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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1935
Page
5
The Thomasville Garden Club met at East Main Street with Mrs. H Phillips absent. Mrs. W G Smith spoke on Pocket Handkerchief Gardening with Continuous Bloom and Sam Welborn reported on the state executive meeting in Wilson.
Mr and Mrs Courtney Kesler of Winston Salem spent Sunday with friends Here Miss Theresa Hoover returned to Stratford College Danville Va after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Do M Hoover Miss Mary Alice Hoover returned home after weekend in Greensboro guest of Miss Sarah Fleet She attended Yonablessee Camp Reunion at Woman s College Also present were Misses Theresa Hoover May Sumner Griffith and Elizabeth Blair Mr and Mrs Paul Green with children along with Mr R H Phillips and Jesse Green visited Mr J L Maynard in Greensboro Sunday
The Woman's Auxiliary general meeting of the First Baptist church held Monday afternoon elected officers to serve as Mrs. L. E. Teague becomes president, with Miss Westmoreland heading the Archibald Johnson circle, Mrs. C. M. Howells directing the Y W A, and Mrs. S. R. Matthews leading the Girls' Auxiliary.
Circle No 1 of the Women’s Missionary Society meets Thursday at 7 30 at Miss Lilly Fogleman’s Thistle Street with Miss Helen Livengood as associate hostess. Circle No 2 meets Thursday at 7 30 at Mrs J C Wilson’s Fifth Street with Mesdames Livengood and Annie Staley as associate hostesses.
On the Khbyer Pass in India, signposts are depicted in pictures as travelers mostly cannot read. Autos are routed one way while camels and horses take an alternate path to ease navigation.
A year’s worth of soil valued at 25 million dollars blew by winds from Texas to Nebraska in a notable agricultural effort. The meeting concluded with a banner demonstration led by Mrs. Alice Elliott, Mrs. Charles Lambeth, and Mrs. L. E. Teague.
Dr and Mrs R G Jennings spent Sunday at Pere sa Knob with the former's mother who is quite ill.
A Raleigh based anti sales tax group proposes amendments to the budget bill aimed at increasing revenue by about 34 million dollars without a general sales tax. Their plan includes taxing corporate stock dividends, higher franchise and income taxes, an occupational tax, and a privilege tax on retailers and wholesalers.
Raleigh observers report a bill to create a 121 member state highway patrol under the Department of Revenue to patrol highways enforce licenses and also collect revenue as directed by the Commissioner of Revenue. Critics say the measure risks shifting patrol time to revenue tasks and favor restoring control to the Highway and Public Works Commission.
State relief headquarters reports 1,722,667.83 dollars expended for all federal relief in North Carolina during December. There were 63,621 families on relief and 73,813 cases aided in the month.
The assassin bug is described as wearing convict stripe-like patterns. About two thousand species exist in this family, with most feeding on the bodies of other insects.
A wealthy Moroccan desert chief who commands 15,000 horsemen refuses to learn reading and writing, deeming such talents effeminate and unnecessary for his rule.
A radio conversation spans the Atlantic as a broadcaster's voice is amplified to an extreme scale claimed in the report. The piece notes a dramatic reach and technical challenge in transmitting the voice across long distances.
Church and society notes report Circle one of Green Street Baptist changing to Thursday 7 30 with Mrs M C Culler. Archdale M E Woman's Bible Class meets tomorrow 7 30 with Mrs J C Lawrence on Asheboro Road. Circles 3 and 4 of First Evangelical meet Thursday. circle 3 with Mrs Glenn Brown 506 Steele St at 8. circle 4 with Mrs Dewey Foust 606 Woodrow Ave. Ray Street P T A held February meeting with President Mrs Hunter Dalton presiding and program led by Mrs J A Eshelman. candle service and remarks on the National P T A and Bay Street P T A. Next meeting to feature Peace program and Father s Night.
Mrs W B Davis conducted an entertainment by her dancing pupils at the American Business club dinner at the Elwood hotel. The program featured Betsy Dean Wagger carlioca Doris Moser tap dance Fredericka Morris musical comedy Nellie Jones singing Ann Wood reading and Dorothy Hackney reading. Dr W K McCain reported on detention home plans for Negro children and the club decided to gather data to present to the city council. Dr Philip Davis presided.
Greensboro report states L. G. Jones, ex High Point police officer indicted for assault with intent to kill Fred Hendrix, will be tried in Guilford Superior Court February 22. Four weeks of criminal court follow, with Judge Shaw presiding first, then Judge McElroy. Also slated for trial are Charles Andrews of High Point and Mrs. Ida Peace of Thomasville on manslaughter related to a fatal summer accident at English and Ward streets.
Thirty two Florence pupils escaped unharmed when the school bus carrying them toward the Florence school two miles northwest of Jamestown caught fire near the school house. The blaze started in the bus as it approached the school. one boy burned his coat attempting to smother the fire, tires exploded from the heat, and Raymond McQueen drove the bus.
An archer fish has been observed extinguishing cigarettes held by onlookers several yards away by spitting jets of water. The sighting highlights the fish's precision and surprising range in a public display.
The automotive sector directly or indirectly provides jobs for about one eleventh of all workers in the United States, underscoring its vast employment footprint across the economy.
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