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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1961
Page
9
The forecast calls for rain starting late tonight and lasting through tomorrow with a high around 58 degrees and a low near 38. Tomorrow's rainfall totals may reach an inch or more with a high near 45. The five day outlook shows near normal temperatures and cool weather most days.
A four-year-old boy, Willie Alston Jr., was struck by a car on Leonard Street at 4 25 p m as he ran into the street. The driver, Henry Edward Jeffries 21, of Furlough Street, was arrested for driving without a license. Injuries to the child were described as bruises and minor lacerations. In a separate crash at N Main and Homestead Avenues, two cars collided with $100 damage. no injuries or arrests were reported.
Week's activity yields 15 permits totaling 1 085 818 with four commercial deals worth 964 918 and 11 new residences. Major projects include Southern Furniture Exposition Building Inc addition on Wrenn Street and Northeast Junior High School classroom wing.
Wendell W. Wilson, 20, of Kearns Street, charged with drunken driving, resisting an officer, and liquor law violations after a Valley Ridge Drive stop. Bond totals 550, trial set in Municipal Court April 5. Also: H Glenn Howard and John B Weavil face assault on a female charges with March court dates. Donald Trivette faces drunken driving and license revocation with April 10 trial. Lucy McEachin charged with larceny for an electric iron with March 30 court appearance.
Asheboro adds two Democratic contenders Russell Walker of Food Line Markets and Hubert Causey of Causey Machine Co bringing the field to six, the quota for no primary. If one more Democrat runs a primary on April 24 will trim to six. Other Democrats include Robert L. Reese Gordon Hall W P Stone and A Howard Andrews. Emery C Loflin Republican incumbent seeks re election. All four incumbents on the board of education file again: W Frank Redding Jr J R Suggs C E Hughes Jr and T Henry Redding.
Chesley Carlisle Herbert III of High Point is among 17 Carolina Virginia seniors chosen for the Angier B Duke Scholarship at Duke University. The awards range from 2000 to 7200 dollars based on need and ability. Herbert previously earned the John Motley Morehead Scholarship at UNC.
Earl F Bradford of General Electric Transformer Hickory will speak at the High Point Industrial Management Club March meeting. Members will also elect officers including Paul Justice president Ronald Jester 1st vice president Ed Hutchins 2nd vice president Aline Carter secretary and Harvey McFatridge treasurer. Bradford began with GE in 1946 as a radiation inspector at Hanford and has held roles as radiation engineer and monitoring supervisor.
The second annual Soap Box Derby will be held July 15 announced by the parks and recreation department. A meeting for interested boys Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Lyles Chevrolet Co. invites attendance with a film of last year’s finals. Co sponsorship by Jaycees and Lyles Chevrolet with park department. Mark Christ named publicity chairman. Don Hulin and Jack Flynn co directors for the Jaycees. Open to boys ages 11 to 15 with 27 contestants last year. Forms available at recreation centers schools parks and recreation office or from any Jaycee.
Emmanuel Lutheran Church presented Dr. Lee R. Zimmerman a certificate of appreciation for 28 years on the church council and roles as treasurer and US Lutheran Church Men president. The citation, given by Rev. Harry Hawthorne, will be printed in council minutes and in North Carolina Lutheran.
W. A. Thorn of Forest Products Corp in Morristown Tenn is elected president of the SFMA production and cost division at its 52nd annual meeting in Roanoke Virginia. R. B. George of Mount Airy Chair Co is 1st vice president and M. C. Talley of Henredon Furniture Industries is 2nd vice president. Don Smith of Heritage Furniture Co High Point joins the board. Charles H. Prevost retires from the board and is elected to a full term.
High Point parking rules show a system where well funded drivers skirt meters and face warrants. The records department notes about 1,200 warrants yearly, with 34 590 tickets issued and 25 068 paid, many out of state and filed away. Some violators pay before warrants issued, while others plead guilty for modest fees.
Guilford County Board of Education approved ads for bids on the first of three consolidated rural high schools to serve Nathanael Greene Alamance and Pleasant Garden areas. Bid reception begins in April with $1 million funding sought from county commissioners. Public hearing set for April 11. option taken on 37.85 acres and 60 acres more for sites.
The Thomaseville City Council will consider recommendations for a new elections board registration of voters and an appointment to the Recreation Commission at tonight’s meeting in City Hall. No action is expected on appointing a new city manager to replace Bill Green who resigns in April. A loading zone request and a tax release report for January and February are on the agenda.
Four years after helping authorities raid a whisky still in Idabel Oklahoma Ira Banta again joined officers on a raid. They had drilled holes in the barrels years earlier and found the same barrels with holes now plugged.
Jamestown voters decide on issuing 750000 in bonds to fund a sewage disposal system. Polls open at 6 30 a m at the Town Office with Mrs H R Gillespie as registrar and judges R F Davis and Mrs D G Kerr. Town Manager Charles Turner notes eligibility includes all regular voters and outlines bond retirement plans after mass meeting details.
Hollywood reports singer and actress Gisele MacKenzie has a 6 pound 7 ounce son named MacKenzie Duffy born Sunday. She is 33 and married to her manager Bob Shutteworth.
The Rev. W. David Wise, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church Asheboro for seven years, will leave May 1 to become pastor of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Claremont. He succeeds the Rev. Carl Ritchie who joined the board of American Missions of the Lutheran Church in Greensboro.
Clyve E. Cagle was elected president of the High Point World War I Veterans at a meeting yesterday afternoon at the American Legion Home on West High Street. Elected with him were Edward L. Winfrey senior vice commander B F Turnage junior vice commander G D Bostian quartermaster J H King legislative officer Dan D Arden chaplain C F Suttenfield service officer T C Potts F L Sechrest and L J Summey trustees. The group noted its statewide convention in Raleigh June 17 19.
Alexander W. Smith, 24, of Franklin Street, faces a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after James Williams said Smith slashed him across the ear with a knife. Smith released on $200 bond pending trial on April 7. Wallace Crosby, 27, of Barnwell Street, was arrested on an assault on a female and public drunkenness charge based on Doris Long of Grant Street. case expected in Recorder's Court today.
Lively slogan from Urbana Ohio reads Vote for Vic Be Dead Right on campaign material for Dr Victor B Frederick who seeks the coroner's office and currently holds it.
The Northeast Junior High honor roll for the fourth grading period is released by Principal Raleigh Dingman. Seventh graders earning All A’s and B’s include Phillip Jones, Jean Myers, Gary Brock, Liza Miller, and many others. Eighth graders with All A’s and B’s feature Richard Kerr, Sandy Dillard, Frank Starrett Jr., Mary Sherman, and more. Ninth grade lists show All A’s for Larry Culler and Judy Wilson, plus All A’s and B’s for Steve Bernard, Elsie Peck, Julia Parker, and additional students.
The Allen Jay High School spring band concert is Tuesday at 7 30 in the school auditorium under band director T W Marlowe. The event previews the state contest on April 12 with pieces including Entrance and March of the Peers excerpts from Die Meistersinger by Wagner A Colonial Rapsody El mira Concert March and Night Beat. The beginning and junior bands also perform.
Mission Society gathers at 6 30 tonight at Trinity Methodist Church Thomasville with Rev John H Carper district speaker to discuss aiding the Trinity Methodist building on Liberty Drive.
A devotional prayer asks Heavenly Father to forgive trespasses without request and to grant hearts like Christ. The author, W Dale Oldham, a minister at Park Place Church of God in Anderson Indiana, signs the piece.
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