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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1951
Page
14
Voters in High Point will cast ballots tomorrow in a general election for mayor and council seats. Amos Kearns, former councilman and mayor pro-tem, leads the Democratic ticket as mayoral candidate with Republicans offering a full slate.
Balloting for the High Point general election opens at 6 30 a m and closes at 6 30 p m tomorrow. Voters choose City Council members and the Mayor in ballots cast at polling places across the city.
Dale Monty a lumber company official is identified as a strong candidate on the lican slate. Voters in the first ward backed Joe Temple and Jess Wash Burn in a party primary held on April 24 granting them the right to their positions ahead of tomorrow's election.
Outlook is windy and cool with mostly fair skies. Tonight and Tuesday remain cool with a trace of rain overnight. Highs reach 73 tomorrow, 70 today, with lows around 45 tonight.
High Point voters will ballot for women candidates for city council for the first time. Mrs. Kirkman and Mrs. Hauschild lead tickets as first female hopefuls from major parties. Several incumbents are not seeking re election, signaling many new faces on the council after tomorrow's election. Arthur M Utley Jr, election board chair, urged registered voters to cast ballots across all 15 precincts with no regard to party. Estimated new registrants total about 10 500 to 11 000.
About 425 workers at Highland Cotton Mill will return to work tomorrow after a five week idle period sparked by a regional textile strike. The North Central Joint Board of the Textile Workers Union said members voted to end the walkout following mediation offers from Federal Mediator Cyrus Ching. Mill owner J E Millis said production pace will determine full restoration and the mill will reopen at 7 am. An extra food distribution will be held Saturday morning from the union commissary.
Three students George Crane Donnie Harris and Frances Mull will present speeches on building world peace in the atomic age at 8 PM in the Senior High auditorium. Miss Ruth Goodman oversees the program with a gold medal prize for local finalists backed by notable supporters and institutions.
A man, John Green, negro, of 1316 Kivett, was booked for no operator's license after a 7:15 P M collision on Kivett Drive near Hay Street. His car struck a Blue Ribbon cab parked by Robert W. Pinnix, 1303 Kivett. Damage totaled 350 dollars with 200 to the cab and 150 to Green's car. A second accident around 4:15 P M in the 200 block of South Main involved John W. Boles, 810 English, rear ending by Lonnie O. Griffin, 606 East Green, totaling 190 dollars in damage.
Members of the High Point VFW post meet at 8 o clock tonight in the post home on Broad Street for their regular session.
The 38th North Carolina Baraca-Philathea Union convention ended with dispersal to churches for morning services. A sunrise memorial service honored Marshall A. Hudson and Miss Henrietta Heron. O A Johnson spoke on Hudson. New officers were installed at a banquet, with City Attorney Jones delivering the main address.
Municipal Judge D. C. MacRae fined James Harper 22 of 206 Gordy after a Salisbury trip for war. Police testified he was found with five fifths and a pint stamped Salisbury ABC. Harper pled guilty, received 12 months suspended two years, to pay 100 dollars and costs, and appealed to Superior Court.
Police report multiple thefts at Graystone Apartments. Edith Stallings notified officers that someone broke into a rear window of a residence, stealing 150 pennies and small amounts from two purses totaling about eight dollars.
Newsnet officers include Charles Greene of Henderson as president E a of Winston Salem first vice judge Guy F Elliott of Kinston second vice president R V Liles of Raleigh director aa of High Point and W C Stainback as Secret Service director Local sponsors are the A M Idol Philathea class of First Methodist and the Idla Sheloff Philathea class of First Baptist church.
Miss Dorothy Height education adviser for the National YWCA board visits High Point for meetings with local YWCA leaders. She will speak tonight at 8 at the Mary McLeod Bethune Branch on East Washington Street.
Four young persons were arrested after allegedly failing to pay a food bill and stealing service trays from Dixie Hot Shoppe and Feast A Bar Cafe. Police described two male suspects and two female suspects, with valued trays and food totaling 12.15 dollars. The youths face two counts of larceny each in Municipal Court and the girls were also indicted for immoral vagrancy and reckless and no operator's license.
David L. Connor, 40, of Nathan Hunt Drive, was arrested on a drunken living offense. The report notes the charge and his address as given in the incident listing.
John W. Starr Jr. explains children learn fear from parents and that real fears aid growth if not exaggerated. He urges reducing parental anxiety, socializing through community activity, and consulting a family counselor at the Family Service Bureau 106 College Street, appointments by phone 3709.
Thomasville voters set to choose a mayor with Rapp unopposed for the top job. Eleven other council and ward candidates appear on the ballot as 375 names were registered. Polls open 6:30 AM and close 6:30 PM at four ward sites amid light turnout expected.
An advertisement claims users can prevent denture slipping by sprinkling PASTEETH alkaline powder on plates. It promises firmer hold, more comfort, no souring, and elimination of denture odor, urging readers to purchase at any drug store.
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