewage plant bonds.
Elizabethtown North Carolina AP reports 44 year old Olda Mae Taylor Long confessed to shooting her husband Stacy Elvin Long 47 as he slept at their Cypress Creek Township home. She is jailed without bond as investigators corroborate her admission after initial claim of suicide. The couple's 14 year old daughter and a son age unspecified were present but unharmed.
Multiple funeral services are listed for area residents. Helen Lee Hinkle Burton, 39, dies at home Friday night. services at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. Arthur Lee Hazzard, 57, dies of heart attack. services at Pentecostal Holiness Church. Joseph Levi Williard, 48, dies. services at Sechrest Chapel with Oakwood Cemetery burial. Bert Kindley, 69, dies of heart attack. services at First Methodist Church with Fair Grove Cemetery burial. Includes pallbearers and funeral home details.
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