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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1953
Page
10
Two Thomasville residents sustained minor injuries when their car crashed into a pole on Montlieu Avenue at 4 27 pm yesterday. William Earl Sturgis 27 and Oma Hunt 40 were cited for leaving the scene and other offenses. Sturgis 1939 model car totaled. Hearing date not set.
Mrs. Virginia Crouch Bodenheimer widow of Chap Bodenheimer died at the Anthony Nursing Home in Greensboro after six months of declining health. Funeral services were held at Sechrest Chapel Saturday at 10 30 by Cedi Haworth of Central Friends Meeting. Interment followed at Abbotts Creek Cemetery. Survivors include W Marcus Clarence Walton R G Ridge A Memory Charles Craven and Jesse Hayworth. The deceased resided at 408 Denny Street.
Mrs Ed Sullivan 79 of 15 Park Ave suffered a fractured kneecap when the car her husband Ed Sullivan was driving struck a utility pole near their home. She was taken to Point hospital and released after treatment. The car had front-end damage. the husband was uninjured.
The Post Office reported December results with a new all time peak. Through Christmas Day 1 729 361 pieces of mail had been processed from Dec 1. Cancellations ran about 78 000 more than last year’s 1 631 360. Parcel figures were not given but Superintendent Mails W H Farlow said parcels increased alongside cancellations and praised public cooperation for mailing early.
PANMUNJOM Sunday reports pressure to resume explanations to prisoners unwilling to return home. Reds seek explainations for 22 000 Chinese and North Koreans with only 138 choosing repatriation. Mention Peiping radio endorsements and India chairman Thimayya views on avoiding a fixed timetable. United Nations and Neutral Nations Commission debate the scope and duration of the negotiations.
Cafes continue to offer five cent coffee but face rising costs as restaurants that raised prices to seven cents consider a dime. Owners say bulk buying keeps the five cent cup afloat, while a price hike could erase the benefit. Meanwhile R. E. Pendry of Route 1 has improved after a heart attack but remains restricted from visitors.
Mrs Glivell McGuire Vierra of San Diego California died Thursday at her home after months of declining health and a two week illness. She was born to D S McGuire of Lexington and is survived by her husband Walter George Vierra two children Beverly and Rodney Vierra two brothers and her parents Funeral services set for 1 pm Monday at Memorial Park in San Diego California.
Funeral services for Esther Hughes 43 of Route 2 Lexington will be conducted Monday at 2:30 PM at Clarksburg Methodist Church. Interment in church family plot. body to home of sister Mrs. Robert L. Hunt Route 2 Lexington this afternoon at 2. Also noted is a Winston-Salem hospital death of Mrs Brinkley and a separate service arrangement in Thomasville.
Forty five Russian skiers will participate in the World Championships at Falun Sweden. Victor Andreyev in a cable to Sigge Bergman lists the entry of the 45 Russians. Further details will follow in a letter mailed today.
Harold Leonard Stondahl dies at 41 and services are conducted from Clarksburg Methodist Church Saturday at 3 pm by Rev. Robert L. Taylor. Burial follows in Arch Cemetery. Stondahl died at his Myrtle Street home Wednesday night. Census records note a complete census in To in the third millennium.
Funeral services are set for 2 o clock this afternoon at Vickery Methodist Church with Rev R A Foster and Rev Floyd Bottoms officiating. Interment will follow at Lahan cemetery. Mrs Lucy Mae Kersey of Route 1 Jamestown died Thursday morning at the local hospital after a three week illness. The Arabian camel is unknown in the wild state.
Vice President Richard Nixon announced a brief Florida vacation after speaking with his mother. He learned his father Frank A. Nixon, hospitalized in Phoenix after a hemorrhage, was improving. Nixon will travel alone by commercial airliner while his wife and daughters stay due to influenza.
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