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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1958
Page
31
Installation of a liquid oxygen tank enhances emergency oxygen supply at the local hospital as part of facility improvements. Staff photographer David Cox captures the development.
Methodist Youth from Greensboro Thomasville and Winston Salem districts meet at High Point College for a Wake Up Face Up rally. Dr Dennis Cooke welcomes youths as A Cappella Choir of High Point High School performs and Miss Martha Turnipseed presides. An Isaiah and the United Nations drama is staged by Centenary Church youth. Rev Orion N Hutchinson Jr delivers the evening message. Attendees bring a picnic supper 6 to 7 p.m.
Local police report a quiet Halloween night similar to recent years. Arrests include Guy Lloyd Conrad for a $20 worthless check and Robert B. Watson on trespassing disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon. Andrew Mitchell faced resisting arrest after a disorderly conduct charge in the 700 block of East Washington Street.
Mrs W P Hawkins, resident of 321 Montheu Ave, accepts the executive director post for the High Point division of the Heart Association. A Fort Smith Ark native and longtime resident, she has held multiple community leadership roles and degrees from Kansas and Wichita. Tom Pitts of Emory Road will chair this year’s Heart Fund Campaign. he previously aided last year’s drive.
The High Point Christmas Cheer Fund will hold its first meeting of the year at the Chamber of Commerce on North Main Street. Last year’s drive was the most successful here and leaders aim to surpass that. An outline of plans will be given to show clubs how to help. Each club should send at least one representative to relay information back. The meeting will be short and informal to equip representatives for roles in this year’s drive.
Voters face a no issue election with few contests, predicting low turnout in High Point Township while Guilford County’s Democratic slate includes incumbent state and local posts. The schedule uses machines in city precincts and paper ballots in outlying areas as residents decide on a constitutional amendment expanding Jaycee civil case limits to $200.
High Point manufacturers anticipate a spring market in April following a highly successful fall event that boosted orders and shifted the 1959 shipment pattern. Buyers and syndicates are securing space for April meetings as Southern Market growth is seen expanding with new showrooms possible near High Point.
Howard T. Wright Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Wright, 528 Gatewood Ave, is at Embry-Riddle Institute in Miami Florida for training as a commercial pilot and airframe and powerplant technician. He is a High Point High School graduate, attended Clemson College and served three and a half years in the Air Force, discharged in September.
Public schools in High Point weigh the cost and viability of a special program for gifted students as Superintendent Pruette cautions against over separation. He notes 300 eligible pupils, a need for 20 teachers, larger budgets, and stronger guidance services, while acknowledging existing grouping efforts and the push for smaller classes to tailor education to individual needs.
A humorous column recounts a cricket invasion and bungled eviction, a watch that tics with health, a satellite beach joke, a probation officer dog incident, dog tonsil woes, and a furniture display tale. It closes with leaf pickup concerns and a near miss with children in leaves.
Clifford Foster has become the new manager of Emerywood Country Club. A native of England and former Royal Air Force member, he has managed hotels and clubs across the United States and Europe. He previously served at Vinoy Park Hotel and Santa Irita Hotel, and led Lake Hotel Yellowstone staff. Foster plans to settle in North Carolina or Virginia and will marry Janet Axford of Orlando next month.
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