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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
2
Byron Haworth Guilford County Alumni Association secretary announced tomorrow noon as the deadline for all Duke University alumni in the area to notify attendance for the annual Duke University Dinner to be held at the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro.
Dean Alice of the Woman’s College of Duke University and Dean Horack of the law school will speak at a reunion event. Tickets are available from officers Aaworth Carruthers and Hunt. The event marks the Duke endowment’s 12th anniversary and features dinners across North Carolina other states and two foreign countries.
A. A. Carver, jailed for drunkenness on October 3, 1936, sues Western Union in municipal court for $500 claiming a telegram to his daughter Maud Carver was not delivered. He says the message to get him released caused him to lose his job and seeks $500 damages, $25 fine, and the 35 cent delivery fee.
A. Coke Cecil, noted amateur magician and local druggist, will present a 90 minute show of magic, mystery, and comedy at Trinity high school auditorium tonight. Sponsored by the ninth grade for room supplies, the program features the famous Ching Fu and acts with pigeons ducks rabbits flowers and about 25 demonstrations. A small admission fee is charged.
Chicago Wheat Corn and Soy values show slight gains with May wheat at 1.2844 and May corn around 1.0954. New York Cotton futures closed steady with Dec at 12.67 and middling spot at 12.98, while the Earth’s annual orbit distance is noted at 584.6 million miles.
The administration asks for a tax levy of 0.9 percent of payrolls to fund unemployment compensation. The bill creates a state unemployment compensation commission with two divisions, sets weekly benefits between five and fifteen dollars, and establishes a special fund with the state treasurer as custodian. An annual $75,000 appropriation is proposed for the employment service division.
Beaufort seeks federal funding for 1937 to build an underground chamber for civilian shelter in case of air or gas attack in the next war. The project tops local list of aid requests and involves Municipal departments planning the shelter site.
Ebony ties cut from solid wood flourish along a Mexican railway line. The wood is so hard that holes must be drilled for spikes to secure the rails.
William Clyde White aged 36 died at his brother in law O P Owens on Wainman avenue after a five month illness. Survived by two brothers J R White of Siler City Frank White of Asheboro and four sisters Mrs Coy Humble of Liberty Mrs J F Shields of High Point Mrs Colon Moore and Mrs O P Owens of Asheboro. Funeral held Wednesday at Bush Creek Baptist church near Siler City with Rev F B Cooper officiating.
Oren Stedman Thompson, 56, a former assistant state commissioner of revenue, died suddenly at his Raleigh home after a heart attack. A Pittsboro native, he was educated at UNC and worked for Virginia Cotton Mills and Southern Railway before serving as tax clerk then deputy and assistant revenue commissioner. Funeral plans not yet made.
John H. Dorsett, 50, died suddenly Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack at his job at the Piedmont Chair Company. He was taken to the hospital but died before arrival. Funeral arrangements were pending.
The article notes the death of a man with three marriages, survived by his present wife and several children and relatives in Asheboro Ulah and High Point. Funeral services are planned Thursday at 3 p m at Plage Springs M P church with Rev F R Cooper officiating. Interment follows in the cemetery at that site. The body rests this morning at his South Fayetteville street home. It also mentions Jethro Wood the inventor who carved first plow models from potatoes.
The 125 voice vested choir of the Woman's College UNC directed by George M. Thompson will perform Sunday afternoon in Aycock auditorium. The program features Christmas carols from America England France Germany Italy Burgundy Flanders and Bohemia sung in English French and German.
The article lists student soloists for an upcoming choir event including Maret Tyson of George C Charlotte Williams Geraline Young Ann Weber Hilda Dowdy Gertrude Clark and others from Statesville Durham Point and nearby areas. The full group is drawn from student departments and will perform in the afternoon session.
Fragmentary text notes a long history of centers in the United States and mentions Cape Breton Island as an early point of contact in North America around 16th century exploration. Not all details are clear from the readable segment.
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