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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1958
Page
11
Doctors report a severe mumps outbreak and a widespread German measles epidemic with influenza and chicken pox in winter. German measles are mild but dangerous for early pregnancy. advise rest and isolation. Encephalitis risk with mumps has sparked caution for early signs and first contact with doctors.
Five people in two cars were taken to Memorial Hospital after a head on collision on Hasty Road near the Midway Drive-In around 10:25 last night. The worst injuries were to five year old Ronald Dean Williams who suffered deep head lacerations and was later moved to Baptist Hospital for further checks.
Cement foundations pour for an 8000 square foot, one-story brick veneer addition to Woodworkers' Supply Co on English Street. The upgrade adds warehouse space and offices, with completion targeted in about 60 days. Contractor W F Allred awaits steel girders. landscaping includes imported pines.
Sheriff deputies in Emmons Township west of Highway 109 near Silver Valley School and Denton destroyed four illicit whisky stills and 900 gallons of mash. Two 250 gallon stills and two 200 gallon stills were cut down. No arrests were reported.
Forecasters say wind will ease tonight with clouds breaking and cooler air. Thursday expects sunny skies and a 74 degree high after a 64 degree daytime high today and a 44 degree low tonight. Friday turns warmer with near normal temps and little rain through Monday.
Governor Hodges will speak at the 13th annual North Carolina Hotel Association convention at the Sheraton May 8 to 10. Mrs. Lucille S. Winslow heads the group and Seymour Weiss of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans is a featured morning speaker.
C A Kirkman of High Point announced a bid for another senate term and paid the filing fee as the deadline nears. With two Democrats filing for township justice of the peace posts, seven candidates seek the High Point Township J P nominations, including incumbent contenders.
W L Albertson and wife transfer Lake view Heights lot to Emmanuel B Hall. C C McMahan and wife transfer Ap pletree Road lot to Randil Shear and wife.
The Rev. Charles Allen Jr. will lead the Wednesday evening service at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church at 7 30 while the pastor preaches at Fairmont Park Baptist Church. Allen, a World War II Navy veteran and Wake Forest graduate, recently finished seminary studies and directs a Wake Church program with a new parsonage and improved buildings. He and his wife Jean Short Allen plan mission work with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board. they have one daughter.
Mrs. E H Ould of Roanoke Va will guest lecture at a citywide Family Life Conference from April 20 to 24. The event, sponsored by multiple churches and organizations, includes teen and adult sessions at various churches, the junior high and senior high schools, and the YMCA. Mrs. Ould, authority on home making and personality development, will offer personal counseling by request.
Jim Ryan of the Southern Furniture Manufacturer's Association denounces proposed less than carload rate increases as prohibitive. He says classifications moving bedroom casegoods to higher classes could raise rates 14.3 to 100 percent and push shipments toward trucks. Regional committees in Atlanta and elsewhere plan actions to offset truck competition.
High Point planners oppose relinquishing park sites for other uses and urge the City Council to retain all land suitable for recreation. The Farriss Centennial site near Armstrong Park should stay for park use, and current northern area needs 68 acres for 15,000 residents. The council also considers multiple business signs and Westchester Drive annexation.
Fire at 1108 Kivett Dr caused by gasoline vapors igniting near an attendant cleaning an air filter. Vapors ignited in the grease pit during work. Little damage reported as firemen noted the incident occurred at 9:08 a m. Two dust pit fires at Globe Furniture Co were also logged earlier.
The North Carolina Republican Party executive committee meets in Greensboro on Saturday afternoon. The session will precede a Piedmont Republican F oration that night.
Major Warwick Charlton concluded his Mayflower II program to about 300 attendees despite rain. The event featured his sea adventure tale and a color film of the ship’s building and sailing. Earlier he spoke to Jamestown, Thomasville, and area schools and the Exchange Club. The film will be kept in Granville Bonded Warehouse for community use.
Police arrested two men for separate knife incidents. John Lawrence Cook, 23, faces felonious assault after slashing Clarence Williams near Coolidge Parker Street. Williams required 125 stitches. Cook posted $1,000 bond. hearing set April 21. Hazel Jackson, 27, charged with assault at McCauley’s Alder Street home, treated with 35 stitches. Jackson posted $300 bond. hearing April 30.
Bruce Hall, 29, of Council Street was booked on a charge of cheating the hire of a taxi. He allegedly failed to pay an $8 fare for a five mile trip on the Denton Highway March 1. He posted bond for trial April 28.
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