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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1957
Page
9
The out-dated fire truck placed in the city lake park playground attracts children who climb into the driver's seat and pretend to be firefighters. Bids to purchase were opened but the highest offer barely exceeded 200 dollars and the council opted to keep the truck for park use.
Tom Elder Jr. of Blain Street received the outstanding state chairman of the year award at the NC Junior Chamber of Commerce first quarterly board meeting in Chapel Hill. He chaired the state directory project, assembled data, sold ads, and oversaw publication. The banquet at Lenoir Hall Saturday night capped the event.
THOMASVILLE Cletus Hicks 27 of Route 4 Thomasville arrested by state highway patrol on driving while license revoked and failure to yield right of way. Bond posted for trial Aug 30. W C Ross 24 Route 1 Thomasville charged with assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill after knife attack on Ula Mae Ross. bond for Sept 9. Dewitt Wilhite 40 Church Street charged with assault on female. bond for same date. Ted Stevenson 45 Pineywood Road posted bond after worthless check warrants from Greensboro and Winston-Salem for two bad checks totaling 99 dollars. Also Bangor library reports Walter of Tiverton missing 11009 days before anonymously returned after 30-year absence with fine of 220.18, but cannot be collected as fine exceeds original 1.95 cost.
In Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth kept 16 year old Thomas Lee Oldham in custody and turned him over to probation officers after hearings showed an active parole from a training school. Court also imposed sentences on Claude Bennett for assault and drunkenness charges while Kenneth Shutt received a suspended 60 day sentence with a $25 fine and costs.
Senator Albert Gore asserts the International Atomic Energy Agreement ranks among the era’s great accomplishments. He credits Eisenhower and Truman for backing A bomb controls and peaceful atomic use. The Durham keynote drew 500 Exchange Club members who then elected club officers including J Frank Ray as president.
Carlton Wilbur aged 22 was fined 25 dollars in district court after pleading guilty to stealing two chickens. He claimed his two drinking companions told him he was one if he did not comply, leading to the act.
A ministerial group calling itself the gospel fleet of the Church of God of Prophecy will land at Greensboro High Point Airport tomorrow at noon. They will attend a 2 PM luncheon at Furniture City Restaurant with local officials including the North Carolina state overseer to discuss military commercial and aviation travel topics. This is the second of six stops, following a Caribbean goodwill tour last year visiting Cuba Jamaica Haiti the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. A public meeting will be held at the Church of God of Prophecy on Ward Street.
Patsy Warner 11 of Polk Street was bruised and hospitalized after two cars collided at Fisher Ferry Street and Bryan Road in Chair City. The Hunt car driven by Robert J. Hunt 35 and the Isom car driven by Fred P. Isom 47 were involved. Isom allegedly ran a stop sign and posted bond for a September 9 trial on reckless driving.
Fair Grove edged Hepler Brothers 5-3 Saturday to even the Thomasville Baseball League playoffs at 1-1. They meet again September 7 at 3 p.m. at Liberty Drive Field to decide the champion. Hepler had won game one 10-2.
Forecasters warn that despite a brief sun break tomorrow the region will remain cool with showers ahead. Tonight will be about 60 degrees with a high near 85 tomorrow, while Wednesday adds a risk of showers and partly cloudy skies.
City building inspector A. R. Strange announced last week’s permits include a new Pearson Memorial AME Church on E Washington Street costing $15,000 and five new residences with costs ranging from 3,500 to 15,700. Additional repairs approved include eight projects with costs from 500 to 2,500.
Thomasville residents Mr. and Mrs. Luther Pope were injured when their car skidded on Kennedy Hill Road during rain and struck a utility pole while en route to church. Two ambulances transported them to High Point hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises.
High Point police investigated three reports of car accessory thefts over the weekend. Victims include Pauline Smith on S Main Street, Tommy L Goins on W Broad Street near Merita Bakery, and Mrs Ralph Rochelle on Edgedale Drive where an aerial on a 1956 Chrysler was stolen or damaged between 6 30 and 8 30 p m Saturday.
A calm weekend in the city saw arrests in assault and bad check cases plus several driving and liquor law violations. Donald G. Spencer 20 of Franklin Street charged with a $20 worthless check. bond set at $100 hearing Aug 30 in Municipal Court. Ulysses Talford 35 of Edmondson Street charged by Robert Porter with assault. Porter arrested for disorderly conduct. both to be heard Sept 4. John D. Wall 47 of Wayne Street charged with driving under the influence. posted $600 bond. William L. Nixon 28 manager Emerywood Country Club booked for reckless driving. bond $100. Reckless driving charges also against Smearton Degenerie 28 Leonard Street Buddy L. Rippey 42 West Broad Street and Richard L. Kelly 36 Norfolk Virginia. Kelly also charged with prohibition violations. Howard C. Stewart 32 Route 1 Kernersville and James E. Hudspeth 47 Fowler Street charged with liquor law violations. hearings Sept 16 and Sept 1 respectively.
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held yesterday for Mitchells Grove Methodist Church on Kivett Drive to begin a $50 000 brick and block sanctuary. Dr J Clay Madison led the service with praise from Pastor Roy Grant and tribute to longtime member Martha Parsons 90 who turned the first shovel. The new Colonial design building should start within 10 days and be ready for use in early spring.
Members of Mitch ell's Grove Methodist Church gather on Kivett Drive Ext for the start of a new $50,000 sanctuary. Dignitaries include Pamela Johnson Jerry Misenheimer Mrs Calvin Cashatt Calvin Cashatt Glenn Misenheimer D L Kersey S E Trogdon Asheboro District Superintendent Dr J Clay Madison Greensboro Rev Roy Grant and seniors Miss Martha Parsons Josie Parsons.
A 21 year old Negro laborer died when his car left a bridge and landed on railroad tracks just before train No 37 from New York to New Orleans struck the vehicle. Witness Jack Carter described the moment of the crash and the rapid approach of the locomotive.
A mother Ruth Anna Curtis and her five year old son Thomas Earle Curtis were treated for forehead contusions and lacerations after their car hit a fire hydrant at Prospect Street and Albertson Road. Alfred Rex Curtis, the driver and uncle to the boy, claimed brake failure and a missed left turn. No charges were filed. Other weekend crashes on rural roads involved single vehicles with damages ranging from 10 to 288 dollars. In city limits, William D Curry was cited for speeding after a collision at Ward Street and Lincoln Drive that injured Ronald G Crowson.
The High Point Order of Odd Fellows will honor past Grands at a 6 30 chicken supper in their hall at 128 W Commerce St. The event includes a round-table discussion and business session with past Grands occupying officers seats. Visiting Odd Fellows are invited.
Prayer asks for calm love amid heat and fret as the speaker, James W. Kennedy of the Church of the Ascension in New York City, seeks patient conduct and kind speech while going about daily tasks and prayers.
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