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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1959
Page
14
The Water Babies Special highlights portable Kabana by Melanie Kahane for Finkel of Jacksonville Florida. A seven foot high vinyl and aluminum poolside dressing room folds to 36 by 18 inches and weighs 40 pounds. It includes a soap holder towel rack and mirror with snap on curtain sides.
The ad notes tips for durable outdoor seating including an oversize plaid hammock with pillow and fringe, back rests, reclining beach chairs, and folding chairs for boating. Yacht chairs feature canvas or saran plastic with aluminum bases, and special folding chairs mimic helm designs.
Mr and Mrs Jacob L Jones celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at 827 Putnam Ave. A hundred guests attended from Norfolk Richmond Sanford Martinsville Detroit Anderson and more. The couple married July 4 1909 in High Point and have six daughters sixteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Their son Sgt Maj Jacob L Jones was stationed overseas.
A thief broke into a Christiansburg service station Tuesday night and stole eight pints of ice cream. The local police took the treats to the town pound where the dogs enjoyed every minute of the indulgence.
Hollywood AP report says Wayde Preston was barred by Warner Brothers from fighting a judo match with Crowley. The planned bout at 6 30 p m was deemed contract violating and the actors had reportedly wagered one dollar. Preston has issued no further comment.
Police halted Hector Galvin at night on Main Street and found a large paper sack holding 100 rings 25 watches bracelets and other jewelry. Detec tive Ray Williamson said Galvin confessed to smashing a jewelry store window to take the items after seeing things he wanted. Nigeria in British West Africa with 23 million people is noted as the region has the largest population among the colonies.
Two men plan an 18 month trek to New York along the coast and Central America. Don Jenkin 22 from Victoria Canada and Frank Daly 21 from Oakland California will travel with minimal supplies and live off the land, using no money.
A Phoenix park, Horse Thief Basin, lies 92 miles from downtown Phoenix and is maintained by the Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department as part of the regional park system.
The fruit of the pineapple plant is a cluster of tightly packed small fruits resembling apples. The outer shell mirrors calyxes at the ends, while the central cone is the stem for each fruit. Pineapples weigh four to twenty pounds.
Two girls from St Louis travel west along Route 66 to see actor Hugh O Brien in Hollywood only to learn he is in New Hampshire. They are Jean Thacker 18 and Jean Holman 17 traveling with aid from Earl Abbott 40 an engineer who will return them to St Louis after a hotel encounter.
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