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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1932
Page
3
Councilman R. K. Young urged removing the current post office from its present site and transforming the southern half of the Junior high school lot into a public library. He cited Rock Hill, S C, where a similar project succeeded and a nominal $100 land transfer plus $1 100 relocation funded the move.
The southern wing of the winter furniture market nears opening at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building with show spaces being prepared. Paul W. Casey says first displays will line the space this week and interest is shown by 106 admittance card requests. Buyers from New Orleans and Philadelphia, plus many from outside North Carolina, are expected to attend the market.
High Point police seek Roby Tysinger a white youth linked by photos to a six week old robbery at C and Long A&P district manager. He may travel with a West Virginia plate Chandler car and a Winston-Salem woman. Eddie Crawford faces robbery charges for the Wachovia Bank incident tied to a night deposit theft.
High Point returns to five major routes including Highway 10 and US 29 as the city sits at a crossroads of east west and north south traffic. City officials announce new parking and one way street regulations on English Broad and other streets to support the change.
Andrews urged teachers at the Paramount theater to avoid petty complaints and work quietly and efficiently for national cooperation during the ongoing crisis. He contrasted today’s diffuse trouble with 1917’s clear enemy and warned that panic, not fire, endangers public safety. Salary checks for the fourth month were distributed to teachers.
In a Passing Show sketch, a debtor's son challenges a claim of absence by noting his father's hat on the cloak rack while insisting the father cannot stand in the wardrobe with it on. The exchange highlights comic tension over presence and duty in a theater setting.
Officials plan to remove the marble cornerstone embedded in the 1913 addition wall of the old junior high. The block lists the 1913 school board members and construction team. It will be placed in the high school likely inside the main entrance tower after demolition clears access.
Edgar T. Hole of Guilford College will speak in Central Friends Brotherhood class at 9:45 am, in the worship service at 11 am, and again in the evening service at 7:30 pm. Hole is well known in High Point. Other announcements list the Junior Elizabeth Fry class Monday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday supper program with Dr. A B Conrad, and reservations via Miss Anne Menderhall. The church youth and Sunday school meet Friday at 7:30 pm.
Grover H. Jones city attorney and Mars Hill College board member will address the student body in chapel on Thursday. President R. L. Moore invites the talk with the subject The Investment of Life.
High Point Country Club set for February elections with Lawrence C. Matton not seeking another term. He steps aside after leading eight years of growth, refinancing and facility expansion. Current directors and past presidents named, with nominees anticipated among prominent club members.
Delinquent motorists face new tag rules as 7,000 first shipment sold out and 6,100 more arrive. New plates range 383 901 to 389 000. first batch 276 601 to 282 600. Highway patrol, led by Capt Charles D Farmer, to stop and tow cars without tags starting January 15 and arrest January 16.
A 515 pound vat of Wisconsin aged full cream cheese arrived at Hutchen's on Washington street and drew many passersby yesterday afternoon. The giant cheese vat is described as the largest ever displayed at the store.
Dr Hubert T Gurley, a Baltimore surgeon and former resident of this city, is repeatedly mistaken for President Herbert Hoover due to striking facial resemblance and similar mannerisms. In a recent local bank sighting a bystander wondered if Hoover had visited to inspect the banking situation.
A fragment notes a Hoover moment with a cheer and the prompt line Well, there he stands signaling a rally or reveal. The readable text highlights a public figure's appearance and crowd reaction in a unspecified setting.
Greensboro police chief M. D. Mike Caffey announced he will not seek the Guilford County sheriff seat, joining other non-candidates as early 1932 primaries approach. The move narrows the field ahead of state races and hints at forthcoming candidacy declarations from local officials.
Wright Field in Dayton Ohio and the adjoining Patterson Field together constitute the largest aerodrome in the world, spanning more than 5000 acres.
Residents report a panther like creature near the old rock quarry terrorizing the western city area. Rodney Roach and Henry Jones say the animal, black and fleet, emits blood curdling screams and eluded a shot during an evening hunting party near Council Street and the high school.
Louis F. Voorhees of the treasury department returned to High Point after several days in Washington with treasury architects. He said the trip was pleasant and noted progress toward the supervising architect’s final stamp of approval on the post office sketches.
Judge Lewis E. Teague of the High Point municipal court will speak to Wesley Memorial young people tonight at 6 45 in observance of National Prohibition Sunday. The program focuses on Prohibition Its Strength and Vein.
Dr. Claude E. Reitzel, president of Guilford General hospital, is recovering slowly from complications after a bone felon. He has been seriously ill, confined to hospital and home for most of the past month, and has been convalescing at 1105 Lindsay Street for two weeks.
A reporter noted a striking likeness between Dr. Gurley and Mr. Hoover during a 1918 era conversation. Gurley recalled frequent mistaken identity and declined a Hoover double photo until consent from relatives. He would pose naturally and warned of possible assassination concerns, joking about two places at once.
Bank officials denounce rumors as baseless and pledge plans to protect all deposits at 100 cents on the dollar in coming days. Directors met long into the night to advance safety assurances, with open business continuing and a hopeful outlook. Annual stockholders meeting for officers and directors is set for Tuesday morning at the directors' room.
The Interstate Commerce Commission delays the Baltimore and Ohio proposed railroad consolidation hearing for at least two weeks as supporters and opponents prepare. J T Ryan of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association will represent southern interests against the plan. Tragedy struck the hearing when Louis J Jeffreys died after questioning Daniel Willard.
High Point readers favor fiction over biography by a wide margin with daily fiction circulation averaging 280 volumes against 8 biographies for adults. December totals show 200 more adult volumes than November, and new releases include works by Huxley Wells and Cabell among others.
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