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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1958
Page
3
Residents near High Point discuss annexation with fears of higher taxes and improved services versus loss of autonomy. A sanitary dilemma, proposed timing for expansion, and local opinions frame the debate as officials weigh public health needs against cost. Additional notes touch on school lunch programs, deer hunting plans, a new beauty shop, and autumn farmland activity.
Edna Chafin driving collided with a parked car at 502 Chestnut Street. Ralph Black was thrown through the windshield and admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital with possible head injuries and severe lacerations. Chafin sustained possible chest injuries. Vehicle damage estimated at $700.
The article notes Jack Frost coloring the high mountains of western North Carolina in autumn hues. District Ranger Myr G. Brooks says elevations of 4,500 feet and above will reach peak colors this week as the season progresses.
Pat Harris a Mills Home resident and 17-year-old senior was named Thomasville High Homecoming Queen during halftime of the Thomasville versus Statesville game. She also serves as a school marshal and NHS vice president while teaching at Mills Home. Nell Hoyle was runner-up and Shirley Eanes was elected Homecoming Princess.
The Board of Civil Service Examiners in Greensboro reminds that October 13 is the last day to file for the substitute clerk carrier exam. Applications are available in Room 103 of the local post office and must be post-marked by midnight October 13.
Jamestown Rotary Club will host a Tuesday night meeting at the Jamestown School cafeteria. Mrs James G Cage of High Point will address hunting fishing and politics after dinner at 6 30 p m.
The Tower Players at High Point College re elected Larry Williams as president after their first meeting of the year. Wini Stewart Libby Graham Don Drapeau Linda Richards Tony Adams and Jeanette Small were named officers and a dance followed in Memorial Auditorium with blue and green lighting. Jane DeSpain, faculty advisor, noted many freshmen attended.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will review two suits filed after a October 18 1954 highway accident near High Point left Hazel Lane of Houston and Herbert G. Dorney of Greensboro dead. Lane seeks 200000 for death and 75000 for her injuries. Dorney named as the driver in both suits.
Britannica notes chicle gum sap from the sapodilla tree yields abundant crop, claiming one man can harvest a ton in a season.
Leslie F. Wells, 38, named manager of Textile Insurance Company claims department by president James G. Cage. Wells succeeds S. B. Drummond Jr. He began duties yesterday after 20 months in the Air Force as a bombardier and prior service as associate counsel for Manufacturers' Casualty and Pacific National Fire Insurance in Atlanta. He later worked with Lehnhard-Burgess Corp. in Miami in independent adjusting.
A purebred horse can be any breed if both parents are of that breed. A thoroughbred is a specific breed. Every thoroughbred is a purebred, but many purebreds are not thoroughbreds.
Women of ancient Israel used cosmetics to darken eyebrows and lashes with manganese and antimony. They tinted lower eyelids with malachite or turquoise and reddened lips with red ocher.
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