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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1957
Page
27
Postmaster Walter Yorker Gay asks High Point officials to enforce safety rules for postal vehicles after several injuries to children in 1956. A department bulletin outlines pre trip checks, child accounting, and slow driving to prevent tragedies in the High Point Post Office service area.
Mrs. Elijah Pegram, 31, said she rode with six others from Stokesdale to a rural road area near highways 68 and 158. A highway patrolman stopped the group around 1 a.m. after a night of travel and allegedly poured out liquor before she was harmed and ejected from the car.
Edwards 22 faces assault charge after Lucy Mixon filed complaint. Bond set at 400 dollars. hearing in Municipal Court July 12. Lois Hall 23 cited for altered driving license to appear July 29. Ethel Lancaster 36 cited for driving without license on July 29. Ronald Wagoner 17 cited for littering highway by hauling trash in open truck. charges by Deputy J. P. Greenway.
William Benjamin Crowell a 23 year old Asheboro native died after a long illness at a brother's home. He finished high school at Farmer, served four years in the Air Force and enrolled at North Carolina State College in Raleigh. He is survived by his father four sisters and four brothers. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Sal emethodist Cemetery will repossess details with Pugh Funeral Home.
A Piper Cub crash landed near East Green Street Extension Friday at about 4 p.m. Ensign Barkley Williams of Winston-Salem, a naval pilot, was tentatively identified as the flyer. Williams left the scene after the crash to visit a girlfriend and hitchhiked to Granite City bus station. CAA officials planned further investigation and removal of the aircraft.
Glenn Cole of High Point won the North Carolina state checker title in Winston-Salem by defeating J. R. Lanier of Gastonia in the finals of the 37th annual tournament. Ed Scheidt, Raleigh and the 1953 titleholder, lost in the semifinal to Lanier.
Johnnie Mack Branham Sr. 63 dies at 10 15 after three days in hospital following a heart attack. Born November 19 1893 in Camden South Carolina he was married to Nora Davis and resided in High Point 34 years. He headed Denny Roll and Panel Co. for over 30 years and belonged to North Main Street Baptist Church. Surviving: wife two children Johnnie M Branham Jr Vera King D Elaine Branham two sisters Fannie Branham Lizzie Card.
The notice outlines classified ad rules including definite insertion orders, advance payment for cards of thanks, corrections before publication, and pricing by line with different duration options. It details mailing of statements, allowances for errors, and requirements for ads exceeding one inch to appear in the office a day before publication.
The family of the late Mrs. Bessie Wood and the family of the late Grover C. Sprye express gratitude for friends acts of kindness, floral offerings, and funeral service by Orrell's Funeral Home. They extend thanks to the Rev. H M Jones and Rev. Herman Gregory for their service and pallbearers, with a note of appreciation to Calvin C. Orrell for handling the arrangements.
Rental ads list multiple properties including Hillcrest Manor offering 3 percent room apartments at 75 and 4 room units at 85 with free air conditioning on the second floor. Other listings include private homes and apartments on Flint Street English Street Richardson Street and Park Street with rents from 45 to 67.50 monthly, some furnished or with utilities, and contact numbers.
Classified ad roundup lists multiple rental properties with 3 to 4 room apartments and houses, furnished options, water heat, and gas ranges. Includes addresses on Carr, Phillips, Saint, Lexington, Steele, and nearby avenues. Also promotes Crescent Beach cottages and Myrtle Beach rentals with contact phone numbers.
A jumble of classified lines lists items for sale and services including a truck cover, wave iron, self service freezer, reconditioned Singer sewing machine, Electrolux vacuum, mattress sets, organs, floor samples, furniture, stoves, rooffing, painting, landscaping, and more. Various phone numbers and addresses appear. no single narrative, pricing scattered, and dates largely absent.
Local listings advertise paving work by Paving Co with no down payment and per foot estimates. A sales note promotes a trainee position for a young man aged 21 to 30 at a local loan and finance firm, detailing salary, benefits, insurance, vacation, and auto allowance.
A damaged snippet mentions small monthly debit for a service or product with unclear terms. It references a phone contact and an unspecified make of something, likely a device or vehicle. Details are unreadable.
Apprenticeship style offer for hotel management with pay during training. Requires good record and high school education or equivalent. Age unrestricted, housing provided, meals included, and other benefits noted in brief job ad.
Local store advertises new vanity lamps and a bookcase bed at $112 with a NICE selection of bedroom furniture. Extra special matching pieces promoted from their wide stock as Holten Furniture Co. 817 &.
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