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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1936
Page
2
Officials announce a new upholstery plant in Huntington under direct supervision of R Allen to serve West Virginia and Kentucky. Expansion will not affect local operations. the facility already has begun business in a large two story building.
The Burton Upholstering Company, operating for about three years since May 1 193%, will move to a larger facility in a city near High Point. R Allen Burton serves as president, C L Burton as vice president, and L G Monroe as secretary and treasurer as the firm boosts capacity to meet rising demand and improve service with lower transport costs.
Holy week services at Wesley Memorial Church under the High Point Ministerial Association continue tomorrow and Friday. Rev Hoyle Love will lead Thursday’s 30 minute service on The Day Of Fellowship, substituting for Rev Tom A Sykes who is hospitalized. Dr G I Humphreys of High Point College will speak Friday on The Day of Suffering in a one hour service.
Services will be held tonight at 8 o clock at St Marys Episcopal church Maundy Thursday Holy communion will be served at 10 am On Good Friday a devotional period will be held from 12 noon until 3 pm
The article details opening sessions of a state convention of women’s clubs at High Point College with officer and delegate meetings, luncheons, lectures by Miss Vera Idol and others, a 7 p.m. President’s Night banquet, and a final address by Mrs. Roberta Campbell Lawson. Morning events include parliamentary law class, credentials, and musical presentations by local artists. District prizes were awarded for questionnaire completion and attendance gains.
The evangelistic services at First Christian Church on West Green Street will run through this week ending after Sunday. Services are well attended with strong interest. daily gatherings at 7 30 p m. Two Easter Sunday services, morning and evening, led by the pastor. New members will be received at both services and the public is invited.
A five day Easter break begins Thursday at 5 p m with dormitories closed. Classes resume Wednesday morning April 15 at the regular time. Only the baseball team stays on campus during the vacation for Easter engagements.
The Russian Iun Singers perform Thursday at 8 30 PM in the high school auditorium as the last concert of three program Community Concert series. New members joining the 1086 87 season gain free access to tonight's show and the final concert. Mrs C F Tomlinson, president of the cooperative Concert Association, announced the extension for members who join beforehand or pay at the door. Several new members have already joined the next season and taken advantage of tomorrow night’s program.
Mrs J N Britt of Lamberton and Mrs B G Campbell of Plymouth tied for the federation gavel for the district with five presidents. Luncheon meetings followed at local churches including Wesley Memorial and First Baptist with talks by Margaret M Edwards on Education For Every Day Living and Elizabeth Gilmore on Art In Every Day Life.
The Enterprise says Melvin Brown, not Cora Harris, a Negro woman of 608 East Commerce Street, was cut during a 40 argument with Henry Allen who also lives there. Investigating officer’s report misnamed Cora Harris. she was only a witness to the affair.
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