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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1969
Page
9
O Welborn of Hobson Street found guilty of four drunkenness cases and several assaults in July. Defendants identified include Jamie Martin of Forrest Street Delane Wilson of Campbell Street and Sandy Myers of English Road.
Scholarships were presented Friday during le High School's annual awards. Principal T. G. Madison Jr. made the presentations. Recipients include Wesley Long Auxiliary Johann Wheatley Cone Mills Patricia Pennington Sedgefield Womens Club Gwen Clay K T Miller Gwen Clay Mickey Patrick Debbbie Everhart. Patricia Pennington won Civitan Best Citizen Award. Other honors went to Steve Groome Gayle Parker Ginny Halberg with awards for speech drama newspaper debating and more.
The Bible Manufacturing Co. of Macon Georgia won a 3.4 million dollar Defense Department contract to produce nylon twill cloth. Some manufacturing will occur at North Carolina Finishing Co. in Salisbury. Senator Sam Ervin Jr. announced the award Friday.
Thomasville native Ivy Luther Rothrock 86 of Holly Grove Road died Friday morning at Hilltop Rest Home near Salisbury after years of declining health. Survived by children and grandchildren, services set for Sunday at J C Green & Sons Chapel with burial in Unity United Methodist Cemetery.
Mrs Olive Harris Andrews widow of High Point College’s first president R M Andrews died Friday at Wesley Nursing Center in Charlotte at age 65. A Greensboro resident at multiple periods, she served as president of the Methodist Protestant Church 1936 39 and was active in the Euterpe Club. Survived by daughters Rosalie and Alma Clark, Dorothea, son Robert, sisters S R Watts, J H Pyle, Ethel Kirby, brothers Samuel Harris Jr and J Earle Harris. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Harry Bryant Chapel In Then Oaks with graveside service 5 30 p.m. Mount Pleasant Methodist Greensboro.
Four proposed mobile home parks in Guilford County will be heard by the Board of Commissioners to decide if the projects serve the public interest and meet zoning rules. The hearings begin 9 am in the Guilford County Administrative Building and cover sites in Deep River, Jefferson, Greene Townships and more, totaling 465 new spaces if approved. The process follows a court ruling restricting delegation to the Board of Adjustments, and statements must be sworn.
Ernest Gray Plowman, 34, of Amazon Road, was sentenced in Recorder's Court to one year in prison for assaulting highway patrolman trooper John K. Scruggs with a shotgun and threatening him. He received another year for carrying a concealed weapon and steel knuckles, with a separate sentence for failing to stop at a stop sign. He appealed both convictions to Davidson County Superior Court. Scruggs testified the incident followed an attempt to arrest Plowman on a reckless driving charge.
Thurman Routh Cassady 26 died at Randolph Hospital after a single vehicle wreck on NC 42 three miles north of Asheboro. The 1969 car skidded 164 feet then 201 more before flipping four times. Patrolman C J Rogers said Cassady, reportedly alone, was brought to the hospital about 2 15 am. His death marks Randolph County's 12th highway fatality of 1969.
James A. Kniss, 19, of 1828 Bethel Dr, found strangled to death in a bathroom at Umstead Hospital in Butner where he had been a patient four days. He was born in Patterson, New Jersey, on June 15, 1949, son of William Kniss and Helen Carter. He was an Army veteran and active in Kum Ba Yah. Surviving are his father William Kniss of Lomita, California. his mother Helen Carter of 1828 Bethel Ave. two brothers John Carter and John Kniss. a sister Mrs. Jean Kniss Miller of Hanover, Pennsylvania. Funeral at Harold C. Davis Funeral Home Monday at 4 PM, Rev. Tom Watson. Interment Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. Family at the funeral home Sunday 7 to 9 PM.
Dr. Leo Jenkins president of East Carolina University urged eastern North Carolina to unite for a balanced economy better health care and a stronger regional image. Speaking to bankers Friday night he called for tourism growth retention of personnel after military base discharge and regional collaboration.
TV listings show racing time and news at 6 and 6:30 with Porter Wagoner and Huntley Brinkley. Evening lineup includes See It All programs such as Hogan's Heroes Petticoat Junction and Hollywood Palace. Major events include Miss USA pageant and late night movies on Shock Theater and Nightbeat News.
TV guide style rundown lists 7:30 PM programs including Jackie Gleason The Honeymooners ADAM 12 Get Smart Schulz Peanuts segment and Lawrence Welk tribute. 8:00 PM features Hogan's Heroes Ghost and Mrs Muir Petticoat Junction Hollywood Palace and more. 10:00 PM Miss USA pageant Shock Theater Sweetheart of the Gods and a Walk Eastward beacon film. 12:00 AM Crime of the Century inspired espionage drama.
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