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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1954
Page
9
Detectives seek to identify juveniles believed responsible for flooding the First Church of the Nazarene interior with water and paint. Estimated damage is 500 dollars as faucets were disconnected and paint runoff covered both floors. Clergy and staff continue cleaning up after the late yesterday incident.
Guilford County schools expect a record enrollment near 16 500 to begin the new school year tomorrow with last year’s 16 000 mark. Superintendent E D Idol cited an average daily attendance around 15 26. Mt Zion and Oak View have already opened. White teachers met at Bessemer School to prepare, with Negro teachers to meet later in the week.
A 24 year old Thomasville man Billy E Jenkins faces two charges of issuing worthless checks. Bonds set at 600 dollars. The checks totaling 133.45 and 153 were cashed by C L Matthews and Baren Craven. Both witnesses are store operators. A second man Bill Ray Johnson 23 of Randleman was arrested for reckless driving and released on 100 dollar bond. He is to be tried on September 24.
Army Engineers recruiting service bus displaying equipment used by En gars will visit High tomorrow. It will be located at the corner of Main and E Green Streets across from the post office.
Prayer invoking guidance and obedience to God's will as Stuart LeRoy Anderson from Berkeley delivers a blessing at the Pacific School of. The text appeals for inner peace through faith and trust in Jesus Christ with emphasis on living a quiet life.
Legion announces membership drive and flag replacement survey in High Point as veterans urged to join. Commander Leigh Harper leads effort with Arthur York Jr. and 40 & 8 backing, aiming for 100 percent renewal and honoring all U. S. wars. New members J. W. Morgan L. Morris W. M. Henderson welcomed, Paul Turberville transfers.
A weather update notes temperatures cooling slightly while humidity climbs, predicting continued heat with scattered afternoon showers. A cold front over New Jersey could shift conditions later in the week. Yesterday's high reached 98 degrees, surpassing the 93-degree record for September 7. Tonight's low near 60, with a forecast low of 66 last night.
N C Johnson Jr was elected president of the Piedmont Toastmasters at Bordens last night. Officers named for the year include Claude Cansaday vice president Claude Seal ey secretary Dick Wright treasurer and P V Kirkman sergeant at arms. Reese Felts outgoing president presided as the Toastmasters International meeting in Washington was discussed with reports from Luther Draper Todd McGahay and Jack Harrington.
Luther Coble of 4 v. Point Ave. received a four month term plus a prior four month sentence for assault with a deadly weapon after a West End affray. Frank W. Saunders of 513 Flint St. was fined $10 and costs. A separate case involved Minnie Lee Bennett badly cut with 40 stitches and two men bound for Superior Court on charges including breaking and entering and larceny. An additional suspect, Henry A. Smith of Kannapolis, faced two charges and $2,000 total bond. Gilbert Crumpler of 225 Boyer St. paid a $25 fine for cursing at an officer during a citation.
Consolidated Bus Lines requests a five cent rise for regular rides and two cents for school children in High Point to offset rising costs and aging equipment. The company plans to ask the State Utilities Commission and may urge Sunday and night schedule changes under city approval.
High Point city schools opened the year with 8 341 enrolled across 14 public schools, up 340 from last year. Dr. Dean Pruette predicts final figures near 8 800, aided by late registrations and bus-based transfers to ease crowding as 1948’s lower birth rate limits class sizes.
Educators in High Point voiced general opposition to a proposal to consolidate all Guilt County schools. Two top officials expressed openness to studying feasibility though, while most named sources declined to be quoted. W. A. Tomlinson chaired a discussion on the matter.
Charles E. Brewer Jr a certified life underwriter of Charlotte will speak at a High Point Association of Life Underwriters luncheon at the YMCA Thursday at 12 50 p m Brewer Princeton graduate has been with Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co since 1928 He has served as general agent for North Carolina since 1949 president of several local life underwriters groups and the Charlotte Life Managers Assn amid a county school merger study debated by officials regarding consolidating Greensboro High Point and county schools into a single administrative unit with a unified tax rate and board of education plans to reduce costs and improve administration while officials differed on the benefits
THOMASVILLE A Davidson County farmer Earl Saintsing saw his tobacco crop destroyed when a storage barn and a packhouse burned on the old Winston-Salem Road yesterday afternoon around two o clock. Deputies said the entire crop was a total loss and no insurance coverage was found.
The Raper reunion will be held at Abbott's Creek Church on September 12. A picnic dinner is planned for 12:30 p.m. followed by a group meeting at 2 p.m. Featured speaker Mrs. Arthur Raper has just returned from Formosa.
The annual Hoover reunion is set for September 12 at Mt Zion Church in Randolph County. Representative Clyde A. Shreve of Summerfield will deliver the principal address.
W R Lemmons presented a proposal to Thomasville City Council to install a 2 inch water line replacing the existing main. He said county funds could cover most costs and suggested the city would receive tapping fees and pay 6 percent interest until repayment. The council tabled the measure pending further study due to the city’s precarious water situation.
Jim Chaffee of the Bethel Colony of Mercy near Lenoir will speak at Brentwood Presbyterian Church Mens Club supper tomorrow at 7 PM. Chaffee is a former local resident and will discuss the colony.
High Point furniture plants run full schedules amid rising mail orders for upholstery and case goods. The surge tightens skilled labor supply and mirrors a nationwide rise in July orders for furniture, with backlogs growing though deliveries stay on schedule. October delivery dominates current orders. some lines offer September delivery and select pieces for November.
The article describes the Family Bureau offering free individual counseling on adjustments, marital issues, child maladjustment, personality disorders, and financial planning. New members Lloyd Fiythe Jr Woodroe Haywood John D. Ross and Kony cacaiene were recognized with Holt Hunter readmitted. Ed Johnson’s team led attendance and won the drawing with Ben Witherington.
The secretary of state's Raleigh office issued incorporation certificates to two North Carolina firms. erree Building Specialties, Inc. of High Point is authorized for 100000 with 300 subscribed, listing Hobart G. Ferree Jr., George W. Armfield and Owen Reese of High Point as organizers. In Asheboro Central Co. Inc. was chartered with authorized stock and 300 subscribed, listing Sledge, R. A. Clark and J. C. Gamun of Charlotte as organizers.
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