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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1959
Page
9
Captain W C Johnson’s car was mistaken for Mrs Louise Tomlin’s and driven to a garage for clutch work. After a mistaken stolen car alert, Tomlin’s key fit Johnson’s green 1953 Chevrolet, leading to a new clutch being installed while the mix up was resolved.
The Piedmont Customer Service sponsor invites about 175 merchants to hear Arthur H. Jones of American Commercial Bank speak on credit at a 6:30 p.m. supper at the YMCA. J. N. Rawleigh Co. offers consumer credit across multiple stores in several cities with plans for statewide expansion.
Lexington County School Superintendent Paul Evans was the guest of honor at a Davidson County Schoolmasters Club farewell dinner at Claude's Restaurant. Evans retires July 4 after more than 30 years. Elvin Arrants presented a combined lounge chair and rocking chair as a gift and noted Evans planned to sit and rock in retirement. This was Arrants last club meeting as president, with Ralph Kimel set to succeed him.
Pleasant but humid spring forecast for the Central Piedmont with frequent showers. Expect mostly cloudy skies, warm temperatures around the mid eighties, scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers, and temperatures ranging from the mid sixties to the mid eighties through the week.
Mrs. Phoebe Emmons state Consultant for high school and college FTA clubs spoke at the Calvin H. Wiley chapter meeting at High Point College Monday. She installed 1959 60 officers: Martha Bulla president Wini Stuart vice president Eunice Young secretary Carolyn Tullock treasurer Betty Gray Norman program chairman Jackie Creech student government representative and K M Vestal social chairman.
Dr. Hoyt Blackwell president of Mars Hill College will address the Brotherhood at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church. The supper starts at 7 p.m. Non members may hear the address at 8 p.m. Mars Hill graduates and trustees may attend the dinner by advance reservation.
The civil defense organization reveals plans to fingerprint all elementary students next year with PTA volunteers aiding mass printing. So far only Union Hill and Cloverdale have completed prints with about 110 of 540 Cloverdale students rejected. Volunteers will redo prints and cover absent students as the program aims to capture third graders only, with four more elementary schools joining next fall.
The Tambora volcanic eruption near Java disrupted solar radiation with widespread dust, leading to claims that 1816 became a year without a summer.
Tiderton calls for regular meetings between council committee heads and department chiefs to cut operating costs. He questions a $596 truck clutch and a $447 road machine repair, noting bids control work. Dean suggests regular trade‑in schedules as a fix. no conclusions reached.
J. W. Lambert of High Point was elected grand high priest and J. R. McGinn of High Point grand scribe of the Grand Encampment at the Winston-Salem meeting. W. C. Clark of Weaverville was chosen by Encampment, succeeding John W. Tucker of Winston-Salem. The Grand Encampment is open to third degree Odd Fellows.
History notes Liechtenstein’s origins with Count Hartmann I who became ruler of Vaduz in 1342, the town that later grew into the principality’s capital. The account highlights the early ties between the Counts of Liechtenstein and Vaduz.
Southeast furniture manufacturers invited to a two day conference by the Cellular Plastics Division of the Plastics Industry Association. A noon luncheon at Sedgefield Manor precedes discussions on flexible vinyl and urethane foams, design concepts, and cellular plastics in furniture. SFMA members invited to Monday afternoon session led by Dr. Samuel Steingiser and a slate of industry leaders.
Jamestown notices announce the PTA picnic has been postponed due to unspecified reasons. Organized by local schools and PTA leaders, the event now awaits a new date and venue confirmation.
Grover Skeen, 19, faced a capial charging failure to comply with court orders after a prior driving suspension. Judge Byron Haworth ordered meditation at the city jail until Wednesday and an added 30 days of driving restriction. Other cases include drunk charges, bigamy dismissals, and fines.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual scrap paper drive this Sunday as part of Clean-Up week. Volunteers plan to start at 1 p.m. and canvass city streets, asking residents to place bundled newspapers magazines and other scrap at the curb before then.
The Chapel in the Wood will be dedicated Wednesday at 6 30 pm. Paul Jones president of Kappa Chi Fellowship will offer the Religion Department remarks. The Kappa Chi Chorus will sing. The chapel in the valley between the Science Building and Harrison Hall seats about 125.
City council approves raising local court costs from 13.50 to 14 per case to fund a court law library with a six to two vote. J B Phillips absent. Hubert Bryant and James McNeill oppose and favor, respectively, joint city county financing for library access by city court and county superior court judges. Awaiting General Assembly action in Raleigh.
The High Point School choral department presents a spring concert at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The A Cappella Choir and Choralettes perform sacred songs folk tunes Negro spirituals and show tunes. The Choralettes open with serious numbers and three Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes. The A Cappella Choir follows with sacred numbers and spirituals. They join for selections including A Canticle of Peace While Were Young and A Tribute to Romberg.
The Brotherhood of Emmanuel Lutheran Church gathers Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the Fellowship Hall. A church women’s supper precedes an evening program with guest speaker the Rev A C Waggoner pastor of First Methodist Church in High Point.
A retired Methodist minister from Waynesville NC urges young people to seek enduring peace beyond technical skill and military power. He cites Jesus’s warning that those who take the sword perish by the sword and warns that material might cannot sustain a nation’s moral foundations.
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