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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1936
Page
9
Local discussions argue HAKBUP could raise efficiency and stamp out rumors of vice. A proposed transfer of uniformed officers to plainclothes aims to improve crime enforcement in business districts. Chief Friddle reportedly joked about taking precautions on icy street views.
High Point post No. 610 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at the hall on Mast Washington Monday night at 7:80. A discussion on compensation will take place and seven new members will be initiated.
The vestry of St. Mary's Episcopal Church will meet Tuesday at 7 45 p m with Thom Turner senior warden at 510 Way A pre Lenten conference for clergy and laity in the Diocese of North Carolina started at St Thomas Arch Sanford yesterday and will continue through Tuesday.
The Jama Hall Community Center announced a piano is badly needed. WU urged anyone with a spare instrument to call 7178.
Thomas D. Gordy son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Gordy a UNC senior has been selected for a six month electrical engineering training course at General Electric in Schenectady This marks the first UNC student chosen for the program which provides hands on experience with electrical equipment and promises a job after completion Gordy is involved in university activities and expects to graduate in June with a degree in local engineering
Ministers teachers and Sunday school workers from High Point township gather at North Main Street Baptist church for two sessions on Teaching Effectively. Featured speakers include Rev Shuford Peeler Miss Myrtle A McDaniel and Miss Dorothy Jennings from the State Sunday School Association.
A second copy of the Ulster County Gazette from January 4, 1800, carrying Washington death coverage, was shown at The Enterprise office. The fragile four page issue includes mourning rules and an ad for a slave sale, with ownership traced to Rev. M. Elliott of High Point.
Firemen were called to the U Nab a Lunch cafe at 119 North Wrenn Street to extinguish a stove caused blaze with practically no damage. Earlier, they answered a call to the home of Harrison Luck at 1406 King Street for a roof fire with slight damage.
A January record of 1 850 buyers and more than 200 manufacturers plus buyers from over 20 states marked a strong opening to the 1936 southern furniture and rug market. Officials call the mid winter session satisfactory with broad distribution and a healthy replacement demand despite cold weather. Prices during the session were steady.
Preliminary plans for the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant church have begun. The May gathering at High Point will draw ministers and laymen from across the United States for a conference deemed one of the church's most significant in modern history. The event opens May 20 at the First Methodist Protestant church and will likely continue for several days.
City revenue for the six months ending December 31 1935 shows a clear drop from the previous year despite $411 468 22 net cash at year end 1935. Tax collections and penalties were deferred as the council postponed setting the tax rate to allow for potential railway track relief. Operating expenses for the period while lower than projected by about 21 790. Estimated expenditures were 819 100 while actual spending reached 820 890 28. Street assessments and other revenue items fell sharply. only the cash position improved.
Public works crews began spreading cinders to melt snow and ice on streets seeking efficient removal. Cinders were stored at City Hall and hauled to hazard spots. Police reminded residents the city is not responsible for sidewalk conditions and urged removal. Previously, courts cited people for sidewalk neglect, a practice hoped to be unnecessary now.
The North Carolina Crop Improvement Association votes to host its February 12 and 13 convention with State College and the Department of Agriculture backing the Better Crop Seed program. Educational seed exhibits, prize classes, and a farm shindig on Wednesday night are planned, inviting all NC farmers to enter exhibits and attend sessions at the junior high school.
January 1936 traffic report notes fewer injuries but more accidents than a year earlier. Speeding citations plummet due to snow, license plate fines drop, while reckless driving and illegal parking rise amid a safe driving push. No city fatalities. table lists deaths and injuries and violations.
Last week the Emma Blair Community Center offered adult education literacy home making and sewing classes directed by Mrs Laura Mc Crimmon and Mrs Lena Lowe Torrett Open House ran Thursdays 7 to 9 p m with 35 attendees due to weather A Carter Twins Base Brothers and the troupe quartet performed Next Thursday Miss Mabel Patton speaks on health and community cooperation Special music will be provided Visitors are invited to attend
In early nineteenth century England it was customary to note whether fow and sugar were provided with wages when advertising for house servants. This practice reflected household provisioning expectations and labor norms of the period.
The Chamber of Commerce secretary says groundwork for extending the school term to nine months is underway. A 200 ballot poll at a civic meeting favored the proposal, with strong support from local leaders and the high school press The Pointer.
In a 1935 civil case in municipal court Judge Teague oversaw the $30 000 suit of EB J Mauney vs T L Laughlin over alleged alienation of affections. The jury found Laughlin not guilty of improper relations but did alienate Mauney's wife and awarded Mauney 700 total. Parties settled for 400 plus court costs.
The Baptist Training Union of Green Street Baptist Church will host a workers banquet next Saturday night February 8 at the church. Speakers include Winnie Rickett of Raleigh and Wilbur Hutchens of this city. About 200 people are expected. other unions are invited. Call John Reavis at 44167 Dby by Wednesday night to attend.
The Men’s club of the First Presbyterian church will meet Monday evening February 30 at 6 30 p m Full attendance of club members and men of the church is urged Rev Tom A Sykes pastor of Central Friends church will speak The program is in charge of Carter Dalton Special music by the Junior Order quartet arranged by H A Ritchie Dinner served by Woman’s Circle No 6 Mrs W A Hayes chairman
Police say Julius Voss aged 78 of Oak Park died after a street car struck him as it rounded a corner. Patrolman Charles Schofield testified the car knocked him down and the motorman did not stop.
Chief W G Friddle reassigns L E Williams and J H Steele to plainclothes and keeps shifts fixed to boost efficiency. Four plainclothes officers have overextended duties, prompting broader reorganization that may impose court duties on night crews and affect officers' days off.
George Barton of Thomasville North Carolina writes that a Christian is Christ like by loving all including enemies and returning good for evil. He urges living daily as Christ taught to lift collective mood and quotes that the term appears only three times in the Bible.
Letter to readers from High Point, N C, humorously laments overtaxation and numerous laws. The author claims legal and fiscal pressures crush his finances and force endless donations, concluding with an unsigned, moody writer. The piece critiques government and civic demands.
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