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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
2
North Carolina generally fair tonight and Saturday with warmer conditions. From coast to inland, cloudy at times with moderate temperatures. Winds shift to northeasterly off the coast and variable inland, with scattered showers near the coast.
In Charlotte a couple wed in an airplane at seven thousand feet. The bride, Flora Mae Lackey, 23, formerly miss Flora Mae Lackey of Hopewell, wed M. Forres of Francisco County. They teach at Dobson High School.
Uncle Ray describes Angkor Thom and its four faced statues known as the Baya, centered in a temple complex once surrounded by gates. He notes beliefs about Brahma and Vishnu, the shift to Buddhism, and the city’s desertion perhaps due to plague or Siamese invasion.
A scrambled report notes rebels gearing for a pivotal push as tensions rise. It cites unclear moves by Dr. Negrin and possible mediation by Lord Runciman amid Sudeten German talks. Japan orders broad recruitment while Russia and Japan fail to agree on a border commission.
Delegation from High Point and Winston-Salem presses for state action to straighten and widen a major highway linking the two cities and aiding regional travel. Forsyth and Guilford counties funded the project in 1921, now urged for modernization to improve safety and accommodate increased traffic.
Residents of High Point and nearby areas will view a regular low wing airliner at Greeneborto High Point Airport this weekend. The Modern Air Transport jet, bought five weeks ago for over 60000 dollars, features full flight equipment a luxurious interior 260 dollar seats and two way radio. Captain Frank Reynolds leads the crew with over two million miles flown and Philadelphia jumper Johnny Spoon will perform Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free and visitors may tour the craft while a uniformed attendant explains instruments.
The Rev Herbert Lee Huffman 62 longtime pastor of the New Garcon Friends meeting at Guilford College died in a Greensboro hospital. A Winchester Indiana native he previously led the Friends church in Lawrence Kansas and is survived by his wife two sons Rev Herbert Scott Huffman of Oskaloosa Iowa and Edward Huffman of Guilford College one brother John Huffman and a half sister Mrs Roe ee of Winchester.
The funeral service for Herbert Chate Hoover, who died at his parents home in High Point, was held at Rankin Memorial church. Rev. Edw. Suite and Rev. C. H. Hit led the service with pallbearers Carl Cates P M Caudle Jr Carlyle Griffith and Russell Wright. Flowers were arranged by Miss Myra Caudle. Interment followed at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Katherine Kearns again takes the lead in the Pageant of Progress Miss High Point contest as ballots favoring her total 37,985. Exie Lee Hardee is second with 30,600 votes and Lillie Mae Chambers is third with 20,645. Other top ten include Grace Lawson 19,006 Dot McCall 17,025 Doris Taylor 16,925 Pattie Redman 15,346 Eleanor Amos 15,046 Frances Justice 14,100 Minnie Raper 11,805.
About 4339 of the 66 250 doctors in Germany are women according to the report. The finding highlights the small share of female physicians amid the postwar medical workforce in the country.
Lieut. Gov. Horton spoke at a dedication in Kinston for an American Legion hut honoring Lt. Cmdr. G. Fountain Parrott of Lenoir County. He urged North Carolinians to preserve American liberty and resist alien creeds while praising local citizenship and state leaders. A closing note claims the U S contains more dinosaur fossils than any country.
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