Miss High Point nominees announced for Pageant of Progress
Thirty two young women from High Point were named nominees for Miss High Point as the Pageant of Progress proceeds at High Point College Stadium over a week beginning September 5. Balloting includes advance ticket sales and coupon entries from The Enterprise, with contestant photos to be displayed in downtown stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Buchanan
Spirit of Manufacturing
High Point
Enterprise
al Resch
Downwn
Alice Chandler
Arbordale
Betsy Dean Wagger
Wood- Hill
Mildred Marsh
Main
Lillie Mae Chambers
Willlowbrook
Grace Lawson
Filbert T
Mary Ruth Woolen
Hiillcrest
Kitty Mann
Hillcrest
Exie Lee Hardee
Wet Ray Street
Kathryn Hoover
Adam Frances Moon
Phillips Doris Taylor
South Wrenn
Patricia Lee Redman
Woodland Drive
Helen Henderson
Burton Street
Minnie Raper
Lindsay
Katherine Kearns
Betty Hunt Murray
Parky _— Stafford
Burrus Hos
Nancy Jane Austin
Stesley
Eleanor Josephine Amos
Forest Hill Drive
High Point Enterprise
Pony Express
Helen Hill
Route Three
Randolph County
Miss Hill
Tom Hill
Richard Hill
Topsy
Mason G Pegram Rites Held At Goshen Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mason G. Pegram 20 who died at City Memorial hospital Thomasville after injuries from an automobile crash on July 29 will be held this afternoon at 4 o clock at Goshen Methodist church Stokesdale Rev Edward Suits pastor Rankin Memorial M P church officiating Interment in church cemetery The funeral party departs 311 Pickett Street at 3 o'clock this Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason G. Pegram
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Goshen Methodist Church
Stokesdale
Edw. Suits
Rankin Memorial M. P
Pickett Street
Church
Local businessmen push two bridges for grade crossing plan
A High Point group independent of city government launches a movement to build two new bridges at Hamilton and Willowbrook streets to rejoin sections split by a railway. The plan seeks government funds, with strong backing from local business leaders and some city officials as lawsuits linger over outlet access since the railway realignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Hamilton Street
Willowbrook Street
Merchants Association
Southern Railway
West Broad Street
Elm Street
City Hall
Bridge
New Negro Theater to Cost 10000 Built on East Washington
The Bijou Operating Company of Greensboro announced a $10,000 Negro motion picture theater will rise on East Washington Street between Fourth and Hobson. The 425 seat, one to two story building will include store spaces with Tyson T. Ferree as architect and A E Taplin as general contractor. Piedmont Electric and Welborn Supply Co. handle electrical and plumbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
Bijou Operating Company
Greensboro
EB. K. Ingram
Goerovel
Sherwood Brockwell
State Insurance Department
Fourth and
Hobson Streets
Tyson T. Ferree
A. E. Taplin
Piedmont Electric Company
Welborn Supply Company
Guilford County Schools to Open September 12 1939
Guilford County will start the 1938 39 school year Monday September 12 with an estimated 15 000 pupils in 380 white and 17 Negro schools. 430 teachers have been selected and a new Pleasant Garden district appointment fills the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
T. R. Foust
County Board of Education
Central High School
Greensboro
Guilford County Congress of
J. W. Burke
Gibsonville
Allen Jay High School
Proximity
H. A. Millis
High Point
B. C. Siske
Dr. &. R. Jordan
Pleasant Garden District
City workers face possible punishments for first offenses
The article notes at least four city employees may be disciplined or demoted for first offenses with one possibly facing dismissal. It also mentions a police officer who vacationed at home to avoid debt, plus discussion of several thousand dollars available to High Point for clerical work, unused due to earmarking for arrears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
The Chamber of Babel in City Council Meetings
The city council sessions are crowded with simultaneous talk as members interrupt and answer, creating a babel. Petitions trigger questions, maps and street assessments fill the agenda, and the reporter often cannot keep pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coucil
Prison camp veteran seeks True Confessions deal
A man who recently completed time at a prison camp plans to sell his life story to True Confessions but cannot write it himself and refuses to have it written for him.
Treasury Game racket alarms High Point police
Devotees of chance in High Point chase new thrills from the Treasury Game now sweeping the city. Five up town businesses and many suburban spots advertise shares with premiums to agents, while Chief Friddle calls it grave concern as the gambling scheme adapts to a five day number run from Monday to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M. Smith
Dame Chance
High Point
Treasury
W. G. Friddle
Empire P.O.A
Empire P
Greensboro
Hydro Survey To Be Available For All In High Point
City Manager RF Knox said a detailed hydro electric survey by city engineers will be available to Duke Power and to every interested High Point citizen. Duke Power seeks inspection rights for the 200 page Murray and Flood report on the Yadkin river project and a municipal plant. A hearing before Clerk A Wayland Cooke is set for 2 p.m. August 15 on the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Company
High Point
RF. Knox
Knox
Auperior Court
Yadkin
The
Power Company
Murray and Flood, Inc
PWA
A. Wayland Cooke
J. W. McGuinn
Building During Month Is Estimated At 57309
The July building activity in High Point totaled 57309 per the inspectors estimate. The report notes 15 permits for new homes at 37480 and eight new non residencies at 5715. Repairs to 30 residences cost 5879 and 12 non residences 8235. Permit fees: 97.50, up from 63.75 year earlier due largely to recent insurance fee by city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
E. K. Ingram
Only One Acquittal in 39 Guilford Superior Court Cases
A one-week term of Guilford Superior Court presided by Judge F. Donald Phillips resulted in 39 disposed cases with only one acquittal. Sentences totaled 72 years and seven months across 22 convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Greensboro
Guilford
Services Held For 5. M. Montgomery
Funeral services for Samuel M. Montgomery 24 who died when his truck hit a bridge abutment on Asheboro highway two miles below Glenora were held at Lebanon M. P. church with Rev. O L Easter Dr W Taylor and Rev J C Madison presiding. The service included hymns and a quartet. Pallbearers and a large crowd attended. burial followed at Guilford Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel M. Mo Ery
Asheboro
Glenora
Lebanon
Jesus
C. A. King
J. C. Madison
C. L. Easter
E. R. Helfell
Spencer Osborne
J. H. Carroll
J. A. Jones
Clayton Lee
L. F. Pierce
B. G. Callahan
G. F. Dyer
R. I. Clark
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Trinity Community Singing Postponed to August 28
The community singing at Trinity High School is postponed from today until August 28 under the direction of J. W. Johnson. The Woods-Kearna reunion will be held at Trinity school today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity High School
J. W. Johnson
Trinity School
High Point citizen reacts to marijuana reports
A prominent High Point resident recounts conversations with his high school aged children about marijuana, calling it a sex stimulant and noting rumors of students selling it at the high school. He cites a local Enterprise story and says officials have heard nothing definite. Continued on Page Sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Enterprise
James Godwin
Local Sea Scouts Attend High Rock Rendezvous Weekend
Some 50 to 75 Sea Scouts from the two Carolinas and Georgia, including a High Point delegation, joined a region six rendezvous at High Rock Lake Southmont. The Greensboro region flagship Davey Jones hosts with Charlies L. Hagan in charge aided by Percy Bostick Floyd New and others. The High Point ship Chesapeake led by Jesse Wall plays a key role. Twelve to fourteen boats operate daily with a floating campfire program and Sea Chanties. Leaders aim to advance many scouts at the next Bridge of Honor with emphasis on water safety and sailing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolinas
Georgia
High Point
High Rock Lake
Southmont
Davey Jones
Greensboro
Charlies L. Hagan
Percy Bostick
Floyd New
Jesse Wall
Funeral services for Loleten Patton at Oak Grove Baptist
Funeral services for Loleten Francis Patton 61 will be held at Oak Grove Baptist Church at 2 20 PM today. Rev Robert L Smith will conduct the service and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers are Virgil Roswell Lester Smith Howard Stone Tommie Smith Dee Patton Harvey Stout J W Everhart and Robert Culler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loleten
Larry) Francis Patton
Jamestown
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Robert L. Smith
Virgil Roswell
Lester Smith
Howard Stone
Tommie Smith
Dee. Patton
Harvey Stout
J. W. Everhart
Robert Culler
Rev Cecil Haworth to Speak at Union Services
The Rev Cecil Haworth will deliver the sermon at the sixty union service of churches tonight. The service is scheduled for six o'clock at Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil
Haworth
Cecil EF. Hawese
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jane Parker
Woodbrook Court
Frances Johnson
Otteray
Doris Evelyn Stroupe
Eleanor Powell
Betty Lou Jackson
Forest Hill
Dorothy McCall
Hamilton
Willowbrook
Bob Snider
DeMolay
Chamber OF Babel
Knox States
5. M. Montgomery
Trinity
Charlies F. Carroll, Jr
D. P. Whitley
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Masonic Temple
Sheraton Hotel
High Rock
Larry Patton
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