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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1938
Page
4
Officials note per child transportation cost in the state runs around 5.34 dollars yearly while other states spend over ten dollars. About 676 buses serve rural areas, possibly undercounting depreciation and bus replacements. Despite lower costs, critics question accuracy and city rural transport disparities.
The article argues that international opinion will be shaped by how Britain and Italy respond to the Spanish Civil War. It notes the deep bitterness of civil conflict, the stubborn persistence of rivals, and the prospect that peace in Spain remains elusive as the war continues.
A Raleigh voiced piece reviews Golf in North Carolina by O. B. Keeler. It highlights Emerywood Country Club High Point and its course record 33, 66 set by Andrew Merrilles from North Berwick, noting Old Tom Bendelow’s nine hole layout and a dramatic 1934 Carolinas Open putt. The State paid $500 for Keeler’s writing, praising the booklet as a creative golfist artifact.
The use of a battleship on a private fishing jaunt by a president or president elect is defended as proper through channels. Col. Davenport Johnson, Hamilton Field commander, flew Paul V. McNutt from San Francisco to Denver, fueling claims politics triggered his later transfer to a lesser post in Illinois. McNutt supporters cry foul while officials insist transfer was routine. The public debate centers on prestige, policy and McNutt's presidential bid.
The High Point Camera club, an amateur photographers group, announces a city-wide show in March and a state-wide graphic print exhibition in May. Local enthusiasts push to host North Carolina's first graphic print exhibit, hoping to spark broad interest in photography as a hobby and potential profit.
Judge John J. Parker told a Women's College audience in Greensboro on Washington's Birthday that the world needs stronger character and a restatement of faith in education. He warned against mass social reform and urged colleges to offer a new democratic vision, stressing individual salvation and moral improvement over group movements.
A parade of social and show business names from New York including Marion Gillespie Cal Tinney John Royal and Mrs Roy Howard. Notes on J P Morgan Eddie Duchin Fannie Ward Sonja Henie Clark Gable Noel Coward Larry Waterbury and Rosamond Pinchot. Brief sketches of careers wealth and moods in a city gossip column.
The writer reflects on Katharine Cornell Helen Hayes and Meredith Burgess noting fame and social life while critiquing theater box office workers. He shares wine steward chatter from Paris El Morocco and l Escargot praising a Chicago style beel tap scene and a veteran sommelier with a Grant era look.
The piece argues overstocked manufacturers cut buying and raised prices to cover higher raw material costs, creating a spiral that harms workers and demand. It notes Roosevelt aims to press down some controlled prices while raising others to stimulate building and employment. It also recounts Dennis Chavez family payroll questions and John L. Lewis’s reaction to Pennsylvania politics.
A columnist recalls a cold night encounter with a begging youth at North Main and High, debates helping him, and parallels it with a Burns memory. The piece honors Dr. C. S. Grayson for civic service, praises George A. Matton, and ends with Riley inspired verses urging calm, work, and resilience.
An Atlantic City AP dispatch quotes an Ohio State professor who argues higher education in America has become a dehumanized jumble. He lists fixed courses mass education and German intellectualism as faults, then contends the college should foster genuine thinking rather than rote mind training.
Elton Raymond Shaw defends nudism in The Body Taboo Its Origin Effect and Denial arguing the body is not obscene and that nudism promotes health and morality He cites persecutions by Comstock and Ware Ex Denne and urges sane morals over prudishness in a practical social welfare frame.
Henry Tippus the seaman hosts a bar de luxe in Linklater’s latest collection blending salty comedy with whimsy. The book features Cupid’s assistant and a dachshund, with tales of fate, adventure, and tall storytelling.
A. F. L. president Wi Green declares labor and capital must unite to guard against oppression by government agencies. The comment frames a call for vigilance over executive power and potential encroachment on workers' rights.
The speaker criticizes the institution as a hollow learning place with bone filled imagery and questions the need for courses in social amenities, campus politics, athletics, and jazz fashion to develop personality. Real personality comes from possessing meaningful knowledge.
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