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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1955
Page
22
Mrs. Marie Hewletty, 54, testified in Eastern Police Court after a cop woke her from a couch. A pencil rolled to the floor and a numbers book was found under a vegan chair. She was held in $2,500 bail.
City Council set to discuss tapping High Rock Lake to augment Piedmont water supply. Mayor Georgeens Jacabere indicated official reaction will be formed after Tuesday’s session, with details pending on whether the talk occurs during the regular meeting.
Mary McLeod Bethune Branch YWCA held its tenth annual meeting January 17 1955 at 8 p.m. at the Y building with Miss Mattie C. Robinson presiding. Mrs Angeline B Smith guest speaker from Greensboro spoke on English and education work. Other notes cover local clubs churches and school activities in High Point and Greensboro.
The Truck Driver Training School at North Carolina State College in Raleigh receives national attention as graduates enter trucking jobs. From July to December 1934 enrollment rose with 69 percent of yearly total. 17 states and Canada sent students. Most graduates came from textiles, farming followed, with unusual backgrounds like an airplane crop duster and a history teacher.
North Carolina cities show growth in 1954 with Winston-Salem leading increases at 12.5 million dollars in new building permits, Greensboro second, High Point fifth among ten major cities. Charlotte declined from 30.9 million to 22.1 million. Raleigh and others also listed with gains and losses.
A dispute at High Point College over chemistry lab access led to a tentative plan to keep labs open on Tuesday and Thursday nights until 10 pm. Dr. J H Allred and Dr. E O Cummings oversee the nightly checks, while administration, trustees, and student rep Herbert Dixon supported the compromise to aid working students.
Mrs. Hilde Co. Romstad alleges in a divorce suit that Arthur C. Romstad attacked her with a butcher knife spat in her face threw her against a wall beat her threatened her life locked her out at midnight and was often drunk causing property damage including smashed windows and broken furniture.
George Hundley, president of State Commercial Bank, offers a comprehensive High Rock Lake water use plan for Piedmont towns with interest from High Point Greensboro Thomasville and Lexington. His public spirited record includes a prior push for stream sanitation and a rise from cabbie to senator. Goatnaping anecdote concludes with a comic police report.
Thomasville history makers abound and Paul Henry Blair, Fair Grove High School class of 1937, after High Point College and military service, became assistant superintendent of schools in East Liverpool Ohio. Locals praise his work in the Ohio education system.
In Thomasville a goat stolen from the Pilot Lions Club prompted a brief police shuffle as officers investigated a prank report. The piece also notes complaints about emergency medical service delays at Thomasville Hospital and praises a Jewel Cotton Mill strike settlement for orderly conduct.
Painters swarm the city building for a week with downstairs and basement areas already enhanced. Judge Roy Hughes' courtroom is slated next for decoration, prompting temporary shifts in court schedules while Thomasville's courtroom receives its upgrade.
Philip Diehl, 17, of Charlotte, named a finalist in the eighth Voice of Democracy contest. Eight finalists will be judged for national honors with February awards week. Winners receive 500 dollars for college, plus trips to Washington and colonial Williamsburg, Va. sponsored by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce and allied groups.
Bill Wilson was elected president of the Young Men's Industrial Club at the YMCA during the annual elections held last Thursday night. Elected with him were Douglas Hussey as vice president, Bill Horne as secretary, and Bill Burney as treasurer for 1955. Board members for two years include R. Wayne Chambers and Jack Sappenfield. one year directors are Mond Cargal and Harold Tuttle. M. D. Burnworth spoke on a safety program for local industries and Jack Sappenfield outlined future YAC work. The next meeting is set for Thursday January 27 at 6:30 PM at the YMCA with Everett Marsh of Marsh Furniture Co. as main speaker.
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