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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
13
Tonight will be partly warm with highs around 87 today and tomorrow. Thursday and Friday bring partly cloudy skies, warm and humid conditions with widely scattered thundershowers. No major changes expected over five days with light rainfall mainly tomorrow Friday and again Monday. The low tonight near 63 and a 61 degree low last night.
Going on vacation for a couple of weeks or the summer call The Enterprise circulation department at 4566 to enter your name on the vacation mailing list and keep in touch with home through the daily paper.
Prayer invokes stillness before the day's demands asking guidance strength and care through Jesus Christ. Dotson M Nelson Jr a First Baptist Church of Greenville South Carolina signs the prayer.
City valuation near 154.3 million dollars up from 150.68 million in 1958, a gain of 3.62 million. County estimates place High Point Township valuation at 4.12 million, with total 1959 valuation about 186.16 million. Officials note the figures are preliminary and may be adjusted upward before the July budget adoption.
Electrical engineering senior from High Point receives the George Sherrerd III Memorial award at Duke during commencement. Dean Seeley presents the annual honor for scholastic excellence and service to the college and university. Peters is a Duke Dean’s List member and Union Carbide Research Scholar, magna cum laude, ranking 13th in a class of about 1,100. He will join IBM Research and Development this summer before attending Caltech.
A Sheraton Ball installation honored merchants officers and directors with awards. Dick Culler won Merchant of the Year for driving the association forward. Speaker urged strong economy to deter communism and warned of welfare state excesses while praising hard work and vigilance. Retiring board members were honored as the group called for store improvements and inventory. Mayor Washburn received a key to the city.
The YMCA announces a summer swimming program with divisions for non-swimmers aged 6 to 8, beginner and advanced adult classes, and a core group for boys 9 and older. Sessions begin next Monday with multiple weekly meet times and run through August. Registration form appears in today’s Enterprise.
Guilford County Health Board asked the Guilford County Medical Society welfare and public health committee for a recommendation on clinic vaccine policy. Dr. J E Slate of High Point was named to work with the group. A quorum was not present, so a committee formed to report to the full board next meeting. State law requires polio immunization for six year olds entering school this fall.
Four year old David Ray Teer of 44-C Clara Cox Apartments was struck by a car driven by 19 year old Hal W Todd of Park Todding on the circle drive at Clara Cox Apartments about 7 45 p m. He escaped with brush burns and scrapes on his back and shoulders. Todd was not charged.
Summer school classes began and registrations later opened as Dean H. E. Conrad announced courses in most academic fields. Registrations would be accepted on Monday for those desiring to attend the program at the college.
Police logged a possible shooting on Highway 68 with no official confirmation and a woman reportedly wounded in the arm. Around 30 minutes later at Borden Milk plant on N Main Street, Jerry Humble of Route 1 Jamestown suffered facial and body cuts when his clothing was caught in conveyor gears and was rescued after the switch was cut. Humble, a college freshman, is expected to fully recover. Also noted were arrests for a bad check by George Arthur Franklin found on E Commerce Street. he posted bond for a June 12 hearing.
Jamestown Rotary Club hosted its annual Family Picnic on the school athletic field last night drawing members and local residents for a community gathering and meal.
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