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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1959
Page
9
police raid targets suspected liquor sale in a dark street confrontation. Curtis Barrino and six children endure a search as officers sweep the home for contraband, finding a shot glass of liquor and a bleach bottle in the bedroom. The family confronts the disturbance as Barrino is taken away.
Retail furniture sales in the Carolinas and Virginia were 10 to 20 per cent ahead of January 1958, a preliminary survey of business last month indicated. National figures showed a two to three percent rise nationwide, with some segments seven percent under to ten percent above last year. The SRFA expanded its 50-store sample after affiliating with NRFA, and a Chicago conference approved broader surveys. The association reported record attendance at a training school, with 38 retailers enrolled for the week-long course on sales and home furnishings.
A young Methodist minister and educator evangelist from east central India will speak at a missionary rally at Prospect Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. Rev William R Moon from Greenville Illinois has returned to the U S for a year long furlough after five years in India where he served as principal of Tandur Central School superintendent of two districts and treasurer of the Hyderabad Methodist Conference. In Tandur area Indian and American Methodists have built 17 churches in five years with local labor and US gifts covering roofs and windows. Prospect Trio will provide special music.
Electrical difficulties led to two fire calls yesterday afternoon with no damage. At 4 33 p m a short in a furnace motor caused a trip to 1007 Charlotte St. A resident reported fire in service wires at 216 E Burton St but firemen discounted it after inspecting with a city utilities electrician. no short was found.
The High Point Traffic and Transportation Club will host its eighteenth annual meeting on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Sedgefield Country Club as a Ladies Night with 175 expected guests. The club includes about 200 members from High Point Greensboro and non residents from Winston Salem Atlanta and other shipping centers. Current officers listed and new 1959 officers to be installed after a social hour and dinner dance.
The Architects' Guild of High Point elects Robert G. Parks as president for the coming year. He will be joined by David B. Oden Jr. as vice president and W. Clayton Mays Jr. as secretary treasurer. The Guild enters its third year with city architects as members and meets weekly at noon.
First Baptist Church Thomasville ended its Forward Program with 582 members pledging toward a budget raise. Budget promoter James Ward announced the tally, exceeding the goal. The new fiscal year budget adds 30,000, funds 20,000 for missions and retires church indebtedness.
Two persons injured when a car left Highway 68 and hit a rock wall about 1% miles north of Centennial Extension. Harold Richardson, 24, said he swerved after a front car brake check but could not return to the road. Damages estimated at 800 dollars. The other occupant, George Ellington, suffered a fractured right leg and stayed at High Point Memorial Hospital for observation. The crash occurred at 8 50 p.m.
A one week civil term of Guilford Superior Court presided by Judge Walter Crissman convened at 10 a.m. with six cases listed for trial on the first day. Morning proceedings included jury call and pre trial motions.
Partly cloudy and mild conditions predicted for tomorrow by the Friendship weather man. Tonight temperatures fall to 32 degrees with a 52 degree high expected. Tomorrow's high around 59 degrees. The Friendship station reports a 30 degree low last night.
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church voted unanimously to approve plans for a new church building at Westchester Drive and Edgewood Avenue. The first unit will be a 10,000 square foot educational facility costing about $100,000 to serve 336 children with multiple nurseries and early education rooms.
Churches in High Point organize a city wide census for March 1 from 2 to 5 pm. The 19 zone structure will be led by directors from local churches with volunteers to total about 1500 census takers. A rally for census workers is planned for February 22 at Wesley Memorial.
Davidson county sheep growers plan to attend the annual meeting of the North Carolina Sheep Producers. A meeting at the County Building is set for 5 45 p m to arrange rides to the dinner at the Shouse Staltz Barbecue House in Winston Salem starting at 7 p m. Local organizers hope to share transportation to the event.
The Chamber of Commerce board plans a noon meeting at the Sheraton Hotel to discuss committee organization for 1959. Sub committees on Industrial Development and Congressional Action will be reviewed as possible courses for all standing committees. Reports from committee chairmen and project updates will be presented by Holt McPherson in President Jim Millis’s absence.
Groundbreaking services were held at the Union Cross Baptist Mission site on Highway 311 near Union Cross School. The church will seat 275, educate about 300, and E D Hinson oversees construction. Union Cross Mission began in 1956 with 44 Sunday School members and 21 church members.
A concise devotional prayer asking for humility and compassion for others. The preacher Claude A. Broach from St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, implores divine guidance to move beyond comfort and strive for excellence in thought and deed.
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