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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1955
Page
9
Pravda denounces the U S approach to a world conference, calling it a stage play and urging serious negotiations. It says American leaders want to intervene in sovereign nations and lose touch with reality, condemning Eisenhower's televised interview.
Clifford Tarkington of Elizabeth City won the Veterans of Foreign Wars marble championship with an undefeated run. He earned a bicycle trophy and an all expenses paid trip to Denver for the national tourney June 23 to 25. Second place went to Jimmy Duncan of Shelby. third to Joseph Rising of High Point.
Paul A. Lawson scored 434 of 500 to win first in the Teen-age Road-eo at Borden’s Ice Cream parking lot. The Allen Jay High School student advances to Winston-Salem on June 24 to compete for a state scholarship and a chance at a national event in Washington, D C. with a $3,000 prize. Second went to Sam Snider 3200 A North Main St. Third was Donald Lee Brower 701 Fairfield Rd. Fourth Bobby Cecil Route 3. Fifth Ray Reddick Route 4 High Point. Twenty-one drivers competed in the driving course. Plaques awarded to top three. all contestants invited to a Jaycees meeting soon.
Production and maintenance workers at the High Point cabinet plant of Sylvania Electric Products Inc will vote Monday in a National Labor Relations Board election. The ballot asks yes or no on union representation by the International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers CIO. There are 216 eligible voters.
Ker mit Cloniger was elected president of the Thomasville Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting in Thomasville. He will take over from Harvey Carpenter at an installation banquet in the coming weeks. Stuart Kennedy and Paul Hassler were named vice presidents, Charles Lambeth Jr. treasurer. Kenneth Hoyle and secretary Jean Bailey were reappointed. New directors were chosen earlier. installation planned in early June with no date set for the annual banquet.
Verlo M Bundy of Route 5 High Point was released on $600 bond for operating a vehicle under the influence and lacking a valid operator’s license. Zeb Baisey of High Point faced charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct on warrants by William Grissett of 118 Rockspring Rd. appearance bonds were set at $150.
Four high pointers took Certified Public Accountant examinations at Catawba College in Salisbury yesterday. The examinees are George T. Yountz Miss Jane Austin Hubert Worth Ke pley and David A. Smith. Catawba College serves as the western North Carolina testing center.
Margie Routh reported a pocketbook containing 35 to 40 dollars stolen from a downtown department store around 3 15 p m. Detectives note about 500 dollars has been stolen in similar incidents in recent weeks as several women reported losses. Police warn shoppers to watch personal belongings during crowded weekend hours.
A film titled Mariners Ahoy will be shown at the Center Theater today tomorrow and Tuesday. It recounts Girl Scout mariners aboard the 96 foot brig Yankee as the girls help sail the vessel.
Vienna reports a health resort promotion at Karlovy Vary offering board and lodging for 12.50 dollars per day in advance. Czech legations also present unlimited visas for those paying with cash.
Samuel Carr Griffith age 59 of 133 Elm Street died Saturday at High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born June 6 1895 in Forsyth County he lived in High Point since 1920 and worked at several local firms. He was WWI veteran and survived by a daughter Mrs Harold Wilkerson of Denver a brother Marvin Griffith High Point a sister Mrs R L Cecil Washington and a grandchild. Funeral Monday at 11 from Sechrest chapel with Rev Joseph S Johnson officiating. Burial Floral Garden Park cemetery. Body to remain at Sechrest’s.
Funeral services for Rufus Mc Coy Carroll 74 were conducted yesterday at 2 PM from Ward Street Methodist Church with Rev. F E How ard and Rev J L Rayle officiating. Pallbearers were Alvin Carroll C C Hartgrove Raymond Carroll Harvey Spainhour N E Carroll and Alyra Carroll. Interment followed at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Fletcher Barbee 73 a former High Point resident died at her Moore Haven Florida home Friday The body is to arrive here Monday for burial at Oakwood Cemetery No funeral service will be held per her request She was born Edna Gleason on April 3 1882 and married F M Barbee on November 8 1906 She belonged to First Presbyterian Church in High Point
Robert Lloyd of Greensboro was elected president of the Piedmont Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants at a meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel here Friday night. Other officers elected were Norman C. Barbour of Greensboro and Ted R. Hosick of Winston-Salem, vice presidents W. W. Thomas of Asheboro, treasurer and John Lucas Jr. of Greensboro, secretary.
The Rotary Club of Chair City hosted Thomasville High School graduates at a May banquet in the Balinese Room E Lee Hotel Winston Salem. About 175 attended as Rev M T Hipps gave the invocation and Gary Lopp led the senior class in response. The program highlighted ongoing Rotary support for the high school including football games glee club band concerts and handicapped children funds with four senior Rotarians’ sons marching in with a 50 candle birthday cake marking Rotary's Golden Anniversary. Entertainment by Abner associates featured Trixie the trained dog from Harrington.
In Lyon region May 21 a wedding in the village of Chalancon drew local notice as the mayor married, with the bride and groom smiling despite nerves. The event highlighted a festive rural ceremony amid laurel and onlookers from nearby towns.
National Guard pilot Conroy, veteran of World War II bomber missions and POW, landed in Albuquerque after his jet oxygen valve failed. No repairs were needed as fuel crews kept the engine running and he continued flight duties on weekends. He has 11,000 flight hours, most in other aircraft, with about 250 in Sabre Jets.
A federal complaint charges Gosnell Wacker and Norm with violating the federal bank robbery statute. The Hot Springs NC robbery marks the third bank stickup in the state this year with earlier heists totaling $28,872 at Jacksonville and $8,966 at Waxhaw. no charges announced in those cases.
Three cars collided on US 109 three miles south of Orasville during a rain slick night. State Patrolman Harold Petty named Harold Hoover of Route 4 Thom asville Jimmy Cross of 1017 Tryon Street High Point and Bernice T McNeal of Ridge Drive High Point as drivers involved. Cross attempted to pass Hoover as Hoover turned left causing a rear end crash of the McNeal auto and Hoover vehicle. brakes failed on the wet pavement and there were no injuries or charges.
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