Civil Court 10 Begins January Term With 61 Trials
High Point civil term opens January 6 with 61 cases listed for trial and nine on the motion docket. First week jurors include J B Ridge and J W Shore among 24 named, second week jurors include Ray S Smith and J J Welch among others. Complete calendar shows cases across multiple dockets including Home Building Inc versus N C Lowe and Zurich General Accident v High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Municipal Court
J. B. Ridge
Spencer Epps
P. V. Andrews
C. L. Rowland
C. B. Overman
P. R. Dixon
A. D. Craven
M C. Shuler
J. G. Martin
D. H. Hayworth
L. P. Hall
R. B. Pegram
J. W. Shore
O. A. Brinkley
Artie H. Cox
W. M. Payne
W. F. Ellis, Jr
T. E. Hunt
A. R. Cass
Hill Yarboro
P. J. Smith
L. R. Terry
R. H. Wheeler
A. C. Muse
W. T. Rawleigh Company
E. Edwards
BE. S. McLeod
S C. Clark
Fuller Saunders
E. E. Privett
Victor Clark
BHNF
Hamilton Florist
Shubal Gray
Marsh Furniture Company
al Wagner
High Point Builders Supply Company
I. C. Rogers
Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company, Ltd
High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad Company
Beeson Ave Company
C. C
Christmas Play to Be Repeated at Central Friends
Central Friends church will repeat the Christmas play They That Sit in Darkness at 7 80 tonight. Dorothy Clark Wilson wrote the script and the cast is led by Mrs. Wray Farlow with Miriam Ruth Casey Ruth Beatrice Crouch and Mary Annie Grace Frazier among many performers including Silas Casey Horace Haworth McKinley Robbins Esther Rachel and Abel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Friends Church
Dorothy Clark Wilson
McKinley Robbins
Esther
Rachel
Girls of Bethlehem
Annie Lee Jarrell
Ruth Jarrell
Rebecca
Sarah
Ramah
Women of Bethlehem
Norma Anderson
Luna Cox Ray
May Frazier
Nathan
Homar
Jonathan
Abel
Shepherds
Walter Beck
Wade Hiatt
Joe Jarrell
Worth Farlow
Luther Barker
Harris Jarrell
Chas. Causey
City approves refinancing of old loans with notes
In a special meeting The High Point city council authorized issuing 200000 in bond anticipation notes to refinance several old loans. The measure involved no new expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City
Charity Show At Broadhurst For Empty Stocking Fund
A 3 PM charity showing of Remote Control at the Broadhurst theater benefits the Empty Stocking Fund via the High Point Enterprise. The one hour 37 minute program includes The Clock Shop and The Boy Friend with a star cast led by William Haines and supported by Mary Doran Polly Moran and J C Nugent among others. Admission is free with donations collected at entrances to aid destitute families. Edward Sedgwick directs the charity talkie presented to support the Board of Public Welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haines
Mary Doran
Broadhurst Theater
Enterprise
Broadhurst
High Point Enterprise
First Presbyterian
First Methodist
Cliff Edwards
Ukelele Ike
Lillian Roth
Haines
Board of Public Welfare For Relief
Charles King
John Millan
Polly Moran
J. C. Nugent
Edward Nugent
Wilbur Mack
James Donlan
Edward Brophy
Warner P. Richmond
Russell Hopton
Edward Sedgwick
Buster Keaton
Uwharrie Boy Scouts cancel winter camp plans
The camping committee of the Uwharrie council announces no winter camp this year because of heavy snow and bad weather. The three day event is deferred to 1931 when facilities permit cold weather camping. Camp WUwharrie remains available for overnight troop use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Council of Boy Scouts
C. L. Amos
Wuwharrie
Public Library Adds New Books This Week
The High Point public library received a range of new titles this week. Included are Dr. Howard Odum’s An American Epoch and works by Hobbs Maurois Barry Kennedy Nemirovsky Sackville-West Munthe Wassermann Untermyer MacCaulay Monypenny among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
Howard Odum
Rainbow
Edmonds
David Golder
Nemirovsky
V. Sackville-West
San Michele
Axel Munthe
Vestry Rides
Brown
Wassermann
Louis Untermeyer
Rose MacCaulay
Disraeli
Monypenny
Work On New Junior High School May Begin Soon
Plans for a two story junior high to be built on Jones street opposite the high school are moving quickly. The project aims for a 1000 pupil capacity with space for a separate athletic field, with construction details being finalized by architect Harry Barton and Superintendent T Wingate Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Street
T. Wingate Andrews
Andrews
Harry Barton
Greensboro
J. Elwood Cox
Local Boy On Holiday Leave
Herbert Axsom on holiday leave with his mother Mrs W W Arnold of English Street. He enlisted in the navy last September and will return to the Naval Station at Hampton Roads Virginia after leave to undertake instruction in the Navy Radio School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Axsom
Navy
W. W. Arnold
English Street
Axsom
Naval Station
Hampton Roads
Navy Radio School
Johnson To Recommend Program Of Retrenchment
Former High Point city council candidate T C Johnson announces a retrenchment program and vows to serve without political reward. He cites 1929 election disputes, alleged fraud, and payroll revelations as he urges honest governance and voter confidence in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
High Point
High Point College
North Carolina
Fire Chief Urges Safe Christmas Decorations
Fire Chief A B Hornex warns in a public notice to observe Christmas safely. He urges secure tree placement away from heat sources and warns against using candles. He also advises merchants to enforce fire precautions and favors flame resistant tinsel and safe electric lighting to prevent fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Hornex
Horney
Santa Claus
Nabers Pamphlets Used in Japan by Missionaries
The Rev Charles H Nabers of High Point published Personal Evangelism to aid Southern Presbyterian home missions and its Japanese use was reported by Dr Nabers. The High Point Bar Association will hold its December banquet and open forum tomorrow night at 6 30 p m in the Elwood hotel to discuss bills for the next legislature. Leading the forum will be Thomas Turner and Clifford Frazier with other local figures invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Haddon Nabers
First Presbyterian Church
Home Mission Committee
Southern Presbyterian Church
Homiletic Review
New York
Nabers
Home Missions Committee
J. W. Hassell
Japan
High Point Bar Association
Elwood Hotel
Guilford County
High Point
Superior Court
Thomas Turner
D High Point
Clifford Frazier
Greensboro
C. M. Waynick
John T. Burrus
O. L. Sapp
Carter Dalton
Local Hardware Company Placed in Receiver Ship
The Mechanicsville Hardware company was put into receivership by Judge Lewis E Teague in High Point municipal court on petition of creditor Wilson Motor company. Receiver Clarence A Smith was named under a $10 000 bond after affidavits by owner R V Millikan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville Hardware Company
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
Wilson Motor Company
R. V. Millikan
Clarence A. Smith
Home Grocery Installs New Manager
W. Paul Davis becomes manager of the Home Grocery company at 114 North Wrenn Street. Davis comes from the National Biscuit Company and previously worked in the High Point territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Paul Davis
Home Grocery Company
North Wrenn Street
Mr. Davis
National Biscuit Company
High Point
Pageant to Be Held at Highland Mill Church Tonight
Members of the Lend-a-Hand club present a pageant at Highland Mill church during evening services at 7 30 replacing the regular sermon. A chorus of 30 voices will provide music and the public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lend-a-Hand Club
Highland Mill Church
Sight Of Family Hungry Brings Father To Tears
A welfare officer finds a family of seven with four hungry children and a ill mother in a cold house. The husband earned four dollars last week while the family faced doctor bills and no food or fuel. The community responds with the Empty Stocking Fund as dozens seek help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Hammond
Thousands Of Shoppers Throng Downtown For Christmas
Downtown crowds flood city streets as merchants report strong sales and record credit activity. Merchants association extended hours and offered cooperative package delivery to meet holiday demand. Stores stocked with low priced gift items and shoppers depart laden with bundles, signaling a merry season ahead.
Local Girl to Appear in Babes in Toyland
Miss Elizabeth Hayden daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Hayden of this city will appear in the Shubert production of Victor Herberts musical drama Babes in Toyland opening tomorrow at the Imperial theater New York City She has been in New York six months studying under Ned Weyburn in his school of the dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hayden
J. F. Hayden
City
Shubert
Victor Herbert
Imperial Theater
New York City
Publix to Take Over American Theater Monday
Publix Saenger Theaters North Carolina will assume operation of the American Theater in High Point Monday under a five year city lease. The venue will be renamed Paramount with the current Paramount reverting to Rialto. Prices drop to ten and twenty five cents for matinees and nights, with ten and thirty five cents after 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publix-Saenger Theaters
North Carolina
Ine
Morrow
Roy L. Smart
Publix
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Rialto
Publix‘Saenger
Broadhurst
Lighting Contest Opens Tomorrow for City Holiday Decor
The Christmas outdoor lighting contest sponsored by The Enterprise begins tomorrow night and runs through January 3 with prize winners announced January 4. Many city homes have already entered and decorative displays are visible. if successful, the event may become annual. Entry is open with no fee or required cost beyond participants’ decorating choices.
Nativity Scene Display At Y W C A Lobby
A miniature Nativity scene is arranged in the Y W C A lobby with German Putz figures, trees, and a stable. Mrs. Chase Idol and Mrs. M J Wrenn supplied carpenters for the frame and invite the public to view the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase Idol
M. J. Wrenn
Gertman Putz
Christ
Y. W
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Scout Council
Public Library
Howard Wum
Odh
W. J. McAnally Place
Green‘ Street
Cox
T. C. Johnson
New City
Far East
Home Grocery
Denny
Hobart M. Bryant
Joseph D. Cox
Saeeghen
Betty Idol
Frank Hunsucker, Jr
la Gectvieusnee
A. S. Armentrout
Sarah Hunsucker
Muliies
Marvin Lee
Os Tas
Ceessewense
R. E. Brown
Merchants Association
Merchants’ Association
T. C. Johnseon
Employment Bureau
American Theater
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