This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
18
Mrs. Mary Beard Swicegood of Route 9 Winston-Salem died at 10 this morning after three years of failing health and a period of critical illness. She passed away on July 11, 1938, at Mid Way Community. Funeral arrangements to be announced by the Swicegood family.
A Midway community resident, member of First Pilgrim Church Winston-Salem, will lie in state at Midway Methodist Church and funeral services led by Rev N B Royals. Burial in the church cemetery follows services at 3 p.m. Survivors include six daughters, three sons, a sister, twelve grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Samuel Phairi Spoon, 70, of Route 5 High Point died Wednesday evening at High Point Memorial Hospital after a year of declining health. Born October 10, 1888 in Randolph County he lived in High Point since 1920 and worked for Carson's Inc. He is survived by wife Lucy P Spoon two daughters two sons nine grandchildren three sisters one brother and a memorial service will be held at Prospect Methodist Church.
Brad Wilson Myers 55 of Johnson town Road died en route to City Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at his home. Born August 26, 1903 in Davidson County, he worked at Thomasville Chair Co Plant D and belonged to the Reformed faith. Survived by six brothers Occo W and Clayton A Myers Johnsontown Road Julian C Myers Lake Read Erwin Myers Route 4 Thomasville and R Vernon Taft R Myers of Thomasville plus several nieces and nephews. Body at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
Attorney Sammie Chess Jr a recent cum laude graduate of North Carolina College Law School delays opening offices here to practice law. He is set to start a two year Army tour. At school he led the school bar association and the graduate student government. Alpha Art Club will not meet tonight officers ask members to assemble at the VW tomorrow 4 PM.
Three minor accidents were logged by state authorities with no injuries. A 12:55 p.m. crash on English Street Extension involved Alexander Rankin II and Thomas Lee Kelly, causing about 350 in damages. A 10:20 a.m. collision at Ferndale Drive and Lindsay Street damaged Walter C. Elliot's car about 300 and William Scoggins' car about 150. The 5:40 a.m. Davis and Main crash injured J F Flynt and Roy Lee Steed slightly, with Steed charged for running a red light. A Forsyth County man filed suit for 1741.75 against Charles Thomas Melton and James Hardy Melton over an March 21 accident in High Point.
Guests from Guilford Randolph Rockingham Caswell Person Alamance Chatham and Orange counties attend an area legislation dinner at the Woman's College cafeteria in Greensboro next Thursday. Atty Gen Malcolm Seawell will speak on The Challenge of Public School Education. Dinner begins 6 30 p m.
Lexingtons Miss Martha Sue Bumgarner of North Carolina visits Chicago to represent the state Industrial Commission at a national convention. She won the title in Asheville last spring and works at Sheloff Manufacturing. She will appear on several programs during her stay.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.