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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1926
Page
2
The newly formed board of High Point Country Club elected Willis H. Slane as president last night, as part of a reconstituted leadership slate. The vote reflected a shift toward reorganized governance and future plans for club activities.
Slane becomes president succeeding Randall B. Terry. R. T. Amos elected vice president T. V. Rochelle re-elected secretary A. E. Tate declines presidency. Six directors chosen three old re-elected J. B. Millis C. C. Prince J. W. Lambeth Jr. and three new A. Parker W. C. Covington A. S. Caldwell. Eshelman fills Tate’s director term. Club considers buying golf course and club building with Sunset Park ownership. Rochelle reports finances.
A Bible Study class will meet tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. McCain's residence on Johnson Street at 3 o'clock.
Washington hearings consider renaming to air corps. Proposals include appointing an additional assistant secretary, three brigadier general air chiefs, higher ranks for some officers, increased pay and life insurance, revived Order of Merit, noncompetitive aircraft purchases, and expanded pilot training with a five year plan to boost aviation strength.
The young film star shares views on love and marriage. He jokes that meeting a motherly type would prompt marriage and says personality matters more than looks. He lists several actresses as ideal traits, adds that his mother knows when he will marry.
Local listings announce Harold stars in the production Girl Shy at the Broadhurst Theatre with show dates Friday and Saturday.
In a junior senior contest at Main Street school auditorium the senior team Garland McPherson and Henry Gurley argued against a $1,900,000 bond for lowering Southern tracks and eliminated crossings. Minnie Herman and Robert Overman led the affirmative with Herman named best speaker.
Anita Stewart, star with Bert Lytell, appears in the photoplay Never the Twain Shall Meet arriving to the American theater tomorrow. She displays a striking array of costumes including an exotic flowered cretenne gown and a jade chiffon dress heavily beaded with crystals. The Cosmopolitan Corporation supplied the jade gown and numerous accessories accompany her in the US scenes.
The film stars Miss Stewart and Bert Lytell with Huntley Gordon George Siegmann Ben Deeley Ernest Butterworth Justine Johnstone Lionel Belmore and James Wang. Maurice Tourneur directed from Eugene Mullin scenario Joseph Urban designed the settings for this Cosmopolitan picture distributed by Mero-Goldwyn.
A surgeon general panel found commercial gasoline with tetraethyl lead not a danger to public health and not to be prohibited with proper regulation. The study reviewed 252 exposed individuals and found no lead poisoning. however risks in manufacture require strict regulation and ongoing study.
Jackson Mississippi January 20 A P report notes a large fall in physical defects among Mississippi A and M college students over a decade. Dr C B Mitchell attributes the trend to health education and programs noting better teeth and eyewear with many freshmen now having properly fitted glasses.
Charley Morgan catcher for the Macon team in the South Atlantic league extended the major league hitting streak record with twelve straight games. He began May 31 with two safe hits and then hit four for four in the next game, repeating the feat in the following outing and adding more hits in subsequent appearances.
Troy New York January 20 AP correspondence among Beckwith Ph D papers indicates he was an Atlanta penitentiary official discharged after a drug ring probe. Beckwith who came here last November from Miami was about 50 and found dead in a closet wearing women undergarments with manuscripts ready for publishers in his rooms.
A brief shopper note states customers can always find lower prices at Clarence Saunders, implying a focus on bargains and price leadership in the store.
Chas Soladar and his Brinkley Girls headline at the Orpheum this week with a ten thousand dollar costume display. The company has drawn packed houses nightly and earned praise as a clean, well staged act. Today a complete program change is promised with no repeats from the first bill.
Members of the East Green Street Bible class will gather tomorrow at 2 30 PM at the residence of Mrs B G Leonard 908 East Green Street for a اجتماع study and discussion.
Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs to break up a cold or grippe. One to two tablets at bedtime with water cleanse the system without salts or nausea. By morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns. a family package with directions costs 36 cents at the drug store.
A 75 year old near death claimant credits Maya's remedy with immediate relief after ten days without food. The note claims one dose removes catarrhal mucus and inflammation causing stomach and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis, with money back guarantee. Sold by Hart Drug Co. and druggists.
Nashville woman credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with easing two years of stomach pains and nervous trouble. After five bottles she reports lasting improvement and return to health, advising others to try the remedy from druggists or write the doctor for guidance.
Members of the Eliza Steven Bible Class will gather tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. John Sicelo on North Main Street for a study session.
Notice states B L Bennett and D L Bennett sold their meat market on Sout hrenn street to W J Bennett and T B Bennett. They declare no further debts incurred after this date and that all accounts and bills are now handled by the purchasers. Dated January 5 1926.
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