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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1961
Page
9
James Wagner of Quaker Lane was driving along Albertson Road at 8:30 p.m. when his 1953 automobile fell into a deep rut after a barricade had been removed. Train No. 35 ploughed into the car, damaging a steam pipe on the engine and totaling the auto. No charges were filed.
C Arthur Kirkman of High Point was named president of the Guilford County Chronic Illness and Rehabilitation Board. Judge L Richardson Preyer announced the appointment with Dr Jean McAlister as vice president and Mrs. Robert B. Taylor as secretary. The board includes residents of Greensboro and High Point and will coordinate sheltered workshops home care information and referral services with Central Carolina Rehabilitation Hospital trustees.
Firemen answered 101 alarms in January down from 124 last year, yet total building and content losses reached 115697 versus 18112 in 1960. Loss per capita stood at 1.86, with 83 actual fires and 18 miscellaneous calls among the 101 alarms. Buildings accounted for 48 fires. oil burners led building fires with six incidents.
Mayor Jess Washburn issued a proclamation linking DeMolay Week to the national 42nd anniversary. The period runs today through Sunday and honors DeMolay members ages 12 to 21 for character and citizenship. High Point Chapter is sponsored by High Point Commandery No. 24 Knights Templar.
H L Ingram, a night watchman, found his Boggs Dairy Road residence ransacked with a rear door kicked in. Thieves took three firearms a Winchester rifle a bolt action rifle and a single action shotgun plus $35 in change. The break in occurred between 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday morning according to sheriff deputies.
Members of the Thomasville Senior High FHA delegation will lead devotions at the Davidson County FHA rally Friday in the Central High School auditorium at 4 p.m. Delegations from each FHA chapter attend and a talk on boy girl relations will be featured. Music will be provided by a combo from Thomasville Senior High.
Thomasville resident Billy Ray Barrer 26 faces larceny and receiving charges in Superior Court over the theft of furniture silver and related goods from Alderman's Studios on N Hamilton Street. Police recovered truckloads of items from Barrer home and his brother and a High Point girlfriend's residence.
Police hunt a white and red car believed to have bowled seven mailboxes on Westchester Drive early Sunday. Investigators also probe theft of hub caps and fender skirts from Joe Boone's car at West End, with $119 damage.
An eight item agenda guides tonight's 7 30 Planning and Zoning Commission session. The panel reviews Ross Caudel's veneer sample room on West Chester Drive, IEH Homes Bobby Clodfelter display building on S Main at Fraley Road, a rezoning request from Residential A 2 to Industrial 6 near Fairfield Highland Trinity, condemnation street widening interpretation, and Edwards Street E Fairfield Avenue mobile home park plans. Carryovers include Piedmont Outdoor Advertising signboard on Rawley Farm Road Fred Little storage building on E Homestead Avenue Lassiter Drive and classification of Croydon Street Nottingham Road as collector streets.
Thomasville NC. Harry Klab of Southern Pines, president of the NC Letter Carriers Assn, attended as local hosts welcomed carriers and wives from Asheboro Lexington and Randleman. Other guests included D. B. Grubb Raleigh John Moore Spray Luther Craver Lexington Bill Measle High Point Roland Fields Greensboro. The dinner was in High Point.
Firemen answered two weekend alarms in Thomasville. A grass fire in the 100 block of Harris Street was extinguished shortly after noon. At 6:16 p.m. residents at 219 Polk Street reported a chimney fire with soot burning, and firefighters monitored the incident until the chimney fire burned out safely.
Eugene C. O'Brien 37 of Boulev ard was arrested about a mile from the damage scene at 4 15 a m Sunday on charges of driving while intoxicated and malicious damage after a meandering car tour through several yards on Kivett Drive. Damages totaled about 183 dollars to the car and property. He is to appear in Municipal Court April 10.
David L. Pancoast a senior at High Point College majoring in psychology is the college’s first Woodrow Wilson Fellow recipient. The 1961 62 winners total 1333 from 381 institutions across the United States and Canada with a fund value near 3 000 000. Fellows pursue first year graduate study for potential college teaching careers amid a program supporting libraries faculty salaries and counseling services.
Raincoats will be in order this evening as scattered showers or thunderstorms roll through. Tonight's low around 44 and tomorrow's high near 60 with gradual clearing and winds. The five day outlook calls for mild temps, showers Thursday and Saturday bringing about three quarters of an inch of rain.
Civil Aeronautics Board Examiner James Keith recommended Piedmont Airlines extend route 87 north to Baltimore and south to Atlanta. The plan splits north-south operations into two main branches with Salisbury added as an intermediate point. This is an initial decision pending full board approval.
The text presents a prayer asking for strength and constant prayer to do God’s will, claiming joy and meaning in obedience. It is attributed to Conrad Bergendorf, president of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.
Four Boy Scout Councils will receive benefits from a Rodeo at the Greensboro Coliseum March 23 26 sponsors include Blue Bell Inc Cone Mills Greensboro and the Hanes companies of Winston Salem. The councils General Greene Old Hickory Cherokee and Uwharrie will use proceeds for camping programs. In 1960 the event raised 4000 for Uwharrie camping. Scout leaders in uniform may buy tickets at half price.
Vernon Spar row Mills Home superintendent will speak to Pilot Lions Club members at 7 p m in Mimosa Restaurant Lexington Avenue Thomasville tonight.
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