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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1936

Page

2

Woman Sues Over Unwanted Advances During Car Ride

Mrs. Owens filed a pauper suit in High at Municipal Court seeking 5000 dollars from C r Everhart and T hatt of Thomasville for alleged unlawful advances during a July 1 1936 automobile ride. She says Everhart attempted to embrace kiss and coerce attention in the back seat and with a second man present, shockingly.

B. R. Owens Thomasville High T Municipal Court Judet Cr. T. Hatt Everhart

County building project to begin soon in city

Council approves two maps College Park and Anderson Heights Two for equitable street assessments directs attorney Turner to draft plan with City Attorney Jones. Traffic signal light purchase of 1075.05 funded from contingency. Mrs Hensley seeks 5600 damages for injuries from a Willowbrook Street hole. referred to city attorney.

College Park Anderson Héights Cox Thomas Turner, Jr Grover H. Jones Bay Streets G. C. Hensley Willowbrook Street

Parents W. C. Gwin Sought by Police

Police seek the parents of W. C. Gwin who died in Hot Springs Arkansas. Identification on his person names Marie and Sarah Gwin of High Point. Telegram from Hot Springs police gives no street address. officials trace clues to locate the parents. Anyone knowing his relatives is urged to contact local police.

W. C. Gwin Hot Springs Ark Marie Sarah Gwin High Point

Good Price Secured For Randolph Bonds

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation sold 100000 Randolph county securities yesterday at 104.942 for about 3.45 percent. Purchasers include Wheelock and Cummings of Des Moines. Other RFC sales: 47000 North Wilkesboro bonds at 102.81 to William B. Green and Co of New York and 66000 Winston-Salem bonds at 110.77 to a Milwaukee firm.

Randolph Cunty Reconstruction Finance Corporation George B. Cravey

King Winter Holds Carolinas In Subfreezing Grip

The Carolinas faced cold conditions as winter lingered from mountains to sea. An automobile crash near Hendersonville killed one person on icy roads. Western North Carolina crews worked overnight to maintain highways while South Carolina kept the system open amid widespread ice.

Carolinas Hendersonville North Carolina South Carolina

W. Wilson Dies at Home After Illness in City

J. W. Wilson dies at 19 South Hamilton Street after a three day illness. He moved to the city twelve years ago from Bladenboro North Carolina and was a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow five daughters two sons three brothers five sisters and six grandchildren. Funeral will be at First Baptist Church Bladenboro Friday at 2 PM. Rev I P Hedgepeth and Rev dir Hall officiating.

J. W. Wilson Hamilton Street Mr. Wilson Bladenboro N. C First Baptist Church Harold Surratt Join Lohr L. 8. Pierce Esther Rae Wilson City John Strickland Bik Park James Wilson High Point Joe Wilson Chapel Hill John J. D Rockingham Graham Wilson J. P. Freeman Charlie Pate Isaac Hilburn C. Y. Lewis Mebane Bullard Koonce Funeral Home I. P. Hedgepeth Dir. Hall

Funeral Services for Mrs. Cora S. Willis

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Stuart Willis 74 of 629 Colonial Drive were held at South Main Street M E Church led by Rev J P Hipps and Rev H C Byrum with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Pallbearers included J W Clinard G H Jones B S Clark J A Davis T A Kearns and J D Slater The choir sang How Firm a Foundation and Abide With Me plus The Holy City solo Flowers were carried by J A Clinard class members Survivors include a Charlotte sister Mrs W F Bennett previously omitted from yesterdays notice

Cora S. Willis Cora Stuart Willis Colonial Drive South Main Street M. E J. P. Hipps H. Co. Byrum Oakwood Cemetery J. W. Clinard G. H. Jones Clark Charlotte

Funeral rites held for Mrs Glen nie C Teague at South Main church

Funeral services for Mrs Clyde R Teague 30 wife of Clyde R Teague were conducted at 2 PM yesterday at a South Main Street MBE church by Rev J P Hipps and Rev Hoy L Fesperman. A quartet sang Jesus Lover of My Soul Gods Way Is the Best Way and Does Jesus Care. Flowers were carried by Bible class members and Lock Knit Hosiery mill workers. Pallbearers from Evangelical and Reformed church class included B F Lopp Glenn Brown J C Wilson Coy E B Moose John H Lloyd and L P Howell. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.

Glennie C. Teague Clyde R. Teague South Main Street M. BE J. P. Hipps Hoy L. Fesperman Evangelical and Reformed Church J. W. Hedrick Jack Fergerson M. F. Crooks A. J. Koonce Jesus Mrs. Teague B. F. Lopp Glenn Brown J. C. Wilson Coy E B. Moose John H. Lloyd L. P. Howell Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

Rev. T. A. Williams Rites Postponed to Thursday

Funeral services for Rev. T. A. Williams were postponed from today to Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at the James town home. Afterward the body will be taken to the First Methodist Protestant church in Burlington to lie in state from 1 to 2, with further services and interment in Burlington cemetery.

T. A. Williams Jamestown Burlington

Cause of epilepsy explored by famous doctors booklet

A free booklet from the Educational Division offers opinions of renowned doctors on what causes epilepsy and whether a cure exists. Request is via mail to $81 Fifth Avenue New York, N. Depth paga.

Fifth Avenue New York

Briggs Manufacturing announces ten percent wage rise

Briggs Manufacturing Company increases wage schedules by about ten percent across its payroll. The move, announced by Secretary Treasurer A. Leroy Briggs, raises total payroll effective tomorrow at the Reed Street plant, which makes upholstered living room furniture in the city.

Briggs Manufacturing Company Leroy Briggs Aas Briggs Ite Planta Reed Street East Green Street

Two Injured In Auto Mishaps On Ice Laden Street

Police report two youths, John Hill and Woodrow Pitts, were injured in separate ice related incidents. Hill, pushed another car on Hast Green near Park, then crashed into a parked truck and was treated at Guilford General Hospital before release.

John Hill Grace Street Woodrow Pitts Winston-Salem Hill W. ©. Collins Park Street Hast Green Street Park Guilford General Hospital Washington Perry Streets Albert Short Downing Street Walter Hilliard Trinity Greensboro Asheboro Lexington Jamestown

Knox Outlines Power Project At High Point Club Dinner

City Manager E M Knox outlined High Point hydro electric plans to the American Business Club at the E wood hotel. He said financing the city's share should be achievable under favorable conditions citing Danville bonds at about 3.23 percent. Rev Tom A Skyes spoke for Give A Lunch funds aiding meals for school children.

E. M. Knox High Point American Business Club E’wood Knox Danville Tom A. Skyes

Marcia Canfield in a Bank Robbery Chase and Crash

Marcia Canfield and her ally Arlen Waddell are entangled in a bank holdup after Frank Kendrick’s disappearance. A car chase ends in a wreck. McDougall and Dorothy Osborn rescue the injured, while Carlo Stellicci’s plans falter as police seize the fleeing vehicle. Marcia, wounded yet alive, drifts toward a white room in a blurred, dreamlike ending.

Marcia Canfield Philip Canfield Frank Kendrick Marcia Kendrick Arlen Waddell Frank Chicago Tony Stelliccl Carlo Tony Bruce McDougall Dorothy Osborn New York McDougall Dorothy

Bank Robbery Chase Narrows Through Snow With Police Commandeer

Dorothy Osborn and McDougall join a high speed pursuit after bandits flee toward Shore road in a commandeered limousine. The pursuing car edges closer as the chase twists along icy lanes, with Marcia Canfield and the driver witnessing the dramatic escape.

Dorothy Osborn McDougall Mrs. Osborne Rothy Philip Canfield Marcia Canfield Tommy Marcia Shore Road

Construction Doubled in November Reports Fire Chief Ingram

The November 1936 construction and repair activity in the city more than doubled the prior year. For the first five months of the fiscal year total costs rose sharply with November figures showing 29 115 versus 18 973 in 1935. Permits issued to date amounted to 334 compared with 323 last year. New residences led with 22 600, followed by new non residences 8 780 and repairs to residences 4 990.

BR. K. Ingram

O R York Funeral Postponed To Thursday

Funeral services for O R York, originally set for today, are postponed to tomorrow after noon. A short service will be held at the Louise avenue home at 1 o clock followed by the funeral proper at 8 o clock at Patterson Grove M B church.

O. R. York O. York Louise Avenue Patterson Grove M. B. Church

Chicago Dairy Prices Stable Across Creamery and Standards

Chicago market notes show butter at 6,498 pounds steady with creamery specials at 33 32 percent, extras 32 percent, extra firsts 90 01 at 32 32 percent, firsts 81 percent, standards 32 percent, and 4,122 pounds steady with prices unchanged.

Chicago

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