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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1956
Page
9
L F Hill is named to a city post with Reeson Hardware acting as assistant building official. He will enforce the city ordinance and serves as a resident of 68 West Hu Street. He is married with three daughters.
The article recalls St Eden Villar aiming to surpass Everest, contrasting his bid with the historic first ascent by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. It frames the challenge as a difficult climb, echoing the original ascent’s peril and achievement.
Members of the Order of Red Men in North Carolina gather in the city for their 1956 convention at the Hotel Ton. Attendance was expected to exceed 250 with separate morning and afternoon business sessions and an officers election. The Pocahontas order also planned events and an annual banquet.
The association chapter endorsed the proposed alumni project at the college with a $1.20 figure noted. Guests included Wes, executive secretary, and Dr. Dennis Cooke, the college president.
An hour long congregational meeting adopted parts of the Wes ley Memorial Methodist Church plan. The building committee estimated the full project cost at 2,081,000 dollars and endorsed the church’s architects Har em of Philadelphia and committee for final approval.
The third annual Board Members Institute will be held Tuesday at the Marietta Club with separate sessions. The first session starts at 9:30 am. The event aims to be the best of its kind.
A county building hosts a candidates' forum this evening. Local officials and several hopefuls will answer questions from residents and discuss key issues facing the community.
A grass fire near Main Street in Thomasville was extinguished at 8:38 p.m. Friday by booster pumps. Earlier a railroad cross tie fire at 7:40 a.m. was put out by a booster pump, with crews blocking E Main Street during the operation.
Weekend crashes injure four individuals in Point and nearby areas. A man struck by a car on E Washington Street suffers a fractured right arm and is treated at Crawford Memorial Hospital. The driver faces reckless driving charges and lacks a license. A second child and two other adults are injured in separate incidents involving a city bus, a rear-end collision, and a single-vehicle crash near Brown Summit. Damages range from minimal to several hundred dollars. Local court dates set for June 18 for the drivers involved.
The civil suit by Ellis Love against two county officials was compromised with terms undisclosed. The case involved North Part and Lake City area officials, with Love, a former high school teacher, and references to Evans and Graham in contested statements.
Garland William Powell 51 press foreman at High Point Enterprise and resident of Route 3 High Point died in High Point Memorial Hospital at 5 45 AM after eight months of declining health He was born December 11 187 in St Petersburg Florida and lived in High Point four years moving from Bradenton Florida Powell edited the Archdale Trinity Sites Cub club bulletin and held Methodist Church membership He was married December 23 1926 to Margaret Powell Munger of Sarasota and left a son Bradenton Florida and three grandchildren A brief funeral service was planned at 7 30 oclock by the Rev Issac minister.
Plans reveal a new furniture manufacturing plant by Style Mouse, led by Ray Chambers. The project aims to build a large facility of iron for production and upholstery work, signaling expansion and job creation in the local industry.
The brief line presents a devotional note invoking Our Father and a plea for peace. No specific places people events or dates are given. The item reads like a short prayer fragment suitable for a religious page or column.
Frasier Saunders testifies two youths Brooks and Saunders were friends since childhood and no brick was used. He says they were visiting in a friend's apartment when he was struck, lip cut and two teeth knocked out, but he claims the warrant and incident were mistaken.
A 2% year old Black man was arrested yesterday for assaulting a woman by punching her cheek and for drunkenness. He was released on $500 bond and set to stand trial June 11. William C. McWharten, 59, of Thomasville, was arrested for violating union laws, freed on bond, and scheduled to appear in court June 11.
Weather forecast notes cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a noon low and a high near seasonal norms. Minor fluctuations expected as a mild warm trend continues through the day.
Jamestown High School seniors dominate the High Point Junior Chamber Road-E-O with first and second place finishes. A Penn High senior takes third, as the event concludes this season.
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