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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1938
Page
10
The First M. P. Church holds a mid-week prayer service at 7 30 p m. Rev J Clay Fradison will speak on Nameless Immortals continuing the Lenten series this week.
High Point city schools will close tomorrow afternoon for Easter holidays and reopen Tuesday morning. Superintendent Charles F. Carroll Jr. announced today.
Local residents flocked to Ring Drug Co to trial TATANKA. The spokesman claimed rapid relief for kidney liver and bladder disorders and urged all with ailments to consult free at 114 North Main Street.
The North Carolina League for Crippled Children reports strong response to the 1938 Easter Sale of Seals now in its third year in the state and fifth nationally. Funds support indigent crippled children's hospital care, X rays, braces, and aftercare unavailable from social security. The State Board of Health struggles to meet rising needs with limited funds. about 10,000 crippled children are in North Carolina out of roughly 400,000 nationwide.
Holy Week observances start at First Evangelical and Reformed Church tonight at 7 30 with Rev Hoy l L Fesperman delivering the messages through Friday. Each evening features special music by the church choir under M F Crooks. Sunday morning Holy Communion will welcome new members. no service Sunday night.
High Point citizens hold key roles at the seventeenth annual North Carolina Association of Jewish Women conference and the eighth annual North Carolina Association of Jewish Men meeting in Asheville at the George Vanderbilt hotel. The programs feature speakers Marvin Lowenthal, Sol Bloom, and Rabbi A J Feldman with joint luncheons and a banquet, plus meetings for both associations on May 1 and 2.
The acclaimed MGM production Of Human Hearts comes to the Paramount Theatre for a two day engagement. Critics praise its human appeal tender sentiment and comedy and note it as a premier screen experience alongside classic titles. Stars include Walter Huston James Stewart Ann Rutherford and Beulah Bondi among others.
Three men James Phifer Burley Horn and Henry Sloan were tried in municipal court for whiskey at Phifer s home. Sloan and Horn received three months on the county roads. Phifer s sentence was continued until June 15 with prayer for judgment. Several other cases were continued or dismissed.
High Point Ministers association sponsors a three hour Good Friday service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church from noon to 3 p m with seven ministers from High Point and Greensboro delivering reflections on the Seven Words from the Cross. Dr O C Williamson Rev C E B Hayworth Rev Hoy L Fesperman Rev J Clay Madison Dr A Conrad Ky Dr G I Humphreys and Dr W W Peele provide the sermons.
A quarterly orthopedic clinic sponsored by the High Point Rotary club will be held at the city health offices on North Main street Saturday at 9:30 AM. Dr. J F Register of Greensboro and Dr. R A Herring, the city health officer, will examine crippled children. The club reports excellent results from the last clinic and notes these free clinics are quarterly to avoid overcrowding as a major Rotary project.
High Point police and Guilford deputies found 128 pints of assorted whisky under a coal bin at Frank Davis service station. L. A. McBride of High Point was arrested for violating the prohibition law, later bonded out after officials confiscated the liquor.
Judge H E Olive told ex servicemen at American Legion HQ last night that dictators exploit democracies peace and urged universal service draft to mobilize capital labor and youth for a future war. He said stronger armed forces are needed and praised the Legion for its defense advocacy and service to ex servicemen. The gathering marked the opening of the new American Legion Post 87 headquarters with several officials and visitors in attendance.
Professors at William Penn High note the campus sugar maple usually lags but budded yesterday signaling the arrival of spring. The tree’s timing has served as a weather indicator for years, with budbreak considered a sign of easing winter conditions.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors held their quarterly meeting in Winston-Salem on Tuesday. They reported steady overall business, lower current period activity, and forecast gradual improvement. A 1½ percent dividend was declared payable May 1 to stockholders of record April 15. High Point representatives included W. C. Idol and J. Millis.
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