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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1958
Page
13
Recreation director Bill Stronach reports progress on the city pool with good weather aiding finishing work. A new $90,000 filtration plant is tested to circulate 1,125,000 gallons every eight hours as painting and seeding proceed. contractor delays extended May 1 target.
Residents petitioned the City Council to pave West College Drive linking Montlieu and Lexington avenues amid health and congestion concerns from dust and street parking. City Manager Hinson said financial participation from property owners may be needed and traffic counts will be made before committee review. Architects gain approval to draft final plans for a city county building housing court police and tax offices near city hall.
Brigadier General Edward Colston Dyer will headline High Point Memorial Day services at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The Cherry Point commander, WWII and Korean War veteran, holds 14 national honors and led Marine helicopter squadrons. Rep. Ed Kemp will serve as master of ceremonies with music by the High Point Junior High School Band.
City leaders consider state law changes to let High Point set ambulance speed limits after a collision while Calvin Orrell offers to donate one ambulance and transfer operation to the city. Funeral homes say ambulance work is unprofitable and seek safer, efficient service.
A mainly sunny forecast with warmer temperatures is due for the High Pointers after a cool night. Clouds rise Friday with possible weekend rain. The state outlook predicts about three fourths of an inch of rain mainly over the weekend. Local highs today expected 78 to 80 degrees. tonight's low around 50 to 55. tomorrow's high near 80.
Piedmont Natural Gas will cut rates by an average 6 percent starting July 1, saving about 400 000 annually for 51 500 residential and commercial customers. President Buell G. Duncan called the move history making amid rising costs and seven record years of growth.
The seventh annual Guilford County Fine Arts Festival will be held at High Point College in Memorial Auditorium. Approximately 400 entries in literature art and music will be on display in Alumni Gymnasium through Sunday. Dr John Richard Craft director of the Columbia Museum of Art will headline the awards program tomorrow night.
A public forum at the county building in Guilford County brings 17 candidates to speak. Sponsored by the High Point League of Women Voters, the meet will start at 8 p.m. Only contenders in contested city, county, and state races are invited to participate. Each candidate will speak briefly before audience questions.
Registered Guilford County Democrats can vote in the May 31 primary without restriction while 22 other North Carolina counties face a rule requiring full marks for vacancies. The anti single shot law applies only to those counties. Guilford Randolph and Forsyth are exempt.
Three major items in Guilford County public welfare budgets totaling 312 650 were approved by commissioners in 1958 59 public assistance. Old age assistance 115 900 aid for the permanently disabled 59 150 and aid to dependent children 137 600 were allotted from county funds The board expects the state to determine its allocations based on these figures and noted the total 1953 59 budget will reach 1 077 838 with the present budget at 916 970 Board chairman John Clinard linked the increase to current economic conditions and rising welfare demands during recession and unemployment The commission also ordered a survey of land at Jamestown for a new vocational training center before adjourning to visit the county prison camp at Gibsonville.
Immaculate Heart of Mary School opens registration for new kindergarten and elementary pupils at the Convent 609 Barbee St. on Thursday and Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Parents urged to enroll early as spaces may fill quickly.
Councilwoman Katherine Kirkman criticized highway signboards in a written statement to the High Point City Council. She argued that the signs undermine efforts to improve the city’s scenic beauty and affect state and national aesthetics. The remarks were read during yesterday’s regular session on Cloverleaf.
Forrest Edwards named Man of the Year by the Industrial Management Club of the YMCA. He has led YMCA drives, worked with Gray clubs, and has 24 years at Adams-Millis Corp. W L Burns Jr spoke on business conditions and workforce efficiency, urging selling and weed out deadwood.
Dr. Gunnar Gundersen, president elect of the American Medical Assn., notes growing harmony between faith and science. He cautions that man does not live by bread alone and cannot live by science alone, urging thoughtful balance between medicine and spirituality in La Crosse.
Deadline near as the annual free learn-to-swim classes at the local YMCA pool fill quickly. Ken Yarborough says 200 plus youngsters have applied. 30 slots per class. Only ages 9 through 12 admitted. May 27 deadline and May 31 change requests.
The YMCAs day camping program for boys 8 to 12 opens June 9 marking the sixth season. Activities include swimming boating canoeing archery softball hiking crafts with a two day Roaring Gap trip as the highlight. Camp operates five days weekly in three periods through July 25 with a 10 day period and transportation insured.
Troy Varner, 33, of High Point, arrested on abandonment and non-support and jailed in default of bond. The charge was filed by Juanita Varner. Johnny Burnside, 31, of Baltimore, Md., arrested on non-support and released on bond until trial Friday.
A devotional petition asking for a present strength and wisdom to discern God’s purpose through Jesus Christ for the day. The text emphasizes vision of divine greatness and sustaining grace for daily life.
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