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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1937
Page
16
Mrs. M. L. Staff of Bluff City, Louisiana, discovered two twenty dollar bills totaling 40 dollars among her winter onion tops in a patch near the highway. She believes the money was lost by a motorist traveling nearby.
The report notes that the men's clothing trade ranks as the second largest in New York, while the women's garment industry leads as the top sector, reflecting strong sectoral growth and economic impact in the city.
The carnival opened as Mayor Grayson led ceremonies at the ball park midway. A trained chimpanzee acted in nightly shows, drawing crowds as the event began.
Mayor Grayson pressed a button to light Willis Park for the first annual W. F. W. post fair benefiting the School Boy Patrol. The Cetlin-Wilson World on Parade supplied 20 shows and 12 rides, arriving from Greensboro in a long convoy. Midway acts include Streets of Cairo and Egyptian Theatre roving attractions with acrobats, sword fighters, and exotic animals. The Octopus ride debuts as a new feature while Flying Sensations perform each night this week.
A free public art program by Miss Birdie Walker will present famous masterpieces at the Junior High School auditorium Wednesday at 8 o'clock. Pupils from art classes will depict works including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper for the audience, following a warm reception by the student body.
Elizabeth City April 17 Mayor Jerome B. Flora and other city officials endorsed Representative F Webb Williams for appointment as chairman of the State Alcohol Board of Control.
Miss Ann Carter renowned corsetry adviser will address the J C Penney store on South Main street High Point Tuesday April 20 at 4 PM She will demonstrate a new corsetry type on living models and answer audience questions highlighting figure control posture and comfort.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt and Miss Lorena Hickok traveled by automobile from Charleston to Clinton where the former stopped briefly to have her car serviced and gladly signed an autograph for a filling station attendant. The item also notes the Leicester Square escalator in London is 161 feet long.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins inspected the tropical area at the southern tip of the Florida peninsula proposed for Everglades National Park. They flew in a Coast Guard plane and earlier went to waters off Key West in search of game fish.
Dr George Sumner county health officer continues pre school clinics this week visiting Grays Chapel School Monday at 1 30 p m to examine future entrants. He will be at Seagrove School Tuesday at 9 00 a m and Providence School Wednesday at 9 30 a m all in Asheboro area.
The Asheboro preschool clinic will be held Thursday starting at 9 o'clock in the morning. In the past week the county reported one case of diphtheria one of scarlet fever a few cases of influenza and one case of smallpox.
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