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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1953
Page
2
The Chinese Nationalist navy received 21 boxes of textbooks from the U S Naval Academy graduating class of 1952 and the U S Naval Institute. Cmdr Roland Kenney presented the gifts and said the United States and Free China share a bond against Communism and for peace.
Three forgery counts against a local man were heard in Municipal Court with probable cause found in each case. Robert M. Abee, 28, of Field Street Apartments, was held to Superior Court on a total $1,000 bond. Indictments allege he passed three checks signed Lee J. Wood at Corn’s Food Store Steele Dip er and Carolina Cash Grocery for $38.20 $15 and $28.63. Abee also received a 30 day suspended sentence and court costs in a drunkenness case.
State troopers report a Saturday night hit-and-run north of High Point near Community Curb Market. 18-year-old Franklin Bliss Wood of Route 1 posted a $300 bond on a hit-and-run charge. James Erwin Marion of Dobson was the other driver. The cars collided on Highway 311 with minor damage and no injuries. A hearing on the charge is set for Friday.
In Lexington High School gym two Davidson County semi finals loom tonight. At 7:30 Reeds, top seed in girls and unbeaten in county play for over three years, faces fourth seed Pilot. At 8:50, fourth seed Hasty meets unseeded Linwood in the boys semi final.
The notice explains time zone adjustments for network programs and warns that last minute relay changes are not included. It notes that Eastern Standard Time applies and subtracts one or two hours for Central and Mountain zones respectively while acknowledging local station scheduling tweaks.
A dense listing of Monday and Tuesday broadcast times across multiple networks. Programs include news, sports, music, and drama with station notes, concert lineups, and serials such as Queen Miss, Lone Ranger, I Love Lucy, and Dragnet plus various local shows and times.
Thomasville reports reveal Deputy Keifer Morris was sent to Galax Virginia to fetch James Morton Fine on a 1947 wife warrant, only to learn the wife had died two years earlier. Other weekend arrests include Grady Estep for drunken and resisted arrest near Saunders Grill, and three locals charged with liquor offenses and released on bond.
Randolph County Commissioners in regular session endorsed a legislative bill to create a fire district covering parts of Guilford and Randolph counties. The district would authorize a property tax up to 10 cents per $100 valuation to fund fire protection, replacing the current fee basis system.
In Korea the 45th Infantry Division reports Private Andy Lopez of Cleveland says Short Round, the 3rd Company dog mascot, was struck by a truck and died after receiving medical care. The unit notes previous mascots Sound Power and Dud vanished mysteriously.
Mrs Lovie J Jones widow of Flave Jones died Saturday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She resided with her daughter at 211 Hay Street and was born in Forsyth County earlier living in High Point. Survived by mother Mrs Caroline Winston sister Mrs Myrtle Charles brother John H Garrett three daughters Mrs Callie Holmes Mrs Vera Moore and Mrs Eric McAdoo, one son Flave E Jones, three “8 pays 4 ters” one grandson and one great grandson. Funeral at First Baptist Church Tuesday at 3 pm Rev W F Elliott officiating. Burial at St Jones Cemetery Friendship. Body moved from Moore’s Funeral Home to residence this afternoon at 4 pm.
A Saturday morning blaze started by an oil stove severely damaged one room of a two story building on Church Street now used as a residence. Firefighters arrived at 10 45 and controlled the fire quickly. Several Negro tenants lost clothing and personal belongings in the fire. It was the third blaze in the building in four to five years. Earlier, at 9 38 firemen were called to 309 Street for a grass fire and at 3 pm to Liberty Drive for another grass fire.
In Boston in 1842 John Perkins was fined three dollars for tying up his wife who wished to go shopping. The incident reflects 19th century social norms and legal responses to domestic restraint.
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