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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1929
Page
9
Police in High Point obtained 26 warrants after Fire Chief A B Horney cited motorists following fire trucks during a blaze in the colored section. Chief Horney said arrests will be made and prosecutions pursued in Municipal Court with police aid. Some cars belonged to nearby towns.
Arnold Cook aged 16 of High Point Route Two died last night at 11 after a brief illness. Born October 29 1913 he was a pupil at High Point High School and a member of Ward Street M E K church. Survived by parents B H and Ola Kaney Cook, a brother Thurman and sisters Vera and Norma. Funeral plans were incomplete.
City night schools faculty sponsor radio programs this week on WNBC high point studio Greensboro. Each night 16 minutes of talks cover establishment of night schools, educational value, personal progress, and church impact with speakers Mrs. Jack Edwards Lt. Davis Ben Morton T Wingate Andrews Will Slack Hillary Shore Stacy Coe and Stears. Public invited to listen.
Five month old Ralph Kelly Beck, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph H Beck of 820 Woodrow Avenue, rode in a plane at the Charles Kenner flying field on the Greensboro highway and crowed with delight. His parents say he is not afraid of air travel. The infant comes from a family with six living generations including two grandfathers and two grandmothers plus a great grandmother and grandfather and a great great grandfather and grandmother.
William McBryer 55 a former extension agent with the North Carolina department of agriculture of Lincoln ton was badly injured yesterday afternoon when his Dodge sedan overturned after colliding with a Willys Knight sedan at East Lexington Avenue and North Hamilton Street. He swerved to avoid the other car attempting to cross from North Hamilton Street causing the Dodge to roll twice and land on its right side at the southeast corner. Edith Culler daughter of M C Culler Tate Street was involved or present at the scene.
Industrial chemistry students from The High Paint College visited the Marrietta Paint & Color Co. plant on Tuesday to gain practical experience in paint and lacquer making. Mr. Quigley gave an instructive talk on paints and lacquers, then students used the company mills under supervision to compound paints and lacquers.
Mechanicsville gains formal white way with a 7:30 pm ceremony led by H A Moffitt. City Manager Knox and City Clerk Brockett spoke as about 300 attendees heard High Point high school band perform. Moffitt forecast rapid growth and a future downtown link to the new road.
The North and South Carolina recruiting district quota of fifty men for November was filled on the 12th. Remaining applicants will be examined for January enlistment and recruiting starts on or about January 2, 1930. Local enlistees include Norman J. Hassell Archdale Wayne K. Delk Archdale Henry C Stubblefield Pleasant Garden Thomas J. Wade East Bend and Wm J. Burton Winston-Salem.
Mrs Barbara Reiber mother of Mrs William E Gray arrived in High Point from New York aboard the North German Lloyd steamer Bremen after a ferocious storm off the English coast. The Bremen, two and a half days late, carried 4000 passengers, with 1500 booked for return. Passengers endured broken dishes and spoiled clothes while many slept on the floor and four thousand crossed. Notables aboard included Plutarco Elias Calles and Prince Friedrich Leopold. Mrs Reiber will live with her daughter in the town.
A High Point mother appeals to community aid in a letter to Mrs. W. C. Hammond executive secretary of Public Welfare. She details hardship from illness and lack of coal and wood for rent groceries and utilities and asks for Christmas assistance for eight children plus boarders.
The Salvation Army and theater management announce a Christmas party at the Broadhurst theater on Saturday December 21 for High Point boys and girls. Attendance is free and all children are invited. Children are asked to bring gifts to aid Santa Claus and be given to the Salvation Army for distribution to those most in need.
Mack S. Hiatt and C. C. Edwards of this city bought Hedrick Auto Company dealers in Ford products in Thomasville. Hiatt will run the business with Edwards as a silent partner. Hiatt previously spent seven years as a salesman for Wilson Motor Company and was noted as a leading Ford salesman in the state.
Ray Street school children run a Christmas seals drive through Thursday to raise money for milk for undernourished city children. Miss Pattie Jordan leads the effort after last week they sold about $75 in seals.
The fall series concludes with Joseph Peele of Guilford College telling a Christmas story on Wednesday evening. Miss Margaret Sloan will sing with accompaniment by Prof. Er. B. Stimson. Dinners require reservations in the church office by Wednesday.
The first bitterly contested divorce case in the High Point Municipal court is to begin Tuesday at 9 am, opening a five day civil term. Viola R. Warford sues F. L. Warford for cruelty and abandonment after a Davidson county start, with eight to ten top lawyers involved. The suit alleges repeated assault, desertion, and infidelity with Rose Kepley, detailing concealed meetings and letters.
Misses Mamie and Mary Frances Lemmond, Cloverdale school teachers, were called to Monroe by the death of their mother Mrs Eleanor Hunter Lemmond. She was 60, a longtime Presbyterian, stricken with paralysis. Surviving daughters include Mrs Jesse Harris of Roseboro and Miss Elizabeth Lemmond of Monroe.
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company and the High Point Y M C A were announced as two new members to the High Point Community Chest 100 percent subscribers honor roll during last night’s Industrial Dollar Day campaign kickoff.
Harvey Curlee of High Point High School Hi Y is elected vice president of the western division of the Older Boys conference for next year at the 11th annual Charlotte convention. About 450 delegates attended including 20 from High Point as the event opened Friday afternoon and wraps up today. Fred D. Thompson presided. Jack Poole of Wilmington named conference president. Dr. Howard E. Rondthaler, Salem College, urged North Carolina youths to meet the state’s potential in a speech on Four Corners and a Straight Line. Albert E. Roberts spoke at the banquet on The Challenge to World Wide Service.
Four local ex service men received applications for entry into the United States Government Hospital. Bruce H. Carraway of the American Legion announced the plans as soon as the forms were sent out. Applicants include Charney Butt of West Broad Street and Robert Burr via general delivery. Jesse Reid of Moontown and John Sawyer of 800 East High Street are also listed.
Rev Joseph Peele will preach at Archdale Friends church this morning at eleven. Special music by Miss Ruth Edwards and Miss Mary Hamrick, teachers at Trinity high school. The pastor Rev Reuben J Payne will preach at Guilford College.
The case of former clerk R. M. Caudle charged with embezzling about $20,000 is scheduled for trial in Guilford Superior Court Thursday morning with Judge Shaw presiding. Four other High Point cases are set for trial, including embezzlement charges against J. M. Hoover and larceny and breaking and entering charges against Dick Kiser Henry Knox and George Hyde.
Three lawsuits totaling 40 000 dollars were filed in Guilford superior court against the City of High Point. Plaintiffs Leland Stanford for June Frazier Ray Frazier and J A Frazier seek relief from odors emitted by the eastern sewage disposal plant near the city. June Frazier seeks 5000 dollars alleging property devaluation and repeated council requests for relief have been ignored. Ray Frazier seeks 15000 dollars alleging near near proximity of the plant to his land and home has damaged its value. A judge ordered the High Point city council to appear in Greensboro on January 10 to show cause why relief should not be granted. The plant cost about half a million dollars to complete.
High Point college choral club and orchestra perform Tuesday at 8 p m in the Sheraton hotel ballroom. The concert will be broadcast on WNRC Greensboro station with public invited to listen at the hotel or at home via radio. The program includes diverse works led by Edwin Robinson and features choral and orchestral pieces.
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