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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1928
Page
13
Members of the First Presbyterian church will worship in a new $300000 edifice today in a service led by Gen. C. P. Coble. The modern building will be formally opened with morning and evening services and a special musical program. Plans also call for beautifying the surrounding lawn as part of the project.
Chicago March 31 The last day of the union truce in bituminous fields covers Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Iowa. Some mines may continue under Jacksonville scale while others plan indefinite shutdowns. Ohio and western Pennsylvania mines shift to non union labor as suspensions extend.
Palm Sunday marks the start of Passion Week at St Stephen A M E Zion on Price street with Rev W C Carver delivering The Trump of the King. Daily sermons follow through April 8 with choirs performing and pastors from various churches slated to speak and lead music.
The 1928 convention of advertising clubs in the third district of the International Advertising Association will be held at Sedgefield Inn on April 23 and 24. Prominent speakers include H S Richardson and Dr Gus W Dyer. The program features sessions, a golf tournament, and a costume ball with prizes for best dressed couples.
Eight ministers from the High Point Ministers Association will speak at a joint Good Friday service at Wesley Memorial church from noon to 8 PM. Speakers include Rev. H. N. Bowne, Rev. F. L. Conrad, Rev. L. T. Wilson, Rev. E. M. Ballard, Rev. C. P. Coble, Rev. M. Whitener, Rev. E. J. Harbison, and Rev. Tom Sykes. The public is invited.
Former National League star Mike Donlin teams with actor Richard Dix on a baseball film titled Knocking Em Over. The project blends sports fame with cinematic storytelling for a themed production.
News reached High Point yesterday of the sudden death of Senator Frank B. Willis in Delaware Ohio on Friday night. Prof Stanley Pugh of High Point College school of commerce, a longtime friend, had recently been in contact with Willis when news of his death came as a shock. An uncle of Pugh, C M Riegle, an attorney in Selma, Ohio, was Willis's roommate during his Ohio Northern University days. Willis died of heart failure just as he was to address his hometown audience.
The 3:30 pm military parade at Oak Ridge Institute is cancelled due to the death of Miss Pauline Clark the previous morning. Miss Clark, a longtime school supporter, was part of the institute family. funeral services are set for 3:00 pm today in Oak Ridge.
Robert M. La Follette is cited as father of the Progressive party while a note mentions Dante born in Florence Italy. The terse item links two individuals to political and birth context in a compact editorial snippet.
Timber valued at about 250000 pounds is imported into England annually. The figure highlights the scale of timber trade and its economic impact on the national market. Government data indicates steady annual imports fueling construction and industry.
A conference of the fifth district National Association of Credit Men will be held Tuesday at Sedgefield Inn. Over 100 delegates from Lynchburg Norfolk Richmond Roanoke and North Carolina cities will attend with a banquet at 6:30 featuring Stephen S. Miller of New York.
Rev J B Craven will preach at Wesley Memorial in Greensboro in the absence of Rev John W Moore who is in Asheboro for revival. Morning service at 11 oclock with organ prelude and sermon on Opportunities. No evening service. Members invited to worship with First Presbyterian on North Main Street.
About 6000 delegates to the South Carolina state teachers convention returned home after adjournment. The final session awarded the attendance banner to Dillon county and featured brief addresses by department heads. L. P. Hollis passed the gavel to George Wannamaker of St. Matthews as president elect. Four cities—Greenville Columbia Spartanburg Charleston—bid for the 1929 meeting, with site selection to occur at the executive committee meeting in Columbia in June.
Fraser and Mrs Fraser plan a large opening today at 3 o clock for their Winston Salem evangelistic campaign. The High Point tent, set on Sprague Street near Thomasville Road along the street car line, seats 450 arranged by local churches. Preachers from Winston anticipate broad cooperation and a strong turnout.
A. L. Caldwell of College Circle, cashier of the Atlantic Bank and Trust, is resting in Guilford General Hospital after an operation Wednesday morning for appendicitis. He was reported to be resting nicely last night.
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