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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1939
Page
9
Donations pour in for the Empty Stocking Fund as two days remain before Christmas. A $30 gift from office employees and several smaller contributions push the total toward last year’s level, with funds distributed to needy families in High Point.
Asheboro December 21 Randolph County authorities said motorist Ro ad W Jamerson Chicago selling man idled since Saturday night had his auto wreck in Asheboro causing two hitchhikers deaths He posted a 1000 bond to appear in Randolph Superior Court in April Bruce Beane a Randleman youth died yesterday morning and services are at Lebanon Church at 2:30 PM His friend James W Johnson of Randleman was admitted to Randolph Hospital after the crash on the Ashe Randleman highway last Saturday night.
The Methodist Children's Home will host its annual Christmas entertainment this Sunday at 5 PM. A pageant titled Star Gleams will be followed by a Christmas tree and distribution of gifts to the children. Rotary Club members and wives, along with friends, will attend, and all home supporters are invited.
About 85 Enterprise newsboys attended the Sheraton Hotel dinner for the Little Independent Merchants party. Bunn Hackney, former newsboy and Boy Scout leader, urged the boys to view their carrier work as a path to future success, citing famous former newsboys.
R. E. Troxler applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a permit to build a radio station at High Point North Carolina. The station would operate on 630 kilocycles with 500 watts power, daylight hours only.
Mayor O Arthur Kirkman indicated final selection remains pending but an appointment of five members could occur tomorrow or Saturday. The City Council granted authority to form a self governing housing commission that will run a project with federal aid and tax exemptions. The authority will have an executive director general counsel appraisers negotiators and staff. Initial costs will be funded by a city loan rather than a grant. North Carolina could access about 10 million of the 50 million national housing fund.
The First Methodist Church hosts a "A White Gift to the King" Christmas program Friday at 7 30 pm in the main auditorium. Miss Gladis Kivett and Miss Vera Idol narrate stories The altar will be white and a blue lit Christmas tree will be on the platform Congregants will place gifts on the altar to aid the needy and carols will be sung.
R G Bush of Dalton, bedspread machine maker, won a federal case with a jury awarding him 3000 dollars in damages and 2500 dollars in attorneys fees. He charged four individuals and four concerns formed a pool to create a monopoly in tufting machines in restraint of inter state commerce.
The Boston Post reports Wake Forest center John Pendergast offered his services to Boston College for Cotton Bowl prep against Clemson College. BC coaches have limited Clemson scouting time. Wake Forest lost to Clemson 20 to 7 in the regular season.
Effort to prevent duplicate charity during Christmas prompts all individuals groups and organizations aiding needy families to contact the Social Service Exchange at the Community Chest office today or Friday morning. The Empty Stocking Fund designates this agency to coordinate cases and identify families to avoid duplication.
Winter according to the calendar will begin tomorrow December 22. The article notes sunrise at 6:59 and sunset around 4:58 to 4:59 PM, mentions longer days ahead, cites Shelley, Druids gathering evergreens, Yule Log oblation, and slaves' ritual of bearing the log to the big house for a resting spell as it burned.
Funeral services for Aaron Carter two and a half year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Carter of Pomona were held at Pomona Baptist Church conducted by Rev C M Oates. Interment followed at Floral Garden Cemetery. Surviving are the parents two brothers Gary and Wayne Carter grandparents Mr and Mrs H Gross and J H Carter all of High Point.
The plaintiff claims trade violations under the Sherman and Clayton acts and seeks monetary damages only. He sues as an individual rather than a class action or corporate defendant.
Mrs. R K Young won first prize and 850 cash in the Christmas home lighting and decoration contest sponsored by the High Point Merchants Association. Judges praised the overall attractiveness of the prize winners as entries were judged last night amid a slightly smaller field than last year. Second prize went to Mrs. Horace Haworth, third to Mrs. W K McCain, and fourth and fifth to Mrs. M A Lackey and Mrs. J O Gold, each 5.
Local 319 Textile Workers Union of America to host a Christmas party for Highland Cotton Mills employees and their children at Union Hall 127 North Wrenn Street on Saturday December 23 starting at 5 p m. The event features carols a large lighted tree mill child performers a short business meeting after 7 p m and an open public dance after 9 p m
Ongoing donations to the Finnish Relief Fund are welcomed with urgency as the Finnish crisis deepens. Contributions are sent to the Finnish Relief Fund in care of The Enterprise and will be acknowledged in the paper as they are turned over to the Hoover national committee. Current total stands at 109.50 with listed donors and amounts.
James Donald Davis Dunn 45 town treasurer died yesterday of a heart attack funeral services held today Prof K E Hurst 63 music teacher Goldsboro died from injuries when his automobile overturned on a wet pavement funeral services held today
G Taze Everhart, 56, prominent Johnsontown community resident of Thomasville route two, died today at Winston-Salem Baptist Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Davidson County and was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Felix Everhart. He is survived by his family.
Franklin D Roosevelts plan a seven day Christmas celebration at the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. Workmen adorn the lobby with wreaths mistletoe and a 20 foot Christmas tree in the east room as 12 Roosevelts family members travel to Washington. Col Harry Hooker of Hyde Park will stay as house guest with the Roosevelts and Mrs Roosevelt.
Mrs Louise Yokeley Everhart widow of the late Mr Everhart is survived by two brothers Tom and Stimp and a sister Mrs M O Younce. He taught the Rich Fork Baptist Church Men's Bible Class for 29 years and was a church member. Funeral services will be held at the Rich Fork Church at 2 p m tomorrow with Rev T W Bray presiding assisted by Rev E C Roach of Lexington and Rev J D Newton retired of Thomasville.
Members of the Rotary Club staged a Christmas luncheon turning back the calendar in spirit as they exchanged gifts. Jimmy Corrigan led as Santa with volunteers, a live duck being the most joked about gift. Ollie Simmons and his Beacon Light Sextette provided music while visiting Rotarians Arthur Ross Jr. and Henry Insram of Asheboro joined Elbert R. Ford and C. W. Phillips of Greensboro.
Ebenezer Jenkins of 762 East Washington Street was bound over after a preliminary hearing by Judge D C MacRae on a larceny charge for stealing two handbags valued at 35 dollars from A L Freedman. Other cases disposed included sentences for theft of 18 chickens and a pocket book with unrelated traffic dispositions.
Chicago on December 21 reports butter at 13 734 cents steady, eggs unsettled with 9 492 current receipts. Refrigerator extras 14 1 2, standards 14 1 4, firsts 13 3 4, other prices unchanged.
The text claims the world's oldest art is architecture with Babylonian remains dating as far back as 6000 B.C. The assertion emphasizes early human building as foundational art.
City of High Point sold water refunding securities worth nearly $500,000 at 3.93 percent average. It leaves unresolved whether to refund the remaining $3.9 million in callable bonds issued in 1933. City Manager F E Knox would not commit to recommending further refunding, noting the bid level raises questions about advisability. The move swaps old term securities at about 5 percent for new serial bonds, saving over $4,500 annually and about $70,000 in total, but sacrifices the callable feature.
Christmas decorations at the High Point Public Library set a festive scene for the regular children's story hour tomorrow at 10 o'clock led by librarian Mrs. Nancy K. Poston. A creche at the front desk, a candlelit cathedral effect, and an artificial fireplace with a large tree create a cozy book nook. Miniature furniture and white reindeer with Lapland dolls provide playful touches while a globe and flags evoke an international theme for the season.
Guilford Memorial Park presents a tableau The Birth of Christ from December 22 to 28 nightly 6 to 11. First scene Friday night features the Wise Men and the birth announcement with angels and shepherds. Second scene Saturday night shows Mary Jesus Magi and guardian angel. Third scene Sunday night depicts the Holy Family departure for Egypt. Christmas carols accompany each showing.
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