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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1956
Page
9
An unusually large first grade enrollment at Bay Street School has led to blended first and second grade classes at Ray Street and Bay Street. Superintendent Dr. Dean B. Pruette notes such combinations ease larger classes with more individual attention, though they require extra planning.
Uncontested divorces were granted as the city court began a one week criminal term presided by Municipal Court Judge Byron Haworth. Eighty four cases were docketed for trial with afternoon criminal sessions to start at 2. Cases listed include larceny and receiving, assault, drunken driving, and prohibition violations. Divorces granted this morning include Irvin Taylor versus Gladys Taylor and Georgia King versus Sam King Jr.
The Sullivan Family Reunion gathers Sunday at F. J. Sullivan's Route 2 home. Rev. Jack Smith of Grace Lutheran Church Thomasville will speak after a 1 p.m. lunch. Rev. Keith Sink of Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Thomasville will give the invocation.
A daily prayer asks for stability amid change, seeking the steadfast nature of God from everlasting to everlasting. It prays for encouragement to discouragement, presence in loneliness, proportion in disillusionment, and calm confidence born of faith in Jesus Christ. Read by Dotson M. Nelson Jr., pastor of First Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina.
Lewallen 63 suffered head abrasions and bruises after being struck by a car as he crossed Redding Street. He was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital. Driver Nathaniel Allen 24, of Vail Street, faced no charges as police said Lewallen stepped into the street. Police also logged two other city crashes with $475 in damage.
James Vernie Hilton 63 farmer of Route 3 Thomasville died enroute to City Memorial Hospital after a heart attack at home. Born June 17 1893 in Davidson County he lived in the area his whole life. Survived by wife Alma Vaden four daughters seven sons two sisters two brothers and 17 grandchildren. Funeral at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church at 3 p m Wednesday with several pastors officiating. Burial in the family plot cemetery.
James Louis Hyder Jr. 33 of Thomasville died at Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro at 5 15 a m Tuesday after a several day illness. A World War II veteran, he served six years aboard destroyer ships. He is survived by his wife Blanche, three sons, mother Eva Hyder, and three sisters. The body is at J C Green and Sons pending funeral arrangements.
Exchangies hear about police duties in work and training. Officer Wade notes officers serve while in training at Police Recruit School. Capt. George Leverett introduces the talk and confirms ongoing refresher courses for veterans.
High Point firemen answered two alarms yesterday. A dust bin fire burned in the boiler room at Moffitt Inc. on the corner of 8 Hamilton and Mallory Streets. A flooded oil stove was reported at 713 Grace Street in the home of Lillian Byerly.
Friendship Weather Bureau observers said a midwest high spell would bring warm air to North Carolina, with temperatures rising today and tomorrow. Forecasters expect Thursday to be mild with possible showers and a trend toward cooler weather by Friday, though near normal through Saturday. Overnight lows hovered in the upper 40s, while highs were expected around 78 to 80 today and about 85 tomorrow.
Rosa Johnson widow of Butler Johnson died in a Martinsburg hospital after a heart attack Sunday morning. Born in High Point she lived there until a year ago when she moved to Martinsburg with daughter Mrs Homer Miller. Surviving: daughter Mrs Homer Miller Martinsburg son J Butler Johnson Atlanta sisters Mrs E F Kearns and Mrs Hattie Kellam High Point. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
High Point College opens its annual faculty seminars with a focus on quality over quantity. Chairman Holt McPherson stressed admission limits to maintain standards, while President Dennis Cooke urged moral and intellectual rigor. Dr. E C Few noted church philosophy supports nondenominational but spiritual emphasis.
Alman Bass Furniture Co officials announce a centralized buying group for seven North Carolina stores. ABCO Sales Inc will operate from High Point with Frank J Alman in charge. Invoices to go through High Point offices. Authorized capital stock $100000 subscribed at $400 by C H Bass F J Alman and Francis Alman.
Funeral services for P. Baxter Murphey were at Oakleys in Roanoke Virginia. He died September 5 in Roanoke Memorial Hospital after three weeks ill. Survived by wife Anna Bower Murphey and sister Lula Murphey Poole, with High Point relatives among attendees.
The city seeks steeple jacks for repainting and cleaning four water tanks including two on Hood Street and Putnam Avenue, with one needing painting. Bids also open for a 72 million gallon raw water pump at Deep River and for cutting about 400 cords of wood at the eastside disposal plant.
A Carr Street woman, Margaret Dula, was sentenced to six months on the roads in Recorder's Court after a guilty verdict for assault with a deadly weapon. The sentence was suspended for two years on condition she not violate any law and to pay court costs. She filed notice of appeal to the September term of Davidson County Superior Court. In another Recorder's Court action, Harvey Hunt received a six month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to non support of an illegitimate child. The sentence was suspended to require payment of $15 every two weeks and court costs.
The Richardson family reunion is Sunday at Tabernacle Methodist Church on Highway 64, about 14 miles west of Asheboro. Rev. Austin Frye will preach the morning sermon, followed by a picnic lunch on the grounds. Singing by Friendly Voices South Thomasville Trio, the church choir and the Piney Grove Choir.
A third infantile polio case in five days prompts sharp critique from the State Medical Society polio vaccine clinic committee. Aubrey Lee Mendritk, unvaccinated, is hospitalized in Greensboro as doctors assess her condition amid ongoing vaccine efforts.
Hannah Coltrane Davis 92 lifetime Mt. Vernon resident died at her Trinity home after two weeks illness. Born November 22 1872 she was a Marlboro Friends Meeting member survived by daughters Mary and Mrs. Earl C. Kearns three sons Reuben C David F Stanley G nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Funeral plans pending at Harold C. Davis Chapel nearby.
RALEIGH Worth Pennell of Clayton, 25 year old white man, was sentenced to 17 to 18 years for raping a Black girl and car theft. He pleaded guilty to carnal knowledge of a girl under 16 and received a separate two to three year term on larceny, to run consecutively, in Superior Court.
The Montgomery County school segregation case, seen as a potential test of the Pearsall Plan, had a pre trial session postponed by Judge Johnson J Hayes due to illness of the Montgomery School Board attorney Garland Garris. NC NAACP affiliated lawyers J Kenneth Lee Major S High and George A Lawson join C O Pearson and William A Marsh to represent the Negro plaintiffs seeking end to segregation and a desegregation plan for white and Negro students.
A High Point Woman's Club sponsored variety show rehearsals were held for local performers. Master of ceremonies Jim Penley interviewed acts while the Clubmen Combo of High Point prepared to accompany the program. Eleven9 contestants are listed across vocal and dance groups with further rehearsals planned near the junior high school auditorium.
The Encyclopedia Britannica lists a vast array of features in Mammoth Cave including 225 avenues 47 homes 23 pits eight cat a racts three rivers and one sea. The description underscores the cave's extraordinary extent and varied internal features.
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