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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1934
Page
10
The City of High Point adopts a tax rate of 1.65 for the fiscal year ending June 30 1935. The rate aligns with the budget anticipations and follows county actions over school district indebtedness. A friendly suit with the county is anticipated to determine responsibility.
Friends of Mrs. M V Andrews of Trinity regret to learn of the death of her brother J T Littrell at his Asheville home this morning. Mrs Andrews left today for Asheville.
Andrew Jackson Post No. 87 commander W Ney Evans announced August 17 as the date for the Legion 10 beauty pageant. The event is part of a North Carolina Legion series leading to Miss North Carolina 1934 and the department delegation to the Miami convention in October.
The Third Quarterly Conference of the First Methodist Protestant Church will be held this evening at 8 o clock at M P Church North Main and Richardson streets Rev R J Farmer will preside and conduct a brief devotional period This worship replaces the regular mid week service Officials are urged to attend and members are welcome Organ and reports will be given including the board of stewards report on the delegate vote and pulpit supply for August.
The city council authorized an agreement with the highway department placing the English street right of way at the disposal of the highway commission and assigning street maintenance to the city. The move follows National Industrial Recovery rules and enables public works approval and contract letting by mid month, with work starting around September first.
Postmaster H. C. Clark announced that the local post office posted a new all time high for July with receipts of 16 145.85. Seven month totals reached 107 184.14, up 9 601 over the same period last year, and 1984 may top the 1929 banner year for volume.
The American Business Club moved to complete interior remodeling of the old post office into a public library. Sam Strickland said work began last week and should finish within 30 days, though extra unbudgeted costs arose. The club voted to cover these additional items rather than seek private contributions.
Dr W A Lambeth the pastor will preach on Enheartening Conversation at Wesley Memorial tonight at 8 o clock. The mid week service will be held in the young peoples assembly room with Miss Dorothy Hoskins leading an opening musical program before the sermon. Lambeth will be away on vacation in August and Liston Pope will lead all services in his absence.
Restoration of the Blue Eagle to Annie Gershitz of Bayonne New Jersey follows a July 19 surrender for wage and hour violations of the cotton garment code. The Code Authority reported she signed a future compliance agreement and made full restitution of back wages, with NRA insignia rights restored.
A Guilford College gathering of the City Christian Endeavor Union included a business session led by vice president Robert Smith and a mass meeting at Welch Memorial church. Oscar Hege of Winston-Salem attended and showed motion pictures from the past state convention. A planned play and a Crystal Lake picnic on August 7 were discussed, and a quarterly shield was returned to Welch Memorial for its activity. Watermelon was served afterward on the church lawn.
The text notes Napoleon was 27 when he gained command of the Army of Italy and 36 when he crowned himself Emperor of France.
Claim comes from England that Gibson the cat holds the title of the world largest domestic feline. Owner Mrs A M Turner based in Wimble don asserts the record.
The city council rescinded five welfare board appointments and named seven new members Logan Porter J Millis Walter Crissman Col Muse Paul Ingle J C Hows and J C Sheloff The manager M Knox urged changes to honor the board election rule J B Mills remains as member and declines chairmanship Silas B Casey fills Parks and Juvenile commission term through 1935 plus reappointments for Wingate Andrews and David T Yow to four year terms
Golfers swing clubs at speeds ranging from 80 to 100 miles per hour, highlighting the power behind each stroke. The range emphasizes the upper end of common driving velocities among players. Each move demonstrates how acceleration translates to distance in play.
A historical note explains the term tabloid as a name once used for compressed chemical products and identifies it as a copyrighted trademark dating back about 50 years.
The fragment notes enormous losses from wartime motions described as twenty million Wvres and four hundred billion dollars. It hints at a debate over the economic impact and scale of World War related costs and movements.
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