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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1956
Page
24
A reader requests broader coverage in the paper including news from other counties. The note suggests expanding the Donald Duck strip to feature more varied local reporting and perspectives from outside the current county.
The city plans to let contracts Tuesday totaling nearly a quarter of a million dollars for major sewer and water improvements, alum for the water plant, and electrical system renovations. The bid items include 168 911.21 for water and sewer work and 12 902.40 for aluminum sulfate with bids for transformers to be rejected for specification errors.
Everett Willard, 39, of 400 E Washington St, was jailed on larceny charges for allegedly stealing a suit and clothes from B Kennedy on July 31. Bond set at 200, with a Municipal Court appearance scheduled for Aug 8.
North Carolina's 75 Baptist Associations gather for annual meetings with mountain associations leading August schedules. The series runs eastward through September and October, with Neuse ending the period November 7 and 8 at Kinston and Fremont. The movement traces to 1700, with Sandy Creek the second oldest in the Southern Baptist Convention, and plans for a bi centennial observance in 1957-58.
Accident statistics show 9 person fatalities and 167,528.83 in property loss this year to date. The record catalogs accidents with totals for persons killed injured and property loss.
Geoffrey Jenkinson of Thomasville continues his art exhibit at the Morehead Planetarium UNC campus through August. The English native has previously shown at the Royal Academy in London and now keeps a reception and extended display in Chapel Hill despite a prior early close date.
Jamestown High School will host its sixth annual band clinic starting Monday with registration from 9 a.m. to noon at the Jamestown Auditorium. Students from Jamestown Union Hill and Sedgefield in grades 5 through 12 may participate, with day classes for all levels and a senior band night session from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
The High Point Public Library reported a circulation drop in 1955-56 with 180 758 total circulations and 21 130 patrons served. It ends the year with 40326 volumes on hand far below the 90000 target despite a 1800 book net gain and expanded adult education programs.
High Point polio officials prepare for Tuesday free clinics with 16 sites, 14 daytime sessions 9 to 11 and two evening 6 to 8 at Ray Street and Griffin Schools. Dr. John F. Lynch heads the effort as 60 NC cases this year, 20 in the last month, urge first dose recipients to return for second shots with Salk vaccine distribution and extensive public notices.
Jane and Janet McBride twin girls born June 11 1955 at High Point Memorial Hospital have been blind since 3 1/2 months old due to retrolental fibroplasia. Their parents Mr and Mrs C B McBride of 311 Willowbrook St. thank sympathizers as letters from a minister and a Virginia mother cited the family. A Guilford County case worker discussed state schooling and training facilities, while Crown Hosiery Mill workers raised funds for the twins toys and playthings. Jane’s eyes were removed July 6 and Janet will also undergo removal of her remaining eye.
Miss Melton of Albemarle Miss North Carolina departs Greensboro High Point airport for a week in Morehead City. She flies Piedmont Flight 22 then travels by road to Albemarle and High Point with Miss Alice Horne accompanying. The trip is a prize tied to her recent Miss North Carolina win.
Local veterans recount Marine boot camp as rough yet warm with DIs who shock recruits but also care for them. They describe slang like head bulkhead overhead deck and ditty buckets, vivid swagger sticks, and collective drills that punish the platoon for one. Despite harsh methods, many recruits end up appreciating their DI if they maintain humor.
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