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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1937
Page
3
Census figures show High Point women spent 57000 dollars in local beauty parlors in 1935 with higher totals the following year. The Enterprise photos feature students at Continental College of Beauty Culture performing finger waves facials shampoos and hair drying.
The Enter presents a photo series on High Point beauty culture. It highlights Continental College of Beauty Culture and its training, from finger waves to permanent curls, with students three months to qualification and state board exams. It notes women spend about 60 000 yearly on beauty and men 105 000 on barber services, plus health and safety context and a statistical note on driving laws and elephant feeding.
A two state linoleum layer school will be held at the Hotel Charlotte in Charlotte on March 29 30 31. J Irvin Groome of Congoleum Nairn Inc announced the event inviting linoleum installers from the Carolinas to receive free instruction. Gus Kolenski national installation director of Congoleum will coach the school.
Lumberton January 28 Emory F Stone 52 year old farmer was convicted of manslaughter in the death of his wife found beside a highway The state said Stone pushed her from the car while he testified she stepped voluntarily from the moving vehicle awaiting sentence today
D R Yates manager of the J C Penney company department store at Shelby was acquitted in Cleveland county recorder court of two labor law violations. He faced charges over working women more than ten hours daily or sixty five hours a week and failing to post labor department rules. The case drew significant local interest with a crowded courtroom during the hearing.
Watauga county officials prepare to oppose Blowing Rock annexation to Caldwell county while town leaders seek signatures for the petition. Caldwell committee led by F. H. Coffey plans to press state officials in Raleigh to arrange Caldwell taking a proportionate share of Watauga bonded debt if approved.
Asheville police issued a notice for the town’s meanest thief after a downtown storeroom break in. A flood relief box was stolen along with a pistol, and officers are pursuing the culprit. The incident was reported January 28.
The North Carolina Conference of Social Service ended its annual meeting in Raleigh naming Mrs. W. T. Best state commissioner of charities and welfare president, with Miss Harriett Elliott elected vice president and J. S. Holmes re-elected treasurer. Mrs. Best to recommend a secretary.
Gaston county Red Cross chair C. E. Hamilton reported residents contributed 3480 to Ohio River Valley flood relief. The initial quota of 600 was raised to 3000 as donations increased. The item also notes the largest buffalo herd is in Wainwright Alberta Canada.
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