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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1962
Page
9
A parakeet named Tweety reportedly ate a five dollar bill placed on a stove by Libby Hedgepath. Mrs. Frank Hedgepath says the bird could starve if he limits intake to money, but the family notes Tweety now seems valued at seven dollars and aims to keep that value.
A team of property evaluators from Associate Surveys, Inc. has begun revaluing Guilford County’s nearly 200000 taxable parcels. The effort aims to standardize values across counties under a 1959 state law, with completion expected by October 1963 and tax bills potentially unaffected for most homeowners.
Dr Austin C Lovelace a former High Point resident will become minister of music at Christ Methodist Church in New York City starting September 1 He trained under Dan Smith in High Point and earned a doctorate from Union Theological Seminary He spent the last decade as minister of music at First Methodist Evanston and as associate professor at Garrett Theological Seminary He serves on the Hymn Society of America executive committee and chairs the tunes subcommittee for the Methodist Hymnal revision
Police report a second man charged with rape in the ambush of a Lamb Street woman July 4 near Oneka Street. Harry Lee Gray, 21, was jailed without bond. Also held are Void Richardson, 20, Walter Phelps, 20, and Charles Dunlap, 20, with Richardson and Gray identified as active participants. The victim described a brutal assault and later sought medical care over a week.
The High Point fire department reported three malicious false alarms in the weekend, all from street boxes. Firefighters found no signs of trouble at Woodbury Hooper corners Willowbrook and Taylor Street and E Grimes Avenue, with each truck deployment costing about 25 dollars per trip and a minimum 75 dollar city cost per incident.
A black bear that has roamed north Georgia for weeks tearing fences and frightening livestock prompted State Game and Fish Director Fulton Lovell to order the animal shot if it does not retreat. The bear’s presence has raised concerns about public safety and livestock protection across the affected area.
Forecasters expect a cooler day in Piedmont after a heat spell with a 93 degree high and 71 degree low. Skies will be cloudy with afternoon thundershowers and a 70 degree night followed by a 90 degree high tomorrow. A late thunderstorm yesterday hit Greensboro but spared High Point. airport rain measured at .02 inches.
W Lawson Allen director of egu app at High Point College attends a fundraising workshop in Chautauqua New York from July 16 to 27. Allen previously served at St Andrews College Laurinburg and Gardner-Webb Junior College Boiling Springs and joined High Point College recently.
A scale model of the East Central Urban Renewal Project is on public display in the former Efird's Store window on S Main Street. It will stay there until tomorrow afternoon before being moved to the City-County Building for a 7:30 p.m. public hearing in Room 200.
A confirmation of a bear hunt by a Colorado or BlvuUp VY Dae rangers today near the Oconee River about 40 miles north of Atlanta. Authorities describe the last sighting of the bear in that vicinity and alert teams to search the hills for the animal.
Members of Green Street Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Union will attend a fish fry at the Marietta Clubhouse at 6:30 p.m. today. After the meal Mrs. P Hunter Dalton Sr will lead a discussion on The Bible and Race by T B Maston.
The High Point fire department reports fiscal year losses in buildings down 499000 to total 281680 from 781109 prior year. There were 450 building fires, 882 actual fires, and 1144 alarms. Per capita loss 4.25 with one death and eight injuries.
A blotter of liquor law cases heard last week shows most defendants given suspended sentences and fines. Names include Ben Vaughn of Loflin Street and Mary Elizabeth Gray of Prince Street among others charged with selling liquor or violating prohibition laws.
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