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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
5
A Raleigh area report shows North Carolina industries would be shaped by the new Federal Wage-Hour act. In July non manufacturing and wholesale trades posted averages above the 44 hour and 25 cent minimums, while manufacturing led with 34.2 hours and 41.9 cents hourly earnings.
The article notes alfalfa was first cultivated in Europe more than 2000 years ago, marking its early agricultural adoption. It highlights historical spread and continued use in European farming practices.
Charlies A. Kirby of Baltimore arrives in High Point to prepare for the Carolina Moose Association annual convention September 3 to 5 at the Sheraton hotel. He surveys the Loyal Order of Moose role in social service child training education and crime prevention through service to others.
Elder R L Mingo will deliver a sermon at Bethel Holiness Church tonight on the topic Seven Seals. The Union Picnic of High Point colored Sunday schools was held at Robin Hood Park Thursday with boating, eating and games enjoyed by many attendees.
Rev. P. F. Long and his Union Baptist church choir will conduct a service at Emmanuel Baptist church Sunday at 3 o'clock afternoon. The event gathers congregation from Thomasville for an afternoon worship.
James McDonnell left Wednesday night for New York City to stay with N W Boyd and plans a visit to Otis Wells in New Jersey. E Miles of Brooklyn is in town on business and stays with Rev Faduma at 630 East High. Little Sherman Caldwell Jr of Washington DC visits grandmother Fate Fowler on Kivett drive and plans an indeterminate stay.
In Charlotte on August 19 the American Legion Junior teams from St Louis Missouri and Spartanburg South Carolina faced off in the Southeastern sectional tournament second game. The winner advances to meet New Orleans tomorrow for the title after New Orleans edged Gastonia North Carolina 3 to 2 yesterday. Al Lamacchia was slated to pitch for St Louis with Lefty Bob Lynch for Spartanburg.
A thief attended the International Association for Identification convention and stole four magnifying glasses and three cloth identification devices. Detective Robert Cooke noted the items were part of a crime prevention exhibit.
In La Porte Indiana Mayor Alban Smith appoints 14 year old Joseph Daley as judge and 12 year old Fred Dunham as prosecuting attorney to preside over a new weekly juvenile traffic court. Mayor Smith says youths grasp traffic problems better than adults and entrusted Paley with authority.
Six postcards to H. B. Fogarty from Eugene dated February 1914 reached Portland. Fogarty could not be found after the mail delivery. The scattered items suggest a vanished person case tied to the old TV mall project.
In Idaho Falls a crowd of instructors watched as 76 year old Gott hold Knapp stood among children during a learn to win campaign. Knapp said swimming helps keep him young.
Henry Schmidt of Santa Ana fights a wounded wildcat using crutches after it attacks him during a drive through Laguna Canyon. He delivers a timely blow with the crutch, killing the animal.
In 1988 a local notice states a corral is provided at Front Street and Johnston Avenue for tying horses or teams. It urges all persons to use the corral for that purpose.
14 year old Emil Brindal rode his pony into a green seeming meadow but the pony sank neck deep in a sludge pit at Indianapolis sewage disposal plant. Emil jumped clear and called for help before crews pulled the pony to safety with a lasso.
The piece extols swimming as a family activity with guidance from the Red Cross. It highlights water as a leveler of differences, the soothing effects for overstrained muscles, and safety notes for beginners especially children. It suggests gentle warmups and simple arm-pat exercises before wading in.
An old fashioned revival directed by Rev. C A Morgan is underway at 1211 Park Street with preaching tonight and Saturday at 7 30 p m Sunday services at 8 80 p m and 7 30 p m and daily at 7 30 p m all week. The public is invited to attend.
Elon College announces acquisition of the old Crawford home at the east end of campus to be renovated as a boys dormitory. The building will house about 20 to 25 students and is expected to open this year under President Dr. E B Smith.
A leaf of tobacco falling on a hot flue caused a fire that destroyed an entire tobacco barn near Thomasville on Thursday. The blaze gutted the barn and its contents, with firefighters responding to the scene. No injuries reported.
North Carolina births fell in July for the fifth straight month, widening the yearly deficit to 470 through July as deaths rose slightly. Total births for the year stand at 45,779 vs 46,249 by July 1937, while deaths reached 20,176 compared with 20,196 last year.
A barn used for tobacco owned by Al Kindley near the Thomasville High Point highway burned Thursday night. Firefighters arrived too late as the blaze consumed the barn, but several outhouses and some lumber were saved.
Notice of a September 27 1938 special election in High Point NC to approve a 220000 bond issue for a city hospital and related lands and equipment. Registration periods run three weeks from August 29 to September 17 with multiple precinct polling sites and named registrars and judges of election.
Rev H C Sprinkle Jr of Black Mountain will be the guest minister at Main Street Methodist church in Thomasville for the Sunday morning service. Pastor C M Pickens is on vacation in August. Sprinkle, a Duke Divinity School graduate, now leads the Black Mountain church.
Athens Ga May 19 Forrest Towns Olympic hurdle champion and recent head track coach appointment at the University of Georgia becomes the youngest college track mentor among major schools in the nation.
Jon Wood and His Pioneer Boys performed at the High Point Lions Club dinner at the Elwood hotel last night. Selections included Billing the Cabage Down and The Mocking Bird. H. C. Twining narrated stories while H. C. Twinie and Wayne Nelson led the program. Attendance was among the largest in months. awards went to L. O. Hutchens and Fred Lawrence.
North of the equator whirlpools spin counterclockwise and south of it they rotate clockwise, a hemispheric difference tied to global circulation patterns.
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