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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
8
High Point reports a new high total for the Empty Stocking Fund as 60 welfare-listed families join 463 baskets already distributed. Mrs. W. C. Hammond praises community support and the buying committee led by Ray Smith for efficient packing of Christmas boxes.
Fragmented OCR lists names such as Betty and Norma Fidler J. M. McAdams Leslie H. Bowling Mrs O A Kirkman and Mr and Mrs L C Parker with a total amount of 10.00 dollars noted for city employees. The text appears to be a donation or acknowledgment page from a Bethlehem crib project.
St Edward's Catholic church will observe a midnight mass tonight announced by Father C E Murphy. A service is planned for tomorrow at 8 am and the Crib of Bethlehem exhibition will feature the prayers. No service is scheduled for tomorrow evening.
Dividends totaling for 150 stockholders of the High Point Thomasville and Denton railroad were mailed today with Christmas and New Year greetings. Arthur Kirkman, general manager, expressed cautious optimism that 1932 would show improvement as the horizon of the weakest boom narrows. The accompanying letter praised cooperation and noted 1931 saw facility improvements and expanded schedules across connecting lines.
William Etham of 539 Lexington Avenue crafts a detailed electric powered miniature city. The display includes factories, windmills, pumps, trains, signaling systems, lit houses, water features, and life sized miniatures, all arranged around a railroad encircling the village beneath a revolving star atop the Christmas tree.
A transportation service extends holiday greetings to patrons and expresses optimism that the era of the weakest boom is ending. The letter from General Manager Arthur Kirkman cites cautious improvement ahead and frames 1932 as a hopeful year for the company and its riders.
Thirty eight colored children were made happy for Christmas when North Carolina Public Service Co. employees gave them a treat at the plant on Hobson Street and Baptist Bottom. J. H. Jennings spoke briefly and a quartet sang spirituals. The event was organized by S S. M. Lewis and J. A. Thomas.
Tonight at midnight St Edward’s church holds a Christmas crib service. The Crib of Bethlehem recreates the Nativity with water colors and stucco, detailing Scriptural events surrounding Jesus birth. The tradition traces to St Francis of Assisi who popularized the scenic display in 1223 Rome.
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