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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1930
Page
9
Registration books closed with 2 223 eligible voters for a 50 000 bond issue to fund new schools. About 40 percent registered the day before, needing 1 112 yes votes to pass. Past turnout lower than 1925, with broad civic support and endorsements from local organizations.
Miss Mary Dingman world wide YWCA industrial secretary returns from London to speak at the High Point YWCA annual membership dinner at 6:30 PM at First Methodist Protestant church. The talk title World Trends in Industry. Over 50 Winston-Salem industrial girls attend. Election of board members to be announced. Mrs. M. J. Wrenn presides.
The Stephens Studio has moved from 10615 North Main Street to the Stephens residence at 707 Montlleu Avenue. The change of address updates the business location and contact details.
Roy Bray 23 an employee of Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing was badly hurt when his new Ford roadster left the High Point Greensboro highway, jumped the wire fence at the Jamestown bridge approach, and overturned into Deep River. He suffered a deep forehead gash and abrasions, was brought to Guilford General Hospital about 6 pm, and was assisted by witnesses including a Raleigh driver and an American Bakery truck driver. Bray rooms at 114 Virginia Avenue.
The Glenola Baptist church will hold a 7 30 PM service tonight instead of the 11 AM sermon. Pastor Rev. E C Roach will be absent in the morning, prompting the adjustment.
Funeral services for Marshal L. Jones, 22, who died yesterday at a local hospital, will be held at his parents home, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Jones, 209 West Willis Street, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery.
North Carolina Republicans debates nomination strategies for the U.S. Senate race after Josiah Bailey opposes Isaac Meekins. David H. Blair, former Internal Revenue Commissioner, seen as leading eastern candidate though some favor a convention committee to pick post-primary nominee. Meekins and Bailey are close allies, with Meekins likely to avoid facing Bailey and Blair if chosen. Blair’s long public life since 1910 cited as strength though eastern origin noted.
Two Bright Brothers Seek Home After Father’s Death. FF H Shuford, boys commissioner, oversees 12 and 9 year old brothers seeking a loving rural home and education. Commissioner hopes to place them together to avoid separation and requests contact for those interested.
Dr. R. T. March of Branches Baptist Church Richmond Virginia will preach both the morning and night sermons at Green Street Baptist Church here today. March is an outstanding Virginia Baptist minister and a large crowd is expected to hear him.
The school expects the largest graduating class in its history with 160 seniors set to complete studies in June. Advance figures indicate a grand graduation program planned for spring, with administrative details to be finalized in coming months. The complete roll lists 160 names from Edgar N. Allen to Juanita Blanche Evans with numerous families represented.
A consent judgment for 400 dollars was entered yesterday in the local court against Guilford General Hospital in favor of Miss Lelia Knochs of Catawba county. The suit, originally for 2,500 dollars, alleged burns from a narcotic and carbolic-acid burns after an operation on May 10 due to hospital negligence.
C H Am chamber of commerce secretary F J Sizemore secretary of Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association T J Ryan and High Point Warehouse manager C O Holton testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Raleigh over the NC State Corporation Commission’s complaint of unjust freight rates. Sizemore argued High Point should receive the same rates as Winston Salem Greensboro and nearby cities and that High Point’s classification lacks justification in a different class rate group.
Central Friends church hosts the annual High Point Township Sunday school institute at 3 p m. Several state leaders attend with a Tuesday all day conference for ages 15 to 23 directed by North Carolina Sunday School Association workers. Flora Davis of Raleigh opens with a talk on effective leadership.
A Christmas tuberculosis seals drive raised 947.51 this season with 691.68 allocated to the High Point Junior Service League for prevention work. Twenty five percent went to the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association and two percent to Guilford County Tuberculosis Association. The league plans to use funds to provide milk for undernourished children and support Guilford county sanitarium activities. The campaign was described as one of the largest ever raised in the city.
Funeral services for Leverett Weldon Cobb five year old boy who died at his grandparents home in Trinity route two were held at Mount Vernon M E church yesterday afternoon by Rev E M Jones pastor of Archdale M E church Burial followed in the church cemetery Pallbearers were Brink T Hunt Joseph Hill E C Blair and W T Davis
A single vegetable served en casserole with cheese sauce and parsley or similar sauce makes an excellent lunch option when paired with a salad and stewed fruit.
Dr. Albert Norman Ward president of Westminster College of Maryland visits High Point College as he promotes a plan to raise a billion dollars for small colleges. The program would endow two million dollars per qualifying institution and involve a Chicago spring meeting with notable educators and leaders.
Prof. D H Hill Jr of the poultry extension department at Happy Feed Mills will be in High Point for the first three days of this week. He will cooperate with poultry raisers and assist them at no cost.
R. R. Blackburn, vice president of Clinard Electric, departed for a week long trip to the Majestic Radio factory in Chicago. He will study the 1930 Majestic models for sale in High Point, focusing on selection and evaluation.
Over 200 leading businessmen from High Point and Piedmont cities attend a 6:30 banquet at the Sheraton hotel. Earl Whitehorne of McGraw Hill delivers a report on the region, highlighting industrial and engineering journalism and his work on distribution and waste elimination. He is noted as president of the Electrical Association of New York and a publisher.
City council votes to start immediate plans for a new school building in the fourth ward and extend East Russell Street to Brentwood avenue. Purchases of property from J H Spoon for $1000 and M W Andrews for $850 are approved. Condemnation actions target A H Holton and E Ray Farlow to acquire needed tracts, while Snow family land will be donated free of charge.
A white man identified as J. F. Rich was arrested for attempting to pass a doctored $20 bill for a $1 bill. A Black man named Saunders Williams was charged with forgery after trying to pass forged checks at Belk Stevens department store. Police recovered additional forged checks from his possession along with a rubber stamp bearing George Mumford. The two incidents unfolded with Rich being traced after a merchant call to police and Williams found with checks drawn on Commercial National Bank and Wachovia Bank and Trust.
Schiffman’s jewelry store at 106 North Main Street has been closed since last Monday for enlargement and renovation. Officials announced yesterday that the shop will likely reopen Wednesday with many new fixtures, part of a plan to make it a leading local jeweler.
The mid winter furniture market enters its second week with managers hoping fair weather will lift attendance and boost business. C F Long notes first week turnout topped last January but suffered from rain and cold reducing registrations to about 500 to 600 buyers. Overall attendance including exhibitors and sales staff neared 900 with fair but not stellar weeklong activity.
Members of the police department keep a dog as a mascot. A brown haired youngster appears at the station, and detectives hope the dog can be trained to track people. The location and origin remain unclear but the animal has become a local attraction.
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