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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1930
Page
6
Dr. J. J. Hamlin of 500 Wachovia Bank building voiced strong support for the state sponsored free dental clinic for schoolchildren under twelve. He urged parental cooperation and noted he has run free clinics in past summers and will treat cases identified by nurses or schools.
Mr and Mrs John A Kellenberger hosted a dinner for 14 at Fisher Park Circle honoring Mr and Mrs Gordon Watham who wed last fall. Other items note Miss Johnnie Muse entertaining in High Point and a mother daughter banquet at Westover Terrace School with multiple toasts and performances by students and a 15 member girls orchestra. Local A A W members travel to Charlotte for a division meeting.
In Charlotte tonight a banquet speaker is billed for University women. Mrs. W. H. Swift heads to the Queen City tomorrow to address the convention. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Wharton hosted a West Market Street buffet with bridge. Women’s high score earned kerchiefs, men’s score a cigarette box, with various awards for others.
Miss Rose Long transfers to Camden South Carolina and begins view work. Maggie Miller and Tommy Besson wed quietly in Washington DC. Mrs Ingram hosts Over the Teacups club luncheon with bridge. Mrs Shipman wins top score. Mrs Jones honored at party for Mrs Edgar Jones with valentine decor and prizes.
Miss Lucile Sherrod returns from a visit to friends in Kingston and stays with Mrs. Hoke Bullard in Emerywood. Miss Soxie Weathers and Miss Elsie Lasley of Burlington visit Mrs. L. J. Weathers for the weekend. M. C. Bob Loutt from this city resides at the Hotel Evergladen in Miami Florida and plans to stay several weeks.
Tar Heel fans circle February 22 as Carolina hosts Penn State boxers in Chapel Hill. Carolina were last year’s Southern Conference champions while Penn State claimed the national collegiate title.
A column-wide roundup notes figures like John McCormack Oscar Straus William Wrigley Max Fleischmann Jesse L Lasky E A Cudahy Jack Dempsey Jack Kearns Montague Glass William Randolph Hearst Peter Da Paolo Fred Duesenberg Alastair MacDonald and Colonel Charles A Lindbergh. Also mentions Martin Luther at Harvard and Rev Dr Vincent Pisek’s long marriage record.
A laboratory of life and light at the University of Kentucky has been completed. The eight room steel building with a glass roof will study effects of temperature and sunlight on health, aided by ultraviolet lamps and air conditioning. Endowed by Percy H. Johnson of New York, the solar laboratory aims to explore how light influences health and illness.
In San Francisco the Pacific Gas distributors announce adding an odorant to natural gas to protect customers in newly developed California areas. The odorant ensures detection by smell, though no odor is present while the gas burns, as several fatalities occurred from odorless gas in earlier western states.
Asheville report states one million dollars will be spent on highway construction in the mountain counties of North Carolina's ninth district next year. Commissioner James G. Strikeleader cites the state highway fund allotment for 1930 plus federal aid, estimated to be about $275,009.
The New Hanover county board votes to transfer all back tax accounts older than one year from the auditor to a hired collector. The collector will receive ten percent of all collections and must post a five thousand dollar bond.
Don Nichols formerly manager of the Carolina theater in Durham will move to High Point to run the American Theater starting Monday. L Crow, current American manager, may return to the bookkeeping department after steering the venue to steady profits.
Guilford College presents Arlinda Cate and Harold Cone in a piano and violin recital at Memorial hall at 8 30 Sunday afternoon. The pair, Greensboro natives and UNC freshmen, have notable contest and recital experience. The concert starts a series by the musical department leading to a lyceum feature. Public invitation extended to the campus and community.
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