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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1960
Page
9
Permits for eleven new residences and a commercial building pushed local building permits to 7900 in the week. Delos Hedgecock and Jake Froelich secured the $900 one story commercial office at 2303 N Main St for a trampoline operation.
The Parks and Recreation talent contest at High Point City Lake crowned single act winners Warren Jones Craig Fulton and Billy Burchfield. In group acts first place went to the Tramps of Brentwood Judy Harris and Brenda Sechrest. second place to Wayne Buchanan and the Starliners of Goldston. third to The Barber Shoppers Clara Cox.
Mrs. J Walter Lambeth of Thomasville seeks to stop receiving 2000 monthly alimony in a show cause hearing here. Her husband, former congressman and Thomasville mayor Lambeth, had alimony paid since February 1958 without divorce. A receiver handles his North Carolina property and most of it was sold at auction.
In Fayetteville, Miss Ann Wilson and Lonnie Fletcher wed with KHOG radio providing the nuptial music after the couple forgot to arrange it. A station official said timing was coordinated to fit the ceremony.
Postmaster York advises patrons to refuse unsolicited advertising circulars by marking Refused and returning them to the carrier if the sender accepts return postage. If no return guarantee exists the post office destroys undeliverable third class matter. The best action is to request removal from the sender’s mailing list.
Three wrecks yesterday led to two drivers cited and $365 in property damage. Robert Tucker hit a utility pole on S Wrenn Street, $175 damage, cited for failing to report an accident. Versie Hoskins and Virgil Jenkins collided at E Washington and Hobson, $190 total damage, Hoskins charged with improper start from a parked position. Moody lost control on Fairfield Road causing multiple damages totaling $125, while another vehicle sustained $30. no arrests were made.
The Furniture City Coin Club wrapped its first annual convention with 800 plus collectors from the Carolinas Virginia West Virginia and Florida. Top honors went to James T. Pheagin of St Pauls for world coins while runners up included Paul M. Whisonant Lincolnton currency and Louis J. Hegedus Ga for gold. The event drew seasoned numismatists and featured an honored mention for R D Brown Richmonds 1925 one dollar bills collection deemed unmatchable. The secretary treasurer A C Schultz said the club aims for a bigger show next year and invites new members to attend meetings on the third Thursday at the High Point Savings and Trust S Main branch.
A prayer attributed to W. Dale Oldham of Park Place Church of God in Anderson, Indiana, asks God to shape believers to resemble Jesus Christ. It seeks righteousness, hope, and eternal salvation, urging faith and trust in divine guidance.
Three High Point youths failed to report to the local draft board this morning while 31 others left for Charlotte. Four were sent for induction into the Army and 27 for pre induction exams. The missing men are Joseph Henry Shealy James Reginald White and Criscio Cadell.
Guilford County commissioners approve sale of the county welfare building to New South Furniture Corp for 25000 with a July 1 1961 squatters rights expiry. The firm plans access to the Furniture Plaza and will rent the space to the county rent free through December then 100 monthly for six months.
The High Point Enterprise reports a busy weekend with four youths arrested on warrants for beating a man and forcing his car off the road. Women Grace and Johnnie Mae McNeil face assault charges, while Howard and William Swift confront trespass and assault counts. Multiple arrests include domestic and traffic cases with bonds set and hearings Aug 8, Aug 12, and later dates.
Weather outlook calls for cloudy skies and warm conditions with thundershowers in the Piedmont region over the next three days. Scattered afternoon and evening rain is expected today and tomorrow with highs near 87 and a low around 69 tonight.
Two weekend hubcap thefts and a cigarette machine larceny are under investigation. Edgar Kimmons reported two hubcaps valued at 15 dollars stolen from his Walnut Street car, and R. W. Sowers lost two hubcaps from a Woodrow Avenue car while at church. The Superb Service Station No 1 on W Green Street saw 28.25 dollars in money and cigarettes stolen from its cigarette machine.
About 600 members from 74 meetings gather at Guilford College for five days of business sessions worship and reports. Howard C Wilkinson and Charles A Wells headline addresses with other speakers from Duke University Friends Committee and Guilford College participate. Seth B Hinshaw and Dr Algie I Newlin serve in executive and presiding roles.
Two High Point men Oliver Manning and Cecil Odell await trial on larceny charges after deputies and two bloodhounds recovered three dozen ears of corn from a car parked beside a Greens boro cornfield. Police traced the vehicle to Odell. Manning was tracked by bloodhounds but not located. Bonds set at $100.
Firemen answered two calls on Sunday both in the evening. At 8 p.m. they went to 408 B Walnut Street for a hot water heater short circuit with no fire. At 9 32 p.m. they were sent to the corner of Washington and Hoskins streets for an overturned smudge pot.
Twenty seven local scouts were expected to come home this afternoon after a two week attendance at the National Jamboree in Colorado Springs Colorado.
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