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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1929
Page
2
The North Carolina state fair will observe a dedicated Four H Club Day on Friday, October 18 with over 20000 farm youth expected to attend. Premiums exceeding 2000 will be offered for individual and county exhibits plus judging and demonstration team prizes. A large calf show with about 100 calves is planned and special 4 H poultry events will be featured.
The City Beautiful Contest flower show moves to the Furniture Exposition building this year on September 1 and 14. Officials say over three hundred feet of floor space is available, and Rev. T A Sykes predicts record crowds and the greatest show yet. Entry blanks and class lists will be printed in this newspaper Sunday morning.
Members of the State college extension service coordinate demonstrations by clubs and county teams for seed judging and livestock judging contests. L. R. Harrell and Miss Elizabeth Cornelius lead the department with Prof. W. H. Durst on seed judging, Prof. R. H. Ruffner on livestock judging and exhibits, and Prof. C. F. Parrish on the poultry show.
About 85 students are expected to complete degrees as examinations end at the University of North Carolina summer school. No formal commencement. diplomas will be mailed next week. Two doctorates and several graduates appear on the list. Director N. W. An and officials laud the 42nd term for strong attendance and work. Second six week term enrollment hits a record 911, first term 1615, total 2526.
Mr and Mrs Bruce H Carraway and their children have returned home after a brief stay at White Lake.
Bids for Thomasville City Memorial Hospital were issued last Monday and bids are due by September 16. The hospital is expected to accommodate up to 40 patients and the project including building and equipment is about 100000 dollars, with an opening planned for early next year.
More than 20 000 children in 130 districts across 44 counties will gain eight month terms after a $51 000 distribution by the state board of equalization. The plan spreads the cost county wide, reducing local tax increases and aiming to convert most six month schools to eight months.
Short length wraps dominate the new mode with coats that are long pointed and flared. Some garments extend below the hips while capes display varying lengths.
A medium brim cocoa brown street hat with a cut band of dull brown felt described for fashion. A card of thanks from Mr and Mrs W W Tise and family expresses gratitude for kindness during illness and death of their daughter and sister and for the flowers.
The Andrews family expresses gratitude for neighbors' deeds of kindness during the illness and death of husband and father David T. Andrews. They thank everyone for flowers and sympathy and wish blessings on all.
An unidentified man attempted to rob the Diffee residence at 408 Parkway last night around 9 o clock but fled when two neighborhood boys fired a single shot from a 410 shotgun. The house was ransacked but no valuables were taken including Mrs Diffee s diamond earrings. Police link the break in to a prior nearby burglary and fingerprint work is underway.
The Corsair yacht once sailed by notable figures is donated to the geodetic survey by J P Morgan whose father built her thirty years ago A mahogany wheel will be removed for a Morgan yacht. A New York society editor notes a Fifth Avenue pastor will vet fiancés before officiating marriages to avoid uncertain unions.
Newport authorities demand garbage dumping move away from Bailey's Beach where high society bathes, directing refuse disposal to sea beyond nearshore waters.
Harry F Guggenheim a wealth adviser on the national advisory committee for aeronautics sought 658.14 dollars in expenses for oil and gas on a private plane to Washington for the committee first meeting. Comptroller General McCarl approved only 36.38 dollars equal to the round trip train fare.
Bridget Farry a chambermaid at the hotel linked to the Arnold Rothstein shooting received a brief mysterious automobile gift. The sender remains unidentified and the incident draws curiosities from local observers.
A woman was summoned to a location by an unknown caller and found an automobile there. Bridget was detained in jail for six months as a witness before being released.
The Lindberghs plan a one hop flight over uncharted Brazilian jungle as Colonel leads exploration for an airmail route. The mission aims to map the Valley of the Amazon and extend airmail reach.
Goose Goslin of the Washington Americans drove a ball over the fence when a woman bent over a wash tub was struck. The impact injured her shoulder and she required medical attention.
Funeral services for Alex Zimmerman 82 a farmer of Arcadia township were held at Mount Olivet Methodist Church with Rev R C Go forth officiating. He died at home after a period of failing health leaving seven sons and one daughter among Davidson county's prominent citizens.
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