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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1959
Page
5
New York stocks largely edged higher on space age shares after the Soviet moon rocket success, while most other sectors moved little or slipped. Rail and steel issues fell with the ongoing strike, though electronics and rocket related names posted modest gains as the market overall drifted.
Lynda Lee Mead 20 of Natchez Miss wins Miss America title in Atlantic City earning a 10000 scholarship and potential 75000 from appearances. The Univ of Mississippi junior says she aims to educate herself and someday marry. Second place goes to Miss Wisconsin Mary Alice Fox and third to Miss Washington Sharon Vaughn.
The Soviet Union launched a moon rocket early Saturday, estimated to travel 236 160 miles in about 35 hours. Tass reported intact hammer and sickle pennants and the inscription September 1959. The flight, seen as a prestige win for Khrushchev before his Eisenhower meeting, drew praise from observers including Prof Alfred Lovell at Jodrell Bank.
Masons of the 36th Masonic District of North Carolina plan a district meet and school of instruction at the local Temple tomorrow at 3 30 p m Deputy Grand Master Woodroe F Haywood says Sitters from Lexington Thomasville High Point and Seale ton are expected to attend A dinner at 6 30 and the annual tiled session at 7 30 will follow Hiram Lodge in High Point led by Arnold J Koonce Sr hosts the event
A man at the Putt-Putt miniature golf course on 311 North faces four counts with bonds set for a September 30 reck less driving hearing. Another reckless driving warrant targets 66-year old Dave Jackson of Graves Street for the same date. Clarence Edward Luther, 38, Belton South Carolina, posts 300 dollars bond for a September 21 drunk driving hearing.
A Chair City man was held on assault charges after allegedly attacking a female victim in St. where Floyd said she was struck with a fist, slapped, and abused. Bond was not posted.
Navy announces a nationwide Regular NROTC program deadline of November 14 for college age applicants. Open to boys over 17 who will be under 21 by July 1, 1960. five year program entrants must be no older than 20 on July 1, 1960.
Miss Ella Jean Marshall aged 16 of 2407 Williams Street died in High Point Memorial Hospital at 2 20 a m after a four month illness and two weeks of serious condition She was born May 21 1943 in High Point a daughter of Ernest Earl and Ella Young Marshall a Jamestown High School ninth grade student and member of Green Street Baptist Church The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m at Green Street Baptist Church with Dr E W Price Jr pastor Interment will be in Guilford Memorial Park
The Sullivan reunion returns this year on Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Flavius J Sullivan on Route 2 in Thomasville. Program follows church services with a 1 PM picnic. Grover Seamon of High Point will speak and a brief business session concludes the afternoon.
Dr. John Hamilton confirmed tests show contamination in water from William Street Elementary School, which closed after Thursday illness. Goldsboro officials reopened with emergency water measures. 127 of 1,096 students were absent, and authorities linked the outbreak to coliform bacteria in the school water supply.
School officials civic and Negro leaders joined the program led by Mrs. Vernon Ball with W. S. Horton Herry Brown Finch and principal N. G. Perry. The new school will cost over $140 000 and align with Thomasville High School use, aiming for mid current school year completion.
A worker crawled from under a bed to face charges of possession of liquor for sale. His wife is charged with aiding and abetting the possession of liquor for sale. Authorities say they collected 32 gallons of liquor.
Thomasville Recreation Director J D Foust was named to the American Recreation Society committee on the 1960 White House Conference on the Aging The committee will shape the society s involvement in the conference.
Paul A Kitchin, 28, was injured when a car he was starting rolled over near Mitchells Grove Methodist Church in High Point. A hospital spokesman said the accident occurred about 8 30 p.m. Saturday. Kitchin had been steering with the door open while another man pushed, causing him to fall from the vehicle. He was treated at the scene and then taken to an area hospital.
A deputy stopped a car at 4:25 p.m. and found one quart of white whisky one pint tax paid liquor and four cans of beer. Driver identified as Raymond Lewis Earnhardt and 1,000 at roadblock with passengers.
JAMESTOWN The Rotary Club of Jamestown will host J. S. Edwards district governor of Rotary International District 769. He will address the club and confer with President Coy Putman and officers on road administration and service activities. Edwards, former Montgomery County Schools superintendent, is a Troy Rotary member and past president. He was elected district governor for 1959 60 at Rotary's New York convention.
Police went to Mannigan Joiner’s Bay Street residence Saturday night to quell a dispute. Addie opened her hand to reveal a double edged razor blade fixed to a spent .30 caliber shell. The weapon fit in her hand with only a small blade exposed.
Medical Science introduces a tiny prescription tablet named Primatene that promises rapid relief from asthma spasms and hay fever. Officials report the compound acts within minutes and provides hours of freedom from recurrence, with tests showing significant improvement.
Thomasville report details Billy Hussey 36 of Thurston Street resisting arrest and assaulting officers after being found drunk on E Main Street. He bonded for trial Sept 25. Other incidents include Crawford and Parrish charged after a pistol discharge, Huggins passing a worthless check, and Donnie Small charged with assault with trial Sept 28.
Two 17 year old girls Gail Embler and Janet Lambeth of Route 3 Thomasville were treated for minor injuries after a two car crash at Fisher Ferry Street and Holly Hill Road. Leonard, 34, of Russell drove the other car. Lambeth was cited for failing to yield. Witnesses noted a fainting episode after the first ambulance left.
The article notes former Ohio governor and U S Senator Bricker as the sole living namesakes on a historical town marker, honoring a local figure and legacy.
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