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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1936
Page
3
A rambling humor column mocks birth control laws, extra legislative sessions, and local figures from Abbott's Creek to Trinity. It riffs on High Point politics, court rulings, and community characters with playful jabs and digressive anecdotes.
Byron Haworth announces the Presidents Birthday Ball will be held Friday January 31 at Sedgefield Manor with Fred Kibler and his orchestra. Proceeds mainly aid the Community Chest locally while about 30 percent funds the Georgia Warm Springs foundation for infantile paralysis treatment. Tickets go on sale soon as a ticket committee is named.
William Penn High prepares its 1936 basketball season with a Friday January 17 home opener against J. C. Price High School of Salisbury. Coach Herman Thompson leads the boys and Miss Horetta A. Foust guides the girls. New uniforms arrive for the first game and Miss Lucile Keno will be crowned Miss William Penn at halftime.
The William Penn Alumni Association will meet at the community center in the old Eagle theatre building Friday at 7 o clock. All association members and graduates who have not joined are urged to attend.
When using a sandwich toaster butter lightly the outside surfaces of both bread slices that touch the grill. This keeps the toast soft and improves flavor. Butter one surface of each slice, grill, add filling to toasted sides and grill again.
Byron Haworth, local attorney, spoke to the Good Fellows at the Y M C A dinner about narcotic drug traffic in North Carolina. He urged treating addicts as patients with disease, not criminals, saying laws view them wrongly and the real solution lies in a medical approach.
Ed Loring of 115 Taylor Street was arrested by local police on a Virginia warrant for highway robbery tied to a December 28 holdup near Danville. He denied the charge claiming he was present locally, but investigators said his remarks suggested knowledge of the crime.
Lexington Jan 10 1936 Sheriff G V Bodenheimer announced he would not seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff again this year leaving the race open. Other candidates have been discussed for months but no formal announcements made.
Greensboro dispatch reports 1935 totals for troop two of the state highway patrol: 100 people killed and 663 drunken drivers arrested across 31 counties. Wrecks and arrests rose over 1934 as personnel nearly doubled. revenue and stolen-property figures are listed with monthly breakdowns.
Raleigh report shows 54 municipal electric systems in North Carolina paid 8.8 cents per kilowatt hour for lighting blocks up to 100 kWh in 1934 compared with 6.8 cents by five major private power companies in 1935. Municipal rates include cooking and lighting deals. private firms paid higher taxes and showed profits around 3.14 million.
January is the month for lingerie and household linen bargains. Look for Porto Rican handmade slips gowns and pajamas offering quality designs at about half the price of French underwear.
South Africa remains the top diamond supplier to the United States, while Switzerland France and Germany dominate the watch export market.
This vintage note touts Cardui as a purely vegetable medicine for functional periodic pain nervousness and weakness from poor nourishment. It cites Mrs W Z Barnett of Taylors S C and a reader who reports reduced pain and regularity after using Cardui, urging readers to try it before consulting a physician if unsure.
Field work on the biennial census of business and manufacturers started today under district supervisor J G Greene. Five enumerators will collect data on local production distribution and employment for 1935 with strict confidence and public cooperation.
A new state historical marker was placed in Granville County to mark the home of John Penn, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The marker features a handsome aluminum design and was unveiled in Oxford on January 10.
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