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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1961
Page
24
Roaming notes recount a grocery window prank with a sausage in a den shaped box and a Ground Hog Inside sign. The column also covers fox hunting in Davidson County, highway patrol efforts to curb Tar Heel traffic, Jamestown’s talk of ABC stores, a lighthearted domestic tale, and musings on warmth versus cold in local life.
Durham Bank and Trust Co. chair George Watts Hill named 1961 Brotherhood Week Chairman for North and South Carolina by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Hill, UNC alumnus and longtime Durham civic leader, also serves on UNC trustees and Triangle Institute board. WWII Major.
At Greensboro High Point Airport Friendship a team of eleven weather professionals and two technicians provide round the clock weather monitoring. They issue hourly teletype reports and release a weather balloon every six hours to transmit data on wind, temperature, pressure and humidity. The Raleigh office sends regional advisories and facsimiles daily to airlines pilots and news media. Weather prediction remains challenging due to rapidly changing conditions.
Oil wells exceeding 15,000 feet in depth cost about 29 times as much to drill as shallower wells ranging from 2,500 to 3,750 feet, highlighting the premium for greater depths and technology.
The North Carolina textile sector has grown since 1813 with 1,200 plants by 1960 and wartime to modern output. In 1959 output reached 3.104 billion dollars with 223,000 workers. 1960 added 29 mills and 92 expansions, shaping a strong long term payroll and job growth in the state.
The Thomasville scene recalls Roscoe a wandering local figure known for a green tie and cuckoo clock pin who could name train times and earned mixed judgments on his smarts. The column links his memory to a life taught by whimsy and insight. The piece also notes pajama wearing officers and a Lexington crime cleanly foiled by quick deputy response during a full moon.
Municipal recreation directors from North Carolina gathered at the University of North Carolina for the 13th annual conference. The three day event covered topics from youth and aging programs to finance planning legislation and land and water studies. Attendees included J. D. Foust of Thomasville and Jesse Taylor of High Point.
Weather halts Thomasville Senior High again as teachers and students take unscheduled days that must be made up later. Plans for the Valentine Dance, Tri-Hi-Y and i-Y hosted, will be rescheduled promptly. The Civic Club February guests and local service club visitors are listed along with junior civitan and Jaycees activities. The Student Council approved regular bulletins to inform students of its work. The Thomasville Bulldogs split games 50-32 win over Landis and 40-39 thriller vs Statesville. Bulldogettes lost both ends. Wrestlers Kemp Ferguson Max Dennis and Bobby Williams remain undefeated as Thomasville’s teams host Mooresville and Albemarle.
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