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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1957
Page
2
An area summer water safety plan is announced with Learn to Swim classes at the YMCA. Programs include Beginners Monday to Friday 9 to 9 45 a m Progressive swimming Monday Friday noon to 12 noon Family Swim Fridays 7 to 9 p m Father and son swim Monday Wednesday Thursday and Friday 7 4 p m Women and girls Tuesday to promote safe aquatic activity in the community.
Denton’s class of 1957 returned yesterday from a weeklong trip to Washington and New York. Mrs. Jack Smith served as chaperone. The group traveled by chartered bus, visited government sites, and viewed the Giants and the Mil. See the government printing office.
Cen tral High School PTA holds an installation service Tuesday at eight in the auditorium of Junior Home. Officers for the newly formed unit will be installed by the North Carolina PTA. Clarence Llinks, Mrs. Hubert Carrick, and Mrs. Eugene By secretary are named. Area of the large district formed by the union of several communities urged to attend and support the new group.
Denton will install lights at the city athletic field within two to three weeks. The $2,500 project, led by local churches and funded by merchants, will illuminate the high school field used by the recreation department for summer little legue baseball and softball. Hicks serves as recreation director for the season.
HARDSFIELD ND. Robert Weisz built a foreign-looking miniature car at his farm home three miles south of town. He assembled it from parts of eight old cars and a tractor. The vehicle is powered by a 1½ horsepower washing machine engine and can reach up to 25 miles per hour.
Thomasville's Robert Edward Myers, born 1931, will be ordained as Evangelical and Reformed minister at Heidelburg Church. The service features Rev. Dr. Harvey A. Fesperman and Rev. Dr. J A Palmer, with Sechrest presenting and Rev. Cheek delivering the sermon. Myers, married to Carolyn Adkins, is to serve at Crescent Charge in Rockwell starting June 15.
Diplomas for completing eight grades were awarded at closing exercises with honor awards for highest averages through the ninth grade. Rev Fr Thomas R Walsh presented the diplomas to twenty three students, among them Cary Boggan Michael Davis James Hammes Carey Siderton and Donald Nackley.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Gwendolyn Martin in Yow's Chapel with two pastors officiating and interment in Floral Garden Cemetery. Oliphant aged 78, Welsh native and longtime local resident, died after illness. Hattie Coltrane 96 a funeral at Ebenezer Methodist with multiple clergy. body to family home in Fairfield Community. Frederick E Whitescarver died after heart attack. services at First Baptist with entombment at Guilford Memorial Mausoleum. Paul Elab Wilkins 40 killed in automobile crash near Lexington. service at Calvary Church of the Nazarene with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
Beverly Beverly, 78, retired farmer of Pawley Swamp Hor ry County, died at 11 25 p m Friday at his home after an extended illness. Survived by wife Ella Cook Beverly of Route 2 Conway two sons Norman Beverly of High Point and James Walker Beverly of Route 2 Conway two half brothers J B Beverly and J A Beverly and two grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p m today at Pawley Swamp Missionary Church with burial in Pawley Swamp Cemetery.
Guilford County Fire Protective Association completes plans for a county wide fire fighting school from June 17 to June 21 at Croft Sedgefiel near Greensboro. Fire instructor W. H. Hunter Jr. and State Deputy Fire Marshall Sherman Pickard will lead. Six volunteers from each of 15 departments will learn hose and equipment handling breathing gear fog tactics house fire techniques and overhaul operations.
Le Roy Coggins of Thomasville, a veterinary student, was among 1 542 graduates from Oklahoma A and M at Stillwater. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank C Coggins who attended the graduation exercises.
B C Sumner 42 a Randolph County native and San Antonio resident died yesterday in a San Antonio hospital after a heart attack. Survived by his wife five children and siblings Mrs Curtis F Webster Archdale Mrs Cletus Bennett and Miss Violet Sumner Route 1 Trinity and a brother in Galveston Funeral arrangements were not completed last night.
A famous quote cites Sir Winston Churchill calling Soviet Russia a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The line is often linked to his assessments of the USSR during World War II era.
Forecasters predict fair conditions across western states with warmer temperatures in the north and Midwest. Cooler conditions are expected in the Mississippi Valley, northern Plains, and the Great Basin as a high pressure system shifts.
A 251 page UN report notes Britain already has cheap nuclear power and Canada by 1965 while parts of the United States may reach that point by 1970. Dag Hammarskjold cites potential for widespread commercial use and cautions hydro and fossil fuels remain essential. The International Labour Office warns up to half a million US workers face radiation exposure and calls for licensing and safety records.
Mayor Jess Washburn issued a Big Day Proclamation urging all businesses and citizens to display the American flag on Friday June 14 the 180th anniversary of Old Glory adoption. He said the display would show patriotism and good citizenship in the nation.
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