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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1937
Page
9
Hill February report shows state wrestling championships with teams Fayetteville Rocky Mount Durham Elizabeth City Mount Airy and others. City club team scored 60 points and led the field while boxers and wrestlers competed in a state meet with standings listed for each squad.
A jumble of vignettes from York covering Carl Hub and John as possible camps, Joe Louis fitting a tailor made to measurements, White Sox outfield chatter, Cyril Walker and Murray shifts, Yankee office notes, and spring football routine. Mention of St Marys finances and various names appears amid misc. sports chatter.
In a tight contest Winston Salem's B F Huntley sparked a second half rally to edge Thomasville Chair 27 to 26. Black led Thomasville with 10 points as Hendricks Westmoreland helped the late surge.
Olive Roberts Barton argues modern lifestyles widen the gap between parents and children. She laments cocktail culture and constant separation from Brad and Sie, urging affectionate home ties and present parents as essential for spiritual warmth, while acknowledging diverse family structures.
Sherrod Shirt defeated Allen Jay 29 to 22 in the first Junior women’s division game. Shirt's early lead helped her team steady a stubborn Allen Jay sextet as the period wore on.
Freddy Steele defends the middleweight title tonight at Madison Square Garden against Eddie Babe Risko of Syracuse in a 15 round main event before about 16 000 fans. Risko could win the crown but gate income targets hover around 45 000 with Risko earning 60 percent of the take and Steele guaranteed 25 000.
Burlington city council adopted an ordinance prohibiting the use of sound horns on automobiles buses and other vehicles except as danger signals.
AP report from Chicago notes butter 6 cents a pound and eggs unchanged at current market levels. The terse item records no price shifts and highlights stable dairy and egg markets in mid February trading.
A transport plane outfitted as an office operates as the field headquarters of the general staff of the United States Army Air Corps.
In the Bureau and Sir Walter Hotel report from Waldbson on February 19, the Maximum Hour bill nears House debate after trimming idle provisions. The House calendar includes minority reports on related shorter-hour measures for South Carolina and Georgia, with expectations that those reports will be rejected.
Mine Iria Shephard, a Burlington newcomer, won the Miss Elon title at Elon College during the annual campus beauty pageant held on February 19.
Federal officials announced the titles for property needed for a new Elkin post office will be cleared within the next few weeks.
North Carolina senators wage a drawn out struggle over a Revenue bill provision taxing material bought by building plumbing and electrical contractors. Proponents seek a three percent excise on all building material while critics warn of constitutional issues and discrimination and the fight hinges on committee approval and potential amendments.
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