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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1958
Page
31
Heritage Furniture Co officials called the latest open versus closed furniture show a success after closing a venture they described as highly successful. They sought to clarify their post event stance and future plans.
Harold G. Hoak joins the main office staff at Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. in High Point to work in credit and lending after transferring from Winston-Salem. He is a University of Virginia graduate and a Pennsylvian native, married with two sons.
Dr. Dennis H. Cooke announces 1958 59 faculty appointments at High Point College. New hires include Dr Robert R Bryden biology Dr Golden Leon Howell geology James L Nelson business administration Thomas Dodamead education psychology Dr Rossiter R Bellinger Walter Blackstock John Dale Ebbs English Miss Betty L Shirley history counselor for women Dr Arthur E Le Vey modern Miss Nancye Hood education William W Mountcastle religion Stanley C Broadway executive secretary and director of appointments Wesley Gaynor returning as assistant bursar.
High Point High School A Cappella Choir and Choralettes perform Tuesday in the senior high auditorium. Selections include Waters Ripple and Flow, No Man Is an Island, If I Loved You, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, Liebeslieder Waltzes, Anywhere I Wander, Oklahoma, and a Romberg tribute with Desert Song One Alone Stouthearted Men. Soloists are Hedgecock Ridge Jarvis Mohr Dwyer Perry guest conductor from Duke University.
Seventeen candidates for state and local offices have confirmed plans to speak at a League of Women Voters public meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the county building. Moderator Robert Conner will preside over talks and a question period after distribution of a Know Your Candidates booklet. WMFR will tape and broadcast the event.
Guilford County deputy sheriff James Greenway and Acme Sample Books Inc president Fred Swartzberg named co chairs of the High Point Red Cross blood program for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1. Greenway, a High Point native, has held multiple civic roles including Family Service Bureau president and YMCA drive chair, and has received local service awards. He lives at 106-B Een recipient in January of the citywide Distinguished Service Award. Swartzberg’s local involvement is not detailed in the fragment.
The North Carolina branch of the Antique Automobile Club invites members of the State Horseless Carriage Club to attend and bring their cars. Old autos will be displayed in front of the pavilion at the park for most of the afternoon.
Five seniors from High School announced as scholarship winners for 1958. Recipients include Ann Jarrell Kirkman who won the High Point Duke Alumni Scholarship and ranked first in class. Jakie Harriss who earned the T. V. Rochelle Scholarship to Duke University. Brenda Coffey who received the Day Student Council Scholarship to High Point College. Mary Gail Alexander awarded a Beta Club based scholarship to High Point College. and Betty Neal awarded a freshman scholarship from Meredith College.
Rupert Pickens won the Arion Award in orchestra for two years as principal cellist and NC All High School Orchestra member. Brenda Coffey received Arion Award for service and a four year Day Student Council scholarship to High Point College. Bill Allgood earned Arion and Virginia Frank Orchestra Award with a $200 High Point Musical Arts Club scholarship. Certificates of Merit were awarded to 22 orchestra members, six Glee Club members, seven Choralettes, 31 ACappella Choir members, 15 band members, and 38 additional band players.
Two small boys were injured in auto accidents here yesterday within ten minutes of each other. Six-year-old William Darnell Siler was admitted to Memorial Hospital for observation after being struck by a car driven by Pleasant Hunter Dalton Sr. of Rockspring Road. Dalton said the boy darted from behind trees and hedges at 404 Taylor St. and that he did not see him in time. no charges were filed. Five-year-old Eddie Ray Barnes suffered a slight concussion and a bruised hip when he fell from a truck near his home as driver William B. Richardson started to stop. Barnes was also treated for minor injuries.
A collage of small town tales includes a husband winning a divorce amid a quirky gadget feud, a reporter’s weather note about Jane Kerr, and observations on Brigitte Bardot at a cinema showing. Other items mention a hitchhiker-robbery caper, a witty classified ad, Edna Smith’s sewing skill, and missing sidewalks on Hamilton Street.
W L Burns Jr assistant vice president Guilford National Bank Greensboro will address the YMCA Industrial Management Club on Don t You Believe It the current economy and business conditions. Fred Swartzberg Acme Sample Book Co will introduce Burns with Rev Woodrow Robbins giving the Day Thought and Invocation. J Vaughn Boone magician from Charlotte provides entertainment.
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