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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1959
Page
35
Mrs. Berta Roberts will teach Art Methods and Mediums this fall at the Junior High School. The eight two hour classes use everyday items for design focused on beginners and the unartistic, with Roberts noting her own 40 years painting experience and recent instructor training.
Jessie Lee Tucker administratrix of Linda Carol Tucker’s estate filed a $25,000 civil suit in Guilford Superior Court. Defendants are Nancy Linville 16 and her father William Linville both of Colfax. Tucker died in January after an ice slick crash on 311 near High Point when Linville attempted to pass another car and struck an oncoming vehicle driven by Larry.
Tough for census Christiansburg Virginia reports Mrs Roy Kessinger wife of a Mc Coy area farmer recently gave birth to her 15th child. She tops sisters Arley 14 and Frank Adkins 11 with a total of 63 among seven Kessinger sisters.
The Rev James Y Greene assumed duties as an associate in the Department of Student Work. The General Board authorized an additional associate last July. Greene previously directed Baptist StudentUnion work at Appalachian for two years and is a native of Asheville, a Mars Hill Forest Colleges and Southeastern Seminary graduate.
Liberty Association session opens with Dr W R Wagoner speaking at 10 50 a m and Rev Guy Moore delivering the noon sermon at Coggins Memorial Church in Reeds. Delegates discuss Christian literature missions and unions with speakers from Home Mission Board and Dr Dane las M Branch plus representatives from seven Baptist colleges.
A Ruxton woman and her husband discover their direct ancestors were both newspaper editors who killed a man in a Pittsburgh duel around 1805, and only learned this shared history after ten years of marriage.
Guilford County Industrial Education Center enters its second year with a 337 student body and a broad program list. Director Bruce B. Roberts notes emphasis on earning a living through vocational study at the James Town site, the first such center in North Carolina. Courses include auto mechanics, welding, drafting, electronics, upholstery, TV service, and advanced air conditioning, with plans for electrical, advertising, furniture design, and defense-related training. The center operates as a county school unit within Guilford County Schools and the state Division of Vocational Education, offering expanding opportunities for high school and post high school students.
Chapel Hill hosts the fourth annual Laymen's Clinic on canvass techniques for Episcopal Dioceses of North Carolina. Robert D. Jordan of New York City, executive vice president of the Episcopal Church Foundation, will speak on canvassing methods. The event includes Holy Communion and is chaired by Hyman Phillips Jr.
Raleigh AP dispatch notes Gov Hodges will skip a Europe trip for work at home. Ed Kirk Saunders says the state agency and its staff are busy with projects. Hodges cites 40 communities pursuing school improvements and 17,000 people in a curriculum study. He considers appointing a 60 member panel to back a 34.4 million capital improvements bond issue.
Charles R. Lamb Guilford County Soil Conservationist was cleared of all charges by a three man civil service board after a Friday secret hearing. The board dismissed the charges and restored his performance rating to satisfactory on his second appeal.
A mangonel is a large ancient military machine used to fling stones and other missiles during sieges. It represents early warfare technology with simple torsion or gravity-based mechanisms and was common in ancient fortifications and battles.
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