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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1954
Page
19
The opening ceremony marks the formal debut of the new Home Seedery unit. Board members and local officials attend as President of the Board presents the slate of officers and discusses the project’s cost and community impact.
Police discover 12 half gallon jars of illegal whisky in a baby perrigge during a Lynchburg raid. Four more jars found in a tub of baby clothes under an overturned basket. Ten persons arrested in connection with the case.
Charles Brantley kept his savings in a Bible in Jackson. Two women, Alberta Daily and Sarah Thomas, allegedly grabbed the Bible containing 680 dollars, fled, and later discarded the Bible. Police charged them with grand larceny and recovered most of the money.
Dr. James A. Jones of Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte will speak at the Presbyterian Home today for the formal opening of its new wing. Open house runs 2 to 6 pm with tours of the expanded facilities including living space, an expanded infirmary, kitchen dining areas, a hobby room, and an assembly room. The facility now houses 60 residents, with 55 currently living there. the site and home valued at well over $600,000.
A federal jury in Albuquerque found the 1952 New Mexico election free of irregularities and fraud. The panel reviewed an FBI report detailing an exhaustive investigation and expressed that most allegations lacked basis. The Senate Elections Committee had suggested possible contest outcomes, with political tensions surrounding Sen. Chavez.
The High Point Band Boosters Club funds student music programs and seeks new members via a $1 drive. Chairman E. L. Pope reports strong response with hopes to double the current 270 band participants across four school bands led by Senior School director Dave Carter.
A San Francisco area actor and dancer seek separation after his wife found him unconscious in his bedroom on Wednesday. The couple wed in Reno in January 1953 and had prior marriages. Withers to actress Loretta Young and Estelita to Chu Chu Martinez, a night club singer.
In North Carolina one third of white public high school graduates enter college. The North Carolina Foundation of Church-Related Colleges reports the national average at 25 percent and the state average higher by nine points. Total graduates numbered 26,618 with 8,915 indicating college intent. 6,864 are enrolled in North Carolina Colleges.
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