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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1937
Page
9
The High Point civil service bill moves through committees after amendments removing self perpetuation. It now sets five year terms appointed by the city council with party representation and a presidentially close balance between Republicans and Democrats. Narcotics Education Week opens nationwide with police focus on marijuana use and public awareness campaigns.
The county weighs liquor policy as a dry option looms with final Senate action expected. Local voters discuss whether stores should open and revenue implications while debates split along party lines. A straw poll by The Enterprise tracks citizen sentiment as representatives consider a broad liquor bill and a potential county reorganiza tion of court duties.
Six measures affecting Guilford County and High Point reach new stages in the North Carolina General Assembly. Bills to license tourist camps and regulate lodges pass the House. Gold seeks six special superior court judges. senate bills cut partition notice to 10 days and allow foreclosures outside the courthouse.
City announces that bids for major contracts on the Southern Railway tracks through the city are planned early this week after approvals from the city state and Public Works Administration. Engineer Frank T. Miller has completed details and Knoxville plans are under review as crews begin laying sewer mains near North Main Street to prepare the low mood track area.
More than six hundred ballots arrive in Enterprise as residents debate Roosevelt’s court reform. Division remains near even with Democrats and Republicans split. a mother and daughter take opposite sides while spouses clash over the issue. Ballots from Thomasville, Lexington, Randleman and nearby areas keep rising, each signed and counted for one county.
Mrs J A Weisner a resident of High Point died at Thames after a long illness. She was born in Davie County daughter of John W and Susan Allison Vanstory. She leaves husband James A Weisner son William W Weisner a college student two brothers Charles A Vanstory Walter G Vanstory three sisters Mrs A J Carter Mrs F V Feimater and Mrs J A J Farrington. Funeral at Main Street M E church Thomasville then Snow Creek M E church Iredell county with Rev J P Hipps and Rev C M Pickens officiating. Body to remain at Farrington home on Cramer Street Thomasville until services.
Thelma Jackson, eight, of 1114 Doris Street telephones police herself when she drinks too much and asks clerks at a grocery store to call police if they refuse. A car was sent to pick her up at the store as verification emerged.
North Main Street Baptist Church reports progress on a two story frame educational building behind the church planned to be brick veneer later. It will include 20 classrooms three large assembly rooms a kitchen a baptismal pool and a pastor study. Dedication plans will follow completion as 230 members and a similar Sunday school enrollment are noted.
William Blair suffered minor bruises after a bicycle collided with a car driven by Bill Clifton on North Main street near Main Drug store No 2. An ambulance from Sechrest Funeral Home attended the scene. Police filed no charges.
News brief reports that Czechoslovakia maintains 8648 miles of railway lines. The figure reflects the country’s extensive rail transport system and its infrastructure scale.
Two resolutions were adopted to honor Dr. T. Wingate Andrews. The High Point Ministers association and the Emma Blair Parent-Teacher association issued praise for his character, scholarship, and service.
Word from the Memphis Chapter of the American Red Cross reports John Mashburn of Millis Street in this city is critically ill at John Gaston Hospital in Memphis Tennessee. The notice cites the Red Cross update received last night.
BB Raper of 820 Lindsay Street suffered a minor head cut when struck by an automobile at North Main and English streets shortly before 10 p m He nevertheless caught a night train to Baltimore Md claiming no blame attached to the driver Police said the driver faces no charges
The article asserts many assault, robbery and murder cases are traced to marihuana cigarettes. It notes Indian hemp has legitimate uses like rope, twine, cloth and hats, but smoking purposes are described as a curse to mankind.
Six police and one deputy sheriff guarded a house in the southern city area last night for a possible visit by Bill Payne a High Point escapee from Caledonia prison camp with six other convicts. Payne did not appear and no arrest was made, though officers confirmed a watched house and a missing entry. Earlier reports state Clark York and A W Pettit were captured after a Wilmington gunfight, with the stolen car traced to Raymond Jolly of High Point.
Work on the WPA project advances with plans for a summer opening of the pool 50 by 85 feet deep 11 feet at the deep end and 3 feet at the shallow end. Concrete walls poured foundation underway for the club house and tennis courts delayed until earth settles the athletic field shows lush grass and work continues on landscaping and playground diamond.
The Have A Heart appeal for 2000 dollars to feed 430 hungry school children reports a total of 1874.77 raised with 125.23 still needed. City attorney Grover H. Jones and Mrs. H. S. Coffield urge full donation to Mrs. Floyd Wilson, treasurer, to cover food costs. Donors include H. C. Barthmaier 50 Roy Armstrong 10 Princess Cafe 5 Myrtle Desk Company 10 Lotus Club 2 Council of Jewish Women 15.
The Woodall and Woodell families met at police headquarters after two men were arrested for driving while intoxicated. D. H. Woodall, 27, of 200 East Russell Street, and W. L. Woodell, 210 West Lexington Avenue, were charged and placed under $500 bond each.
Miss Grace Baker secretary of the High Point Merchants association travels to Atlanta Georgia to attend the National Retail Credit association districts three and four meeting at the Biltmore hotel. The event opens Monday and runs through Tuesday with notable speakers featured.
About 250000 people work in movie theaters across the United States. The figure reflects jobs in staffing, projection, concessions, and management across the cinema industry.
Hearing before Judge H Hoyle Sink in Greeneboro on the proposed hydro electric plant for the city is unlikely until further developments in the Burgard Roost case occur. The city plans to file its answer to Duke Power Company and Yadkin county also faces a Guilford suit filed after William son and Duke Power joined as plaintiffs.
A historical note reports that falcons can reach ages as long as 180 years, indicating remarkable longevity for the bird species and challenging common expectations about their lifespans.
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