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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1959
Page
12
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High Point area scouters heard that an executive would be retained to lead Negro scout troops here and in Salisbury. Hackney planned interviews within 60 days and discussed fundraising with United Funds. Annual meeting at St Vernon Church featured reports from Arthur Dickens and Robert Tye, with Cecil Donnell as guest speaker and a closing ceremony conducted by the professional staff.
Police confiscate red propaganda found in 100 edited publications in shipments. Czech language Problems of Peace and Socialism will challenge the seizure in court. Soviet magazines New Times and Trud were seized as well.
Davidson County Chamber of Commerce announced the 1959 Safety Awards Banquet to honor firms with outstanding safety records. The event, sponsored by the Thomasville chamber, will be March 17 at the Civic Center starting 7 p.m. Applicants are invited to submit entries this year.
The High Point Post Office reports a 15.8 percent rise in gross postal receipts for January 9 to February 6, totaling $92,189, up from $79,603 in the same period last year, according to postmaster Walter L. York.
Funeral services were held for Sharon Diane Ferguson 6 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Ferguson at First Church of the Nazarene with interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Also reported are Solmon Eugene Payne 76 who died at City Memorial Hospital and Ronnie Dale Hill 6 month old son of Don W Hill and Jewell Fine Hill with services at Peoples Methodist Church and First Pilgrim Holiness Church respectively. Interments followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery and Holly Hills Cemetery.
Willie G. Samuels 47 died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 6 this morning after a five week heart illness. Born December 1 1911 in Guilford County he lived in High Point most of his life and worked for Burlington Mills then Kernersville Weaving Branch. Survived by wife Ruth Burgess two daughters two brothers two sisters and two grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2:30 from First Baptist Church with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
Miss Mary Rachel Robbins 31 of Route 3 Asheboro died Tuesday in a Butner hospital. Survived by parents Dolph and Mrs Robbins and siblings Helen Tucker Linda Ruth Robbins Jesse Thomas Robbins Calvin Robbins Coy Robbins. Funeral set for 2 30 p m Thursday at Rushwood Park Wesleyan Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Thomasville four month old Alex Jeffrey Wardlaw son of Nancy Wardlaw died at 421 Fisher Ferry Street Tuesday. Born September 23 1958 in Thomasville he is survived by mother grandparents and great grandparents. Services will be held at 9 am from the home of the great grandparents burial in Holly Hills Cemetery conducted by Rev Elgin Doby. The body was moved to the home at 3 pm today.
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Julius Farlow 81 died in Greensboro last night. He was the brother of William M. Farlow and Mrs Rachel Farlow Taylor of High Point. He is survived by his wife a daughter and two sons. Funeral will be at Marlboro Friends Meeting with final arrangements incomplete
Real estate changes list transfers in High Point Township from Noah Tyson and wife to H W Freeman and wife for Brockett Farm lot and from A L Hazzard and wife to Taylor Kennerly Inc for Denson property. Welborn R Malpass and wife transfer to Donald R Charlton and wife for Willowbar Terrace. W H Lamb and wife transfer to Warren C Shelton and wife for Sunny Brook Avenue. Laura pays James A Burge wife for R B Gantt property. In Jamestown Township Eugene S Benton and wife transfer to William B Ridenhour for a Sedgefield lot. Ruth A Boren transfers to William B Ridenhour for a lot on State Highway No 10.
G. Rutledge of High Point received a 10 carat gold lapel pin with a red diamond emblem and the inscription Faithful Service 40 years from R. T. Troutman, division supervisor, for completing four decades of continuous service. He began his express career on January 1, 1919 and lives at 812 Hilltop Street.
Walter Bristow a 34 year old Black newspaper employee was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison in Fayetteville North Carolina for raping his employer's wife Dorothy York wife of Rudy York owner of the Cumberland Herald. The assault occurred the night of January 4 while her husband was away.
Blair Park golf pro Johnny Johnson reports a spring clean-up at the course with about 40 trees removed. Leaves and trash have been cleared or burned and more improvements are expected for spring golfers amid difficulties from neighbor dumping on cleaned spots.
Halifax Nova Scotia AP reports Donald Fairfax of Amherst aged 21 becomes the first Black person on the Nova Scotia legislature staff in 200 years. He is among 14 messengers and pages who manage the gallery and run errands for members.
The golf facility is covered with leaves and work has begun on renovating the Golf Shop and Locker Room, according to Johnson.
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