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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1931
Page
8
Joseph Bogle a 45 year old furniture worker married the girl in the clerk of court office after arraignment on a seduction charge. Rev A L Aycock officiated as witnesses from city hall attended. The couple plan to reunite after his release to begin their home and voyage on matrimony.
Miss Vera Smith returns home on East Lexington Avenue with Miss Pauline Thorp as house guest after a Berea trip. Mr and Mrs Ray Natice announce the birth of daughter Evelyn Walker on August 14 at 526 Centennial Avenue. Miss Mary Bulia returns from Folly Beach South Carolina guest of Elizabeth McKibben of Fort Mill. Master Bernard Bales returns from West Virginia. Mr and Mrs C B Rice announce the birth of son Charles Ochs on August 17 at High Point Route 3.
The American Business club will proceed with its outing this evening if weather permits. George T. Penny of this city will serve as honor guest, announced by Mike Boyce, program committee chairman.
Uncle Charlie Gurley requests correction of a report stating he had four gates as watchman at the Main street crossing. He told an Enterprise reporter that the count is five or six, urging accuracy in the history.
Tom Alderman Sykes, minister of Central Friends church, left town for Plainfield Indiana to attend the Western Yearly Meeting sessions. He will present seven Applied Christianity talks each evening during the meeting week and speak to Kokomo Rotary on The Recent Vienna Convention. He plans to return to High Point around August 25, with former Central Friends preacher Prof Samuel L Haworth guiding services in his absence.
The Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion will hold a regular meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the legion hall over the High Point Hardware company on South Main street. Fréad W. McPherson will oversee the entertainment.
Calumet Butler, William Wrights three year old trotter, tops a strong harness field as Exposition Park opens a four day grand circuit meet in Aurora Illinois on August 18. The $50,900 Hambletonian stake at Goshen last week is noted as the distant prize.
The South Main M. E. church Sunday school will hold a barbecue Friday at 6 30 PM at Ritter's Lake. J W Clinard superintendent says all members are invited and those who arrive earlier may swim and boat. Transportation will be provided for those without a ride, meet at the church at five PM for rides.
A state highway census shows Highway 70 south of Greensboro leading in daily traffic with over 4 000 vehicles. Highway 106 between High Point and Greensboro ranks third, while the Winston Salem Greensboro route and Greensboro High Point road carry about 2 600 and 2 341 local vehicles respectively. Peach belt routes 60 and 70 draw tourist and peach-transport traffic, with Draper Road in Rockingham County leading horse drawn volumes. Census by District Engineer C O Lowe records in Greensboro.
Ryan, secretary of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association, heads to Atlanta with attorney Joseph C. Colquitt to contest the Interstate Commerce Commission proposed 15 percent freight rate increase. About 25 exhibits and data will be presented. North Carolina Traffic League members are in Atlanta to oppose the rise, with Agriculture Commissioner William A. Graham slated to testify for farmers. Ryan plans to return home tomorrow night or Thursday.
The Sunday lesson-sermon titled Soul was used in all Christ, Scientist churches on August 16. The Golden Text cited Psalms 62 1 stating Truly my soul wait eth upon God from him cometh my salvation. Bible verses included Job 33 4 The spirit of God hath made me and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life and a passage from Science and Health p 427 by Mary Baker Eddy declaring Life is the law of Soul and Soul’s representative. Man’s being is immortal.
In the Lebanon Methodist Protestant church special evangelistic meetings continue with Rev. Clay Madison assisted by Rev. R I Farmer. A large attendance marks the week. The midweek First church service is canceled. members are urged to attend the service at the other church. Daily services run at 3 and 8 p m except Saturday.
G M Harris new manager of the local Sears Roebuck store replacing M P Quinn who will likely be transferred to Philadelphia Harris has been with Sears four years and in the Pittsburgh district for the past two years a North Carolina native.
Seven year old Linden Perryman son of H M Perryman living three miles west of the city was injured this afternoon when he fell from a tobacco truck and was run over by a heavy tow-truck. Doctors feared internal injuries as the extent was not yet determined.
A delegation of ministers attended a hearing on a case where officers reported the recovery of a car and a missing pouch of money and papers. Officer Jones testified Ferrabee was jailed, released after an investigation, and a bottle of spirits was seized from him and another man. The dispute centered on Ferrabee resisting surrender of his knife, leading to a scuffle. City officials concluded officers may have been overzealous and noted police manual guidelines on proper conduct. Ministers from Scarborough Pilgrim Congregational and Presbyterian churches attended.
A. Warshauer formerly manager of the James Farley store moves to Norfolk to head the Siedman Brothers local branch. He and his family reside at 1005 Centennial Avenue. The store, part of a nation wide Farley purchase, will be renovated and aimed as a top up to date dress shop focusing on men and women wear.
A rattlesnake described as as large as a man's arm eluded Welch Furniture Company workers in the yard again after yesterday escaping death when found in lumber. Seen yesterday and today, it slipped away under piles as Charlie Ridge tried to kill it.
High Point Bar Association discussed plans for a meeting at the Elwood Hotel on Monday August 31 at 6 45 pm and voted to invite Judge T J Shaw of Greensboro to speak. The invitation had not yet been extended and attendance was uncertain due to his court duties. D H Persons presided.
Officer Karl Dowdy often accompanies fire trucks to aid traffic flow. He heard the alarm last night after 7:30 PM and chased the trucks to North Main street where he found his own car burning. Fire origin was linked to wiring. damage was slight.
Funeral services were conducted for William S. Moore a prominent farmer who died at his West Lexington Avenue home. Rev Roy I Farmer and Rev Mr Powell led the rites at Spring Hill M P Church with a large gathering present. Pallbearers included Moore relatives and friends. interment followed in the family plot at the church cemetery.
A class of twelve children from the Odd Fellows home at Goldsboro will present a three act comedy titled Poot Father at Green Street Baptist Church next Tuesday night August 25. The program is a seasonal event usually held in the Junior high school auditorium, but was moved due to a cooking demonstration.
The local Battery EB 252nd Coast Artillery unit will be entertained by Capt. John L. Raper tomorrow night at 7 o'clock. The Kool Pool near West End hosts swimming and ee contests with awards for event winners. The outings are regular unit morale events held at various times during the year.
Central Friends church sends a group of boys to Paradise Point for one week with Miss Anna Mendenhall and Winfred Beck as counselors and Elwood Cox as assistant in charge. Illderton Motor provides free transport, and Tournament Week at Archdale playground follows with a Sunday school picnic and sports program directed by Horace Haworth and church committees.
Mrs. C Le Young and companions escaped injury when their car ran down a Friendship road embankment behind the Methodist Protestant Children's Home. The steering wheel failed and a wire fence halted a full rollover, a baby in the car was badly shaken but all occupants were uninjured.
Mrs. Bertha Peace of 311 Howell Street reports a sunflower near 12 feet tall with 129 blooms on a stalk about three inches in diameter. She also has a 14 foot sunflower with two blooms and large leaves, plus eight foot tomato vines, a seven foot thalla and a ten foot princess feather on her property.
A cat living with Frances Wade at 601 Kennedy Street is described as extremely fastidious about its meals. The pet accepts potato peels carrots cabbage raw corn pumpkin pie and cantaloupe with a preference for buttermilk after meals.
An old advertisement touts B C as a quick relief for nervous aches and headache. It claims the formula relieves neuralgic and sciatic pains and female ailments within minutes with limited after effects, urging readers to purchase 106 or 25 cent packages at drugstores or soda fountains.
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