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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
9
A narrator recalls Steve’s late night drumming in a garage studio while neighbors and family cope with the noise. The scene describes battered records, a fragile radio phonograph, and the tense dynamic as Steve practices until dawn, threatening equipment and plans of restraint.
Two High Point men were chosen to speak at the Leaders Conference of the North Carolina Education Association in Salisbury at Catawba College. Charles F. Carroll will discuss Next Needs in Education in North Carolina and Arthur Kirkman will cover factors involved in school legislation during the Saturday night session of the three day event.
Harrison Bingham and Baron Dixon of Jamestown obtain marriage licenses. Jesse P. Bolen of Fancy Gap Virginia weds Dorothy Jean Burcham of Winston-Salem. Frances Marie Kirk files for absolute divorce from William G. Kirk Jr on separation grounds.
No further court action was taken in the custody case involving Dorothy Kauffman of Arlington Virginia. The show cause order was mailed and she did not appear at 2 30 p m to comply with the order. Attorney J W Morgan for Kauffman reported the case remains unsettled with no new filings in the contempt matter.
Charles R. Huggins, 56, of Duram, was brought to court after allegedly passing a string of worthless checks in High Point. He was booked on five counts of issuing worthless checks and two counts of false pretenses, with a $1,500 bond set awaiting a possible hearing tomorrow. Police said he obtained $116.75 from A. J.
Health officials test dye tracing to locate source of offensive creek odor in West End. Sanitarian efforts focus on 1200 block Adams Street as residents report strong smells when colored water appears. Public Works crews were dispatched but odor persists, ranging from rotten cabbage to dead fish.
THOMASVILLE James P Tate 33 Negro of 311 Tremont was jailed this morning in lieu of bond after arrest on a check case.
A 1941 model car on Salem Street caught fire this morning in Thomasville. The blaze, extinguished by bystanders, originated in the vehicle's carburetor according to officials.
About 35 4 H and Futur farmers of America club members from High Point area expected to enter the fifth annual High Point Fat Stock Show and Sale at the Boren Ice Cream Plant on September 12. Judging uses the Yanish system with multiple top prizes. sale follows at 2 p.m. Officials include C E Hardt Hobart of the State Department of Agriculture and chamber leaders Vance Proctor G L Wagoner and Robert Rankin.
The American Business Club will present a championship trophy to the league winning Red Shield Boys baseball team at a banquet at Green Street Baptist Church tonight at 7. About 150 players coaches and guests are expected. Coach Jack Hinkle Athlet ic Director Leroy Collins and Sam Gibson spoke at the club meeting with Gibson a former Yankees Giants player giving a talk on professional baseball and the path to a baseball career.
The Oak Grove Baptist Church hosts its annual Homecoming on Sunday September 2 on church grounds. Sunday School starts at 11:00 with a picnic lunch to follow and an afternoon singing program. The public is invited to attend.
The Greensboro Woman's Club hosts a September 7 meeting at 8 p.m. to organize a Guilford County Fine Arts Festival Association. Clubs in High Point received letters inviting members to join the effort as the Inter-Club Council notes a long vacant idea now moving toward formation.
Mrs Clegg receives request from Amos R. Kearns urging the club to organize a Guide Reader program. The handwritten note emphasizes formal endorsement and cooperation to support association efforts.
Mrs Frederick D Dodge leads a campaign to create a Guilford County Fine Arts Association. Attendees at the meeting would become charter members and draft a constitution and officers. The Greensboro Womans Club backs the effort highlighting opportunities for prizes in a spring festival across seven arts divisions.
N. L. Garner Sr. and N. L. Garner Jr. of High Point qualified for the top honor club of Occidental Life Insurance. Their qualification entitles them to a trip to St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1952.
The Wachovia Bank announces Buell Salatesse, a Nebraska native and University of Chicago alumnus, will join as Director of Personnel. He previously ran a consulting service in Maywood, New Jersey, for railroads and utilities and has spent years in personnel administration. Salatesse is credited with plans for improved staff benefits and insurance offerings at Wachovia.
The High Point Public Library will be closed on Labor Day September 3 according to Librarian Elizabeth Gurley. Any books due that date may be returned on September 4 without payment of fines. Hours are 9 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday and 9 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday.
Thieves broke in through a window at Mutual Tire and Battery Co. 101 South Hamilton and stole seven tires valued at 200 dollars. Police noted a window entry and revealed further that Rev W P Biggerstaff's home on Redding Street was later entered, with 2 dollars in cash and a pack of cigarettes taken.
A High Point man joined Wilmington police in a hunt for his son after an abandoned car was found on a 40-foot bluff near the Carolina Beach inland waterway. The car contained a hunting license with Frye’s name, wallet, keys, and a stack of bills, while the family offered little information about his disappearance.
The local library adds 21 new fiction titles curated by Librarian Elizabeth Gurney. Included are Doctor in Buckskin, Trag edy Trail, The Loneliest Girl in the World, The Great Mail Robbery, Catcher in the Rye, The Face of Innocence, The Iron Mistress, The Spellbound Village, and more from authors such as Zane Grey, Salinger, and Wellman.
Reward money for Hopkins has been increased by $100 prompting renewed searches. Local businesses are to be checked and a door to door inquiry is planned to locate Hopkins. The effort focuses on tracking sightings and gathering tips from residents in the area.
Six persons were injured in a collision between a tractor-truck and a 1951 Studebaker sedan near Concord late yesterday. Mrs Willa Whitesell of 321 Lindenwood Avenue Fla suffered a fractured right leg and scalp lacerations. Billy Whitesell and Donald Whitesell, possibly her sons, had head and eye injuries. Campbell of 321 Lindenwood Avenue Fla sustained scalp lacerations and injuries to the left knee and pelvis. Rogers of Pineville suffered spinal and left leg injuries.
Painter Winslow was arrested by Officer Co R Smith on June 24 for driving while drunk. He failed to post bond and remained in city jail late this morning.
A $100 reward was offered to accompany a $1,000 promise for information leading to solving the Willowbrook case. Coroner Dr. W. W. Harvey of Greensboro said the woman had been dead about a week after being found last March 9. Police had received many leads but none produced a breakthrough. A prominent unnamed citizen boosted the bounty yesterday, saying a caller claimed knowledge of the incident.
Guilford reports a strong tax collection though figures are incomplete. By July 1, 1950, 97 percent of the current levy and 98.7 percent of the full year total had been collected, with substantial sums remaining to be collected.
Curtis Leonard, a Black man of 1308 Furlough, faces a new larceny charge in Municipal Court after earlier sentencing by Superior Court Judge Hoyle Sink on May 3, 1950. The complaint by Glenn E Stinson of Thomasville alleges Leonard posted bond after a Tuesday arrest and release.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the National Guard Armory on September 4 and 5 to collect blood for Korea war relief. Officials expect 300 to 400 pints, with the hospital using about 160 pints in six weeks and the rest needed to balance supplies. Donors can call 6711 to schedule a donation, which takes under an hour.
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