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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1951
Page
5
High Point detectives investigate possible links between the Burlington slaying of Miss Rachel Crook and the Hopkins murder of Mrs. Mary Mangum Hopkins in Chapel Hill. No evidence yet ties Hobart M. Lee to Hopkins. Durham police call a reported lynching plot a hoax as officers monitor a suspect and a claimed rape accusation against Lee.
The Weather Bureau notes 1.99 inches of rain since yesterday morning. Skies clear this afternoon with cooler tonight and mild, fair conditions tomorrow. High today 74, low tonight 57, high tomorrow 73.
A man named Lee was jailed last Saturday in the brutal slaying of Miss Crook a daughter of a Confederate general. Crook worked toward a Ph D at the University of North Carolina and ran a fish market in the college town. Her body was found Aug 30 on Jonesy road near Chapel Hill. Police probe whether Lee is connected to the Hopkins murder and a rape in Durham.
City employees will see social security deductions on their paychecks starting Monday. City finance director H Lake Crowe said 2 379 will be deducted for the period Sept 1 to 15, averaging just over 6 per employee for 375 workers brought under the program last July. Deductions cover July 1 through Sept 15, with future payrolls bi weekly. The program costs workers 14 percent of pay. Police with its own retirement plan will not be affected, though fire department staff are included in the total payroll deduction.
Approximately $450 in cash and $950 in notes were stolen from a desk drawer yesterday afternoon at Chestnut Street Grocery operated by J. L. Hollingsworth. Police reported no suspects and have not listed any.
Local hosiery mills and AFL United Textile Workers Local 65 and 73 renewed their two year contract after five months of talks. The agreement, reached with Melrose Hosiery Mills on behalf of other mills, allows wage talks to reopen November 1 if needed and adopts a fixed weekly meeting plan to address employer employee issues. New terms include bonus timing adjustments for service, two seniority lists, and a standardization of seniority for seasonal workers among Adams-Millis, Crown, Melrose, and other mills.
A 33 year old restaurant employee George Nicolaides was booked on a 42 cent robbery charge. Charles Little of 501 East Commerce filed the complaint alleging Nicolaides assaulted him and stole the money. Nicolaides posted $500 bond for a hearing next week.
Marion E. Schmitz, field consultant for the Family Service Association of America, will visit High Point next Tuesday for a two day conference with staff and trustees of the Family Service Bureau. Director John Starr said the visit aims to evaluate the local unit's casework program and that recommendations will be advisory. He noted the local board of trustees sets policy for the bureau, a Community Chest supported agency.
Ruth Duffy summarizes 1950 Social Security Act amendments expanding benefits. Changes include easier eligibility for workers' children, widows with minor children, divorced wives, and coverage for dependents. Emphasizes rising female labor force participation and ongoing protection for families.
Rev Arlo F Newell of Stafford Kansas succeeds Rev Kenneth Igney as pastor of the First Church of God on South Main Street Greenview Terrace Igney leaves for Marseilles Illinois Newell a former associate pastor evangelist and youth speaker comes from Akron Indiana where he served two years as associate pastor He is a 1950 Anderson College AB graduate who sang with the Anderson College Choir He is a World War Two Navy veteran on the battleship Colorado He is married to Helen Jones of Hutchinson Kansas with two children Rebecca Suzanne and Samme Le They reside at the church parsonage 415 Friddle St Newell will preach his first sermon in the new pastorate.
The High Point Social Security office operates in Room 201 of the Post Office Building. A representative will be in Thomasville every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the North Carolina Employment Office to assist with benefits and related inquiries.
Police arrested a Black man Andrew Carter Sr. 45 and his wife Johnnie on seven forgery counts. Carter faces four counts for forged names on checks totaling 124 dollars in July and August. Johnnie Carter is charged with three counts totaling 87 dollars. They remain in jail on 500 dollar bond per count with a possible hearing next week.
Southern Railway announces several schedule changes effective mid September. Train 135 departs High Point at 7 45 p m for Atlanta and intermediate points, Train 11 leaves at 12 25 p m for Greenville and intermediate points, Train 38 The Crescent leaves at 8 54 p m for Washington New York and intermediate points, Train 29 The Peach Queen departs at 5 51 a m for Charlotte Greenville Atlanta and intermediate points, and Train 39 departs at 6 50 a m for Charlotte Greenville Atlanta and intermediate points.
Kiwanis Friday meeting featured two Boy Scouts Tom Woollen and Johnny Miller recounting their trip to the International Boy Scout Jamboree in Bad Ischl Austria. They described travels from Raleigh to New York Algiers Naples Rome and Zurich with a dance band on board and noted the jamboree site and the spirit of global friendship among participants. The briefing included remarks by Bert Ishee and President W D Lewis and mentions Fat Stock Show and the upcoming Kids Day national Kiwanis project set for September 2.
Nine men enlisted in the Air Force and two in the Army from September 1 to 14. Two women joined the Air Force and Army. Edwood Douglas Sam J Johnson Robert Long Bobby Morgan Wayrie Southern Ralph Raby William Luther James Gordon Cress Dwight Cook Edna Phyllis Hill Daisy Mae Hill. A full time WAF and WAC recruiter is now on duty at the local office with hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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