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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1963
Page
2
The forecast calls for partly cloudy to cloudy skies with warm temperatures. High around 85 with a low near 60. tonight 59. Yesterday’s high was 87. Monday expects more partly cloudy warmth with scattered thundershowers.
Two men face traffic violation charges after separate crashes. Thomas Lloyd Todd 25 of Thomasville failed to yield resulting in rear impact with Thomas Lee Slate 19 of Edgewood Street causing $75 damage to each car. Ronald Wayne Thompson 26 of E Russell Street charged for an improper left turn into a driveway causing $200 damage and no injuries to Nellie Myers Neese. A learner permit youth involved in a collision near North Main Street caused minor damage to Jerry Koontz’s car.
Rescue teams from Siler City Liberty and the Guil Rand Rescue Squad searched over five hours Friday for 17 year old John Bray of Siler City who drowned in an abandoned rock quarry six miles north of Ramseur The body was recovered at about 745 pm by Guil Rand diver Wendell Cole The quarry owned by Carolina Pyrophyllite Co had not been mined for years and pits hold water from gushing springs Bray was swimming with friends when he disappeared after reaching the far side of a pit bordered by steep cliffs
Firemen answered three calls late yesterday none involved fire. A false alarm was reported and two nonfires included fixing a broken sprinkler pipe at Henley Paper Company on Hamilton Street and stopping hot water flow from a faulty pipe at 1108 East Russell Street. The Henley sprinkler broke when a wood piece fell from the floor above during remodeling. Firefighters shut off water and drained the system.
Virginia pastor Elder L. J. Dorns will preach at the High Point Primitive Baptist Church located at 209 Rockspring Road. Service is set for Sunday at 7 30 p m.
Twenty four High Point teens formed a Domestic Peace Corps to assist local clubs and agencies. They will work with the parks and recreation department YM CA YWCA and Red Shield Boys Club, offering manpower for swimming first aid crafts and recreation. Governor Terry Sanford was informed and praised the effort.
Labor MP Marcus Lipton urged Prime Minister Macmillan to defer President Kennedy's planned June 29 arrival in Britain due to a Conservative government crisis. Lipton said the time was not opportune and Kennedy should be asked to postpone.
In tropical regions giant katydids reach five to six inches in length. Their forewings span about 1% 748 N inches, and their flight mimics small birds in the air.
Dowdy returns from a five week Commerce Department trade mission to Sweden. He says Swedes want American exports and licensing deals for U S goods. The group carried 750 proposals and spoke with over 550 Swedish businessmen about food products and small consumer items.
Five Negro youths were arrested Saturday bringing the riot arrests to 32 in Lexington North Carolina where a June 6 riot left a white auto mechanic dead and a news photographer wounded. Identified: John Andrew Roman 18 David Charles Boger 17 John Howard Gaddy 21 George Cecil Lyons 18 and William Taft Bowens Jr. 27. Bond set at 1000 each. Hearings for 20 whites and 12 Negroes scheduled for Monday in Davidson County Court.
Dr William P Matthews of High Point College will speak Tuesday to the Industrial Management Club at the High Point YMCA. He has taught at seven colleges in the South and earned degrees from Lynchburg College and Columbia University. He has served with the YMCA Boy Scouts Cub Scouts Jaycees Red Cross and related groups. The agenda includes the Key Man of The Year award honoring outstanding service.
A desk drive man faces charges of resisting an officer disorderly conduct and assault on a female after a scuffle in which a police officer was injured. Ronnie Paul Gibson 22 scheduled for trial June 17 bond 425. Also two auto larceny and two assault cases reported with multiple arrests and trials set for June 17 and July 5.
The Ladies Auxiliary will meet Sunday at 2 30 p.m. at 204 W Burton St. This will be the last meeting before the convention.
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