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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
15
Edward Y. Mitchell recalls the fable of the tortoise and hare, then reports a dog track race mishap where a mechanical rabbit caused a brawl as dogs chased and a spectator’s bet burst. He notes NC resorts eye southward winters, awards themes, and an offbeat son-in-law of the year.
Forecast updates place Thomasville as a potential center for a control office as weather outlook shifts. Conflicting early morning drizzles give way to a revised forecast of partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with showers possible in the afternoon.
Davidson rent control offices may relocate from Lexington to Thomasville as county supervision considers moving the branch area office. Davis says decontrol for Lexington is approved and services will continue for Davidson County outside Lexington. A Thomasville resident may be named to the area rent control board to fill a vacancy, per J Lee Wilson.
The Jamestown district including Jamestown Sedgefield and Union Hill opens September 8 at 9 with Larry Klosterman as football coach and PE teacher. New faculty include Helen Smith Rob ert Ingram Oren Boyles Eve Ann Allen Nannie Mae Jackson Charlotte Montgomery and Mrs Joe Slade with degrees from UNC Greensboro High Point Meredith Elon and Greensboro colleges.
Guilford County Good Roads committee calls a meeting at 8 p m at Allen Jay school to elect a committee to study eligibility of projects for bond issue in this district.
J D Rogers district supervisor said the fifth district Bureau of Census office will relocate from the county building basement to larger quarters in the post office building next week. The unit covers Rockingham Guilford Stokes Caswell Alamance Forsyth and Davidson counties and is preparing for the 1950 population census alongside a business survey of the region.
A 23 year old High Point man, William Curtis Green of 815 Randolph Street, was bound over to Superior Court after probable cause was found in a case alleging carnal knowledge of a 14 year old girl. Green posted 1500 bond and was released from police custody after being arrested August 1. The hearing, presided by Judge DPD C. MacRae, was held with spectators cleared. Shirley Styles testified she had only been intimate with Green.
The Executive Council and three advisory committees plan a Tuesday conference with Dr. N J Demerath UNC planning professor to discuss a comprehensive city planning program. A possible new planning department awaits council action amid talks on budgets and broader development.
A morning arbitration convened in Thomasville city hall over the discharge of Jewel Cotton mill employee McDonald Taylor. The CIO Textile Workers Union Local 650 argues the firing was without just cause while mill management defends the decision, with Prof. Gerald Barrett of UNC serving as arbitrator.
The Wachovia Bank and Trust company unveils a four year expansion costing 750000 with remodeling across six North Carolina cities. The August Manufacturers Record features photos of new offices including the High Point curb teller and colonial style neighborhood branches in Charlotte and Winston-Salem plus Raleigh and Asheville offices.
Claude Everett Shackleford 33 of High Point was bound over to Guilford Superior Court on rape charges after a preliminary hearing in municipal court. Two witnesses testified about the alleged attack on a 10 year old girl, who was hospitalized and not present in court.
Federal Housing Expediter Tighe Woods announced decontrol of rents in most small communities which may affect a August 26 public hearing in High Point on rent control. Mayor Bill Bailey said he needed facts before acting and noted possible publicity aimed at securing more funds for the rent control program.
In Columbia North Carolina August 18 General Alvan C. Gillem commander of the Third Army toured Fort Jackson inspecting National Guard activities. The 1 669 North Carolina and Tennessee Guardsmen train through August 28 with bivouacs firing ranges and unit drills at Jackson and in various towns.
North State Telephone, serving Thomasville High Point and Randleman, reports postwar service grew 57.7 percent. In 3.5 years after 1945 the system added 5,562 stations, reaching 15,201 by June 30, 1949, with total construction spending at 1.103 million dollars. The firm had 9,639 stations in operation in December 1945.
Local residents and business figures discuss whether to move the Chamber of Commerce information bureau from its Tate Park site. J B Craven argues for relocation or renovation depending on city priorities, H C Odom urges restoration, and Woody Mashburn supports keeping the bureau in place with redecorating to preserve the landmark image of High Point as a furniture capital.
Col James H Kelly director of the U S Military Government of Munich devises a traffic safety program. Units with fewest accidents win awards while the unit with the most must tend an odoriferous billy goat for thirty days.
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