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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1939
Page
11
W. W. Gack Jackson Jr., son of Dr and Mrs W L Jackson of 1100 Forest Hill Drive, leaves Thursday to begin work as a page in the North Carolina Senate.
Guilford three member delegation in the North Carolina House will split on the speaker race with John W. Caffey backing Libby Ward Victor Bryant is endorsed by Rupert T. Pickens and Joe T. Carruthers will vote for his preferred candidate in Raleigh. Senator Thomas J. Gold will not seek the Senate post of president pro tem.
Government offices banks and city services will close Monday January 2 since January 1 falls on Sunday. Post office delivery and holiday closure except 9 am to noon general window. County offices municipal court and North Carolina State Employment Service observe holiday. court moves to Tuesday. stores remain open per merchants association.
The January Court of Honor for the High Point district Scouts meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the county building courtroom. All Scouts receiving awards including civic service and Toy Collecting Campaign honors should attend.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. W. Hayworth 84 who died at her Best Street home yesterday will be held this afternoon at Springfield Friends church. Officiating are Miss Clara I Cox Rev Cecil Hayworth and Rev Tom A Sykes. Interment in church cemetery. Survived by four children Mrs J R C Beville Brown Summit Mrs Roy Johnson of this city R D and W F Hayworth of Greensboro, 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
I C Schaub director of the NC State College extension service announced a land use planning project to align county state and national farm problems. J F Criswell will head with J P Quinerly as assistant director as work begins in 1939 across 25 representative counties for county mapping and community committees.
Kenneth Cooper in Redding California reported missing $900 hidden money. Police searched his auto trailer and found $780 behind a cereal box. Cooper said the cash had no link to the missing $900 and was left from a prior hiding. A later check recovered the $900 in a coat pocket.
Four Lake Tahoe boatmen in Salt Lake City fear penalties if their rowboats lack required safety gear. Federal instruction mandates fire extinguishers life saving equipment loud horns or whistles and lights on boats traversing the California Nevada border.
Optimistic tone surrounds the Mid Winter Southern Furniture and Rug Market opening January 23. Attendance at the two week event is expected to rise and exhibitors number over 200 with many remodeling spaces. Traditional eighteenth century and Swedish Modern designs dominate while Dated figures show 1938 housing permits totaling over 120 million dollars. An afterhours meeting at the Sheraton Hotel on January 24 will feature humor, impersonations, and musical performances by Winston Salem and High Point figures.
Three local nurses earned licenses after 241 applicants passed the state nurses examination held in November. Miss Bernice Swain and Miss Dorothy Talley of Burrus Memorial hospital and Miss Clara Victoria Ellis of Guilford General hospital are now licensed to practice nursing in North Carolina.
New Year resolutions listed by High Point locals include M L Patrick pledging to curb time waste, Sec Chakales declining resolutions, Ed Mendenhall promising desk cleanliness, and city manager Hugh Smart aiming for bigger and better theaters. Mayor Grayson remarks on hospital plans, with others joking about free advertising as the page continues.
Local contractors R. K. Stewart and Son win the Martinsville High School contract in Martinsville Virginia for 145000 dollars. The project includes plumbing heating and air conditioning and will run ten months from the start within ten days. The firm has built major schools in this region and is currently constructing Center Theater and Emerywood Apartments.
Charlie Meade Hedrick Jr. 15 died in Winston-Salem hospital after a December 13 auto crash that left him with a fractured skull. Funeral at Christ Moravian church Winston-Salem Sunday at 3 p.m. Interment in church cemetery. Survivors: parents C M Hedrick Sr a sister Betty Jean.
A community singing will be held at Pilot high school on the Lexington Thomasville highway Sunday afternoon. The program will begin at 2 o clock. All singers and singing groups have been invited to participate.
Yadkin county commissioners postponed action on the 6.5 million dollar High Point hydro electric plant at Yadkinville NC. City Manager Knox of High Point met with D. A. Reynolds, Yadkin board chairman, with details undisclosed. Health concerns over dam construction and tax revenue loss from flooded lands prompted the delay.
High Point office of the Carolina Motor Club reports a daily sale of 1 622 state motor vehicle plates, bringing 1939 tag sales to 10 705. Last year by the same date 9 243 had been sold. city plates total 4 475. Revenue from 1939 state tags reached 20 358.20, average per set 12 55.
Oklahoma City reports a Christmas night burglary at the First Presbyterian Church where a thief mailed back checks totaling 87 dollars but kept 200 dollars in cash.
Summaries outline High Point progress in 1938 with a focus on a municipal hydroelectric project. Key items include the Payne Turner case, merit system adoption, tracks low mood project, election fraud hearing, hospital bond defeat, efforts for a hospital, the Godwin case, Pageant of Progress, and Judge Teague’s death.
The state high court overturns Judge H Hoyle Sink in a hydro electric case but the city hails the decision as a victory. City council votes to pursue ward based hydro electric plans. Walter V Davis is shot to death at home with wife detained. A final judgment enjoins the city.
City council takes no action on a petition from ministers delaying a Blue Laws decision. The panel also votes to rent a county building court room, citing inadequate facilities at City Hall.
The nationwide drive to fight infantile paralysis begins in High Point with a one month schedule of events leading to a birthday ball for President Roosevelt. Co chairmen, a women’s council, and a dance committee are组 forming as fund raising expands to include the March of Dimes and buttons as contributions. The climax is a late January ball, non political, with proceeds aiding cure and prevention efforts.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Kennedy announce the birth of a daughter Nora Clydean on December 25 at their home on the Thomasville road. Mrs Kennedy was the former Miss Lona Yates.
The High Point construction year 1938 reached 1 174 828 dollars, the first time over a million since 1929. Inspectors estimate total costs near two million with 283 families gaining homes and 173 new residences built amid expansive activity.
Captain Bruce H. Carraway said the Sandy Ridge Prison Camp inmates asked him to convey their thanks to High Point citizens who donated Christmas gifts. He has delivered gifts to the camp for several years each Christmas Day.
Trophy Council Junior Order United American Mechanics announces a ladies night next Thursday at 6 30 in the hall above the Princess cafe. An oyster supper will be served and officers for the new year will be installed. Members are urged to attend.
Funeral services for Mrs Martha Rebecca Hayworth Moore 69 who died yesterday morning will be held this afternoon at 2 oclock at Spring Hill Methodist Protestant church. Rev F R Love and Rev O C Williams will officiate. interment in church cemetery.
Creston Iowa December 31. R A Roberts admitted guilt to fighting but no complaint existed. Justice W G Wickham allowed a one dollar fine to ease his conscience after Roberts described the incident.
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