Division Chairmen Named In High Point College Campaign
At a campaign meeting in the Sheraton Hotel W T Powell announced division leaders for the High Point College debt liquidation drive Mrs H A Millis heads the Women s Division with four captains and two men s division chairmen E M Dudley R H Sechrest D A Rawley and Rev J Clay Madison lead eight male captains The campaign starts with an open unit and closes May 17 with four report luncheons and notes the city s past decade intake of about 1500 students from High Point College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Sheraton
W. T. Powell
Sales Army
Mission Study Class at Wesley Memorial Church Begins
Wesley Memorial Church opens its annual four week mission study class in the Woman's Wesley class room on Wednesday at 7 30 p m The Women s Missionary Auxiliary sponsors the course inviting members and others Students using the text Methodists United For Action by John R Mott are asked to read the first two chapters before attending Rev James Rink will teach the first session with Dr Embree Blackard leading the remaining sessions The book notes the world mission and unity aims for Methodism and charges readers to prepare with the text available through the church office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial Church
Wesley
Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary
Methodists United For Action
John R. Mott
World Christian Statesman
James Rink
Embree Blackard
New Officers Inducted by V F W in Local Ceremony
The VFW installation and state convention delegate election drew a full veterans hall. A. C. Ingram became post commander with F E Whidden and F C Burney as senior and junior vice commanders. Delegates named include R P Myers and A B Frost with alternates H Hicks and Wade. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Hall
Effie Workman
Ruby Snider
Estelle Lackey
Ruby Burney
Ches
Grace © Jeffries
Lillian Suttenfield
Milile Cecil
J. P. Walker
Earl C. Rice
T. C. Potts
A. Kearns
C. E. Suttenfield
A. B. Frost
Bruce H. Carraway
Robert Wade
Roby A. Shipwash
R. G. Weant
Sentinel
R. A. Lackey
Cicero Jarrett
B. F. Ledford
Grensboro
Ledford
High Point
Wintson-Salem
R. P. Myers
C. F. Suttenfield
W. A. Kearns
A. F. Edwards
Charles H. Hicks
L. M. Blackmon
Sidney Ross
P. H. Laughlin
Sears Employees Gain Stock in Local Profit Sharing Fund
Local Sears, Roebuck and Co. workers received their annual profit sharing statements for 1939 as the fund holds 98 shares locally worth about 7840 at an 80 share price. Company contributions totaled 3,013,435 to the fund, allocated by length of service and salary, with 5 percent payroll deductions up to 250 annually. Manager H. E. Hutto handed out sealed statements while noting fund history and investments in Sears stock. Nearly all Lille mills readied for military orders.
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Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears
High Point
H. E. Hutto
Congress of Parents and Teachers Convening in City
The 21st annual State Congress of Parents and Teachers gathers for a three day program beginning tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel and First Methodist Church. Mrs Doyle D Alley chairs the executive meeting with state officers including Mrs Joseph Garibaldi and Harold D Meyer. Governor Clyde R Hoey will attend the banquet Thursday at the Sheraton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Sheraton Hotel
Doyle D. Alley
Waynesville
Joseph Garibaldi
Charlotte
N. & Walker
Raleigh
Harold D. Meyer
University of North Carolina
C. W. Phillips
Woman's College
Fred Hampton
Asheville
J. W. Burke
Gibsonville
Sedgefield Inn
High Point
Brotherhoods Hear Grover Jones Talk at Joint Supper
Grover H. Jones, city attorney, was guest speaker at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in High Point for a joint supper of local brotherhoods and partner churches. Glenn Brown and Newell Black led the event. Edith Crooks and George Gibbardt sang, with Miss Hedrick on piano. Jones spoke on investment of life.
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Grover H. Jones
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
First Evangelical and Reformed
High Point
Heidelberg Reformed
Thomasville
Glenn Brown
Newell Black
Emmanuel Lutheran Brotherhood
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
R. L. Conrad
F. W. Gibbardt
Edith Crooks
George Gibbardt
Margaret Hedrick
Mr. Jones
Hoy L. Fesperman
Reformed Church
Mr. Patterson
Ordinance Aims Park Two Hour Limit on Church Street
The law and public safety committee will recommend an ordinance banning parking more than two hours on the south side of Church Street between Lindsay and Pine Streets. The session includes opening bids for police motorcycles and a vote on deeds of trust in delinquent tax accounts. No details yet on railroad crossing bridges or highway commission inspections.
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Church Street
Lindsay
Pine Streets
City Council
Law and Public Safety Committee
E. M. Knox
Perry
Hamilton Streets
Highway Commission
Deed of Separation Filed by C T Parker and Wife
Greensboro April 16 A deed of separation was filed in the clerk of court office between Charles T Parker and Hibernia Hudson Parker of High Point The couple wed November 21 1935 and have agreed to separate due to absolute incompatibility The deed states neither party shall have any involvement with the other thereafter
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Greensboro
Charles T. Parker
Hibernia Hudson Parker
High Point
Mayor Cooper Plans Sound Truck Campaign Tour
Wilmington mayor and governor hopeful Tom Cooper announced a wide itinerary visiting towns including Roxboro Yanceyville Reidsville Winston-Salem Asheboro Ramseur Siler City Liberty Greensboro Burlington Mebane Hillsboro Durham Chapel Hill Pittsboro Sanford Lillington Dunn Fayetteville and Lumberton with a late Wednesday arrival in High Point to speak from a sound truck and address the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers event. Mines of North China produced 12 million tons of coal in the last year.
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Wilmington
Tom Cooper
High Point
North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers
Roxboro
Yanceyville
Reidsville
Winston-Salem
Asheboro Ramseur
Siler City
Liberty
Greensboro
Young Democrats
Burlington
Mebane
Hillsboro
Durham
Chapel Hill
Pittsboro
Sanford
Lillington
Dunn
Fayetteville
Lumberton
Cooper
North Carolina
Property Deed Confers Joint Rights in Rowland Park Lot 93
A deed shows joint conveyance to Mrs. Parker of rights in a tract of land known as lot No 93 in Rowland Park. The document records the transfer shares and describes the parcel and parties involved.
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Parker
Rowland Park
Enterprise Cooking School Gets Off To Bang-Up Start
The Enterprise free gas cooking school began at the Paramount Theatre with a large crowd of local women. Miss Ella Outland, in charge, demonstrated kitchen efficiency and shared time saving tips. The program runs Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon with recipes printed in today’s Enterprise. Numerous market baskets and foods were awarded to attendees including chicken dinner, lamb roast, steak, Sunshine cake, salad, nut bread, strawberry short cake, and rice dish. Additional baskets and flowers were presented to several attendees and winners.
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Paramount Theatre
Ella Outland
Miss Outland
Paramount
C. E. Douglas
H. W. Hedrick
Forrest Avenue
Grady Comer
Thurston Street
W. B. Brown
West Russell Street
Celebrates 78th Birthday Today
Charles Fremont Wilson of 1604 Johnson Street celebrates his 78th birthday. Born in Weeping Water Nebraska on April 6 1862 he moved to High Point in 1891 after teaching in Davidson and Randolph counties. He once served as circulation manager for The Enterprise and later worked in insurance.
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Charles Fremont Wilson
Johnson Street
Mr. Wilson
Weeping Water
Neb
High Point
Davidson
Randolph
Middle-West
Jarrell
Wilson
Enterprise
J. J. Farriss
Mary Ridge
Randolph Conty
Japan Finance Ministry to ease decree on salary raises
Japan's Finance Ministry plans to relax its decree restricting salary raises, signaling looser controls for wage increases by firms. The move aims to support consumer demand and corporate earnings amid economic pressures and fiscal policy considerations.
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Japan
Finance Ministry
Local residents listed in court notice
J A Monroe Jr 231 Woodrow Avenue Mrs Clayton Barnes 426 Tate Street Mrs E H Roberts 203 Hicks Street Miss Jewel Montgomery 1006 North Hamilton Street and Mrs J R Wood 238 Montlieu Avenue appear in a public notice listing residents with addresses.
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J. A. Monroe, Jr
Woodrow Avenue
Clayton Barnes
Tate Street
E. H. Roberts
Hicks Street
Jewel Montgomery
North Hamilton Street
J. R. Wood
Montlieu Avenue
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H. A. Millis
Noble T. Craigg and
E. L. Chitwood
Wesley Memorial
Powell
Sellers
Enterprise Free Gas Cooking
Rose Furniture CO
South Main
A. C. Ingram
Lille
France
City
Brotherhoods
Grover Jones
Council
Eugene E. Barnett
International Committee of the Y M. C.A
High Point Y. M. C. A
C. T. Parkers
North
China
Enterprise Cooking School
Walter Spencer
Archdale
Beulah Searce
White Oak Street
P. D. Hutchins
Salem Street
O. P. Shelton
Fast Green Street
Ola Aggies
Centennial Avenue
Miss Ella Outland
Cooking
East Washington Street
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