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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1958
Page
11
High Point prepares to release a long studied annexation lay out with a public release Sunday. A special mayor’s committee and city planning department oversee the project amid suburban opposition and ongoing council review.
A new eight million gallon water reservoir near Kivett Drive filter plant is ready to be connected to High Point's expanding water system. The large concrete underground tank increases storage capacity and supports future development.
Dr. Carl D. Stewart Methodist missionary to Cuba will guest speak at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. He heads Methodist work in Cuba, directs the Oriente District, and pastored Havana churches. The church supports his work and has sent youths to Cuba under his supervision. He will also address ministers and the church’s associate board and Kappa Chi at High Point College on Tuesday.
The weatherman warns of a break from the heat with cooler conditions tonight and a mostly sunny cool day tomorrow. Today's high reached 66 degrees while tonight’s low may drop to 36, after a very warm 61 last night. Tomorrow's high should be about 58.
Plaintiffs in 19 uncontested divorce actions were granted their walking papers yesterday during a one-week municipal court civil jury term that lasted one day. Names include Burris, Crowson, Freeman, Parks, York Bivens, Johnson, Goins, Shaw, Jenkins, Henderson, Ashley, Bryant, Walser, Kimmons, and Pillow with specific pairings. Adultery findings led to additional divorces for Everhart and Hooker spouses.
Terry Sanford, Fayetteville attorney and North Carolina Democrat, will address the Kiwanis Club Friday in High Point after a stop in Pennsylvania with Governor Hodges' industry safari. A state senator, he rose to prominence by guiding W Kerr Scott to the U S Senate. local leaders and party figures are invited to the luncheon.
Police warned merchants to watch for fake twenty dollar bills after a doctored one dollar bill surfaced at a local restaurant. Connie Beck reported a one dollar bill with 20s pasted in the corners and back figures unchanged. Capt. F B Kanoy provided details of the incident in Thomasville.
Johnny Wood of High Point United Fund spoke to Red Cross leaders praising campaign efforts and noting a $30,000 shortfall to meet agency needs. Wray Amos credited Ralph Rochelle for leadership while John Jerrett described Disaster Committee efforts and broad community participation in first aid education.
The 1958 Christmas Parade will be Saturday November 29 at 4 pm from N Main Street Presbyterian Church to the YMCA building on S Main. Sponsors pledge surprises with 25 grotesques including head in a tray and six inch heads plus 50 floats and 10 bands with 500 musicians. Santa Claus will appear. Jaycees marshal and Y's Men start the march. Parade lights go up next Monday and light Thanksgiving night.
Police pressed all patrols after a 12 year old reported a man attempted strangulation near Willow Brook and W Russell. Three hour search found leads but no suspect. girl’s name not released. Separately a jewelry loss and a city car mishap added to a tense night.
High Point's Little Theatre starts its season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at Memorial Auditorium on 8 15 p.m. tomorrow and again Friday. Cast includes Gil Gray Herman Coble Jr Pat Barner Sylvia Freeman Marion West Jr Bill McCaniel Roger Bell Mary Lee Boy trection by Patricia Mellonas assisted by Thelma Proffitt. Louis E. Wokal designed sets. The play debuted in 1895 at London's St James Theatre and remains a college favorite.
Marie McDonald also called The Body was reported in fine shape by a Houston doctor after striking her head Monday night. She fainted in a motel lobby following an appearance at a local club.
Industrial Management Club heard Clifton Beckwith discuss auto safety with humor and seriousness. He warned about rising highway fatalities and noted the need to line up for many things, while others announced events and community projects including Toys for needy children and the YMCA camp Cheerio progress.
The open house marks the fall Arts and Crafts Workshop finale. It runs Thursday from 7 30 to 9 30 PM at Junior High School with displays of student work and is open to the public.
Frits van der Sieur director of the High Point High School Orchestra was named state chairman of the Orchestra Section of the North Carolina Music Educators Association in Greensboro. The fall conference closed with an All-State High School Orchestra concert and a day of clinics and demonstrations.
Asheboro Mann's Incorporated along with David Astor Dowdy James Henry Dowdy and David Astor Dowdy Jr all of High Point filed a certificate of incorporation for Mann's Drug Store of Asheboro Inc in the Secretary of State office. Authorized capital is 100000 dollars.
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