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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1955
Page
7
Lawrence Walker known as Biddy, a 50 year old Black man with prior short jail terms, returned to court on two drunkenness charges and received a lenient break after Judge Archie Myatt released him. He said he would work for himself for a while. He had just finished a jail term late last year for intoxication while serving as a trusty in the local jail.
Local post office will celebrate Washington's official holiday. Special delivery parcels and letters are moved. The General Delivery window will be open from 9 to 12 tomorrow morning.
Firefighters responded Saturday afternoon to a blaze at a straw field near 519 High Street and were called Sunday to a small brush fire in a wooded area at 610 Crow Street. Two girls faced charges related to the Saturday fire.
Sheriff deputies hunted three men described as Negroes after Arthur Everhart of Welcome was knifed on a rural road near Lickskillet around 9 30 p m. He suffered facial lacerations and his pocketbook was taken. He was treated and released from Winston-Salem hospital.
Thomasville sheriff’s deputies recovered two boxes of groceries found in a wooded area. The items were stolen from a car trunk and later hauled away, with officers reporting a tip about the theft.
A Hammond spinet organ will be used at the Blair Park Clubhouse for the Telles Poe Gas Band rehearsal tonight at 7 30. Director Benne Waters says this may be the first time an organ has ever been used at a band rehearsal.
Two boys were apprehended after stealing two heaters placed near the switch from freezing. Officers said the youths admitted involvement but explained they were taking them to warm themselves.
In Davidson and surrounding counties, rain refreshed soil and some water tables, but cold weather frozen out last fall’s grain on red clay. Lamb producers report solid returns while grazing crops stalled and hay remains scarce. Tobacco farmers in the east push on as moisture conditions temper fieldwork.
Ervin Beck of Route 4 Thomasville was injured when a tractor overturned Saturday morning four miles from town. He sustained back injuries but is not believed to be seriously hurt.
The color film One in Twenty Thousand will be shown at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Maple Street tonight. The event is sponsored by the American Temperance Society and invites the public to attend.
A jacket was reported stolen from a car at a local location. The incident details are unclear in the report, but it notes a theft in the area and calls for any information from residents or witnesses.
Mrs Ed Cheek aged 94 died Sunday at her Roxboro home after five months illness. Funeral at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the home with Revs L G Elliott and Arthur Courtney. burial at Burch Patagonal. Survived by four daughters and other relatives. Mrs Mattie Lee Rogers Johnson 58, wife of B F Johnson, of Carmall Street, Roxboro, died Friday. services at Southside Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. conducted by Rev Fred Journey and Rev Charlies Kegerize with pallbearers named. burial at an earlier date following a cerebral hemorrhage.
Obituaries report the deaths of Pierce P Scruggs, longtime High Point resident and jewelry executive, and Robert M Stanley born in Brunswick County 1887, with service details and survivors listed. Scruggs helped organize local civic groups and worked in the Adams-Millis firm before retirement. Stanley, president of a boiler and tank company, leaves three sons, two sisters, two brothers, and grandchildren. funeral services set at Yow's Memorial Chapel and J C Green & Sons, with burial in local cemeteries.
Mrs. Aman da McGhee Sullivan 79 of Jamestown Route 1 died Friday morning in a Greensboro hospital after five years of declining health. Funeral services were held at Bates Memorial Methodist churches at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. M Gardner officiating and burial in Hickory Chapel cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Young Vin Hill W O Osborne Willie Shelley Jesse Loftin and Russell Brewer.
Funeral services are held for Norman Lee Garner Sr. a prominent insurance executive who died in High Point Memorial Hospital. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Point Sertoma Club. Active pallbearers included H. M. Taylor Jr. S Reper Taylor and Cariocaaien. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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