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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1957
Page
11
Practical year end guidance from a tax columnist covers deductions for bad debts capital losses donations dependents alimony and depreciation. It urges paying expenses this year claiming dependents and using losses to offset gains while noting timing rules and the need to consult an accountant before year end.
Tennessee burley tobacco prices continued to fall with averages over $4 per hundredweight below Friday. Ten of 13 early reporting markets declined. Clarksville and Johnson City led declines near $60 to $61. Greeneville fell 2.21 to 58.14 with a 4,692 pound drop in volume to 636,600 pounds.
An annual lecture warned seasonal sellers like Christmas tree and mistletoe peddlers that business requires a license. Police checked stand operators for receipts, few could show one, and city hall received many inquiries about the $10 license. Blue laws prohibit Sunday sales of these items.
Pat Flythe was elected Best Presiding Officer of the Senate by the Carolinas District National Forensic League Congress in Columbia South Carolina Saturday. This marked the district’s first female presiding officer in three years. Flythe presided in the Official House of Representatives at the 1956 student congress and participates in High Point High activities with the Forensic League Masque and Gavel Society Debating Team. She is president of the National Honor Society and a member of Beta Club and French Club. Last summer she attended High Point at Girl's J. T. Hicks, a senior and president of the local Forensic chapter, who led in congressional speaking points and was nominated for best speaker of the Senate.
The Pilot water main construction letting is rescheduled for tonight at 7 at Pilot School. George Davis of Pilot Waterline Inc. notes the delay was due to the contractor not having a performance bond arranged.
City Manager T. E. Hinson imposed a moratorium on private Christmas clubs among city employees after a Grimes Street facility mix up. About six or seven workers are involved in the fund, totaling 380 dollars, with Billy Wardell as treasurer. The order bans card games during working hours and may trigger disciplinary action.
Mrs. W. M. Rouse, a hosiery mill worker paralyzed by a stroke, received a custom designed foot propelled chair. Lions Club member Paul Sprinkle coordinated the project with Nu-Products and Southern Seating Co. to supply frame, upholstery, and labor at little cost, with Yancey Cecil presenting the chair.
City Council split 4-2 to grant Red Bird Cab Co five additional taxi permits amid a flare up over dormant licenses. Competing firms Blue Bird Yellow Top and United challenged the move arguing it worsens competition while legal action and tighter controls on cab firms loom. Mayor Washburn and Alderman Haworth abstained as the council approved the petition and aligned on future permit oversight.
Intangible tax payments sum to 29 011.86 arriving to stabilize city finances. Earlier in the year a 72 782 01 check arrived, bringing total from this source to 101 793 87. Revenue lag remains about 4 500 below budget and 1 500 under last year.
At the last Exchangite gathering of the year, Rev J S Higgins of Rankin Memorial Methodist Church delivered a Christmas message stressing keeping Christ in Christmas. Higgins urged learning meekness and noted carols enduring through centuries. Miss Hazel Lee Rouse joined in the singing as the group announced the January 6 installation night led by State President J Frank Ray of Hillsboro.
Damage to a 1956 model car hitting a utility post on Fisher Ferry Street near Hinkle Street was estimated at 700 dollars. Wade T. Goodyear, 22, of Memorial Park Drive, drove south and blamed the crash on looking at another vehicle. No charges were filed. The pole damage was 100 dollars.
Piedmont post 1960 V F W will hold its Christmas party at the post home tonight at 7 30 for members and families. A Christmas tree and Santa Claus will be featured.
A devotional blessing from James W. Kennedy rector of The Church of the Ascension in New York City. The text thanks God for a winter day and asks for warmth of love despite cold and sunless weather, praising God for every mood and season.
High Point College freshman Annie Carol Boyd has received a National Methodist Scholarship from the Board of Education of the Methodist Church. The grant covers tuition and fees up to $500 annually, based on academics church activity character and need. Born in Greensboro she is daughter of Mrs James Turner Boyd of Candor.
THOMASVILLE two Thomasville teenagers were jailed on larceny and receiving charges after allegedly stealing an auto hubcap valued at 20 dollars from George T Bond Jr Joel E Jones 19 of College Avenue and Joe C Suggs 17 of Winston Street were jailed last night police said the case remains under investigation.
Myron F. Moyer, 62, died when his car skid on ice and struck a truck, marking the first highway fatality in 13 years for Cressona Pennsylvania a town of about 1700 residents.
Christmas Cheer Fund aims to raise 4500 with about 1500 still needed as of now. Volunteers prepare for two days of food and toy distribution while tables and boxes of gifts appear at Fund headquarters. The list shows many local supporters contributing to help needy families before Christmas.
Friendship forecasters predict mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain today. Expect a high near 58 degrees and a low around 42, with cooler temperatures on Wednesday around 52 and milder, cloudier conditions with rain late Thursday.
Bob Hope sails to Japan to entertain American troops on a fourth consecutive Christmas tour with Jayne Mansfield Jerry Colonna and Les Brown and his orchestra. The group departed by plane from Hawaii traveling to Okinawa and Korea before reaching Japan.
A Greensboro court handed six to nine month total sentences to multiple defendants for drunkenness and related charges. James A Payne received six months plus 30 days for a second offense, Frank Strickland 90 days, Lillie Mae Grant received no sentence, John James Moore five months total, Mary Lou Carroll was taxed court costs after repayment of funds, Wade G Long fined 100 and ordered $150 paid to the city plus one year driving abstinence, Thurman Gray 30 days suspended with damages paid, and Phillip Johnson fined 100 for boisterous language on a public highway.
A Willowbrook Street woman was arrested on a charge of issuing a worthless check in Greensboro while two local court captuses for the same offense were served. Stella Teresa Scruggs held on 500 bond, with 400 for High Point counts and 100 for Greensboro case.
A broken sprinkler pipe at Fly-Back Company on West Green Street caused a pressure drop and false alarm. Firefighters traced the leak to a workman striking the pipe with a shipping truck. A 11 40 a m call led to 608 English Street where an overheated refrigerator motor started a small fire, confined to the motor. Two more calls followed: a 6 58 p m electrical drop cord short circuit at 819 Hilltop Street with no damage and a grass fire in a vacant Montlieu Avenue lot with undetermined cause.
Thom asville announces its annual Christmas dinner for Senior Citizens from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Civic Center. The event, hosted by the Recreation Department, will feature a turkey dinner followed by games and carol singing. Last Saturday a baton twirling class party at the Civic Center named Billie Ledwell first, Sandy Cox second, and Marsha Clinard third with judges Josephine Walker and Carolyn Royal.
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