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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1959
Page
32
In Columbia AP reports the South Carolina General Assembly debates a four percent sales tax. Senate Finance Committee trims proposals to raise about 25 million dollars. Members are split on the tax and await a potential free conference report if approved.
The notice lists daily hours and activities at Goldston Park Center under B. C. Mixon, Blair Park Golf Shop hours, and a series of weekly programs including arts and crafts, free play, ping pong, and organized games. It also mentions Brooks Church and Washington Terrace activity times.
The annual Missionary Convention of the Church of God was held at First Church of God on S Main Street yesterday. Guest speaker Miss Vera Martin, a missionary nurse furloughed from Mwihila Station Hospital in Kenya, spoke about her three years of service. Reverend Arlo F. Newell presided. Mwihila hosts Nora Hunter Memorial Hospital and Mwihila Teacher Training Center.
A humorous reminiscence from Thomasville about springtime plans and a long fight with invading stinkwood and joint grass in the garden. The narrator recalls nearby neighbors, a garden project with a friend, and the recurring struggle to reclaim a patch from invasive plants.
AP report from Los Angeles outlines concerns about survival, self knowledge, and love in troubled times. Br. Kay offers guidance on coping with anxiety and the alienation some feel.
A fragment from Honolulu reports boys and local officials reacting to a sanitation plan, with community voices expressing concern and questions about its impact and implementation.
The 49 star flag will be officially inaugurated at Fort McHenry in Baltimore the site where the Star Spangled Banner originated. President Eisenhower requested the flag with Alaska’s star to be raised at 12:01 a.m. on July 4. Francis Scott Key wrote the National Anthem’s words during the 1814 bombardment at the fort.
Claire Stringer 14 of Seneca died at 3:55 PM at Oconee Memorial Hospital after a Friday night auto truck collision. A fourth girl Malinda Blanton 14 remained in critical condition. All victims were ninth grade honor students and Seneca High School band members. Double funeral services for Parker and Free girls set for 2:30 PM Sunday in Seneca. Stringer's funeral arrangements pending.
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