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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1939

Page

3

Red Cross Sets February 9 for Annual Meeting

The High Point Chapter selects February 9 for its annual Red Cross meeting. Arthur A. Guild of Richmond Community Fund will give the keynote address. Dinner will limit attendance. tickets go on sale about a week to ten days before the event.

High Point American Red Cross W. T. Powell Arthur A. Guild Richmond Community Fund Richmond Red Cross W. H. Coltrane Guild J. Guild

Etiquette Answers on Seating and Titles

A dining car etiquette guide advises standing at the entrance until a steward assigns a seat. Servants address employers' children by their first names or as Major Charles and Miss Martha. A bride’s relative should not serve as maid of honor.

Majer Charles Martha

FIRST PRESIDENT'S WIFE CROSSWORD CLUE LIST

A list of crossword clues about the first president's wife and related terms. Entries include names, measurements, and common crossword words across horizontal and vertical directions.

Lessons in English by W L Gordon

Lesson notes discuss word usage pronunciation and spelling with examples. The daily focus word is depreciate meaning to lessen in price or value as in The building depreciated during years of vacancy.

Richmond physician declines Queens-Chicora college presidency

Dr. William T. Thompson of Richmond Virginia declined the presidency of Queens-Chicora College on January 20.

Charlotte William T. Thompson Richmond, Va Queens-Chicora College

City Hall Sells Rat Poison Saturday Afternoon

Rat poison will be sold at the city hall on Saturday from 2 to 4 o'clock, an official announced today.

World highway total reaches near ten million miles

A global tally estimates about 9.7 million miles of highways. Officials note vast networks connect nations, regions, and cities, enabling commerce and travel despite variability in road quality and maintenance.

Five News Statements True or False Puzzle

A brief quiz lists five claims on recent topics. It asks readers to judge each as true or false, including a cabinet designation, a Congressional message on armaments, John Roosevelt's job, Felix Frankfurter's Harvard ties, and USC’s Rose Bowl season outcome. Answers appear on the Classified Page.

Kiichiro Hiranuma Congress John Roosevelt Boston Felix Frankfurter Supreme Court Harvard Duke Southern California

Christian Endeavor Week Observance Begins Tomorrow

Representatives from all local Christian Endeavor Societies will sell little red C E buttons on the street tomorrow starting the annual commemoration of Christian Endeavor Week.

Christian Endeavor Christian Endeavor Societies C. E Christian Endeavor Week

Learn and Answer Trivia Pack 19

The questions cover pewter’s chief constituent, the last woman ruler of England, the first glove era prize bout in America, laconic’s derivation, and Sahara area. Answers: tin is pewter’s main element, Queen Victoria, Sullivan–Corbett 1892, from Laconia whose capital was Sparta, Spartans spoke little, and Sahara totals about two million square miles.

England America Sahara Desert Les Queen Victoria Sullivan-Corbett Laconia Sparta

Founding of Christian Endeavor Commemoration Set

International observers gather January 28 to February 5 with Central Friends annex on South Main Street as the staging site. Workers will pin 1 500 buttons on passersby to mark the 58th anniversary of Christian Endeavor founded by Dr. Francis E. Clark in Portland Maine.

Uncle Ray on Turkey's Education and Change

Uncle Ray outlines Turkey's shift from Mohammedan to public schooling, noting 6,000 public schools with nearly half a million students after 15 years of reform. He describes secular governance, reduced church funding, population size, geography, and resources including oil and minerals, plus the adoption of the Roman alphabet and rising literacy. He invites readers to a travel note and a Seven Wonders leaflet offer.

Turkey Mustafa Kemal Pasha Ataturk Palestine Syria Arabia Irak Turkey-in-Asia Ray

Prolonging an Old Broom and Quick Cleaning Tips

How to soften a hard broom by trimming lower stitching rows to release straw. Immediate cold-water soak for scorch marks on clothes, left 24 hours to vanish. Rinse cake tins with hot water right after removing baked goods to ease cleaning.

High Point UNC Alumni Chapter Elects Officers

Local alumni group met at the Sheraton with Coach Ray Wolf and Chuck Ericson among speakers. Brooks Reitzel was elected president. Laurance M Ingram and Claude E Reitzel Jr were named vice president and secretary treasurer. Nominations were submitted by Judge D C MacRae Ed Mendenhall and Dick White.

Ray Wolf Chuck” Ericson J. Maryon Saunders High Point University of North Carolina Sheraton Hotel Brooks Reitzel Laurance M. Ingram Claude E. Reitzel D. C MacRae Ed Mendenhall Dick White Carolina-Fordham Wolf Saunders Hiram M. Armentrout

Teenager Dies After Motorcycle Crash in Greensboro

Nineteen year old Johnnie Neil Gamble died yesterday from injuries suffered in a Wednesday motorcycle accident in Greensboro. The report notes the continuing expansion of the world air route network now surpasses 300000 miles in total length.

Greensboro Johnnie Neil Gamble

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