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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1934
Page
8
City workers planned a barbecue at the city lake at five o clock but weather forecast led to a Friday 5 p m start. The planners contacted the weather man who promised fair conditions for the event.
A historical note describes Spain using leather wine bottles crafted from pig skin. The skin is cured and prepared as a durable container for storing and transporting wine.
Dr W A Lambeth pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will travel to Asheville to assist Dr C C Weaver in the funeral of Frank Stacy Smith a 64 year old prominent wholesale druggist who died of a heart attack at Delray Beach Florida yesterday
The fragment notes a vessel capable of holding up to 40 gallons, described as a bottle holding the liquid in certain cases. The item is presented as a historical detail within the damaged OCR text.
Twelve new men appointed to the Soil Erosion Service in the Interior Department for the Deep River Valley program. Names and titles include Charlies H. Flory Chief Forester, Wm. E. Bowers Agronomist, A. H. Veazey Extension Agent, W. D. Lee Chief Soil Expert, W. W. Stevens Assistant Soil Expert, W. C. Warner Assistant Extension Agent, Hester M. Stott Assistant Extension Agent, H. B. Newland Assistant, J. A. Muncey Assistant Agricultural Engineer, R. W. Lipscomb Assistant Agronomist, Donald Christie Assistant Agricultural Engineer, and W. A. Weld Assistant Agricultural Engineer.
Funeral services for William Monroe Witcher aged 77 were held at 2:30 PM at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist church with Rev. BE W. Jones officiating. Interment in the church cemetery followed with pallbearers and many grandchildren among the floral tributes.
Funeral services for Jimmy Groome Robbins aged months, son of Mr and Mrs H G Robbins, were held at 938 Council Street with Rev Roy I Farmer and Rev M C Connor officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers included Forrest Linthicum and Edward Linthicum among others.
Airman Harmon of the Camel Flying service in Winston-Salem hosted passengers at the proposed airport site east of the city. A woman, owner of an 80 foot snake shown on Main Street, asked to take the snake aloft next Sunday during the flyers visit to High Point. Harmon has not refused but doubts feasibility.
Greensboro April 19 Clerk A Wayland Cook ordered H I Coffield of High Point to appear before T W Albertson of High Point on April 26 at 3 p m for examination of Coffield assets. Co C Barnhart receiver for Coffield Furniture was cited to appear. Coffield and Barnhart forbidden to dispose of assets before hearing. Hood System Bank held $587 judgment, unsatisfied, with assets yet to be examined. Mrs L C Gidney of Shelby appeals $1,000 Morris Plan Bank stock assessment claiming it was paid before March 1 1926.
Principal Miss Mytrolene L. Grey announces Fair view school pre school registration for May 3 and 4 from 2 30 pm for children entering in the fall. Also schedule includes operetta Spring Glow May 14 and recitals by Florence Glee Club and Virginia Union University Octet at local venues. The piece discusses Wells Plan to create jobs for Black graduates in High Point.
High Point Hardware announces a one night introductory showing of seven General Electric refrigerators. A carload of new units arrives and the store stays open until 9 PM for the event. The piece notes a state cooperative plan to organize small factories and stores across the state with graduates operating and buying through the cooperative on a ten year basis.
Police rule in Los Angeles requires roller skaters to follow the same traffic signals as vehicle drivers. The guidance emphasizes pedestrians and skaters share the road with motorists under existing traffic laws.
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