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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1954
Page
15
A High Point public letter argues current facilities are costly and insufficient for youth. The writer urges a new center with more variety to engage high school students, noting adults can access other venues and do not require a civic center.
Fr R Combs, a High Point resident and cab driver, urges residents to support a civic center for all ages. He says adults lack suitable venues and suggests the town pool resources and volunteers to reduce costs, noting other towns successfully build and back civic centers.
Tommy Beaver argues for a teen center for junior and senior high students at 402 EF Farriss Ave. He urges strict supervision, full equipment, and potential future craft shops, noting a past poorly run center failed to attract interest.
The speaker argues for a well run recreation center built with youth involvement. It should be financed by youth driven drives, staffed by chaperones to maintain discipline, and open to students at no cost to help those most in need access the benefits.
Bill Matthews of Forrest Ave is identified as a silk screen artist who assists many people in Point, offering help with local projects and community needs.
Horace Haworth of High Point was elected president of the local YMCA for a one year term, succeeding Nathan Ayers. Dick Culler Holt McPherson and R T Amos Jr were named officers with Paul Ingle as treasurer. The group approved new equipment and noted 1886 members with 3647 facility users in January.
Townsend, acting district director of internal revenue, warns taxpayers to carefully enter refund overpayments on tax returns. He notes two spaces on Form 1954 for crediting to estimated tax or refund, urging precise entry to avoid errors.
Municipal Court afternoon docket saw two men fined $25 and costs each for assault with a deadly weapon. Sam McInnis, 64, of Jamestown, convicted for shooting at Edward Thornberg of Route 2. Alvin Spencer, 69, of 607 Tate St., charged with assaulting Thomas Spencer of 304 Wise St.
Thomasville pastors urged against Roman Catholic influence accusing Rome of intolerant aims. The ministers association led by Rev. T. R. York and Rev. H. Glen Lanier warned that Romanism seeks to subjugate religious liberty in the United States and North Carolina.
Thom asville city council moves to display approved garbage cans and study an ordinance requiring household can use. Action deferred on private dump contract and on a property behind city hall. Mercury vapor street lights approved and recreation commission members to be named. Budget questions on bulldozing equipment to be researched.
H E Hutto announced to 39 Sears, Roebuck and Co. employees that the local Savings and Profit Sharing Pension Fund holds 1 875 955 shares of Sears stock plus 34 663 80 in cash. With a year end $62 share price and other investments the fund totals 150 973 01. The fund now owns 26 percent of Sears stock, making it the largest single stockholder.
Los Angeles actress and model Lisa Wilson filed suit for separate maintenance and asked the Superior Court to bar her fifth husband Jerome B. Thomas from their home. She seeks $545 monthly pending trial and cites alleged car violence by Thomas. the couple wed in October 1952.
Elm St known as Bang-up Boulevard after a morning two car collision at Elm and Thurston. Four injured including Jimmie Pegram 19 Barbara Lewis 17 and L W Owens 31. Pegram and Lewis in Senior High School rushed to hospital in serious condition. Owens treated for head cuts and bruises. Police filed no charges yet.
The weather bureau predicts mild days and cool nights for High Point over the next several days. Expect a high of 52 degrees this afternoon, 64 tomorrow with partial cloudiness, and a Saturday near 52. Overnight lows dip to around 30 degrees.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold a scrap paper drive Sunday. Citizens should place bundles on the curb before 1 p.m. Jaycees will truck through the city collecting the material.
State Sen. O Arthur Kirkman will address the Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at Starmount Forest Country Club tomorrow night. Wayne Keller and Arthur Gunnarson will attend with a social period at 6, dinner at 6 30, and a 7 30 technical session titled The Accountant Looks at Management. Howard O Williams chairs the event.
Obituaries list Mrs Martha Ann McPherson 82 died at High Point Memorial Hospital. service at First Methodist Church with burial at Oakwood Memorial Park. William Abigah Hicks 80 of Ramseur Route 1 died after a year of declining health. memorials pending. Noah C. Mendenhall 85 died in Lexington. service at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel. burial Lexington City Cemetery. David Arthur Dorsett 69 of Asheboro died after brief illness. funeral at New Hope Methodist Church with burial there.
FBI agent in charge William A. Murphy spoke to four school assemblies in Charlotte as part of Crime Prevention Week. He urged personal responsibility and examined crime costs, noting high school students should follow principles in school activities and life. Murphy described FBI divisions, fingerprinting, and opportunities for graduates, while Exchange Club distributed Ten Rules for Good Citizenship to elementary students.
J. W. Morgan director of the Jaycee Jollies of 1954 says rehearsals have started in fine shape and more chorus members are needed. New cast members are invited to Adams Dance Studio for 8 pm rehearsal tonight with practice held Tuesday and Thursday nights for performances March 23 27.
Twenty two local high school students began a daytime traffic and parking survey in High Point to help identify congestion sources. Led by William Babcock of State College and City Planner Paul Brooks, the effort aims to map vehicle flow and zones while proposing parking improvements.
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