Fifty Thousand Dollar Uwharrie Scout Fund Drive Launched
The Uwharrie Boy Scout Council opened a 50 000 dollar capital fund drive at its 36th annual meeting held at the Senior High cafeteria. Frank Sizemore Jr. announced the goal and I Paul Ingle outlined finance plans. key projects include a new dining hall and camp improvements. The drive runs to February 15 with awards announced for top districts and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sizemore Jr
I. Paul Ingle
Uwharrie
Sizemore
Joe Johnson
Thomasville
Camp Uwharrie
Scout Council
Bunn Hackney Jr
Growth in 58 High Point Adds Sixteen New Firms
High Point welcomed sixteen new industrial firms in 1958, up from fifteen in 1957, with total new and expanded industrial investment near 1.998 million and overall construction at 7.147 million dollars. The year added 616 industrial jobs and a payroll around 1.323 million, while expansions added 175 jobs and 525 thousand in payroll. Clarke predicts 1959 will bring strong growth aided by Drake Industrial area and new training facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Phil Clarke
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Mac Panel Co
Deeks & Co
Dayton Rubber Co
Ralph's Frame Works, Inc
High Point Furniture Industries Inc
Norwood Distributing Co
Morton Manufacturing Co
Glenn - Alan Furniture Co
Russell Frame Works Inc
Arthur Chorest Co., Inc
Crown - Flex of North Carolina Inc
Farmes Inc
Carolina Foam Inc
C. J. Moffe
Kay Manufacturing Co
Southeastern Foam Rubber Co
Carolina Container Co
Carolina Farnsworth Co
Miller TV Products Co
Wrenn Street
Southern Furniture Exposition
American Furniture Co
Martinsville
Hedgecock Park Development Planned Near City Limits
Preliminary plans for Hedgecock Park a 7.3 acre tract deeded to the city by Delos Hedgecock foresee two enclosed tennis courts a hard top play area a combined softball football field a service road and parking with a nature trail A final study will be done with the City Planner staff approvals from the recreation commission and City Council are required before work starts and budget funds will be sought in the 1959 60 fiscal year presaging annexation friendly services to outsiders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedgecock Park
Delos Hedgecock
Jesse Taylor
Parks Avenue
Hedgecock
Taylor
City Public Works Department
T. E. Hinson
Recreation Commission
Two Stolen Cars Recovered in Local Police Action
Police report two cars stolen last week were recovered. A 1940 hotrod stolen from Griffin’s Crown Service at Taylor and S Main was found near the VFW post by George Griffin. The owner is Charles G McKinney. Eddie H Brown of Hartwell had his 1957 auto abandoned in Monroe about 8:20 p.m. yesterday. it had been stolen from a parking lot on English Street Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin's
Crown Service
Taylor and
S. Main Streets
VFW
Archdale
George Griffin
Charles G. McKinney
Juanita Street
Eddie H. Brown
Route 2
Hartwell, Employe
Heritage Furniture Co
Monroe
English Street
Annexation Opponents Plan City Council Push
An anti annexation committee in High Point outlines moves to meet legislators and gauge support on the annexation program. The group will seek interviews with Rep. Ed Kemp and Sen. O A Kirkman and fund a legal battle. The plan awaits a public hearing and final City Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Dlecuss
General Assembly
Ed Kemp
Sen
O. A. Kirkman
Jess Washburn
Weather Reverses To Colder Soon With Rain Return
The forecast says rain returns tonight and continues tomorrow with cooler conditions. Yesterday was nearly a summer day. highs drop about 20 degrees from yesterday and tomorrow should be slightly warmer than tonight’s low, 34. Rain ends Friday as temperatures rise modestly.
Radiological Course Open in Greensboro January Sessions
The local Civil Defense office will host four night sessions in January at Greens boro. A Guilford College physics professor will conduct the course. residents may call the Post Office building or contact George Spinnett at 12 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense Office
Greensboro
Guilford College
George Spinnett
Hand-Built Copter Prepared for First Flight
Claude Turner, master machinist of Prospect Street Extension, built three home made helicopters in his yard. After early hard landings he refined the design using a 26 h.p. Crosley engine and planned April tests with aluminum props and hydraulic steel parts. Turner also works as a Carter head builder at Carrick Wood Turning Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude V. Deal
Landis
Earl Wagoner
China Grove
Joe Johnson
Millis
Uwharrie Council
Claude Turner
Prospect Street
Ext
Heicopters
Turner
Fire damages auto and trash at local block
Firefighters were called to the 1700 block of N Main Street to extinguish a trash fire while workers demolishing a bakery at Davis Street and N Main ignited building materials. A second fire at 7:30 p.m. involved a backfire in a car driven by Odell Pitts. engine damage about 40 dollars at 1309 Pershing Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Main Street
Davis Street
N. Main
Wachovia Bank
Odell Pitts
Pershing St
Southeast furniture shipments rise toward 1957 pace
SFMA reports 1958 shipments in the Southeast remain about 4.8 percent below 1957 by end of November with December results expected to close the gap. New orders in the 14-state area rose 20 percent in November, marking five straight months of above-1957 levels, while 11 month orders stayed 0.9 percent under 1957. Unfilled Southeastern orders equal a month’s work at current delivery rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
SFMA
National Furniture Manufacturers Association
High Pointer Charged In Road Deaths
James A. Martin of High Point North Carolina 48 was charged in a highway crash that killed three Columbus Ohio residents. He pleaded innocent to failure to display a tail light and a Jan. 15 hearing was set. Victims were Harry Chrysinger 50 Leola Chrysinger 48 and Joseph Holbrook 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Harry Chrysinger
Leola
Bankruptcy Plea Filed By Local Thomasville Store
Thomasville Store Co a local grocery business filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court Greensboro All stock in the incorporated firm is owned by Artis Parker operator and his wife The store has remained closed since last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Thomasville Store Co
Greensboro
Artis Parker
City of High Point to Sell Bonds for Streets and Water
The City of High Point will offer street and water bonds totaling 2.2 million dollars on January 27 through the Local Government Commission in Raleigh. Funds finance street widening Willowbrook Street extension Ward Street Elm Street improvements and water system expansion including a new filter plant and raw water pumping station. Approximately two million of the six million issue has sold with the rest planned for sewer projects and a future water line and disposal plant work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Furniture Co
Furniture Displays Inc
Kivett Drive
High Point Memorial Hospital
Clarke
High Point
Drake
Guilford
Chamber of Commerce
Local Government Commission
Raleigh
W. Green Street
State Highway Commission
Willowbrook Street
Highland Avenue
Willowbrook
Vail Street
Ward
S. Main
Kearns Street
Ice Lake
Greensboro High Point Airport to spend 1959 funds
The Greensboro High Point Airport Authority plans about 350000 in the first six months of 1959 to buy 30 acres from Lindley Nurseries and 20 acres from George Smith for zone use. Funds also go to strengthen the southwest northeast runway renovate the C A A tower add to it and install weather station air conditioning and related costs. Eastern Airlines strike losses total about 4000 monthly with 22 of 37 daily flights operated by Eastern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro - High Point
J. T. Martin
Martin
John van Lindley
Lindley Nurseries
George Smith
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Weather Bureau
Airport Authority
Eastern Airlines
Eastern
College Classes Resume Friday at 8 20 A.M.
The college will end Friday at 8 20 A.M. and resume classes on a normal schedule. Rabbi Frederick I. Rypins will speak at the Memorial Auditorium assembly next Wednesday at 10 30 A.M. on Some Jewish Ideals.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harriss Covington
Boy Scouts of America
Raleigh Dingman
B. W. Hackney Jr
Uwharrie Scout Council
Hackney
Ft. Bragg
George C. Connor Jr
Maill
Davie
Charles Jamerson
J. H. Millis
High Point Enterprise
Web
Ruth Johnson
Crosley
Justa
Paul
High Pointer
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