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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1934

Page

8

Assaults Driver and Borrows Car

G. W. Stone of route two High Point was arrested on charges of driving drunk and assault with a deadly weapon after striking Ed Dunlap with a beer bottle and driving Dunlap’s car around the block. Stone was found intoxicated in a nearby field and sentenced to five months in jail after arraignment in municipal court.

G. W. Stone Route Two High Point Ed Dunlap Highland Cotton Mill Dunlap Stone

Dr J H Stallings Visits Washington

Dr J H Stallings regional director of the Soil Erosion Service is in Washington for a few days consulting with Federal Soil Erosion officials in the Department of Interior.

J. H. Stallings The Soil Erosion Service Washington Department of Interior

Story of a Robbery: Reporter Loses Eleven Dollars

Enterprise reporter Jack Appleyard was robbed near his office after 10:30 pm. A white man demanded money, took eleven dollars from his wallet, then fled toward Wren Street. Police were seeking the thief the next day.

Jack Appleyard Enterprise Mr. Appleyard Enterprise Building Wesley Memorial Church Appleyard Wrenntreet

Horney Heads to Firemen's Meet in Charlotte

A. B. Horney fire marshal of High Point and treasurer of the North Carolina State Fireman's Association leaves for Charlotte for the annual convention. High Point will be represented by delegations from fire stations and by Chief E. B. Ingram.

A. B. Horney High Point North Carolina State Fireman’s Association Charlotte Fireman's Association Horney EB. K. Ingram

I. W. A. Mass Meeting Claimed for Tuesday Evening

The I. W. A. hall will host a mass meeting on Tuesday night at seven o'clock. The public is invited to attend this announced gathering.

I. W. A. Hall

Embezzlement Case Leads to Guilford Court Bound Over

Harper Walker curb market employee arrested on embezzlement charges after allegedly taking about $75 from Lloyd Nance’s Main Street branch. He was bound over to the September term of Guilford Superior Court. Other municipal court cases involve violations of prohibition laws, drunken driving, trespass, abandonment and related penalties with road labor assignments.

Harper Walker Curb Market Guilford Walker Nance Vernon Cole Joe Shipwash G .W. Stone H. R. Clodfelter R. L. Stout William Randolph Noah Poor John Brewer

D Webster Jones Laid To Final Rest In Local Rites

Funeral services for D Webster Jones were held at Highland M E Church with Rev C F Womble officiating. A large crowd attended the 2:30 pm service yesterday. interment followed at Oakwood cemetery after a home service.

D. Webster Jones Highland M. BE C. F. Womble Nell Brewer Nan Utley Ethel Walker Virginia Whitt Inez Stutts Elizabeth Calhoun Grace Dot Young Zell Lewis Hazel Upton Blanche Williamson Ganel Millikan Jessie Lucas Doris Lee Wright Sue Hipps

Doctors Admire This Laxative Feen-a-mint Promoted

A historic period advertisement touts Feen-a-mint as a chewing laxative. It claims gentle cleansing of the intestinal walls and safety for children and adults. The copy urges timely use to avoid delay and restore regular schedules.

Relief workers strike over living wages at Blair Park

Sixty one relief workers at Blair Park halted work demanding higher pay and longer hours. A total of 125 people were employed on the site. Miss Eurilia Smart, relief administrator, met the strikers who said current wages and hours made living impossible.

Blair Park Relief Administration Eurelia Smart Miss Smart Thomas O O’berry Raleigh

Inside the High Point Police Station A Portrait

The piece portrays the police station as a bustling, human arena where desk sergeants Gene Parrish and Frank Hart, Chief W G Friddle, and others manage daily drama. Readers glimpse arrests, drunkenness cases, forging charges, domestic tensions, radio mishaps, and the seasoned, sometimes weary, insight of long serving officers.

High Point Gene Parrish Frank Hart Ernest Davis Eugene Parrish Gene W. G. Friddle Friddle Police Department

Sunday School Convention Set At Pleasant Garden

The Guilford County Sunday School Association schedules a convention at Pleasant Garden Methodist Church with a 9 45 a m morning session led by secretary Josie Wood. A 12 15 picnic dinner follows, with an afternoon program and an evening Young People’s Division session directed by William Hendricks. Featured speakers include Myrtle A McDaniel Rev Shuford Peeler and Edith Krider.

Guilford County Myrtle A. McDaniel North Carolina Sunday School Association Shuford Peeler State Association Edith Krider

Miss Helen Smith Weds J H Reese in Danville Virginia

Miss Helen Smith and J H Reese were married in Danville Saturday night. They will make their home at 702 Hilltop Street Red Sox vs All Stars in Winston-Salem tonight at Willis Park at 8 30. The Red Sox optimistic after Friday night victory over the Columbia Black Hawks.

Heien Smith J, JM. Reese Danville Helen Smith J. H. Reese Hilltop Street Red Sox High Point Red Sox Winston-Salem Willis Park Columbia Black Hawks

Car Stunt At Willis Park Ends With Rollover

France Brownrigg, famed stunt driver, nearly failed to flip a Ford US automobile at Willis Ball Park before about 2,500 spectators. He reached 54 mph, executed a sequence of moves, and the car rolled over once and a half times after a crash. Brownrigg has driven over 125 cars.

France Brownrigg Willis Ball Park Brownrigg Ball Park Pat Brown's, Inc Brownrigge

Family group returns from White Lake trip

Mrs A H Holton and children with Mrs Charles Spencer and Barbara Jean along with Mrs E L McClure and Jamestown children arrived home Sunday after a two week stay at White Lake.

A. H. Holton Charles Spencer Barbara Jean

Reroof Now Promises Better Roofs for Less Money

Carolina Asphalt Products Co. offers new roofs at lower costs with easy payment plans or asbestos roof coating to refresh old roofs. Contact High Point a386 Thomasville 581 or write Thomasville, North Carolina.

High Point Thomasville Carolina Asphalt Products Co N.C

Suits Filed in Greensboro Against Local Men

Two Federal suits were filed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Greensboro against High Point residents. W. G. Fog and I. P. Ingle face a claim for 15144 plus interest from Sept 8 1933 on notes transferred to RFC by North Carolina Bank and Trust. W. G. Foy is sued for 2850 plus interest from Sept 18 1933 on the same basis.

Greensboro Federal District Court High Point Reconstruction Finance Corporation W. G. Fog I. P. Ingle RFC North Carolina Bank and Trust Company W. G. Foy

Big Brothers Class Barbecue Planned at City Lake

The Big Brothers class of the South Main Street M E church will hold a barbecue at the city lake Tuesday at 6 30 p m. Members absent Sunday are urged to attend and bring a visitor to the class event.

Big Brothers South Main Street M. EB City Lake

Trinity Grange To Convene At School

The Trinity Grange will meet tonight at 8 o'clock at Trinity high school. G. G. Gilmore of North State Nursery of Julian will be principal speaker on Budding and Grafting of Trees and Shrubs. Important business will also be transacted at this meeting.

Trinity Grange Trinity High School G. G. Gilmore North State Nursery Julian Gilmore

Mrs C W Longworth and son visit daughter in Winston-Salem

Mrs C W Longworth and her son James travel from Winston-Salem to visit her daughter Mrs Frank Campbell at 609 Sink Street confirming a family visit in the area.

C. W. Longworth James Winston-Salem Frank Campbell Sink Street

B. C. Pain Relief Claim Blocks Monthlong Aches

An advertisement touts B. C. as a fast acting relief produced by a registered pharmacist. It claims several ingredients work together to ease common colds headaches neuralgia muscular aches fever and distressed nerves in minutes without opiates or habit forming drugs. It promotes 10c 25c packages available wherever drugs are sold.

B. C

Grains Show Sharp Gains Over Last Year

Grains gain nearly 100 percent in price over the past year. Wheat rises from 65 cents to 1.05 1.10, corn from 45 to 90 cents, oats 35 to 50, barley 75 to 125, rye 45 to 90. Drought in the Midwest drives shortages and prospects of further price increases benefiting local growers.

Mid-West

Ferdinand R. Gray Laid To Last Rest

Funeral services for Ferdinand R. Gray 65 died at his home 808 Kearns Street were held with a 9 30 a m home service by Rev C N Royal of Green Street Baptist. The procession went to Roanoke Va for a brief church service and interment followed. Pallbearers were C E Jarvis Ben Riggins Kermit Holloway Claude Causey Glenn Causey and Sherman Robertson. Flowers were carried by Margie Causey Kathleen Causey Velma Robertson and Mrs Hazel McKinnon.

Ferdinand R. Gray Kearns Street C. N. Royal Green Street Baptist Church Roanoke The Reformed Church C. E. Jarvis Ben Riggins Kermit Holloway Claude Causey Glenn Causey Sherman Robertson Margie Causey Kathleen Causey Velma Robertson Hazel McKinnon

Miss Eurelia Smart Returns From Weeklong Beach Vacation

Miss Eurelia Smart, local relief administrator, returns to her office after a week of vacation at the beach.

Miss Eurelia Smart Eurelia Smart

Deaf mute youth confesses to break in at South Hamilton street

A deaf and mute teenager entered a police station seeking to confess a crime. He later wrote a confession detailing a break in at a South Hamilton street store. The case was remanded to juvenile authorities for disposition.

Eugene Parr Finn Jish Parrish Hamilton Street Tom Powell

Airplane In-Flight Counts Rise Across United States

Between January 1981 and June 1933 the number of airplanes in flight in the United States stood at 41. The figure reflects air traffic levels noted during the period.

United States

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