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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1955
Page
11
State Highway Commission delegates meet with city leaders to explore extending W. Green St. as a through city link to the under construction superhighway. Two alternate widening plans are to be reviewed during the discussions.
Dr. Cecil L. Robbins of Greensboro will address the Brotherhood Dinner at Central Christian Church Tonight at 7 in Blair Park Clubhouse. The event supports the One Great Hour of Sharing missionary fund with local offerings and reflects aid to other peoples while church groups plan special observances.
Ralph Rochelle spoke at a Mt. Airy dinner meeting outlining the High Point blood program as a model for the new local group. Rochelle, former co chair of the local blood program, addressed the regional coordinating committee.
The High Point Band Boosters Club meets at Junior High School tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The Cadet Band under David Carter performs. the band has 54 grades seven and eight students. A business meeting follows and membership tickets for the year concerts are sold at the door. Wilbur Groome presides.
The High Point board of adjustment will decide tomorrow whether local businessman J S Dallas may build seven 4 unit apartments for Negroes on Windley Street between Hoover and Olivia. The 28 unit two story frame complex has faced neighbor objections and delays while site inspections were completed. The board will also consider a proposed medical office center on Quaker Lane and a service station use permit at English and Lindsay Streets.
The U S Army Recruiting Station in the post office building has a new recruiter Sergeant First Class John E Sandridge replacing M Sgt H E Snyder Snyder becomes area recruiting supervisor for Greensboro and Winston-Salem Sandridge comes from Fort Bragg where he served in Military Police He is a Korea War veteran with a year on Guam He will recruit Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the post office High Point Thursdays Asheboro City Hall Fridays at the Thomasville post office annex He lives with his wife at 2728 English Street
Clearing skies and cooler temperatures are forecast for High Point tonight and Thursday after light showers. The low last night was 54 degrees, with a 60 degree high this afternoon. tonight’s low 36 degrees and tomorrow’s high 55.
Rabbi William Gold of Congregation D'nai Israel addressed the Civitans during Brotherhood Week at the Sheraton, urging adventure as opening eyes to daily life. He urged judging people by worth rather than prejudice, noting life’s adventures exist in family, work, reading, and moral living. Introduced by Mickey Schwartz with Jim Martin of High Point as a guest.
Harpist Mildred Dilling headlined the Piedmont Community Concert Series at the High School Auditorium. Her six-harp demonstration between program halves taught harp history and construction with humor, while performances of Handel, Albeniz, and Rene highlighted the instrument’s color and range.
City officials and Chamber of Commerce representatives demonstrated the first automobile mobile telephone in High Point in the car of William B. Schroer. The system links via radio to a Greensboro switchboard with calls routed through the Greensboro operator and Clarkesville tower network. The monthly fee is 22 dollars, with 15 dollars for equipment and 7 dollars minimum toll.
High Point College president Dr. Dennis H. Cooke urged the American Business Club that the United States educates all youths, not just the select, and that schooling should foster life through competition. He contrasted private and state colleges and noted High Point’s local impact with many alumni from nearby schools.
City seeks to condemn the Montlieu Avenue property owned by Mrs. J R Welch for a new second ward elementary school. Attorney Grover Jones says a Saturday decision will reveal whether the owner accepts the appraised value of 39500 or goes to court. The site near High Point College is praised as ideal and may host a junior high in the future.
Dr Hervey Ross, missionary to Mexico and head of the Sanatoria La Luz hospital in Morelia, will speak at the First Presbyterian Family Night Supper at 6 30 tonight. He leads a 100 bed hospital and Nurses Training School. He is a Davidson College alumnus who taught biology and trained at a medical school. He will be accompanied by his wife Pauline Ribelin of Albemarle a former secretary at the church.
Dean E A Brecht of the UNC School of Pharmacy was elected president of the University Faculty Club yesterday. He succeeds Dean Arthur Fink of the School of Social Work.
High Point College's Tower Players present Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie in Memorial Auditorium at 8 pm directed by Miss Jane DeSpain. Cast includes Sara Hamilton Amanda Wingfield Fred Herbert Tom Mary Alice Milbury Laura and Carl Dorsett as the gentleman caller.
Paul F. Evans longtime superintendent of Davidson County Schools received a lifetime membership in the National Education Association at a Davidson County Chapter NCEA meeting in Thomasville. Guest speaker Santford Martin spoke on Education for American Citizenship as Mayor Carl Wilson welcomed attendees.
Randolph County deputies busted a 50 gallon submarine still in the Liberty area arresting Herman B. Routh and James B. Pennington. Bond set at 750 dollars each for trial next month in Asheboro. 500 gallons of mash and a low pressure oil burner found on site. Routh has prior illicit operation records.
Overheated tar boiled over a large vat and burst into flames at Peerless Flooring Co on Springfield Ave yesterday. The blaze was extinguished by employees and firefighters, according to reports.
James Ewings, 23, Negro, was discharged after Judge Archie Myatt found the state’s evidence failed to establish probable cause. The accuser, Myrtle Murrill, 44, identified Ewings in court after initially naming another man from a mug file. witnesses noted discrepancies and prior mental health treatment. The session also saw two men plead guilty to malicious damage and a drunken driving sentence for William Crouse.
Asheboro cafe operator James Bullins 42 appeals an 18 month sentence on a whisky selling case and seeks a jury trial in a related charge. He was ordered to forfeit bonds after a wreck with whisky jars found in the vehicle. A companion passenger was bound over on a transit charge. Knoxville man Robie Lee Dew was fined 150 dollars for speeding on Highway 64.
Bobby Wilson a 19 year old California youth is jailed on a robbery charge after Raymond Hill of Route 2 reported being beaten and robbed. Hill said Wilson beat him and tossed him from a car about eight miles from town with $29 taken. Deputies said two other youths were in the car.
John Sutherland Bonnell of Pitth Avenue Presbyterian Church offers a Lent prayer asking God to touch hearts, cleanse consciences, and guide self denial prayer and meditation toward penitent living through Jesus Christ.
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