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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1960
Page
9
Citizens near the triangle between Colonial Drive and W Parkway urge Parks Head Jesse Taylor to limit use to small children and remove or redesign playground equipment after a neighborhood meeting. Residents complain of noise property damage and rising fears, while some see potential value in a park.
High Point Curriculum Study Committee met at the City Schools Administration Building to adopt by laws review current projects and consider new ones. Mrs Paul Ingle named Bob Amos Jr new member and Raleigh Dingman as chairman of the Human Relations Committee. A nominating panel was formed and reports on Ray Street School PTA project grading testing and reporting were given. Dr H E Conrad led a session on what parents expect of school and will lead at Johnson Street School.
Final 1960 census figures list High Point at 62 063 residents, up from 61 652. Asheville follows at 60 192, while Charlotte leads with 201 564 and Greensboro at 119 574. Mecklenburg counts 272 111, Guilford 246 520, and the state total reaches 4 555 155.
The Christmas Cheer Fund nears its $5,000 goal as residents donate. Names and amounts from supporters include Dr. H. L. Brockmann, J. A. Eshelman, Worth B. Bowman, and others. Today's total $272.00. previously reported $100.00.
Twenty eight members of Cub Pack 20 were honored at a monthly meeting in the church basement with John Catlin awarding citations. Den 1 earned top inspection rating by Bill Smith and Mark Sumner and won custody of the Alley for high parent attendance. Skits by Dens 1 and 4 entertained as Den 7 joined the pack.
The High Point area is expected to be mildly to moderately cloudy tomorrow according to the local weatherman. Temperatures will range from a low around 40 tonight to a high near 68 tomorrow with cooler, more unsettled conditions possible by Thursday.
Fifteen contestants vie tonight in Memorial Auditorium for Miss HPC 1961. Ann Farrington Herring of Winston-Salem will crown the winner after a downtown parade and tea at Dr. Wendell M. Patton’s home.
The American Association of University Women proposes increasing the board from five to seven members with at least two women and mandatory attendance rules. Appointments would continue by City Council from four wards and three at large, with seven year terms and staggered starts beginning next June.
Hillard Valley Biddix, an escaped convict and prime suspect in two robberies at College Village Shopping Center last Friday, cleared a police line up yesterday. Two women, Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Shelton, failed to identify him. A second suspect was also cleared.
WNOS radio announcer Woody Mashburn emerges from a seven day civil defense shelter drill that kept him underground for 168 hours. Civil defense director George Spinett and Chamber of Commerce manager George Covington greet him as he steps into the daylight.
A 30 day stay saved English Street parking from immediate removal after a business delegation protested to the council. Traffic engineer E L Walker Jr explained the plan to create four traffic lanes, with over 8000 vehicles a day on the busy street, while residents and institutions urged more notice and off street options.
A West Street boy James E. Logan twenty drove a car one block causing a porch to be damaged and the house foundations destroyed. He was arrested for unlawful taking of a motor vehicle driving without a license and jailed awaiting trial December fourteenth. Police sought DMV records to verify any NC license.
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