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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1962
Page
8
A new effort in Robeson Cumberland Forsyth Guilford Buncombe and Haywood counties adds 61 patrolmen and multiple sign crews to enforce traffic safety. The plan boosts engineering staff, installs center and edge lines, replaces unwarranted signals, adds safety islands and floodlight checkpoints, and uses radar and camera cars to curb high risk driving.
Elmer Walter Hunter 51 of 604 Woodrow Ave died Saturday at 9 30 am in North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem after two weeks illness. He owned Hunter s American Amoco Station on West Green Street formerly of Pilot Mountain moved to High Point eight years ago. Survived by wife Lorain Love four sons James Wade Beauford Clifton and Lacy Ray Hunter a daughter Patricia Allman his mother Murphy Jessup Hunter four brothers three sisters and three grandchildren Funeral Monday at 2 pm from Tom s Creek Primitive Baptist Church Surry County burial in Jessup Grove Cemetery. Body to be moved to residence Sunday morning at 10 until departure for church.
In the Derby feature, Jaycees rally around boys building cars for a race. Parents express pride and hope their child’s design and finish will win. Volunteers run a tool shop in the warehouse and plan to stay open several more days before the contest.
The fourth test in the Pacific turrent series occurred near Christmas Island. The Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department announced the blast was set off about 11 30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time in a joint statement.
Mrs. Alice Smith Boles, 97, will be buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery after a Sunday service at Palmyra Methodist Church in Stokes County. Rev. I L Stewart will lead the funeral, with the body at the home of her daughter and son in law, Clyde and Mrs. Burton of Rt. 4, Thomasville.
Solomon Idol Curtis, 71, of Kernersville Rt. 1 died Saturday at 1 50 p.m. after years of ill health. Born January 28, 1891 in Davidson County, he was a farmer and husband of Mary Maude Hedgecock Idol. Survived by wife, two daughters, two sons, 11 grandchildren, two sisters and three brothers. Funeral Monday 2 30 p.m. at Bunker Hill Methodist Church with burial in church cemetery. The body to be moved from Roberts Funeral Home to the home Sunday after 4 p.m. and placed in church 30 minutes before services.
Taipei reports top nationalist generals say the Chinese Communists redeploy military strength from the north to central and south China. The move could affect actions against Formosa or Southeast Asia, based on intelligence and past forecasts of 1958 Quemoy artillery. Nationalists note potential for another attack but see two main reasons behind the redeployment.
Winston-Salem reports the Tanglewood Barn Theatre in Clemmons presents The Miracle Worker July 4 to 8 with 8 15 p m shows and a 6 p m 9 p m Saturday performances. Helen Keller is played by Sandy Thomas and Annie Sullivan by Pat Starr in a drama about two strong willed figures.
The center of Asian unrest has moved from Korea and Japan toward Southeast Asia. By shifting military power south, Reds draw nearer Laos and South Vietnam, troubled by a Communist guerrilla campaign. Fresh ground troops into southern provinces aim to quell internal revolt amid civilian resistance.
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