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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1957
Page
9
May job demand edged higher with 452 openings, a 12 percent rise from April as manufacturing and textiles led hiring. Unemployment claims increased 57 percent month over month and 19 percent year over year, with many claimants being partially unemployed hosiery workers.
Weather officials at Night Point Airport report an unstable forecast with warm and sunny and cool rainy conditions possible. Expect variable temperatures with a high near 75 and a low around 64 as the day ends with unsettled skies and possible rain.
Two assault charges in which knife wielding suspects were involved were filed by local police Saturday night and Sunday. Fleming detained Saturday night for threatening with a pocket knife. Countee jailed Sunday after alleged neck cutting incident. Bonds: Fleming $100, Countee $300. Other weekend arrests listed with charges and bonds.
Kerrville Texas a North Carolinian 38 year old Elwood McDonald Dunn Jr of New Bern was killed in a one car accident forty eight miles west of here on Saturday The driver Leroy Smith of Georgia stationed at Fort Hood Texas was not seriously injured
A handwritten prayer page thanks God for life and joy in friendship family food books sports music and nature. The author Russell S Hutchison of Muskingum College New Concord Ohio signs the blessing in Jesus name.
Judge Byron Haworth moved through a morning docket cutting the backlog with three sentences for drunkenness. Esther Bell Jackson, Eulis E. Scott, and Mae Moore each received one month in the county workhouse or farm. Other cases this session included Mandy Jeter assault and forgery charges, reckless driving, larceny, breaking and entering, and receiving.
Three offices in the Security Bank building were forciby entered during the weekend. The Credit Adjustment Bureau Home Security Life Insurance Co and Durham Life Insurance Co offices had their doors forced open with a sharp instrument. A cash box in the Home Security Life Insurance office was opened but police reported nothing missing.
Sheriff's deputies hunt pranksters tied to Friday night firecracker attack on Fisher Ferry Street Extension. Four mailboxes and one newspaper receptacle wrecked as the trail extended along Holly Grove Road and Cunningham Brickyard Road. Mailbox owners include Charlie Cline C R Dula Clyde Eddinger Bobby Woodlief and T G Tuttle.
A Harnett County woman Jessie Allen Parker was charged with failure to yield the right of way after a 6 40 AM crash on the highway. The other driver John Walter Albertson 32 Route 2 had $400 damage to his car while Parker’s totaled $90. Parker was fined 5 dollars and costs in Justice of the Peace court.
Guilford County Board endorsed forming a lay advisory committee for schools at a weekend meeting. City councils of High Point and Greensboro would nominate seven members each. members must not hold other governmental roles. The group would report to three governing bodies and survey initiatives across the region. Sept. 3 set for county schools start. petition to include Deep River and Friendship Townships in Guilford School District discussed.
W B Stronach director of parks and recreation praised weekend attendance at city parks notably Washington Terrace Park after improvements. Swim totals rose from 106 to 161 on opening days and from 157 to 208 on the second day, while Washington Park gains included glassed entrances and updated restrooms. City Lake pool activity fell to around 1,000 swimmers due to clouds and rain, though overall weekend totals reached 2,353.
High Point Municipal Court revenue dropped in May as heavy Superior Court sessions reduced fines and costs to 10 849 50. Distribution: Guilford County 3 375 in fines, City of High Point 5 761 50 in costs, State taxes 1 142, Officers Pension Fund 571.
Randolph County Health Department announces immunization clinic at Guil-Rand Fire Department tomorrow and each Tuesday afternoon for the next weeks. Typhoid polio and diphtheria vaccines will be given from 2 to 4 p.m.
THOMASVILLE The first two days of the season at city pools set a new record in paid admissions. Between opening Saturday and Sunday night, 1 060 swimmers paid admissions. White pool 924, Negro pool 136, with Saturday 464 and Sunday 460 at the white pool. Swimming classes start June 24 with instructions via pool contact.
Thomasville City to open bids on auto fleet liability fleet policy for fire lightning and transportation and public liability covering swimming pools stadium park rides and Civic Center. This is the first time insurance is being bought under bidding system and previously was awarded to local representatives of firms.
The Community Foundation purchased a vacant lot next to the Civic Center on Randolph Street from James and Mrs. Johnson. The deed will be presented to the city tonight at 7:30 during the second budget meeting at city hall. The foundation froze nearly $10,000 in Civic Center funds pending the lot’s settlement to boost recreation plans. Details of the lot’s future use remain undisclosed. The council aims to finalize the 1957 58 budget and maintain the $1.63 tax rate.
Pravda reports the USSR is building a second oil pipeline from Turmazy near the Urals to Omsk about 800 miles away, duplicating the existing line. The Siberian region has abundant oil but remains undersupplied.
Greensboro farmer hobbyist D F Millikan challenged the county beef program during a Guilford County Commission meeting. He argued the county should not reduce its prison farm herd and questioned plans to cut production for county wards. Resignation of Agent Betty Th Mobley set for June 14. Summerfield Fire District petition action postponed due to name withdrawals.
Police report three weekend crashes involving multiple drivers. M A Pierce of Boulevard drove onto the side of another car on Lindsay Street with Miss Pierce taking the right of way. John H. Baker, 25, of Maple Street, was passenger in the unidentified second auto. The second crash at Richardson and N Hamilton streets involved John N. Owen, 39, Route 3 Asheboro, and Mary W. Sumner of Overbrook Drive. Sumner failed to stop at the intersection and was charged with a stop sign violation. The third crash on EF Russell Street involved Bruce Craughn, 19, of Clara Cox Apts driving into James E. Whitaker, 28, of Granby Street after Whitaker turned into a circular driveway. Craughn faced a charge of exceeding a safe speed.
Police report a weekend break in at Tommy Breedlove’s home on Bynum Street. Between 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday entry was gained by forcing the back door. Missing items include two men’s suits and three shirts. Douglas Green also reported a sport coat and pants missing.
Vigilantes are being organized in Burma's Hsipaw State to fight dacoits. Anyone capable of bearing arms may receive a license for a gun and join the effort as police efforts have not succeeded. Hsipaw lies in the northern Shan state along the old Burma Road to China.
Dr. Roy E. Watts delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the senior class, recalling Joshua and three secrets for successful living. A total of 292 diplomas will be awarded, with remarks by W. A. Tomlinson. Dr. Watts cited courage study and a life of service as the path to enduring success.
Joseph Monroe Hill about 45 was found dead yesterday at his estranged wife’s Route 1 Walnut Cove home. Coroner Dr Theodore Antonakos ruled death a self inflicted gunshot wound, saying Hill used a shotgun placed against a tree and fired with a stick between 9 am and 2 pm. The body lies at Burroughs Fowler Funeral Home pending arrangements.
The Japan Aviation Association asked Japan's procurement board to request the U S Air Force return of Tokyo International Airport at Haneda near central Tokyo. The airfield remains largely under U S military occupation.
Five high pointers were awarded degrees at Duke University's 105th commencement. About 1,000 graduates received 21 different degrees in Duke Indoor Stadium with Walter Robertson as principal speaker and North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges addressing the crowd. Local Duke degree recipients from High Point include Adalyn Sherwood Kearns, Shirley Kirkman, Owen Reese Jr., Randall Bryant Terry Jr., and Betty Jane Tuttle.
A three week Superior Court session opens in Lexington with Judge Frank Armstrong presiding over civil and criminal terms. The docket lists contested and uncontested cases, pre trial hearings, and forthcoming trial and pre trial dates through June 11.
Thomasville librarian Miss Mary Lee Crouse will study library science at Appalachian State Teachers College for six weeks starting June 10. Enrollment covers courses in librarianship.
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