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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1954
Page
11
A second hard freeze is forecast for the High Point region tonight as temperatures dip to 22 degrees, three degrees below the first freeze at 25. The afternoon was mild but the forecast calls for continued cold with fair skies and a brisk, wintry mix possible statewide.
The case involves Ww. Armstrong and co defendant in a suit for 5000 dollars alleging Western Union blocked employment by failing to deliver a telegram. The complaint cites a North Carolina Employment Security Commission job offer and a telegram not delivered to the Raleigh office. Another filing concerns Greens Crowell vs Highet over a 1953 car crash near Lexington where Crowell was a passenger.
A prayer notes humility to forgive not only kind others but those who make life hard. It asks for sincerity in prayer for criminals, loafers, gossips and hate mongers, and calls to minister in Jesus name for their entry into the kingdom. Claude A. Broach of St. John's Baptist Church in Charlotte, N C, offers the blessing.
Republicans draw a surprising turnout but lose in High Point with Democrats holding less than a two to one majority. Precincts 11 and 16 show the strongest GOP showing, while U.S. Senate hopeful Paul C. West leads Republican ballots in the county.
City Council will decide before Christmas which of four street light types to install downtown High Point. One sample of each type on Wrenn Street near city hall aids comparison. Duke Power will finance and install after the council selects a type, with full downtown rollout planned later.
Lioyd C. Amos, Guilford County Board of Commissioners chair, was named to a new Seniaor Governor's Committee 1983 Implement the Refugee Act by Gov. William B. Umstead. The appointment, made yesterday at the request of President Eisenhower and the State Department, leaves no pay or allowances as most members hail from Raleigh. Amos and Dr. Ellen Winston, state public welfare commissioner, are among those named to the panel.
A federal tax lien for 1188.49 dollars was filed with the Guilford County register of deeds in Greensboro against Reliable Trucking Co of High Point. The action was recorded yesterday.
Two traffic accidents occurred within minutes, injuring two women. Mrs. L F Samuels, 35, of Jamestown Route 1, scratched and bruised after being flung from a truck on E Green St Ext around 6 40 am. Mrs. Clara Parks Newsom, 44, of Thomasville Route 3, suffered hip and knee injuries when her car was involved in a collision on 10 A around 6 50 am. A third crash near Rawley Farm Rd left Cletus Clodfelter, 16, Archdale, uninjured but his car damaged and the driver charged with speeding.
Six Black musicians were convicted in Municipal Court of disorderly conduct under an old city statute that bans hallooing yelling or screaming except in case of fire. Officers testified they responded to two complaints about the group with guitar strumming and singing western music with cowboy yells.
Norma Jean Davis, 21, of High Point, received a 30 day term in Greensboro Municipal Court after being convicted of vagrancy and drunkenness.
Ira Stiles 49 faces murder charges after his 67 year old mother Rosa Virginia Truitt Stiles died at 923 Grace St following a family dispute. Police say he kicked her twice while she tried to intervene. witness accounts and a signed police statement align with the claim. State pathologist ruled death from a collapsed heart precipitated by the kick. Stiles held without bond awaiting further proceedings.
Workmen remodeling a Lindsay Street residence jumped to safety when a mislaid salamander device spilled oil on the first floor and flames broke out about 10 30 a m Fire Chief Claude Canady credited nearby Fire Company No 4 with quick control aided by new two way radios The outlawed flueless heater held between 60 and 80 gallons of oil and caused intense heat and smoke plus roof and wall scorch marks A separate stove fire at Je s Grocery E Green Street noon yesterday caused only minor damage.
The Greensboro city treasury gained about 11000 from Point's cut of ABC store profits for the quarter ending Sept 30. A check for 11638.85 arrived at city hall, with funds to bolster the general fund for municipal operations. The next quarter is expected to be higher due to holiday liquor purchases.
City detectives investigated a break-in at NoSag Spring Co on Hamilton 5t last night. An amount of 4.98 was stolen from a cash drawer and two cents were left by the thief.
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