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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1959
Page
7
Recreation director Jesse Taylor proposes five neighborhood councils as advisory bodies for four city wards plus a Negro council to assist the recreation supervisor. The aim is to improve facilities and expand neighborhood park programs, with a procedures manual for playground directors to prevent disputes, to be ready by this summer.
At 7 30 a.m. at Randolph and Main in Thomasville a northbound car driven by Frances Luckner Lockabill collided with a lumber truck driven by James Henry Van Landingham and a southbound wrecker driven by Elmer Ray Sexton after the lumber truck ran a stop sign. Van Landingham faces a Jan 26 court date for failing to yield.
A former High Point College mathematics chair Dr. Lester C. Hartsell will direct a National Science institute for 60 secondary school teachers this summer at East Tennessee State College in Johnson City. The program provides free tuition, a $450 stipend, $90 per dependent up to $360, and travel expenses.
Thomasville chief Al Miller announced a round the clock duty schedule after two homes burned in less than a week. Firefighters arrived at Martin Hill Route 1 to find the house already destroyed and David Tope's home on Midway School Road burned last Monday. One man will be on duty from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to speed response.
Baren Hill chief of the High Point Rescue Squad convenes a special gathering at the clubhouse for 8 p.m. tomorrow and describes the session as very urgent, urging all members to attend.
Investigators consider wiring short circuit as likely cause for Saturday blaze at High Point Savings and Trust Co. main office. Bank reopened for business, with renovations planned as damage assessed and insurance offices smoked. A cigarette ignition remained a possibility though arson was ruled out.
Deputies report a rural Fairfield Rd grocery was broken into around 6 45 am. Entry smashed through the front door. $288 51 in cash and merchandise vanished including $30 in an envelope and $228 51 from a cigar box plus six cartons of cigarettes. Auto Alignment Co burglary also reported.
Police report three pole related crashes injuring four people in the city. Henry S. Denham, 71, and his daughter Ruth Fields were hurt when their car hit a utility pole on Kearns Street at 6 25 am and were admitted for observation. A second crash on Ward and Gurley Streets injured Vannabelle Harrison and Stanford McDowell with damages around 100 to 150 dollars. A third incident on Ward Street involved Robert Lee Jackson injuring himself when a Central Ice and Coal Co truck struck a pole. damage listed at 250 to the truck and 100 to the pole. A later Vail Street crash damaged a car driven by David Chilton with 300 in damages.
The Friendship weather bureau predicts rising temperatures and mild conditions for the remainder of the week. A five day outlook shows average temperatures about three degrees above normal with little or no precipitation. last night’s low near 25 degrees and today’s expected high around 48 with tomorrow forecast at 58.
Thirty or more retail furniture dealers attend a two night sales course in Hickory co sponsored by the Southern Retail Furniture Association and the state distributive education department. T Penn Coleman instructors the sessions.
A Karachi news report describes an excavation at Pushkalvati dating to the first or second century B C. Wheeler notes the site resembles a modern American city and cites the first phase of digging as revealing planners and layout.
High Point volunteers report $1,590.50 raised in three days for the 1959 March of Dimes drive with $516.50 on Friday, $634 on Saturday, and $414 on Sunday. Jaycees run Polio Bridge on Main Street through Jan. 18, ending Jan. 30 with Mothers’ March led by Mrs. Garnet Pollock and Mrs. Benny Braica. Bob Latta chairs the Jaycees.
Night patrolman Bruce Andrews found a store door open and called the manager Ray Starke Starke returned to secure the door. Moments after leaving again Starke was called back as Andrews said You locked me the store.
SFMA executive vice president J T Ryan described Chicago as a good normal market with better sales than recent years but no runaways. He noted price rises being felt, limited buyer depth mostly from large chains, and few Southeastern buyers in attendance. The Home Furnishings Council of America plans a public relations program to boost sales, facing Southern producer reluctance and partial joiners like Broyhill Furniture Industries. Attendance reached about 13,000, below earlier predicted highs, with regional markets drawing some attendees away from Chicago.
Final examinations for the vacant city golf professional post were to be held this afternoon and tomorrow by the Civil Service Commission. Names of the top three of seven applicants will be reviewed by Parks Director Jesse Taylor and a recreation commission committee. If Bill Hoover ranks in the top three and all else is equal, he will get the nod. Hoover is in Florida for training to qualify as a class A pro.
Immigration Minister Ellen Fairclough announced in Oshawa Ontario that Italians were the largest ethnic group among Canada's 124000 immigrants in 1958, surpassing Britons who had led since World War II with about 27500 Italians and 26800 Britons.
Russell S. Hutchison professor at Muskingum College in New Concord Ohio offers a prayer praising God for beauty and holiness through Jesus Christ. He notes divine love despite human sin and asks guidance and grace for the reader.
Five high school students from the central Piedmont region advance in the John Motley Morehead Scholarships competition at UNC. Names include Nelson N. Howell John M. Kirkman John A. Sherrill James C. Spencer Jr. and Freddy M. Biles. District IV screening set for January 23 at the Robert E. Lee Hotel Winston-Salem chaired by Archie K. Davis. Scholarships total 1250 dollars per year for four years.
A delayed anti annexation meeting opposing High Point city annexation is set for 7 30 tonight at Oak View School. The session was postponed from last Friday due to snow, called by the executive committee leading the anti annexation forces.
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