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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1940
Page
13
A jumble of clippings includes a want ad for an office girl with a typewriter, a prank poster upside down from a soft drink firm, a spooky stockroom voice telling a Negro to watch for cats, and an anecdote about writers seeking ideas. The item mixes department news, misprints, and literary asides in a single column.
About 200 Woodmen of the World are slated to meet in High Point on Saturday February 24 for the Golden Anniversary celebration. The event includes banquet and dance and a address by National Director T Alex Heise. Piedmont Camp No 62 sponsors the program with leaders from multiple camps and a national membership drive across January to June 6.
Special "Men's Night" pro at Wesley Memorial Church tonight at 7:30 features Major Bruce Craven and BE. H. Blackard. A men's chorus under the son of Gurney Briggs will perform, with seating guidance for men and broad invitation to all church groups to attend.
Rabbi Issac Goodkowitz 82, died yesterday at a local hospital. Funeral services are set for Monday at 10 30 AM at the Jewish Synagogue conducted by Rabbi J M Freedman. Burial will be in the Jewish Cemetery on the Winston Salem Highway. He lived in America 37 years and 20 years in High Point residing at 208 West Bay Street.
Heavy winds spurred a week of building permits in High Point with total roofing permits at 1,385 dollars and repair permits around 2,836 dollars. The largest permit covered a Arbordale Drive dwelling for 10,500 dollars. Other residential permits included stores and offices at 206 West Washington Street for 4,200 dollars and a home on East College Drive for 2,700 dollars.
A union prayer meeting led by Dr S W Taylor will be held next Wednesday at 7 PM at Main Street Methodist Church. Churches uniting include Welch Memorial Rankin Memorial Calvary Highlands Ward Street and Main Street. All are invited to attend and pray.
A North Carolina education group representing 15 counties urged Congress to back Federal aid for education and a sound retirement system. At High Point, President F D McLeod led the Northwestern District meeting as J H White chaired letter campaigns to lawmakers.
High Point residents saved 73000 in the first seven months of the fiscal year after electric rates fell from 4.43 to 3.40 cents per kilowatt hour. Power use rose 16 percent to 972000 kWh, with total city revenue from electricity at 229000 versus 302004 at old rates.
The February achievement night program for Scout Cubs of High Point will be held at First Presbyterian Church on Thursday at 7 15 PM. Den mothers will meet Wednesday at 10 30 AM to continue Den Leadership training. Cubs will display best handiwork for parents to observe progress across city dens. Den mothers include Mrs Phil Warner Mrs Geddie Strickland W D Simmons W D Tharin and R L Deal.
Greensboro health officer Dr Lindsey Cooke will address the Northwestern School Masters Club at Greensboro College on February 21. About 100 schoolmen and private citizens are expected to attend as the district of 15 counties is noted for high meeting attendance. The talk will cover educational aspects of venereal diseases with a musical program planned by Greensboro College music department.
Mrs Karl Shepard was chosen as executive secretary for the new Community Chest family service bureau in High Point. A UGA graduate and Phi Beta Kappa member with Tulane social science training, she previously led the Durham Family Service Association and will work from room 231 in the Professional Building. The High Point Real Estate Board opposes the Housing Authority project as impractical and proposes a substitute plan to curb slums through minimum standards and private capital, with federal funds held in abeyance until standards are met.
High Point College reports a second semester enrollment of 480, an all-time high. The final total surpasses the 458 from 1938-39 and beats an early 472, boosted by eight late registrations. North Carolina contributed five late enrollees and New York three, widening regional representation. The college notes about a 14 percent gain over the 1938-39 start.
The Japanese group includes Honshin as the eighth largest island globally with an area of 87,500 square miles.
A family of four died when their automobile was struck by a northbound Florida Fast Coast passenger train at a grade crossing in Vero Beach on February 17. The incident occurred as the car failed to stop at the crossing, prompting a fatal collision. Police and railroad officials investigated the scene.
High Point starts a Monday personnel survey of city employees led by William Finan of the Public Administration Service in Chicago. The project aims to create a wage and duties yardstick by comparing similar city positions with private industry and neighboring towns. Dave L. Robinson Jr. met with City Manager Knox, Augustine Schneider assists, and the city funds the survey through the Public Administration Service.
A Guilford County Democratic executive meeting ended in a deadlock over election board picks. Chairman T C Hoyle Jr recommended D E Hudgins and Louis J Fisher, while Carter Dalton was pushed by High Point delegates. The tie stopped the gesture, forcing a committee vote and prompting ongoing protest from High Point factions.
The February Court of Honor for the Scouts of High Point district, Uwharrie Council, will convene Monday at 7:45 pm in the County Building courtroom. Junior Court meets Monday afternoon at the Scout office for those awaiting award checks. The court will review James Cargal’s honor medal application. parents are invited to attend the award presentation.
The public is invited to attend screenings of Golgotha at the Salvation Army today at 10 a m and 3 p m. The sound film runs about one hour and thirty minutes.
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