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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1959

Page

20

Students Stage Comedy in Fort Dodge Senior Play

Fort Dodge Iowa hosts the Senior Class stage production One Foot in Heaven at 8 PM Thursday and Friday in the high school auditorium. The play portrays Hartsell Spence son of a Methodist minister adapted by Ann Coulter Martens with Dwight Whee in a key role.

Heaven Fort Dodge Iowa Hartsell Spence Ann Coulter Martens Mr. Spence Dwight Whee Minister Myers Powell Brenda Gray Buzz Marlette Nancy Boone Chizen Richard Hayes Glenda Williams Graham Marlette Zella Moore Belinda Duckworth Harold Woodell Melinda Nixon Eleanor Wood Sandra Ridge Tom Clary Phil Sed Sandra Creech Bucky Athe Thle Methodist Church

Kemp Favors Pay Raises for Teachers

Gov Kemp supports increasing teacher salaries during a tour of state colleges and hospitals. Sen Kirkman, a Guilford County delegate, serves on the commission and escorted Kemp into the General Assembly, along with two elder statesmen.

Commission Sen Kirkman Guilford County Kemp General Assembly Westwood Avenue House

Prayer for TODAY by Alfred N Sayres in Lancaster

A devotional prayer praising creation and nature and asking for wise use of earthly gifts in Jesus name. It notes Alfred N Sayres a professor of practical theology at the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

God Jesus Alfred N. Sayres Lancaster Theological Seminary Evangelical and Reformed Church

Senior Play At High Point High School Prompts Sock Hop

Senior High highlights include the play One Foot in Heaven to be staged Thursday and Friday. A Friday sockhop after the High Point Catawba game promoted the show with a Velveteens performance and a Charleston dance lesson.

Velveteens Martha Morris June Allgood Glenda Aiken Libby Greenberg Dale Beasley Jane Haywood Nancy Pratt House Judy Tysinger Iris Bloom Penny Smith Judy Rogers

Recreation Schedule Highlights Park Programs and Activities

Goldston Park offers play school for ages 3-6 from 10 am to 12 noon and free play with wrestling lessons 3 pm to 5 30 pm. Blair Park lists golf shop hours 8 30 am to dark weekdays. Sunday 1 pm to 6 pm. free play and activities. teen and adult programs. notices by Jesse L. Taylor. Community groups hold arts and crafts square dancing and senior activities. athletics include adult basketball at the Armory with scheduled matches and a Saturday elementary clinic.

Goldston Park Blair Park Jesse L. Taylor Parks and Recreation Frank J. Sizemore Jr Frank Sizemore Jr Armory Odell’s Grill Gen. Steel Merita Bakery Ser Life Comets Ser. Batt William Penn High Clara Cox Brooks Memorial Church Washington Terrace

Contests Announced for North Carolina High Schools

E R Rankin announces six spring contests in chemistry physics mathematics Latin Spanish and French open to all accredited North Carolina public high school students. Winners of first place in each contest may receive UNC Merit Scholarships if they meet entrance requirements.

Chapel Hill North Carolina E. R. Rankin University of North Carolina Extension Division University of North Carolina N. C University At UNC

Recreation Supervisors Appointed In High Point

The High Point Parks and Recreation Department fills the Social Activity Supervisor post with Jesse Taylor announcing 26-year-old Fredrick William Ruppenthal will start Monday. Ruppenthal, born in Philadelphia and a NC State College recreation alum, has summer job history in Raleigh and High Point and holds an American Red Cross instructor certificate. Napoleon Cloud named Negro recreation supervisor will also begin Monday. Public Utilities plans heavy equipment to Hedgecock Park for dredging a creek and leveling the area with several trees to be cut.

High Point Parks and Recreation Department Jesse Taylor Parks and Recreation Fredrick William Ruppenthal Oakland Ave High Point Parks’ and Recreation Department Civil Service Commission Evelyn McNeely Ruppenthal Taylor Philadelphia North Carolina State College Raleigh Parks and Recreation Department Hedgecock Park

NAM Speaker Addresses Local Club On Old Timers Night

NAM speaker Dr. Bowman, educator author lecturer and sales psychologist, will speak at the YMCA for Old Timers Night. T. Lynwood Smith of Adams Millis Corp will introduce him as the event’s program lead, with Rev. Olan D. Hicks named Minister of the Month. Five club members will receive plaques for continuous service.

YMCA Bowman NAM T. Lynwood Smith Adams Millis Corp Olan D. Hicks Church of Christ

Fiji Runways Lengthened Suva Nadi Airport Expansion

The Nadi international airport in Fiji is being expanded to handle jet aircraft with the main runway extending from 7 000 to 11 000 feet. The project also strengthens the secondary runway adds new taxiways a new control tower and radio station. The $8 400 000 project is led by the South Pacific Air Council including the United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada and Fiji.

Suva Fiji Nadi International South Pacific Air Council United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Canada

Tuition grant renews yearly for eligible students

The program provides funding to cover one year of tuition and may renew annually if the student maintains satisfactory progress in the university program.

Deaths and Funerals

Notices for Mrs. Sarah C. Hill and four others detail funeral services in North Carolina towns. Services list chapels, churches, cemetery burials, dates, times, and officiating ministers. Names include Ivey Ellwood Summer, Samuel Smith Blackwell, Robert Andrew Scoggin, and Russell Charles Newby with burial sites Fairfield Methodist Holly Hills Oak Wood and Pleasant Grove.

Mass Arrests Fill High Point Police Detention

High Point police booked 41 suspects from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Bond totaling 2000 awaited hearings in Municipal Court on February 16. Among those arrested were Miller for forging names on a bank draft and a check, Mills charged with property damage and assault, Hill for hit and run and DUI, Barrino and Davenport with a loaded pistol in a fight, and McIntyre held on affray with Davenport. No injuries reported. Bennett’s car suffered minor damage.

High Point Miller John W. Miller Robert K. Latta People’s Loan Service Henry Mills Route 5, High Point Hill Brown Bennett Coolidge Street Bennett Curtis Barrino Windley Street

Kidnapper Found In Arkansas After Chase

Earl Vernon Needham 34 of St Louis was found hiding in an out house in Leachville Arkansas after escaping Friday night. He confessed to kidnapping a woman Mrs Hugo Schwarz and babysitting Sue Jane Sentency and stealing the car. He faces armed robbery grand larceny auto theft and kidnapping charges.

Leachville Ark C. T. Sullivan Earl Vernon Needham St. Louis Hugo Schwarz Sue Jane Sentency Needham Harrisburg Sullivan

W L Whitlow Wins Junior of the Year Award

Webster L. Whitlow of Asheboro Street was named Junior of the Year at Trophy Council No 29 meeting of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. An earlier Enterprise article mislisted Webster E Robbins as the winner.

Webster L. Whitlow Asheboro Street Trophy Council Order of United American Mechanics Webster E. Robbins Enterprise

Local Woman's Mother Dies. Rites Monday

Mrs Eleanor Dowdy Hubbard widow of Francis Marion Hubbard died Saturday evening at High Point Memorial Hospital She was born in Laurinburg daughter of James Robert Dowdy and Eleanor Poe Dowdy Surviving are daughters Mrs Broadus D Casey Mrs Roy J Matthews and Miss Grace Eleanor Hubbard and one grandson Funeral services set at McDougald Funeral Home Chapel Laurinburg with interment in Hillside Cemetery Laurinburg The body to remain at Sechrest Funeral Home until 10 am Monday prior to transfer

Eleanor Dowdy Hubbard N. Hamilton St High Point Memorial Hospital Hubbard Laurinburg James Robert Eleanor Poe Dowdy Francis Marion Hubbard Broadus D. Casey C. C. Herbert, Jr Wesley Memorial Methodist Church C. W. Buckey H. R. Ruark Laurinburgt Methodist Church Hillside Cemetery Sechrest McDougald Funeral Home

Tryouts Held Today for Three One Act Plays

High Point Little Theatre conducts tryouts this afternoon at 3 in the Little Theatre Building on E Green Street. Casts include Overtones, Fumed Oak, and Talk To Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen with directors Erl Tronnes, Jacqueline Rochelle, and Herman Coble Jr. perform March 1920 at Memorial Auditorium.

High Point Little Theatre E. Green Street Alice Gerstenberg Noel Coward Tennessee Williams Erl Tronnes Jacqueline Rochelle Herman Coble Jr Memorial Auditorium High Point College

Tall Baptism at Eber Baptist Church

Detroit AP reports Phil Jorden, a 6 foot 10 athlete, faced a baptism challenge at Eber Baptist Church as the baptistry was only seven feet long. Pastor Bill H. Lewis allowed him to sit on a stool and be baptized while seated to avoid hitting his head.

Detroit Phil Jorden Eber Baptist Church Bill H. Lewis

Community Concert Association Seeks Members Drive Next Week

The High Point Community Concert Association will hold a membership drive during February 23 to 28. Co chairs Mrs. Charles T. Ingram Jr. and Mrs. James B. Lovelace announce the campaign with colonels including Mrs. N. M. Harrison and Roger Ole and captains such as Mrs. Marvin Slate and Miss Nancy Sechrest. Memberships cover the 1959 60 concert season.

High Point Community Concert Association C. T. Ingram Jr N. M. Harrison Roger Cole Ben Worthington Jean Hardin Charles T. Ingram Jr James B. Lovelace Ingram Lovelace Jean Hardin R. G. Culp Jr Witherington Roger Ole Marvin Slate Irs Stewart Stone Jr W. T. Powell Robert Cress L. L. Wilkinson Nancy Sechrest Gerry Hancock W. F. Michael Alan Mebane Henry Dowdy Walter Comfort C. Hal Ingram Clyde Garrison Carl Cosner M. L. Aderholdt William D. Smith Tha

Realty Transfers Sweep Point Township and Surrounding Lots

Real estate transfers list multiple deeds: Mecignoaus and wife to J B Grogan for lot Greenway Park. Claude Blackwell and wife to Clyde Gurley for Edgewood Avenue lot. Henry Blackmon to E C Cridlebaugh Jr. for J N Campbell lot. Funderburk to Charles Foster for E A Shaw estate lot. Fagg to Delmar Evans for Golf Crest subdivision. Dill to L H Bottoms for Glenn Oaks. Lamb to George Neal for Downey Street. Grimsley to Paul W and wife for Malvern lot. Johnson to L T Singleton for John W Johnston land. Cassie to E oe for Springdale development. Loftin to J C Reynoldson for Sherwood ark lot. Reynolds and Reynolds Jr. and wife to Joseph Robertson Jr. and wife for Wendover Hills No 2. Stinson to James Dewey Foust for Milbourne Heights three lots. Hedgecock to no 7 wife for D S COCK property. Moffitt to Harry Smith for Milbourne Heights two lots. Ozzie Thomas to Matthew Lee Dunn for Moffitt Farm lots. Myers to Lawrence Modlin for 4.10 acres. Hennis to Alfred Peeples for 22.2 acres Cruthis land.

J. C. Reynoonse Sherwood Ark J. C. Reynolds J. ¢. Reynolds Jr Joseph G. Robertson Jr Wendover Hills A. L. Stinson James Dewey Foust Milbourne Heights D. S. Hedgecock A. No D. S. Cock L. M. Moffitt Harry L. Smith Ozzie Thomas Matthew Lee Dunn Moffitt

Cornerstone Laying References in Joshua Zechariah and Kings

Scriptural notes mention cornerstone laying in Joshua Zechariah and Kings with cross references to the ritual and prophetic framing. The passages illustrate ancient ceremonial practice and its theological significance within Israelite history.

Joshua Zachariah Kings

Also Mentioned on This Page

George Coppage David Cox High Point High School Kiwanis Club Senior High Jeff Weavil Jerry Koontz Kiwanis Jeff Yvonne Womble Jerry Betty Lewis Neal Bowman Sarah C. Hill J. C. Hill Greensboro Koonce Funeral Home N. N. Cates Clearview Ivey E. Summey Thomasville Ivey Ellwood City Memorial Hospital Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church Clarence Jenkins Clayton Summey Fair Grove Methodist Church Samuel Blackwell Samuel Smith Blackwell W. Guilford St J. C. Green & Sons S. T. Brown Memorial Park Wesleyan Methodist Church Donald Moore Park Place Baptist Church Holly Hills Cemetery Robert A. Scoggin Robert Andrew Scoggin Sechrest Chapel Frank Berry Mount Vernon Methodist Church Austin Frye Fairview Methodist Church Oakwood Mr. Scoggin Miami Fla Russell C. Newby Russell Charles Newby Hasty Community New York New Orleans Pleasant Grove Methodist Church Byron Shankle C. E. Ridge Susie Sellers Larkin Street Mills Edgar Garland Hill Grayson Street Arkansas and Atlantic N. Main ST E. Howell and Wrenn ST Mann NO W. L. Whitlow Jamestown James E. Myers Lawrence E. Modlin Cruthis C. C. Hennis Alfred Peeples Hennis
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