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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1930
Page
5
Ford dealer G F Wilson announces the new Roadster with a redesigned body and wider doors. Features include folding windshield, compact fold top, larger tires, lower chassis, higher sides, and black rubber top material with plate glass rear window. Door curtains use black pyroxylin fabric with large cel luloid vision openings and removable top options.
Davidson County health officer Dr. G C Gambrell reports pellagra cases increasing, with 25 cases already listed this year and more suspected. He urged physicians to report all discovered cases as the disease remains on the reportable list.
The state health department plans an early statewide survey on pellagra and seeks to list all county cases before the survey. Officials urge doctors to report cases, cite diet as the principal cause, and promote varied diets as preventive. Davidson county cooperates in distributing pamphlets, and yeast is offered at cost for treatment upon doctor recommendation.
The Society of Automotive Engineers will hold technical sessions October 27 and 28 in Detroit to examine production economies for manufacturing aircraft. The event gathers engineers and analysts to discuss cost reduction strategies and efficiency improvements.
Boston reports Massachusetts gas tax receipts totaling 4,799,499 dollars for the first half of 1930, marking a 10.2 percent increase from the same period in 1929. The rise reflects rising fuel usage and broader economic activity through midyear.
Jack Holt headlines the new Columnn Production Hell's Island with Flight colleagues in a comedy drama opening Monday at the American Theatre. The quartet of screen buddies headline the cast and share top billing in the latest picture.
In July 18, 40 Boy Scouts from Camp Graystone near Greensboro searched near Groometown for graves of about 20 British soldiers from the Guilford Court House battle. They located 12 unmarked graves behind a Sumner County area widow’s farmhouse, with exploration aided by G reensboro scout executive Wallace Y. The widow Rankin feared publicity while the boys found no artifacts beyond dust. Cannon rumors also surfaced, and organizers seek a local marker for the site.
The letter recounts a Colorado trip to Pike's Peak, noting the 14 000-plus feet elevation, 28 miles from Colorado Springs to the summit, and the need to stay in low gear for much of the climb. The writer, companions, fuel costs, total tour mileage of 9 900, and a $390 total cost are described along with debate on driver licenses and vehicle tags.
Reader writes to The Enterprise praising open forums and editor columns. He notes police department scrutiny and urges balanced views while acknowledging difficulty in judging right from wrong amid competing sides.
Official Board sets one public worship service at 11 o clock after a 9:45 church school session. Rev. Roy I. Farmer is away. Rev. E Lester Ballard leads in charge. Lord's Supper to be administered. service includes hymns prayers anthems and creed.
In Chapel Hill the question of whether John Chavis taught Willie P Mangum is explored by Dr. Edgar W. Knight. The article argues there was no written record of a formal teacher pupil link, but long intimate letters show a close, affectionate friendship and Chavis’s keen interest in Mangum’s life and future.
An adjourned official board meeting will decide which candidate, C C Robbins or Wv W Idol, will be delegate to the annual conference in November. Church services include selections by Central Friends and Archdale Playground events with Mr Sykes delivering the evening sermon on The Need of Prayer and Our Christianity and Human Progress.
Morning worship at 11 o'clock with organ preludes and anthems, readings from Acts, sermons on foreign missions and results of being with Jesus, followed by evening service at 8 30 p m. Announcements and hymns punctuate the service outline across First Reformed and First Baptist churches.
Harry B. Hinderlite, former North Carolina highway chief, is discharged from Louisiana in Governor Huey P. Long’s broad road department shakeup. Long says 500 to 700 more workers will be cut within 60 days as part of economy moves. Hinderlite had led Louisiana’s road program for about a year and a half.
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