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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1933
Page
3
Civil Works administers Mrs. Thomas O Berry announces project No 23027 to develop the municipal lake in Jamestown. The plan includes a large amphitheater baths swimming pool and multiple recreation facilities with an estimated $125000 Civil Works fund and substantial job creation.
Government supplied hams will be distributed this afternoon to about 1,000 families receiving Empty Stocking Fund bags. The fund totaled $1,016.13, with donations from numerous groups and individuals enabling a varied package of meat, fruit, nuts, candy, bread, and staples. Distribution will be organized through the Board of Public Welfare at the Exposition building, with carpool help for those far from the center.
Carolina Theatre employees attended a supper dance at the Sheraton Hotel with Jack Boyd as master of ceremonies greeting guests on behalf of theater owner L. C. Sipe of Charlotte. Several individuals contributed tips and donations to the event, including Betty Ann Rankin, A. Sherrod, Sandy Rankin, and multiple Parker family members.
A 14 year old boy, son of C. J. vis. Sophia route one, was accidentally shot in the foot yesterday afternoon while hunting near his home. The rifle jarred, exploded, and a bullet struck his foot. He was taken to Burrus Memorial hospital by his father and treated before returning home.
Fourteen High Point nurses were among 3738 who passed the examination held in Raleigh by the State Board of Nurse Examiners. Lula West of Mount Airy announced the results, listing local passers including Zoe Bostic Genevieve Cox Annie Crutchfield Marjorie Cude Lula Davis Kathleen Felds Ramelle Farr Frances Nicholson Mary Reece Pauline Smith Ida Culbreth Ruby Hicks Flava Lanier Daisy Martin.
Police and fire chiefs in the city were surprised with gifts from their departments. Fire Chief E K Ingram received a pen and pencil set gloves a gold watch chain a hat and other items while Chief W G Friddle received a handsome chair. Fire stations hosted banquets and a reception with guests including Mayor Grayson and Judge Lewis Teague. Officers also received hosiery a bag of oranges a handkerchief and pencils as thanks.
Four colored people were arrested yesterday afternoon for violation of the prohibition law when police raided a house at 522 East High Street. Bessie Spencer DeLos Hayes Lucille Gaines and Roosevelt Hayes were held on a $300 bond in the city jail after the raid occurred as liquor was being sold to several persons.
Textile magnate Ben Cone, Greensboro native and University of North Carolina Athletic Council member, to be guest of J. Ed Millis at a Friday evening Carolina alumni smoker in the Sheraton hotel private dining room. He will discuss Carolina football post Coach Collins.
High Point plans convert the city lot on North Main Street housing the Chamber of Commerce bureau into a park. Work underway includes a rose harbor corner entrance walk oval gravel path benches and planting beds with a central reflecting pool as part of the Civil Works program. Several workers were seen building walks.
Hugh and Ryan helped create a code authority to administer the industry code of fair practices effective December 11. T. Austin Finch of Thomasville is vice chairman. J. T. Ryan is secretary. Robert W. Irwin was elected chairman with Embury Palmer as secretary as the body met in Washington and set January 17 reconvening in New York to review committees and studies.
Judge Hayes of the federal district court will be guest speaker at Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church Homecoming on Sunday morning December 31 at 10 o clock. High Point College president Dr G I Humphreys and Methodist Protestant Orphanage superintendent Dr A G Nixon will also speak. Special singing features include Eugene Vogler, the Chisholm Sisters, the Jarvis Quartet, and the Holt Quartet. Mayor C S Grayson and a Baraca committee will escort Judge Hayes to the church. Q W McCauley leads the program. Baraca teacher BE Seagraves heads 37 members.
F Logan Porter chairman of the board of public welfare underwent an operation on Thursday at Burrus Memorial Hospital and was reported last night to be much improved during his hospital stay.
High Point expects Santa to arrive between midnight and dawn as shoppers report a strong season with stores nearly sold out of toys. Many plan holiday travel and offices close for Christmas with optimism rising across the city.
Sheriff Gray recalls a half mile of violent deaths near the Harvell home on highway ten. From 1906 to recent years, five killed near the site of the charred Harvell body and five murdered within a half mile. Also noted are a 1923 wreck killing five, a 1923 highway fatality, a 1920s whiskey robbery murder, and a later 1940s shooting with an acquittal.
Fire yesterday afternoon razed the servants quarters behind Bruce Craven’s Trinity home. High Point station 1 firefighters arrived too late to save the structure. the main house suffered only scorching damage. Craven said the building held storage and several prized relics were lost. origin unknown.
Be B Ingram chief of the fire department praised Fire Station Number Four on North Main Street at Mechanicsville for decorating the front in a Christmas display. Colored lights form a large star with two strands reaching to the ground, creating a festive scene.
Fifty Christmas baskets containing 25 to 30 items were given to needy city families as part of the Salvation Army program. This morning 350 people will receive gifts at Sunday school with a Santa Claus distributing items to children. An evening program at the Salvation Army auditorium features a film titled The Star of Bethlehem, or Why Where and How Christ Came.
In 1930 a large shipment of diamonds valued at more than 79 million dollars departed from South Africa. The announcement highlights the scale of the diamond trade and the flow of precious stones to international markets.
Depositors committee asks to be heard before paring the 1.5 million dollar loan plan for the Commercial National Bank assets. They claim the Biggs receiver figures may be too conservative and point to notes from High Point valued at 725000 dollars as potential full recovery.
Claude Brooks Vestal 46 head of an accounting firm died of a heart attack at home in Greensboro this morning. Funeral at 3 p.m. tomorrow at 304 Hillside Drive with burial at Oakwood Cemetery High Point. Dr J Clyde Turner officiating. Vestal, who moved to Greensboro nine years ago from High Point, leaves a wife Sadie Blake and a son and daughter.
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