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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1939
Page
7
City Manager E M Knox says a non partisan five to ten member commission will control all hydro plant operations and Trent sales. The panel will be independent of the city’s existing distribution system and will sell power to direct industrial users and for resale through the city grid.
Thomasville reports a new police officer David Richard Smith joining Chief Smith with a broad smile over the addition. Thad Hedrick plans baseball sliding lessons. A car crash injures a rider. another rider remains uninjured. The courts see rising drunkenness convictions and a memory of a moonlight fire misfire by volunteers.
Mary Helen Daves concertmaster of the High Point High School Symphony Orchestra will lead a Sunday afternoon concert in the high school auditorium at 4 o'clock with doors opening at 3 45. The music department of the city schools presents this annual midwinter event for local citizens. Other officers include John Wilson librarian Edward Knight Annie Lee Hicks stage managers Serena Riser secretary.
W G Pursley of Greensboro qualified as administrator of Ruth Pursley Marvin estate. Ruth and George E Marvin were found dead in High Point on November 24. Estate valued at 7000 with 4000 real property in South Carolina and 3000 tied to litigation. Heirs include parents in Clover South Carolina and 11 siblings. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company named executor.
William B. McKenney reviews a notable squeeze play by Imer J. Rabin and Ollie Rich in the national pair championships. The narrative details a three no trump contract where West is squeezed after a sequence of leads and discards, allowing North to cash the club queen and heart king for the final tricks. The article highlights strategic play and defensive misdirection in high level bridge competition.
After East opens one diamond and three passes South overcalls one spade. Evaluate justification for the overcall, recommended action for West, and the number of tricks for North and South in a one spade contract. Consider the given hand distribution and dealer, and determine optimal bidding and line of play.
The High Point civil service commission sent its annual report to the mayor and city council covering August 1, 1937, to December 1, 1938. It notes a service rating system adopted in January 1938 and a merit system for municipal employees adopted in April 1938 with evaluations emphasizing department heads’ responsibility and efficiency. It lists 1,081 applications with 363 eligible and 506 pending examinations, and announces upcoming exams starting next April to meet charter limits.
Police report a group of 12 to 15 dogs are running at large on West Farriss avenue damaging property. Neighbors say the dogs, mostly pets, keep residents awake at night and will be shot unless their owners corral and pen them up.
Seven trucks carried 45 tons of gold and silver bars from Barcelona into France. The metal, said to fund purchases abroad for the Spanish government, was loaded onto a train at Port Verdres and sent toward Paris.
Chicago on January 20 reports butter at 835 and 347 steady, prices unchanged. Eggs show 8,770 cases with local grading and carload counts, including extra firsts at 17 percent and firsts at 16 percent, reflecting current receipts.
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