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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1959
Page
9
Weather outlook calls for a lingering shower or two and possible scattered thunderstorms followed by clearing skies tonight. Temperatures cool to around 40 degrees with a brisk 35 mph wind. Wednesday expected fair but chilly with a modest rise tomorrow.
The Civil Service Commission announced multiple vacancies in city government including fire and police. Monthly salaries range from 192 to 345 dollars for roles such as stone clerk water and sewer plant operator automotive mechanic meter reader lineman helper and truck driver. Examinations are Friday on the city hall third floor and may be rescheduled this month if insufficient applicants appear. Applications are being received by commission secretary Joe Snider.
Judge Farthing grants Bobby Furr a stiff sentence informed by his past with 15 of 25 years in jail or camps. Furr, unrepresented, pled for work and offered to surrender $100 stolen in a prior year. The judge urged rehabilitation, set March 9 progress reporting, and warned against deceit while noting potential for forgiveness if genuine.
An estimated $600 in damage occurred Monday at 11:45 a.m. in the 700 block of W Lexington Avenue when a car driven by 43-year-old Thomas R. Cheves left the street, hit two utility poles, and traveled 60 feet then 60 more and 40 more. Police charged Cheves with exceeding a safe space and violating parole.
A local goose terrorized residents on Tabor Street, attacked a couple in their yard, and held them captive. Police officers Kaneer and Hall subdued the bird with a rain coat trap and booked it for assault and resisting arrest. No court date set.
Cliff C. Cameron president of the North Carolina Association of Realtors will speak to the High Point Board of Realtors tomorrow at noon. He will be joined by Herbert Wentworth of Greensboro and executive VP of the NCAA.
Willoughby told the High Point Executives Club that espionage by Russia broke the American monopoly on the atomic bomb. He cited the Shanghai conspiracy led by Dr. Richard Sorge with figures like Earl Browder Eugene Dennis and Agnes Smedley, and warned of a large fifth column in the United States. He noted immigration and Supreme Court rulings hampering anti-subversion efforts and recalled Sorge’s network in the Far East and its U.S. links.
A. R. Strange, High Point inspector, reports last week issued permits totaling 43 080 for building and repair. Most funds support new residences 35 100 with 7 990 for repairs. no new commercial permits. Top grants include 12 500 for a five room house at 627 Quaker Lane and 8 600, 8 000, 6 000 homes on Forsyth Forrest and Boundary streets.
Unusually good attendance reported at the Arts and Crafts Workshop. New and unusual courses may be offered this spring. Open house moved to March 5 to add an extra class period. Registration will be held Thursday, March 12.
Archdale Guil Rand Fire Department responded to Archdale Motor Co at 8 25 am today when a bucket of gasoline caught fire. Fire Chief Clyde Wilkerson said workers removed the gas and bucket from the building before the truck arrived and no property damage occurred.
High Point plans to annex 26.4 square miles by General Assembly act with engineers surveying the area. City attorney Knox Walker says only minor bills will accompany the annexation measure as Guilford delegates are ready to introduce the package.
Directors of Piedmont Associated Industries Inc endorse two 1959 General Assembly measures. They urge Gov Hodges and Guilford delegation to support the compulsory polio vaccination for young children and a pay increase for school teachers. C T Latimer Jr notes the endorsements in letters.
Guilford County deputy Herman Burrows was named outstanding lawman of the year by the Exchange Club in High Point. Mayor Jess Washburn and others attended the meeting where Burrows received a certificate as part of National Crime Prevention Week observations.
Lockport Bar Association proposes giving Niagara County jurors a skeleton to clarify complex civil cases involving human anatomy. The skeleton, likely synthetic, would be presented to the county soon to aid understanding.
Local observance of National Crime Prevention Week features an open house at City Hall police station from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ex change Club members will guide visitors through the station and explain police operations. Gordon Weathers chairs the event to foster public understanding of law enforcement.
The High Point planning and zoning commission endorsed expanding the city age department for long range mapping. They urged more staff but gave no headcount. The plan goes to City Council for a hearing date. Also approved were annexations of 37.84 and 0.28 acres, two rezoning petitions, street name changes, and four preliminary subdivision plats with one rejection.
In a June Kivett Drive brawl that left Colin Austin shot, Eugene Furman Pridgen received an 18 month sentence with a 350 dollar fine and five year liquor prohibition. Austin testified the two acted as seconds in the melee prompting fear and a pistol exit. The incident injured a youth who lost a finger and led to multiple arrests. Additional Superior Court rulings included George Ellis’s 18 to 24 month term for breaking and entering and larceny, Baldwin’s suspended sentence for resisting arrest, and Boyce Moore’s two to five year auto theft sentence with related charges.
The prayer asks for courage and faith to take the next step and for guidance in judgment. It seeks patience and harmony through sunshine or sorrow, affirming that all things work for good for those who love the Lord. Amen.
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