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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1953
Page
2
The City will buy about 400 new parking meters after a state act revalidated meters as legal monitors. New meters will have nickel slots to comply with state law, lowering maximum penalties from 1.50 to 1.00, with negligible revenue loss for the city.
In Municipal Court this morning no probable cause was found to hold Mary Jo Jenkins 21 on a manslaughter charge tied to the February 13 Elm and Church Streets auto crash. A passenger Lola Stokes 41 died from injuries after the collision with Carl Thompson of Point Hotel. Judge Myatt found no criminal negligence by Jenkins.
Demand for steels lifted New York stocks in a fourth day of gains with most issues up 1 to 2 points. Jones & Laughlin and U S Steel helped, while West Indies Sugar fell after a dividend cut. Major names across the exchange included Boeing, General Electric, GM, DuPont, Kodak, Coca Cola, and U S Steel.
The Barbertones, a High Point High School quartet of Buddy Bullock Larry Grissett Donald Scalf and Eddie Whitson, sang barbershop harmony numbers and Negro spirituals at the American Business Club meeting last night. Jack Adams organized the program with Alson Gray presiding.
City presses Southern Railroad to replace the Highland Avenue trestle after a Sunday crash caused near fatal injuries. City Manager T E Hinson plans a letter urging rush of consideration and notes two Southern representatives previously inspected the site. Police call the bridge a major traffic hazard.
The governor seeks six more judges without redistricting while the Senate backs redistricting to add 11 judges. Speaker Best broke a 53 53 tie to add a new judge in six districts, but redistricting backers may press to reverse. House kills mandatory prison terms for repeat drunk drivers and backs Horn In The West funding after a prior Senate appropriation. A driver training measure gains state supervision, and a statewide liquor referendum bill stalls in committee as Pittman presses withdrawal.
South Carolinian Robert Bill Dye, 48, living at 1111 Hoover Street, was arrested on a fugitive warrant for non timely bond in York County and waived extradition to South Carolina. A Knoxville resident, William Wagoner, also faced abandonment and other charges and was freed on $300 bond with a Friday hearing set.
Elizabeth Craven Marion sues J Chester Marion in Municipal Court seeking adequate support for herself and two children, custody of both, and all legal fees. The complaint alleges cruel treatment and lists Marion as employed by a local daily concern.
Belmont California city officials rejected a request to rename Middlesex Road Windsor Road. Mayor Benson said the Christine trend is not a lasting fad, noting the jokes it inspired and the community complaints.
Better Late Laconia New Hampshire reports Mr and Mrs Ulysses S Prescott observed their 65th wedding anniversary a day late due to the absence of February 29 this year. They wed on February 29, 1888.
Real estate transfers listed include Martha Harvey to Forrest Ray Williard for a lot at Irbywood Drive and Welborn Street. J W Morgan trustee to R R Johnson for a Central Improved Company plat lot on Lindsay Street. Several transfers involve Better-Bilt Homes Inc to buyers for Montlieu and Lexington Avenue properties. Other buyers include Maggie Guyer, P C Barber and wife, and D S Hedgecock to F E Edwards.
A local woman suffered minor injuries in a two car collision at North Wrenn and East Howell Streets. Estimated damage to the two cars was 250 dollars. Mrs Roy A Medlin 45 of 1100 Smith Street received treatment for a cut hand at the hospital and was released. The crash occurred as Tony R Libertore 5 of Winston Salem drove north on Wrenn Street and pulled out in front of Roy A Medlin who was traveling west on Howell Street.
A Monroe woman working in a Union County factory exposed to imported goat hair contracted anthrax. State officials will convene with the U S Public Health Service on May 18 in Washington to address potential long term implications. Early diagnosis and penicillin treatment are emphasized as curative possibilities.
Hospital trustees voted to double off street parking from 40 to 80 spaces and authorize purchase of a model incubator for 777.50 to be placed in the newborn ward. Two manual fire alarm switches were approved. The meeting also noted visitor limits and preliminaries for National Skeletal Day observances.
Fire crews battled a blaze at 304 All Street caused by children with matches near an oil drum. The fire damaged exterior siding and a section of the house occupied by Ralph Long. On the return patrol they noted a minor wiring fire in a living room at another address, disconnected the burned wires, and advised inspection for safety. They also checked a smoking gas stove at 1011 West Green and extinguished an undetermined origin fire of vines near Leonard Street.
A number of Piedmont Chapter members of the National Association of Cost Accountants are expected to attend the Mid-Atlantic Regional Cost Conference in Baltimore on May 1 and 2. The program includes sessions on profit planning and control, fixed costs accounting, and cost reduction through office personnel administration and evaluation. NA CA president J. Brooks Heckert of Ohio State University will speak at the Friday luncheon.
Guilford's 1953 54 rural school budget is expected to show a slight increase, aided by a 10 percent boost in teacher ratings. The tentative budget, discussed by the board of education Saturday, totals 321202.54 for current expenses with debt service down and capital outlay rising.
Portland Indiana report says John Bennett, a local shopkeeper, discovered a U S note printed with 20 on one side and 1 on the other. The unusual currency piece raises questions about its origin and legality.
The court upheld Tracy Triplett’s two year sentence for manslaughter in the highway death of five year old Janice Lee Goodnight near Boone. Witnesses said he sped at least 65 mph in a 35 zone, he was intoxicated, and visibility was clear. Triplett denied intoxication and claimed the girl darted from behind shrubbery.
The Soviet government named former agriculture minister Ivan Benediktov as ambassador to India. He succeeds M. Novikov and is noted as a key authority on agriculture. Benediktov was elected to the Central Committee in October and is valued for Russian wheat ties with India.
Former NC Democratic leader Robert L. Doughton will attend the state Young Democrats rally in Asheville. The 89 year old, recently recovered from pneumonia, will be joined by other party leaders including Sen. Clyde Hoey and Gov. Umstead’s secretary Ed Rankin. Stephen Mitchell, Democratic National Chairman, will give a major address and visit Hendersonville and Charlotte surrounding the event.
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