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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1959
Page
9
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship warns Piedmont residents of a low near 25 to 28 degrees tonight after a 29 degree frost last night. Clear skies inland caused the killing frost while clouds kept the coast warmer. A warming trend begins tomorrow with highs near 60 and normal by Thursday.
A new manufacturing plant for the James F. Black Co was approved by the local inspector's office along with five dwellings and an addition. The Black plant costs 16500, spans 60 by 120 feet at 1709 King St, to be built by Piedmont Building System and owned by Ralph Starnes, then leased long term to the hardware firm.
City and county officials invite the public to a road hearing at 2 00 pm in the Superior Courtroom of the Rockingham County Court Offices. The meeting will address road problems and local concerns.
Mrs. Joyce Benson of 908 Fair is employed by the city as a clerk under the new annexation ordinance. The appointment reflects administrative adjustments following the recent municipal expansion.
A Hardwoods Association led effort to boost furniture use through a nationwide campaign aims to double consumption in five years. The group has raised 1% million and holds two meetings tomorrow from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. with about 30 attendees each. Chairman Vance Kester of Rose Furniture Co leads. Jake Froelich Jr. of Froelich Veneer Co aids.
Mrs A Las Mae Briton, found under a railroad trestle with a heart stab wound, is reported improving at High Point Memorial Hospital after Dr Asa Parham operated to close the wound. Police lack solid clues. a Red Bird Cab driver linked to a man and woman trolleying to the trestle.
An 18 year old High Point girl Juanita South was sentenced to one year in the women's division of Central Prison after testimony that she took items from Pearl Huffman’s home and assaulted Huffman during a dispute over a coat. Huffman described vandalism and theft including skirts blouses and cosmetics. South testified about loaning a coat and not being asked to return it. Also set for today were Lee Marshall Ingram charged with larceny and receiving and Henry and Mary Elizabeth Bailey accused in a separate theft case involving $63.75 missing and a $5 check found in possession.
Clayton O. Lewis 47 died Friday at 2 a.m. after declining health ending with a heart attack. Funeral yester day at 2:30 a.m. from First Baptist Church with burial in Floral Chapel. Burlie Reece Jessup 16 died Friday at 11:30 p.m. of gunshot wounds. Funeral today at 2 p.m. from Community Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. C. S. Pierce 69 died Friday at City Memorial Hospital after four years of illness. Funeral yesterday at Liberty Baptist Church with services by Rev. Kenneth Miller and Rev. Fred Jurney.
Carl Jackson Edmonds 44 of 303 Chestnut St died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 3 15 am after a 40 month decline. He served in World War I, was a postal worker about 19 years, and recently worked with Neal's Auto Service. He married Sally Baynes in 1941 and Pauline Gailey in 1947. survivors include two daughters, his mother, a sister, and other relatives. Funeral services at Cumby Chapel at 3 pm tomorrow.
Lester R. Davis, 59, of 2205 E. 58th St., Savannah, Ga., died yesterday at Candler Hospital after a short illness. He owned Davis Upholstery Shops in Savannah and belonged to Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Hattie West Davis, three sisters, and one brother. The funeral will be tomorrow.
The Rev. J. S. Higgins of Rankin Memorial Methodist Church will be buried in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The body remains at Cumby Mortuary and will be moved to the chapel 30 minutes before the service.
Luther Anthony 30 of 4510 W 16th St Chicago died in a Chicago hospital after six weeks of declining health. Born May 8 1929 in Surry County he was son of Ernest G and Collie Hall Anthony. Survived by wife Josephine Ortez daughter Jo Anna four brothers and three sisters with services pending in High Point.
Arty Harrison Cox 71 of 2211 S Main St retired contractor died yesterday at 3 49 AM after a five day hospital stay. He was born Sept 3 1888 to Elizabeth and Levi Cox and married Elsie Miller in 1910. He lived in High Point as a youth, opened a grocery on S Main, later ran a service station, entered general contracting in 1932 retiring in 1947. Survived by sons Robert H Cox Roy W Cox and three daughters Ruby Cox Phillips Robert C Soyars Jr Reba Cox six grandchildren and four greats. Funeral tomorrow at 11 AM at Springfield Friends Meeting.
The Guilford County Board of Health will meet in Greensboro tomorrow at 7 30 p m. The last meeting saw all three High Point members absent from the session.
Police investigated several thefts across Guilford County over the weekend. Breaks included a Coca Cola plant window, a tool shed with three electric saws missing, a purse and billfold stolen from a parked car, a rear window kicked from another car, and multiple auto parts including hubcaps fender skirts and a rearview mirror. John Doe reported hubcaps stolen and provided a license plate for the thieves.
A devotional prayer attributed to John Marvin Rast of Columbia South Carolina. It asks divine guidance to play each life scene well and to align goals and standards with divine evaluation. It urges forgetting the past and pressing forward in Christ’s spirit.
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