Industry Host To Teachers Attends Joint Sessions
Frank Sizemore, manager of the Cham ber of Commerce, called the Business Industry Education sessions very gratifying. Tomorrow at 6 30 p m the third event, a buffet dinner at the Sheraton Hotel, will feature Walter J Seeley of Duke University College of Engineering. Attendance expected includes 244 city teachers 50 High Point College faculty and 46 chamber committee members. City schools dismissed at noon for a luncheon. earlier 40 business men visited classrooms and 270 educators toured 29 firms including Duke Power Co Alma Desk Co and Globe Furniture Co with tours of electricity manufacturing and showroom operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
Sizemore
High Point College
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Sheraton
Walter J. Seeley
Duke University College of Engineering
Seeley
James B. Duke
The
University
State Board of Engineers and Surveyors
Hunter Dalton Jr
Dean Pruette
George Lyles
Duke Power Co
Salisbury
Three New Homes Get Approval
Five building permits totaling 34790 in new construction have been issued since Monday, per the building inspector's office. C B Beaver will build a seven room house at 1306 Rotary Dr costing 25000. Mrs Herman Hancock gets a four room house permit at 2101 FE Green St for 7500. Bill Lee at 805 Westwood plans a one room addition costing 1400. Jerry Foust will do 490 in repairs on Hoover Street. J H Hubbard builds a carport at 1601 E Green St costing 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Beaver
Rotary Dr
Herman Hancock
Green St
Bill Lee
Westwood
Jerry Foust
Hoover Street
J. H. Hubbard
E. Green St
Uniform enforcement cuts cost of non support removals
Guilford County officials report lower expenses after a new interstate agreement on court ordered child support. Solicitor clerk Forrest G Campbell said $10,670.50 was collected last year from non support defendants and sent to other states. For the year ending June 30 the cost dropped to $1,553.49, about one fourth of prior years, marking the first full year the pact was in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Forrest G. Campbell
Occasional Rain and Cooler Weather Across Piedmont
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and cooler conditions for Piedmont through Friday and into the weekend. Occasional rain is expected with state temperatures inches above average, a 24 degree low locally and highs near 57 today, 55 tomorrow, and 34 tonight, with more rain and colder air in the five day outlook through Monday.
Education Profession Boosted by Local Club Panel
Future Teachers of America of High Point and the Lexington Future Teachers Club hosted a panel in the Public Library AV room with principals and teachers discussing why they chose education. A survey of 1 321 high school students showed 743 planned college, 499 not going, 39 uncertain. 138 34 ninth grade to 38 twelfth grade seeking teaching. President Jane Marshall led the event with officers Mary Anne Fortney Diane Johnson and Alice McIlvaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Teachers of America
High Point High School
Lexington
Future Teachers Club
Public
Mary McInnis
High Point Club
Raleigh Dingman
Tomlinson School
Emma Padgett
Ada Blair
Elizabeth Prettyman
Bill
Jane Marshall
Mary Anne Fortney
Diane Johnson
Alice McIlvaine
Arts and Crafts Expecting Big Turnout
A record registration is expected for the spring arts and crafts workshop opening tomorrow night. Registration runs 7:30 to 9:30 at Junior High School and Blair Park Clubhouse next Tuesday with eight week courses costing $2. Programs at Junior High include photography, knitting, china painting, sewing and more while Senior High offers typing. Blair Park features advanced china painting, ceramic modeling, enameling, and cloisonne among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts and Craft Workshop
Blair Park
Prayer for T DAY Guidance and Growth in Faith
A devotional prayer from May E. Hunter of Nashville Tennessee asking for divine guidance to face difficult problems with careful reasoning and tested solutions. The message pleads for deeper listening, conduct, and emotion, seeking enlarged capacity to grasp the riches of Christ through prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
E. Hunter
Polio Vaccination Debate Guides Guilford County Meeting
Guilford County polio vaccine committee heard reports on compulsory vaccination. The state epidemiologist opposes mandating vaccines now, but advised urging unvaccinated residents under 20 to receive two Salk doses this summer with a third dose for those already fully vaccinated. The proposal, to be reviewed by the Guilford County Medical Society, follows recent ordinances in Pitt Stanly and Rowan counties. The letter from Dr. Fred T. Foard supported postponing mandatory measures for one or two years while noting vaccines reduce polio cases. The meeting was led by Dr. George T. Wolff and Dr. John Lynch Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
State Health Board
Guilford County Medical Society
Pitt, Stanly
Rowan County Health and Education
Fred T. Foard
State Division of Epidemiology
E. H. Ellinwood
Guilford
Foard
George T. Wolff
John Lynch Jr
High Point
W Green widening and street plans advancing in city
Appraisers will assess property rights for the W Green Street widening with city approval to hire the High Point Board of Realtors. State and federal aid discussions for Main Street and Willowbrook extensions continue as weather and a railway crossing delay progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Green Street
High Point Board of Realtors
Hinson
Main
Main Street
Southern Railway Co
Tom Burton
Willowbrook Street
Highland Avenue
Elm Street
Morris Street
Philippine furniture chief tours High Point observes assembly lines
J N Morales of Manila visits High Point to study upholstery methods and plant efficiency. He praises local quiet, architectural focus, and the use of assembly line techniques saving time and money. Morales, president of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, plans to return to Manila after brief U S stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. N. Morales
Philippine Islands
Morales
Manila
Roy B. Culler
National Upholstery Co
Far East
Culler
Washington
Philippines
National Association of Furniture Manufacturers
Philippine Chamber of Industries
J. N. Morales Inc
Sleep Right Bedding Corp
Floyd Mehan resigns as executive vice president of Anvil Brand
Floyd D. Mehan resigns from his eight year post as executive vice president of Anvil Brand, Inc. effective immediately. A New Yorker by birth and longtime garment industry leader, Mehan declined to reveal future plans as company officials could not be reached for comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd D. Mehan
Anvil Brand, Inc
Mehan
Anvil Brand
R. C. Kirchofer
Southern Garment Manufacturers Assn
High Point
Savannah
Old High Point Overall Co
Anvil
Sit-Tite rocked to save company in High Point college show
The Tower Players of High Point College present The Siege of Sit- Tite a musical comedy by Dr. Lew J. Lewis at Memorial Auditorium with 8 p.m. shows tomorrow and Friday. Cast includes Gene Watkins Richard Cox Jaquelyn Smith Paul Atwell Wini Stewart Natalie Etheridge Herman Coble Jr Edna White Aubrey Flynt Raiford Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sit-Tite Furniture Co
Sit- Tite
Lew J. Lewis
Tower Players
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Sitopia
Sit-Tite
Gene Watkins
Doris Talley
Libby Gra
Patrolman Patrol Car Collision Leads To Court Citations
A 52 year old man on Farlow Street was cited to court for failure to yield after his parked car moved into traffic and hit a patrol vehicle driven by Patrolman Clay Fox. Damages to Newton’s car were about 100 dollars and patrol car repairs 259 dollars.
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Farlow Street
N. Main Street
James A. Newton
Clay Fox
Newton
Perry
Commerce Streets
Elbert F. Ramey
Culler Street
Noel K. Hathaway
Freeman Mill Road
Ramey
Hathaway's
Perry Street
Hathaway
Commerce
Neighborhood Scout Group To Convene This Evening
The Neighborhood Committee of the High Point district Boy Scouts will meet tomorrow night at 8 in the Furniture Building to discuss visitations and unit reports. Bob Tye and Paul Briggs will attend Aquatic School in Tampa this month to prepare for waterfront programs at Camp Uwharrie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
B. W. Hackney Jr
Hackney
Bob Tye
Paul Briggs
Lexington
Tampa
Fila
Camp Brorein
Tye
Camp Uwharrie
Briggs
Boy Scout Council
Atlanta
New Jersey
Local Minister Serves As Judge In CE Contest
The Rev. Richard A. Menschen diek of First Evangelical and Reformed Church of High Point serves as a judge in North Carolina for the Citizenship Contest. Sponsored by the International Society of Christian Endeavor, the contest honors letters to editors on Christian Citizenship and social evils. Closing date was February 26 and entries are being judged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Mensendiek
First Evangelical and Reformed Church of
High Point
North Carolina
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Arthur H. Diebold
New York City
Pocketbooks Snatched By Two Youths
Police hunt two youths after a second purse snatching in two days on Richardson and Steele streets. Mrs. Steve Steven reported a 7 30 p m incident Monday and Mrs. L W Sutton at 8 20 p m Tuesday. One purse was found beside a hedge. the other with personal papers remains unrecovered. Detectives investigate a break in at the G H Mebane residence on Rockford Road with a portable TV stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richardson and
Steele Streets
Steve Steven
Richardson St
L. W. Sutton
Steele St
G. H. Mebane
Rockford Road
Weather Cuts Into Building Activity in February 1958
City report shows new construction down 67 000 from January with 327 835 started in February and 394 120 in January due to a week of extreme weather. A R Strange notes housing starts rose from January by 18 000 but were 90 000 below February 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Strange
Life term given in rape case in Winston-Salem
Charles Moore a 27 year old High Point attendant was sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to raping Mrs Al DePorter of Winston Salem wife of Wake Forest College basketball coach Dec 13. Moore surrendered after telephoning police and was held after 60 days observation at Goldsboro mental hospital.
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Winston - Salem
Charles Moore
High Point
al DePorter
Winston- Salem
Moore
DePorter
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
State Mental Hospital
Goldsboro
Patterson
N. J
Youngstown
Ohio
Second Count Made Against Wanted Man
Thomasville man 23 year old Carroll Blackburn was arrested after a service station drive off for 4 50. he faces a capias from Municipal Court plus a new count of larceny and receiving. Bond set at 300 dollars. hearing scheduled March 12 on both charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Carroll Blackburn
Fisher Ferry Street
Blackburn
Motor Stolen From Basement In Thomasville
Odlin Adams of Koontz Avenue asked sheriff deputies to help locate a seven and a half horsepower outboard motor stolen from his basement within the last two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Odlin Adams
Koontz Avenue
Sheriff's
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Globe Furniture Co
Carolyn Martin
Mary Mc
Innis
Press- Austin
Bill Jackson
Arts-Crafts
W. Green
Mary
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Los Angeles
Floyd Mehan
High Point Enterprise
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