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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1956
Page
21
H. W. Cash voices support for a marking program, calling it the best way to honor a cause while benefiting the community. He emphasizes practical value and public good in backing the effort.
High Point youths Richard L. Harris and Jerry Wagger enter UNC medical school as third and fourth year students respectively. Harris is son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Harris. Wagger is son of Mrs. Rose Weaser.
Police report a Sept 9 break-in cleared with the arrest of Arthur E. Little 16 of Perry Street on charges of breaking and entering larceny and receiving. He allegedly stole $15 from a small bank and a $50 wrist watch from the home of Mrs S G Steffan at 215 Richardson St. Other arrests include William R Grissett 27 of Long Street on assault with a deadly weapon and trespassing charges and Burlington resident Charlie Garringer 35 jailed on drunken driving with $500 bond.
A Redding Street man, Ray F. Farr, 23, was charged with reckless driving after his car sideswiped Charles Parnell, 25, on the Winston-Salem highway near the Guilford Forsyth line at 9 20 p m. In a separate incident Raymond Parker, 27, was injured and charged after driving on the wrong side of E Green Street Whiteoak collision. Police seek a hit and run driver who struck a 1956 car on Boulevard near the hospital owned by Mrs Inez Cannon.
Fragmentary OCR notes show an accident box score with totals for persons killed and injured and property loss figures for the year. Details are unreadable but indicate incident tallies and monetary loss.
Larry Solomon a 16 year old High Point High School student wowed teen audiences at the Tar Heel Variety Show. Backed by the Rockets and local musicians Solomon delivered Presley like renditions drawing cheers and autographs. Other standout acts included Cornelia Beck Gayle Morris Bobby Blalock and Alice Edwards.
Rev Thomas Stephens Haggai, 25, newly named Emerywood Baptist Church pastor in High Point, accepted after leading West End Church in Rock Hill for four years. West End grew to about 1100 members, with 850 joining in four years and 65 percent by baptism in York County.
A noble dog helped deputies arrest a drunken man lying in the gutter after they were sent to detain him. The scene sparked by a PTA meeting at Brentwood School included disorder from firecrackers and several arrests for illegal possession.
A letter from Sherman Aycoth of the High Point Parking Corp urges downtown tenants and property owners to attend a Tuesday meeting at Center Theater. The plan proposes buying or leasing land, installing meters, and opening lots to shoppers with stock at $100 per share and cash or deferred payment options. The effort aims to add parking capacity as a key to preserving the downtown economy.
Western Union will relocate to 318 N. Wrenn St on or about Oct 8. Manager W. D. Armstrong announced the transfer of wiring and facilities is on schedule with added modern equipment for local telegrams. The current office is in the Sheraton Hotel building.
Dean Harold Conrad announced five or six nonstudents have enrolled in the first year accounting course at High Point College. The class, meeting Monday Wednesday and Friday at 7 pm in Roberts Hall, has room for about five more. Eligible for college credit are sophomores. outside students may join for subject matter. Jack Van Anda, a certified public accountant, teaches the night class and works in Crown Hosiery Mills' accounts department.
High Point Mayor George Covington cuts a ribbon at Tobias on Main Street celebrating 25 years of business. The store redecorated its sections from the second floor Broad Street addition and unveiled the new fall line. Arnold Aronson notes the milestone marks an end and new beginning for top service in High Point retailing with leaders from the chamber and merchants present.
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