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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1931
Page
2
The tale follows a country scene where Ginger and Jenky engage with foreigners Benito Pietro and others. They cultivate a garden, groom Mrs. Carter the old mare, and welcome birds with a handcrafted bird fountain. Benito earns respect, while Pietro cooks and creates cider and fruit dishes.
Janet Gaynor and Chas Farrell join Benito as he befriends water life. He buys an abandoned two oared boat, tows it home, and adapts it into a seaworthy craft with cot mattress and blankets. Bard, Ginger, and Jose de Vivre become center stage as the club embraces their adventures while Bard contemplates moving to town.
Charles and Oscar Hilton were arrested in Hickory for a 1400 payroll hold up and sentenced to 10 to 12 years at hard labor after being brought to Newton within six hours. George Singleterry of Balden county is under arrest in Lumberton for shooting Horace Burney in December. A new candidate for the meanest man title in Kinston involved a blind news dealer and a lead dollar. Frazier Benton, 26, was killed and his brother escaped when their car was struck by a freight train in Hopewell. Greensboro officers seek Staple Peeden for shooting Robert Isley during an altercation.
A clipped Tit-Bits fragment shows a playful exchange on kissing, with one speaker denying its health while the other resists. The dialogue hints at social attitudes toward affection in a light, cheeky tone.
Thirty seven high schools colleges and community clubs have entered in the Carolina Dramatic Association contest announced by Prof. Frederick J. Koch. County and city schools join Duke Wake Forest Lenoir Rhyne and Mars Hill in a state wide tournament with plays by O Neill James O Brien Paul Green and Abigail Marshall. Preliminary contests start in February with finals in Chapel Hill March 26 27.
RALEIGH Feb 4 The North Carolina Anti-Saloon League plans a new state wide campaign in which F Scott McBride head of the national organization will deliver three addresses Rev Co A Upebureh state superintendent
The superintendent announced that McBride will speak in Asheville on March 30, in Charlotte on March 1, and in Winston-Salem on April 1.
A Scotsman crossing the ocean complains of seasickness and asks the ship captain for relief. The captain offers a simple remedy, asking for a dime to be held between the teeth during the voyage, a quirky tidbit from Irish Times.
A Short dialogue from Passing Show shows a mechanic charging fifty dollars for a car with no gasoline. The exchange highlights a moral punchline about honesty and charging for unnecessary work.
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