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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1957
Page
13
Easter weekend in High Point brings record heat with highs near 80 and a 27 degree low noted earlier. Banks and schools reopened as holiday slowdown eased, and anglers reported active fish while patrols logged light traffic and no fatalities amid scattered showers forecast for today and tomorrow.
In a light voter year with no Republican candidates, High Point voters head to the polls Tuesday for two council races. Incumbent Tom Elder Jr. seeks re election in the third ward and Jess Washburn faces no opposition for the second seat. James Wall runs to complete M L Patrick’s term in the fourth ward.
The American Legion Post 206 presents its second annual air show at Fraley Field south of High Point next Sunday. Events start at 1 30 p m and feature a female parachute jumper low altitude aerobatics a free fall jump and a helicopter with spectator rides available. Dwight hebr is show chair Iran.
Dr. A. E. Sherron of High Point state president of Exchange Clubs will address Roxboro Exchange Club at its anniversary celebration tomorrow night.
A devotional prayer by Kirby Page of La Habra California calling for time to be holy and to speak and listen to God. It envisions redemptive communion in sanctuary homes and daily contacts, invoking the name of Jesus who prayed through the night.
The High Point Kiwanis Club unanimously endorses a single modern central airport to serve High Point Greensboro and Winston Salem. The resolution calls Guilford County Commissioners to pursue a bi county airport authority and consolidation of all airline service in one location, with copies to local officials and Kiwanis leaders.
Three Saturday accidents along streets in the city left one person with minor injuries. Lloyd McDaniels Jr. 31 of Wesley Place was treated after his car rear ended a parked vehicle on S Main Street around 11 30 p.m. He was charged with reckless driving and faces Municipal Court on May 3. Damages totaled 250 to Arthur Garner’s car and 150 to McDaniels’ vehicle. A second wreck on Lindsay Street involved Walter Tyre Whitley 56 of Kenilworth Drive rear ending a parked car owned by Isaac Hill with about 200 in damages. Whitley was cited to appear April 29 for exceeding a safe speed. The third crash on Ward Street totaled the vehicle driven by Cora Luck who, blinded by oncoming headlights, ran into a telephone pole causing about 100 in damage.
The Rev. W. M. Baker 72 a Crestwood Presbyterian pastor was hurt Saturday after stepping into an elevator shaft. He suffered a fractured foot and back injuries and was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital. He later conducted a marriage ceremony then went home.
Robert Scott Maxwell 58 of 421 Otteray Dr. died at High Point Memorial Hospital shortly after arrival. Born January 19 1899 in Wingham Ontario he worked 33 years for Burroughs Corp. Survived by wife Rebecca Monroe Maxwell three children and two brothers. Funeral Tuesday 2:30 at Yow's Chapel with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
Walter Coleman of 519 Amos Street reported a tire and wheel were taken from his vehicle sometime last week and valued at 35 dollars.
Quaker leader Levering opens at 10 a.m. Thursday at High Point Friends Meeting House on essentials for world peace. Dr. Frank P. Graham closes at 8 p.m. at First Methodist Church with a talk on the United Nations in the atomic age. The High Point workshop is part of a three‑conference series by the American Friends Service Committee with multiple co sponsors across churches and colleges.
A television panel on overweight issues airs tonight on WFMY-TV from 9:30 to 10. Dr Max P Rogers will take viewer questions. The panel includes Dr R C Proctor Winston-Salem Dr Robert L McMillan Winston-Salem Dr W C Goley Graham Dr William M Nicholson Durham Dr O Norris Smith Greensboro to moderate. The program Call the Doctor is sponsored by the State Medical Society Guilford County Medical Society with Smith Kline and French Laboratories.
University of North Carolina student Jerry R Leatherwood of Waynesville faces a Tuesday hearing in Mecklenburg County Recorder’s Court on charges of raping Joann Bridges twice. The alleged assaults occurred as the pair traveled from Chapel Hill for Easter holidays, with warrants served in Mecklenburg County.
Gov Freeman signs a Minnesota law prohibiting juveniles under 17 from driving between midnight and 5 a.m. The measure, effective Saturday, aims to curb crimes and accidents after midnight and protect the public from youth irresponsibility.
Rural residents head to the polls tomorrow to decide if Guilford County may levy a school tax up to 20. Polling places open 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Special registrations occurred in Fentress Morehead 1 4 5 6 Gilmer and High Point Precincts 16 17. About 755 registrations join rural voters already eligible. If approved the tax starts with the 1957 58 fiscal year. Plurality needed.
Police report a 33 year old laborer Wilbur Welch of E High Street charged with assault with a deadly weapon after a knifing that wounded Douglas Archie on Olga Street requiring 25 stitches. Welch posted $300 bond and faces April 29 Municipal Court. Also arrested were Adam F. Eury 34 hotel address and Willie Bennett 33 Vall Street for non taxpaid whisky. Eury posted $300 bond for May 3 court, Bennett for May 10. Lloyd N. McDaniel Jr. 31 Wesley Place charged with reckless conduct and posted $100 bond for May 3.
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