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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1945
Page
11
City Manager Roy S. Braden and council members are studying turning the Paramount theater auditorium into city office space. No action taken yet but detailed plans and remodeling costs are being requested. Lease with North Carolina Theaters, Inc. ends next year.
Funeral services for Irene W. Shaner aged 57 and long illness were to be held at 4 p m today at 522 Parkway, conducted by Dr C Excelle Rozzelje of Wesley Memorial Methodist church. Burial followed in Oakwood Memorial Park. Shaner, once married to William E Price and Clyde T Shaner, died in a local hospital after residence in the city for 35 years. She leaves a son, J T Whitten siblings and her late husband’s survivors. She was active in Wesley Memorial church and local clubs. Pallbearers include C T Ingram Jr and others.
Several civil actions filed in municipal court arise from a July 4, 1945 accident near Guilford battleground. Cora Kearns seeks 3035 for injuries to herself Flora Blakeley 1000 and Betty Darby unspecified. Ilderton Inc seeks 517 for car damages. Walter Parrish named in several complaints with guardian William Parrish. Earle sues C M Thomas and Mrs Thomas for 3857 alleging shoddy materials. City of High Point seeks street assessments from Guilford county school board. Alma Hiatt Evans seeks divorce from Jasper Evans for adultery.
High Point reports its third polio case in two weeks. Peggy McCain, 1 year old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. R. McCain, was rushed to Charlotte hospital for treatment. Two children of Rev. Paul Tudor Jones were also treated at the Charlotte clinic. Local doctors see the season winding down.
The final meeting for this conference year of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Church will be held Friday evening, Sept. 21 at 7 30 in the ladies parlor. All members should attend for important business. L F Ferree, chairman, will preside.
City Manager Roy Braden returned from Charlotte with goals to estimate costs for High Point projects. He studied zoning and housing ordinances plus financing options and may visit Atlanta if needed. Planned work includes sewer and street lighting survey water system upgrades aerial city map and soil erosion project at city lake.
Twenty-one local men left for Fort Bragg this morning to begin induction into the armed forces. Twelve came from board four and nine from board five, with named draftees listed for each board.
Eleven witnesses testify as L R Thomason faces first degree murder for the fatal shooting of Luther Leach at the King's Esso Service station. Thomason claims Leach provoked him, abused him, and he was driven by fear after Leach threatened him. He teared up on the stand and suggested temporary insanity may be involved.
William Mayfield twenty of this city is in fair condition at a local hospital after being shot by C R Freeman and his brother Noel Freeman while fleeing from the Copper Kettle roadhouse at the city limits on the Greensboro highway. Police say the man broke in, ran from window to window, crashed through a rear glass door, and was shot in the lower back as he tried to escape. He carried pennies and dollars from the cash register and a note with the name Louise Hall. He will be booked on breaking and entering and larceny. The Copper Kettle has been broken into several times in recent months.
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