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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1957
Page
11
City officials tentatively approved extending downtown fire limits to lower fire insurance rates in High Point. A committee meeting saw the City Council authorize a new map expanding the primary district and call for study of establishing secondary fire limits covering neighborhood retail areas.
T Paul Ingle a business and civic leader was named chairman of the board of trustees of High Point Memorial Hospital at the annual meeting last night O Arthur Kirkman was named vice chairman Ingle succeeds R T Amos who retires from the chair but will guide the building program ex officio five retiring members agreed to advisory roles and six year trustees named including Welch Harris Tom J Kearns Ed Millis and J Brooks Reitzel Charles L Amos Sr and others previously served with the board Curtis Smithdeal was re elected treasurer W R Peters secretary and director of the hospital the staff re appointed upon Dr Glenn G Perry chief of staff recommendation Fire limits proposed to extend to Main Street area would influence fire insurance rates in High Point with secondary limits planned for Five Points Centennial Lexington Ave West End and surrounding blocks
A pinch hitting speaker urged YMCA Industrial Management Club members to avoid self pity and worry. He outlined four goals for industry: produce good products, complete jobs well, provide sufficient quantity, and enjoy the work. He warned that most worries are unfounded and offered eight rules for better living.
Jimmy Thackerton of High Point was bound over to Guilford Superior Court on a crimes against nature charge. Judge T. G. Warner set bond at 5,000 in Municipal County Court.
The Sanfoglos group including Jo Annie Canless Gloria Miller and Sandra Stanley Gilbert Ross performed at a meeting with president Gilbert Ross presiding. Max Cooke introduced the speaker at the event.
A thief raided Lisenby’s Saw Shop stealing a .22 rifle and $20 to $25 in cash from a tin box. An 8 year old African American boy was taken into juvenile custody for stealing from Mann’s Drug Store No 3 on S Main Street. Detectives investigated two car thefts from parked vehicles and a front door hasp pried at Lisenby’s Law Shop. Police reported items stolen include tools and a glove box contents theft from two cars.
City officials outline a temporary process for issuing local arrest warrants while awaiting State Supreme Court clarification. Police desk sergeants may issue warrants under a 1949 act until a ruling. if objects arise, a deputy clerk signs a new warrant. Judge Rousseau ruled warrants signed by police are unconstitutional.
Miss Anna Mendenhall 68 longtime High Point educator died at the local hospital after a stroke she suffered December 26. A Guilford College graduate she taught seven schools starting 1909 and spent most of her career at High Point High School where she was dean of girls from 1939 until retirement in 1954. She is survived by relatives in California Georgia and North Carolina. Funeral plans await arrival of Miss Mary Mendenhall from California with memorials directed to High Point Friends Meeting.
The Chamber of Commerce reorganized with D A Rawley elected president and new board members including Dr George T Wood and M Z Perkinson. A budget of 39 025 82 was approved, smaller than 1956, with a contingency fund to cover the difference.
Dr. Frank Laubach founder of the Each one teach one movement will address three public engagements in High Point next Wednesday. He speaks at the 10 20 a m assembly the late afternoon student meeting and a noon luncheon at the YMCA. Laubach has worked on literacy in 250 languages and develops primers with local committees to aid adults reading in their own language. He travels globally with teaching programs supported by UNESCO and universities in India Pakistan Egypt and the United States. The public may attend via High Point College with luncheon reservations by Friday through Mrs H S Ragan or Mrs R T Cottam.
Wayne Grubb a 12 year old seventh grader at Fair Grove School dropped a dime into a juice dispenser yesterday. Instead of juice 38 nickels poured out surprising him and the principal refunded his ten cent deposit. Wayne hurried to report the mishap.
Two 21 year old men Julius Bunton and John Kollock Jr face murder charges for killing cab driver Clifford W. Phillips in High Point. Court appointed James W. Clontz and C A York Jr to defend them as trial begins February 18 at Guilford County Superior Court.
Two auto accidents in the city yesterday afternoon caused an estimated $1,400 in damage. At Pine and Thurston streets a three vehicle crash at 5:50 p.m. involved James D. Goins charged with failing to yield the right of way. Beasley and Hauser sustained damage to their cars, about $300 each, with Goins’ and Beasley’s cars hit by Hauser’s. A second crash at Sunset and Lindsay streets at 3:20 p.m. involved Mabel W. Kerr charged with failing to yield. Nancy Q. Prince drove the other car. each vehicle sustained about $300 damage.
Chief Clyde Wilkerson reported the Guil-Rand Fire Department answered 65 calls in 1956 and saved about 50 000 in property. Organized in 1950 under VFW Post 9899 sponsorship, the unit has three fire trucks, two buildings, and 55 volunteers, serving roughly 28 square miles in Guilford and Randolph counties with 4 500 in property damage.
The winter Community Concert series continues Thursday at 8 15 p m in Memorial Auditorium High Point College with notable cellist Leonard Rose as soloist and Frank Jogha at the piano. They will perform works by Bach Francoeur Beethoven Tschaikovski Saint Saens and Rubinstein among others.
Two men were arrested last night on drunken driving charges. George C. Gant, 33, of Chestnut Street, and John D. Johnson, 51, of Brooks Street, were released on $500 bond. Gant faces Municipal Court on February 4. Johnson’s case was set for trial.
Daily forecast shows a drop to 23 tonight with winds up to 20 mph and clearing skies. Tomorrow should be fair and cold with a high near 37, while Friday brings more clouds and a chance of light rain or snow.
A brief devotional prayer from James Ross McCain of Decatur Georgia president emeritus Agnes Scott College, addressing the Trinity and asking for God’s will to be done in the speaker’s life through Christ.
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