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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1962
Page
9
City officials and Fire Chief weigh site options for the Five Points station as they delay choosing a final location. A lot on Deep River Road is unsuitable without costly fill, while the original site remains preferred for protection and timing.
The 1962 High Point Soap Box Derby will be held July 14 with local boys ages 11 to 15 eligible to compete for the local championship and a trip to Akron to the All-American Derby. Top finishers win college scholarships and a $500 savings bond, with rules stressing boy-built cars and careful budgeting.
A prayer by John Marvin Rast of Columbia South Carolina expresses praise for divine salvation and strength. The text asks for God’s sustaining presence and an invincible spirit within believers through the Methodist Board of Education.
Six area hospitals including High Point Memorial Moses H. Cone Memorial Wesley Long in Greensboro Lexington Memorial and Randolph Hospital in Asheboro were accredited in 1962 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The commission, formed by four medical associations, lists over 3,000 U S hospitals. Criteria include safe facilities, nursing care, medical records, and staff oversight.
East Davidson High School senior 4-H club representatives will address the Civitan Club in Thomasville at 6 30 p m. The talk titled Learn Live and Serve Through 4 H features Mrs J B Palmer Jr community leader Don Alexander Joe Clinard Jr and Miss Betsy Beck, followed by a business session.
City lawmakers planned to tighten outdoor displays at furniture markets and ease high rise apartment site rules downtown. The planning commission also seeks a Main Street rezoning from Business A-5 to Residential C-4 to allow apartments and professional buildings while barring new business.
City Manager Harold Cheek plans to appoint a new parks and recreation director within two weeks after interviewing five Civil Service approved applicants. The present director, Jesse Taylor, will become dean at High Point College after a successor is named.
The Woodmen of the World chapter will host a ham burger and hot dog supper at 7 PM tomorrow at the W.O.O.W. home on Centennial Street.
Thieves struck Spencer-Parker Bros. TV and Appliance and Briley Furniture on S Main St, stealing seven portable TVs, a record player, four TVs at Briley, two record players, eight radios and two irons worth about 2185. Police investigated glass breakage and suspected entry via rear doors.
A man, Robert L. Small, was charged with resisting arrest after allegedly slugging a police officer as officers prepared to jail his wife Edith on a disorderly conduct charge. Both were arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after a 3:55 a.m. incident at a Main Street restaurant.
Thomasville man W L Livingston of Walnut Street was killed in an auto crash near Loris South Carolina. Injured in serious condition at Conway hospital is Rock Graham of Thomasville. Details of the accident are not known.
John R. Taylor Co. received a Greensboro building permit for a $168000 Holiday Inn motel at the W Green street cloverleaf. The 60 unit, ultra modern hotel includes glass design and amenities such as air conditioning and television. Completion is targeted for June 15.
A meeting on farm leases and rental agreements will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 PM in the auditorium of the County Agricultural Building Greensboro. Clyde Weathers from State College and John Carroll will lead the discussion on drawing up good leases to improve farmer landowner relations.
Senior High Speech Class at Wake Forest College won certificates in five categories at the state Speech Festival. Winners include Billy Barker Rickey Bell Carolyn Culler Judy Fletcher Rodger Franklin Gail Leonard Eugenia Monroe Joy Purcelle Brenda Leary Babette Weber Balinda Davis Valerie White Harriet Hardee and instructor Miss Ruth Goodman.
Weatherman at Friend ship expects the sun to break through after weekend rain. Cooler temperatures are forecast for the next five days with a low of 38 tonight and a high near 57 tomorrow. Yesterday reached 62, showers last night lowered to 42 with 0.47 inch of rain at the airport this morning.
The 7:50 Club of the High Point Chamber of Commerce reports 47 new members today, bringing total memberships to 70. Captain Cam Cridlebaugh Jr led with 17 joins. other teams were Wade McInnis 11, Thomas H. Elder Jr. 7, and Al Wilson 12, as Bill Horney noted midway point with breakfasts planned April 2 and 9.
Dr. Angel de Rio aged 62 died Sunday after a brief illness. He was a senior professor in Columbia University’s Spanish department and directed the Hispanic Institute of the United States. Born in Soria Spain he began teaching at Columbia in 1919.
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