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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1963
Page
3
Paul Edwin Dickens, 27, of Amos Street, is charged with stealing the car belonging to H. Irwin Coffield Jr. after police questioned him on an unrelated matter. He fled in the vehicle, exited near City County Building, then rode a city bus and was later arrested and jailed in $3,000 bond.
W L Shaddix of Birmingham Alabama addressed a High Point gathering asserting Congress should repeal the law requiring new barrels for whisky storage. He argued old barrels preserve product with less evaporation and blamed a Washington lobby for preserving the oak scarcity.
The High Point Arts Council Inc will hold a general membership meeting at 4 p.m. on Tuesday March 12 at the Chamber of Commerce to elect several new board members. New officers will be chosen afterward and past year activities and plans for the coming year will be discussed.
The High Point Community Theatre sets an 8 p.m. meeting at 3342 S Wrenn St featuring Dr. Charles Mounts on Getting the Most from Reading Plays. It will present brief readings from three Tennessee Williams one acts Auto da Fe At Liberty and Something Unspoken.
The High Point District Choral Contest at Ferndale Junior High drew about 1,000 singers from eight counties including Western Guilford Randolph and Rockingham while Forsyth Montgomery Stokes Surry and Yadkin were represented. Judges Charles Stevens Gordon Johnson and Donald Smith rated junior and senior choirs from High Point Northeast Lexington Winston-Salem Wiley Philo Ferndale Franklin Kernersville and others with results ranging from inferior to superior.
January unemployment in High Point rose slightly with about 2,200 people out of work. Total employment reached 37,400 as seasonal downturns in trade, construction, and toy making, plus layoffs in hosiery and furniture, weighed on factory jobs while non manufacturing jobs grew by around 200. Compared to November, total employment fell by 650.
Five defendants appealing traffic violations were found guilty. Norman Sloane of Biltmore Avenue 50 mph in a 35 mph zone fined 5 dollars and 21 dollars costs. Silvia Sockwell of Gibsonville 75 mph in a 60 mph zone fined 10 dollars. Charlie Smith of Oneka Street pleaded guilty to reckless driving fined 50 dollars. Ellbert Everhart of New Road found guilty speeding fined 50 dollars and suspended 12 months on roads for three months. Cecil Slate found guilty of improper passing and Rulah McCoy was found not guilty of operating a car while intoxicated. A mistrial halted Neilson Boulding case. retrial set for next term.
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