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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1938
Page
7
Jackson Post No.7 and the Legion Auxiliary plan a joint ceremony at South Main Methodist Church at 7 PM with a dinner. Lewis E. Teague, sixth district nominee, will install officers. McRae will serve as master of ceremonies.
The Pickett tobacco factory scene will be staged on September 5 with Negro church choirs singing spirituals like Down Moses and Swing Low Sweet Chariot. A section of High Point stadium will be reserved for Negro spectators, and numerous church groups from Alma Springs and surrounding areas are listed among participants and announcers for the production.
Blair defeats the high school 11 to 9 in a nine inning interleague game featuring two-base hits from Ashbun and Dickerson and errors by both sides. Junior League sees Cloverdale blank School 5 to 0 with Hedrick Law and Walker collecting base hits.
Kernersville joins about 300 towns in a statewide survey of municipal government practices sponsored by the North Carolina League of Municipalities. Mayor O L Joyner says local officials will assist as researchers collect information in coming weeks.
Exie Lee Hardee moved to the top with ballots totaling 8 620 in the Miss High Point pageant of Progress. Katherine Kearns slid to second with 41 089 votes, followed by Doris Taylor with 29 055 and Grace Lawson with 36 429 among other top contenders.
The Mt Vernon Baptist Church choir will host a lawn social on the J. C. Henley lawn this evening at eight o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Mrs Ella Jones of 1193 Alder Street has gone to Wadesboro to visit her brother and other relatives Mr and Mrs George Lemons of 725 East Washington Street.
The Willing Workers Club met at Mrs Corenia Bos tie on Mangum avenue for a Tuesday evening session. Mrs Annie Ingram presided over the business meeting and plans for next week at Mrs Corine Shealey’s home were announced. The Ladies Aid Society met at Mrs Bessie Holton’s on Fairview street with Mrs Martha Lowhorn delivering a talk on cooperation. A tea is set for Miss W R Lassiter’s home 318 Taylor street Sunday from 4 to 7 pm. The Willing Workers sponsor the tea and the Ladies Aid will host a fish fry at the church Saturday afternoon. The Christian Endeavor Society led by Miss Inez Lawhorn will meet at the church Sunday at 7 pm. The discussion topic will be
W L Gill chairman of the trustee board requests all clubs to complete monthly reports and present them Sunday evening. Lawhorn will lead the discussion on consideration of others at the meeting.
The column notes Dory fish use telescopic mouths to catch prey and observes bamboo growth is visibly rapid under a microscope. It also mentions direct contact details for notices and acknowledges Mies Grayce DeBerry as a correspondent during the writer's absence.
Local officials W. G. Friddle chief of police J. O. House desk sergeant and R. H. Sechrest city council safety committee chairman will represent High Point at the International Association of Chiefs of Police convention in Toronto next week. They depart early Saturday for a motor trip through the Shenandoah Valley Pennsylvania New York and into Canada. The meeting opens Monday morning.
The weather bureau reports a tropical hurricane sweeping the northwestern Yucatan coast in Central America. At 7 a.m. EST the storm center was near Preagreso after crossing northern Yucatan. no damage reports have yet been received from the region.
The local delegation stays in session through Thursday and plans to return next Monday. The group continues to discuss ongoing matters and coordinate with other officials before adjourning.
In a response to Redwine Hardware Company suit, H B Martin and Mrs Etta T Martin deny negligence or carelessness in a March 21 collision between a hardware truck and Mrs Martins car. The answer asserts the company admitted fault and paid damages to Mrs Martin.
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