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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1953
Page
7
Patrol Sgt. W S McKinney urged slow driving and vigilance as holiday traffic rises. He cited last year’s 16 road deaths and 255 injuries from December 24 to 28, advising defensive routes, light acceleration, weather caution, and courtesy to others to protect holidays.
The State Armory Commission approved a National Guard armory for Thomasville at an estimated cost of about 100000 dollars. Final approval hinges on the National Guard Bureau in Washington. Bladenboro armory also received state approval at the same meeting.
The Enterprise will observe its single holiday of the year on Friday Christmas Day. All departments will be closed at noon Thursday and reopen Saturday morning.
Thomasville offices will close tomorrow at noon for Christmas with city hall closed until Monday and again on New Year’s Day. Police and fire will run on schedule. other departments shut. Civic Center staff take Christmas Day off. center open other nights. City tax listers are Mrs. Carson C. Cox and Miss Mamie Harris. Downtown stores stay open to 9 p m tonight then close on Christmas Eve.
Santa Fe New Mexico State Prison Warden Morris Abram said his car was stolen last night from in front of his home just outside the prison walls. Police reported the keys were left inside the car.
Detectives recovered a 250 pound safe stolen from Morgan's Food Center on the night of December 12. The safe, found burned and emptied of pens and documents, yielded few clues, with about $14 in cash and stock certificates missing. The search near Hasty High School produced no leads.
A 50 year old prisoner in St. Louis pleaded his own case to the Circuit Court jury before they found him guilty of narcotics fraud. Sol Newstead was sentenced to two years in prison the maximum penalty.
Mendenhall Moore Realtors received the National Award of Merit from the National Institute of Real Estate Brokers in Los Angeles. Ed Mendenhall presented the honor at the weekly meeting of the Point Board of Realtors after the firm’s promotion ads were used nationally.
Police report another night of car thefts on Haywood Street in Thomasville. Two vehicles were broken into with six cream pitchers and a pair of men's shoes stolen from residents, while one interior door was left open. Authorities warn residents to remove packages from cars and note a holiday spike in such thefts.
J C Fanning district manager announces profit sharing checks will be distributed to Johnson Wax office employees at 815 Ward St tomorrow afternoon. The event accompanies the annual Christmas address by H F Johnson president, broadcast from Racine Wis to the High Point branch.
First National Bank of Thomasville received its certificate from the Comptroller to raise common stock to 250000 dollars with 50000 per value shares. The bank reports total stock of 250000, surplus 650000, undivided profits 100000, and resources of 10 million dollars as officials note. By selling new stock the number of stockholders rises from 68 to an expanded base.
Prominent physician Dr Marx Sterbcow 43 killed wife Marcia with a carving knife then jumped 140 feet to the Mississippi River bridge. Detective Bazajou said he nearly severed her head before fleeing to the bridge where a body was not recovered. The wife had taken their children to nursery school and returned with a friend to retrieve items for a party. The friend found the body.
Funeral services are held for Haywood Hughes 38 of Lexington after a train collision near Randolph St crossing. Also for Mrs Bird Jackson Bergman 72 of Greensboro and Mrs Cora Mae Allred 68 of Greensboro, with burial in local church cemeteries and Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
William Isaac Kamiko, 40, escaped Olinda prison in a stolen car that ran dry on a Maui highway. Warden Alfred Souza and two trusties pursued. Souza fired three shots, the last hitting Kamiko as he fled. Kamiko, serving seven years for burglary, was reported in good condition at Maui County Hospital.
A 30 year old Albuquerque man was rescued by police after passing out on the Santa Fe Railroad tracks. The incident occurred after he spent ten dollars in what authorities described as a reckless act.
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