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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1960
Page
10
The second lane of a large I 85 section east of Greensboro will open Friday at 12 noon. The stretch runs from NC 61 to Efland, with work continuing on the Efland to Durham by pass, and a 90 day closure planned from April 1 to finish paving shoulders and incidental tasks.
A 65 year old man identified as William M. Vales of Barker Street was struck at 12:05 p.m. while crossing N Main and English Streets. The driver, Mrs Thelma B Colton 49 of Long Street, was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and driving without a license. Vales hospitalized Colton to appear in Municipal Court on December 28.
Carolyn Way Kearns age 12 longtime Tabernacle School seventh grader and student council vice president died after a lengthy illness at a local hospital. Born February 28 1948 in Randolph County she was the daughter of Claude and Ruth Way Kearns. Survivors include her parents one sister and maternal grandparents. Funeral services set for tomorrow at Mount Sheppard Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Body to be moved from Pugh Funeral Home to the home on Rt 2 Asheboro today.
Mrs. Cecil Haworth gave a reading titled So Gracious and Hallow'd is the Time at the Friendly Garden Club Christmas luncheon held yesterday at the White House Barbecu. Mrs. C. W. Wood led the devotional before luncheon. Two guests, Mrs. Clyde Lowe and Mrs. Lillian Fodric, attended. Members exchanged gifts and donated a basket for shut-ins.
In Johannesburg the South African tea party movement against restaurant discrimination expands from Cape Town. Four white and three African protesters entered a department store restaurant. staff refused service, while police directed the three Africans to the station.
Ostend reports a wedding gift for King Baudouin and Princess Fabiola a complete shrimp boat with nets. The unusual tribute reflects local maritime ties and festive ceremony sentiment.
George Arents 85 industrialist and inventor died Tuesday in New York. He worked with American Tobacco Co from 1896 to 1905 and helped found American Machine and Foundry Co and International Cigar Machinery Co. He and Rufus L. Patterson secured the initial patent for machine manufacture of cigars.
President elect Kennedy has filled five of ten Cabinet slots by naming Robert S. McNamara to head the Defense Department. McNamara will leave Ford Motor Co. with about $3 million in foregone profits over three to four years. Kennedy aims to complete the slate in days, with Agriculture Treasury Labor and other top posts still to fill.
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