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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1955
Page
9
The article notes the longest day of the year in High Point with 14 hours 15 minutes of sun. Summer officially begins at 4:32 am when the sun is at its northernmost point, and by 11:32 pm the season is five hours old. Forecast calls for fair skies with scattered thundershowers, low 65 tonight, high 88 tomorrow.
Real estate transfers listed include C. E. Eliott and wife to G. V. Eliott and wife for two Lexington Heights lots. J. R. Newton and wife to Odell Ind and wife for four Bundy Gre lots. Lavender and Tate Street lots conveyances amid a batch of property transfers. N. E. Miller and wife to H. V. Jones and wife for Dorothy Street lot. H. T. Hudson and wife to R. G. Guip Jr. and wife for Richard son Street lot. L. H. Bottoms to G. A. Kearns and wife for Homewood lot. J. S. Meadon Richardson and wife for Robbins land.
The Exchange Club presented Mrs. Alice Paige White with the Book of Golden award for her selfless service in education and civic life in High Point. The reception marked the club’s 20th anniversary with charter members and guests in attendance.
Ottis Morrison 24 of 51 Short Spring St was arrested yesterday on an assault charge after allegedly dragging a woman from a house by her feet He posted 100 bond and was scheduled to appear in court Prosecutor Sarah Wideman of 419 Short Spring St listed as contact.
D. O. Ward, president of High Point Be Ward, leaves for Los Angeles to attend the Sertoma International convention in session there June 25. He and Mrs. Ward will be away about a week.
Deaths include Mrs. Cora Raper Shields 93 of 223 Woodrow Ave in High Point from cerebral hemorrhage. She leaves five daughters and two sons with services planned at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Other obituaries mention Allison Lindsa 80 of 313 Worrell St and Donna Rene Patton infant daughter of Pat O Patton with graveside rites and church services noted.
Funeral services for Gilbert Victor Poston aged 42 of 301 Kenwolescity will be held at 3 PM from Cumby Orrell chapel. Dr C K Rand and George Richman will officiate. Burial follows at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. Poston died Monday morning at the Veterans Hospital after a week as a patient.
Eternal God helps in time of need open the way through our problems and grant courage for responsibilities. We trust our lives to thee and ask confidence to walk before thee this day. Grant us thy peace in Jesus name Amen. L. Shelton Butler University dean Indianapolis Ind.
High Point ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church will represent the North Carolina Annual Conference at the general conference in Fairmont Indiana this week. The gathering opens tomorrow and runs through next Tuesday. Delegates include Rev. B H Phaup Rev. W C Levin Rev J W Phillips from High Point and Rev Melvin Gentry Rev E L Henderson from Thomasville.
A High Point man Dale Moore was sentenced to six months at the County Farm by the Domestic Relations Court. He escaped and was re arrested after walking away from the farm, suffering a shoulder injury while fleeing a police car.
City Council revoked Paul Wood’s beer and wine license for six months after he sold beer after hours on multiple occasions. The vote was unanimous as lawmakers pledge a tougher stance on ordinance violations while awaiting state action. The hearing also touched on stricter licensing practices and related traffic and street parking measures.
A Negro man and woman were bound over to Superior Court yesterday on forgery charges. Samuel Cato and Alberta Hawkins faced probable cause counts in Municipal Court over forging the name of Cato’s wife to a $50 chattels mortgage with felonious intent to cheat a finance company. Bond set at $500 each. Cato also received a 30 day drunkenness sentence.
City Council in final regular session of the year sets June 29 for an adjourned meeting to finish business. They approved contracts for cleaning the raw water line and building a chlorinator house, but rejected bids for a chlorine solution feeder.
The H Point Public Library adds several films for local circulation through July 8. Mrs. Georgia Cox leads the film collection. Available titles include China Oriental City a 20 minute view of Canton life and crafts, Marine Life an 11 minute color exploration of ocean species, and Time Lapse Photography a 10 minute study of cell growth and rapid changes in color.
Four traffic crashes in the city yesterday and last night caused about $600 in vehicle damage. Donna Marie Hunt, 16, escaped injury after a crash on Edgeworth Ave when reaching for a bag of ice toppled on the seat. Thurman S. Nance of Asheboro bumped a car on Main Street in a rear-end collision. Sherrill E. Lambeth, Route 1, was charged after a Dalton and Areas Street collision. Jack T. Tuttle was involved in a separate incident with damage to both cars. No injuries reported and no charges in some cases.
A nationwide survey of 41 markets shows retailers anticipate summer sales to rise 5 to 10 percent, with 15 percent projecting to hit last year’s figures. Advertising budgets rise 9 percent with some plans up to 100 percent. daily newspapers remain the primary promo medium.
Roy Champlain and relatives are noted amid church and club items. The Ever Ready Club meets at 315 Fourth St. Thursday 8 p.m. Senior Missionary Circle gathers at 611 Hulda St. Friday 7 30 p.m. Baptists and Methodists report pastoral reappointments and church assignments across Laurinburg and surrounding towns.
A three member committee, appointed by Mayor Carl Wilson, will meet to review two applications for the city manager position. The committee plans no recommendation and will not appoint any victor. Everett W. Schadt remains in consideration with the council until June 30 unless action is taken. Both applicants are from out of town.
A trained 244 lion cub is flown from Chicago to London to be presented to former Prime Minister Churchill. The cub replaces Churchill's previous pet which was destroyed by a fire. The gift is from the Park Forest Lions Club.
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