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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1957

Page

9

High Point Township January tax list opens with hours

Tax supervisor Herbert Wood urged residents of High Point Township to list early in January to avoid penalties. The office hours run 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays with January the only month open Saturdays. Penalties include a 1 percent late fee in February and a 10 percent listing penalty if January is missed. Tax listing locations include Deep River and Jamestown Township sites and Greensboro courthouse listing options.

Herbert Wood High Point Township An. i Jamestown Township Deep River Township Davidson and Randolph County High Point Wood Greensboro Dale W. Marshall Whitt F. A. Carroll J. W. Frazier Pegg Marshall Deep River C. C. Moran Jamestown Satudays

Auto License Cards Put In Mails

Guilford County car owners will receive applications for 1958 license plates today and tomorrow. Plates go on sale at 9 a.m. January 2 at the Carolina Motor Club office in Greensboro and other agencies statewide. Tags are orange with black lettering and cost one dollar more to cover driver training in high schools. The FS-1 form from the owner's insurer is often required under the new financial responsibility act. A printed instruction sheet will be provided by the automobile club. The deadline to buy 1958 tags is February 28.

Guilford County The Carolina Motor Club Automobile Club

Injury case unreported to police

Gladys K. McFarland of 110 Chestnut Street was reportedly injured in a Christmas night traffic incident after alighting from a bus at Lindsay and Broad streets. Police had no report of the accident. hospital staff said she sustained leg and wrist fractures and remained at High Point Memorial Hospital.

Gladys K. McFarland Chestnut Street High Point Memorial Hospital Lindsay and Broad Streets

House By The Side Of The Road Evicts No Friend To These Men

Kentucky Avenue residents face a stalemate as a moved aging eight room house blocks their street. The house formery sat at W Lexington Ave and 10 A Highway and is to be moved to allow a drugstore and later a potential neighborhood park. The dispute includes lawn damage claims and Highway Patrol mediation as movers consider options.

Kentucky Avenue Lexington Ave Highway Patrol

Cope Fired As UTW Official

Cope, known for leading bargaining in hosiery disputes in 1956, was fired as North Carolina representative of the United Textile Workers. He plans to appeal to Peter McGavin, AFL-CIO monitor. Authority cited through Dec 22. Cope hosted locals in Salisbury, Cooleemee, Durham and Pittsboro before dismissal.

Radford Cope North Carolina United Textile Workers Cope Salisbury Francis Schaufenbil Peter McGavin Afl-Cio UTW McGavin George Meany Textile Workers Union of America Cooleemee Durham Pittsboro TWUA

Two Contribute To Harris Fund

The Harris fund rose to 135 with two new gifts from J Van Boyles and W J Fraley. H J Rockwell of Design South reported the contributions after launching the fund last Saturday with 100 from Design South to aid Mr and Mrs Harris, parents of three.

Charles Stanley Harris H. J. Rockwell Design South J. van Boyles W. J. Fraley Rockwell Harris

Youth calm robbers bound over to Superior Court

Two 17-year-olds James William Connor and James Everett Smith appeared in Municipal Court and were bound over to Superior Court on armed robbery charges for the Dec 8 fruit stand holdup. They were held on $5,000 bond, later reduced to $3,000, after prosecutors recounted the event and their Alabama extradition. A 13-year-old implicated was sent to juvenile authorities. Roy Tate, the fruit stand operator, identified the suspects. $286 in cash and a $10 check were taken, with $232 recovered after arrest.

Byron Haworth James William Connor James Everett Smith Lake Street D. S. Lee Bruton Ala High Point Lee Haworth Connor Smith Roy Tate Tate

Trinity Girl Wins National Methodist Scholarship

Jo Albertson a Pfeiffer College senior receives a National Methodist Scholarship from the Board of Education of the Methodist Church. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Albertson of Route 2 Trinity she attends Hopewell Methodist Church. The award covers tuition and fees to 500 based on academics leadership church involvement character and need.

Jo Albertson Pfeiffer College Board of Education The Methodist Church Miss Albertson Robert Glenn Albertson Route 2 Trinity Hopewell Methodist Church

Groundbreaking Planned for Wrenn Street Annex

J M Thompson Construction of Raleigh to begin work Monday on a seven story annex to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building under a 1 200 000 dollar contract. The project will add 138 000 square feet and connect to the main building by a covered walkway. Groundbreaking may shift to the next week if delays occur. completion expected by December 1 1958 and use by January 1959.

Robert Marks Enterprise Wrenn Street J. M. Thompson Heer Luther Hodges North Carolina Thomas B. Stanley Virginia

Detectives Probe Narcotics Theft Link To Clinic Breakin

Detectives push narcotics probes tied to a wave of recent thefts as two men Daniel Roy Wright Jr and William Clarence Brown were jailed after a break in at the State Clinic on E Green Street. Brown inside the clinic surrendered. Wright and Brown have long criminal records including narcotics and drunkenness convictions. Wright recently returned after a drunken driving sentence from 1955. The week also saw a Christmas Eve clinic break in and more stolen narcotics.

Daniel Roy Wright Jr Greensboro Road William Clarence Brown Howell Street State Clinic E. Green Street Wright Wright and Brown Were First Spotted By Officer William Brandon and W. L. Crisco Brown High Point N. Main Street M. B. Leath

Funeral Set Saturday for Mrs Bowne

Funeral rites are planned for Mrs. Marie Woode Bowne 86 widow of Rev H Norwood Bowne in High Point where she resided since 1921. Surviving are two daughters Ruth Bowne and Matt Wall, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The service at Saint Marys Episcopal Church will be at 11 a.m. with Rev William P Price officiating. Interment follows at Oakwood Memorial Park. Memorials may be directed to Saint Marys Memorial Fund.

Marie Woode Bowne H. Norwood Bowne Bowne Brooklyn N. Y Episcopal Matt Wall Ruth Bowne Yow’s Funeral Home Saint Mary's Episcopal Church William P. Price Oakwood Memorial Park

Two Alarm Fires Baffle Oakwood Cemetery Crews

Firemen faced two mysteries: who set the maintenance building fire at Oakwood Cemetery and who falsely summoned units to 510 Willis Street. The cemetery blaze damaged tents mats and a coffin lowering device with investigators probing possible deliberate arson amid recent cemetery disturbances. False call 5 35 p m last night led crews to a non existent blaze.

Oakwood Cemetery W. Willis Street Montlieu

Warm-Up May Bring Rain

Weather observers report increasing cloudiness and cooler days with highs near 55 today and 50 tomorrow. Lows drop to 24 last night and 33 tonight. Statewide five day temperatures to average 6 to 10 degrees above normal with a half inch rainfall expected tonight, Saturday, and again Tuesday and Wednesday.

Diabetic Driver Collides Into Parked Cars In Thomasville

A pickup driven by Gilbert W. Bailey of Randolph Road lost consciousness and struck the Thompson Auto Co. lot. The truck and two parked cars were damaged with listed losses of 100, 350, and 150 dollars. Bailey was hospitalized. no injuries or arrests reported.

Thomasville Gilbert W. Bailey Randolph Road W. Main Street Thompson Auto Co Bailey

Children Killed in Auto Crash Last Saturday Morning

A fatal auto crash occurred last Saturday morning killing children. Contributions may be sent to Design South or through The Enterprise.

Design South Enterprise

Youth 15 Charged After Two Vehicle Collision

A 15 year old, driving without a license, was involved in a two car bump at Worth Avenue and E Commerce Street. Tracy Lynn Wilson of Decatur Street, eastbound on Commerce, struck Randy Monroe Cochrane, 17, of Arthur Avenue who was northbound on Worth. Damages totaled about $500 to each car. In a second incident at N Main Street and Sunset Drive a car driven by William C Ledwell rear ended another vehicle driven by Dorothy S Glymph. Glymph was charged with driving with improper brakes. damages were about $200 and $125 respectively.

Worth Avenue E. Commerce Street Tracy Lynn Wilson Decatur Street Commerce Randy Monroe Cochrane Arthur Avenue Cochrane Worth Acc N. Main Street William C. Ledwell Main Street Sunset Drive Dorothy S. Glymph Lincoln Street Winston-Salem Ledwell Auto

Marriage Licenses Granted in Various North Carolina Towns

A list of marriage licenses issued to couples from Jamestown High Point Martinsville Winston-Salem and surrounding towns includes Gurney Forbis and Betty C Comer La renzy A Corns and Delphia A Cassady Claude D Legg and Glennie Cox Charles E Miller and Willie Mae Anthony William A Bowman and Emma W Marion Shelby Jean York and Harold E Moss Minnie Elsie Tucker Paris Sizemore and Della J Smith Emil Otto March and Marie Way Whit ten Randolph Docker y and Mildred Diggs Charles E Warren and Anna Dee Williams William Lawson Brown and Peggy Ann Haith Edward E Collins and Opal Lane Mc Millian Melvin Wilson Pinkney and Dorothy Berry William H Manuel Jr and Frances Rachel Jennings Bobby Ray Tate and Betty Lou Hawks Bobby Wilson and Gladys Hicks.

Gurney Forbis Jamestown Betty C. Comer High Point Larenzy A. Corns Delphia A. Cassady Martinsville Claude D. Legg Clintonville Glennie Cox Kingsport Tenn Charles E. Miller Winston-Salem Willie Mae Anthony Lewisville William A. Bowman Hillsville Emma W. Marion Mt. Airy Charles Surratt Shelby Jean York Harold E. Moss Minnie Elsie Tucker Paris N. Sizemore Yadkinville Della J. Smith Winston- Salem Emil Otto March Memphis Marie Way Whitten Greensboro Randolph Dockery Mildred Diggs Charles E. Warren Anna Dee Williams Thomasville William Lawson Brown Peggy Ann Haith Edward E. Collins Opal Lane McMillian

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