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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1953
Page
13
Draft-age fathers who did not record parenthood lose immunity to induction as a new rule ends the 3-A deferment. Registrants with children warned to update records. many failed to visit draft offices. New fathers face possible induction when deferments end, though delays may apply for new registrants.
Gordon B. Weathers named sub-chairman to welcome returning prisoners of war from Korea in Guilford County. John W. Lipscomb directs the effort for the county. John W. Clay oversees the eastern part. The welcome plan calls for inviting city officials veterans groups and service reserve units to participate in ceremonies.
Competitive examinations for substitute clerk at the Jamestown post office will be held in the coming weeks announced by the U S Civil Service Commission. Applications go to the Fourth U S Civil Service Region in Washington D C. Blanks and information available at the Jamestown post office. Entrance salary is 161 and 2/3 cents per hour. Written tests will be given soon after the announcement.
Borden Co. employees and families will gather at City Lake Thursday afternoon for a baseball game children’s games a picnic and a square dance supervised by Miss Evelyn McNeely of the city recreation department. About 150 people are expected. Negro employees will picnic at the same time at the Ored Park.
A prayer by Edward T. Horn of Trinity Lutheran Church Philadelphia asks for grace to accept life’s hard things, wisdom to align with God’s will, and strength to complete unwelcome duties through Jesus Christ.
Preliminary inventories in Guilford County Superior Court place the late Wayland H. Linthicum's estate at 310271.31 dollars: 270271.31 dollars in personal property and 40000 dollars in real property held with wife Berta Linthicum. The will leaves 5000 dollars to son Edwin and a 5000 dollar insurance policy for Steven until his 18th birthday. The widow and Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. are estate executors with 60506.50 in the couple's checking. The estate funds will be distributed among the wife and seven children, while business stake valued at 180632 lies in W E Linthicum and Son Inc.
A 31 year old Mangum man Woodrow Stack was charged with illegal possession of narcotics supplies after a 9 a.m. raid. He appeared before Judge Archie Myatt, waived preliminary hearing, and was held on a $1,000 bond. Officers confiscated a pan with a hypodermic needle cotton and paregoric residue at Stack’s home. Police noted Stack has a long arrest record and had been charged previously with cutting another man.
A collision on E Lexington and Forrest Aves at 4 15 p m yesterday caused 200 damage to a Johnson St woman 43 year old driver Manda Willard Martin who was turning from Forrest into Lexington. The sign sustained 5 damage and she was not charged.
Acacia Lodge No. 674 AF and AM completes plans for its annual outing at City Lake tomorrow evening at 6. All lodge members and families are invited. If rain arrives the group will meet at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street.
Thomasville pastor Rev. Mc Kay Crawford will be guest minister for a series of revival services starting Sunday at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church on Route 1. Services are open to the public, according to Mrs. John Parker.
About 100 Thomasville residents gathered at the Civic Center to approve a one campaign United Fund for the city. A nominating committee of 21 directors was named to direct the drive and machinery for a full campaign will be set up quickly.
A Asheboro man Raymond Wesley Hoover faced hit-and-run and drunken driving charges. He received six months suspended on each count and damages of 38.50 to Roy Cook plus a 100 fine and costs. Several other defendants received sentences in related cases including driving while intoxicated and drunkenness.
A car containing six teens was stopped by police for illegal possession and use of fireworks in Emerywood. The youths face hearings before Judge Archie Myatt later this week. defendants include James Pickett 17 Darrell Wagner 18 Herman Hunter 19 Russell Larcom 16 David Wood 16 and Billy Butler 16. No bond set. officers reported multiple complaints about fireworks in the northwest section.
Montgom ey Alabama. Bar num E Medlock, a 63 year old Western of Alabama trainman, lost both legs in a rail accident yesterday. He remained conscious and told coworkers he would retire and pursue serious angling after surgery.
Col Milton O Beebe former Army chaplain of Greensboro described Molokai Leper Colony life to the Civitan Club at a luncheon. He noted clean government cottages dormitories and strict isolation while residents practice religion and vote. The facility houses about 500 people with monthly food rations. A Red Shield league letter of thanks was read and guests included J W Best of High Point.
Post office officials urge new couples and party givers to use proper channels for birth and wedding notices. Regulators limit third class mail size to 9 by 12 inches and require a minimum 2 ½ by 4 inch area. Farlow says many tiny notices fail to meet rules, causing extra handling and postage issues.
Warren Godwin receives a permit to build a six room house on RockSpring Road with an estimated value of 9000 dollars. Watson gets a permit to erect a store on South Main Street at a cost of 9250 dollars. Covent of Immaculate Heart of Mary secures a permit for a dormitory addition on Centennial Avenue costing 6741 dollars. C. C. Holton is authorized to build a four room house on Worth Street for 5000 dollars.
Mercury rising to the mid nineties with 93 expected today and 94 tomorrow. Night low forecast at 61 after a 59 reading last night. A warm spell remains for the locality with temperatures easing after tomorrow.
Former Gov Kerr Scott and Gregg Cherry along with U.S. Senator Alton Lennon were invited to speak at the Young Democrats Club rally on Sept 4 at City Lake. Gov Umstead cannot attend. Ticket tables will be at Greensboro courthouse and county building. A dinner precedes Lennon's amphitheater address.
Nurse Doroth Lee Willite of Thomasville was fined 25 dollars and placed under a four month suspended sentence after a Superior Court trial in Lexington. Judge G A Martin, presiding as special judge, imposed the punishment amid testimony that she took demerol from the hospital for illness and charged it to patients. The suspension requires payment of court costs.
Mrs Louise Seay and her two daughters Judith and Yvonne visit from Brooklyn to see relatives of Rev and Mrs Mc Rae. Robert Seay will join them Sunday to visit kin in Lumpkin before Evangelist Nellie Hallie preaches at Church of God in Christ Beamon Street Thursday at 7 p.m. Hayride Thursday sponsored by Bethlehem Baptist Junior department departs Lighthouse Grill Vail Street at 7.
City and county officials will revisit plans for a new courthouse annex after a Supreme Court veto of a joint building proposal. Attorneys will study the ruling and a potential Snow Lumber Co property purchase to gain city owned site, parking, and possibly a new central fire station.
Two High Point area deaths are reported. Elsie Bodenheimer Andrews Haney 70 of Mocksville died at Heritage Apts after long illness. Burial plans and surviving relatives listed. Clarence Monroe Queen 41 of High Point died at High Point Memorial Hospital after months of decline. Funeral details set with Rankin Memorial Methodist Church and Harold C. Davis Chapel of Flowers.
William Smith 71 of Route 1 Denton died yesterday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was twice married to Mattie and Daisy Surratt and is survived by son C. R. Smith. daughters Mrs Willis Turner and Mrs Coolidge Glover. eight grandchildren. Native of Davidson County. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p.m. Pleasant Grove Methodist Church. Body to church 30 minutes before service. Burial in church cemetery.
John Walter King 67 of 776 Oakland Ave Greensboro died at Wesley Long Hospital after a three week illness. He was born in Clemmons and lived in Greensboro 13 years. Survived by wife Maude Davis King three sons J W King Jr and Jack B King of Greensboro two daughters Mrs Philip H Burton and Miss Mary L King four brothers and four grandchildren. Funeral 4 p m today at Forbis and Murray Funeral Home with Rev A L Parker and Rev T H Swofford officiating. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery.
F L Varner 74 died at his Route 2 Asheboro home after a short illness. Retired farmer native of Randolph County survived by wife Maggie Myers Varner four sons Ray Luther Homer and Odell all of Route 2 Asheboro two daughters Mrs Bud Grubb Route 2 Lexington and Mrs Charlie Cooper Route 2 Thomasville. Services to be held this afternoon at 4 at Bughes Grove Church with burial in the church cemetery.
The Point Public Library will operate winter hours from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, according to Librarian Neal Austin.
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