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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1940
Page
13
A forthright column recalls the town’s taxi drivers under heavy snow, praising their patience and skill amid delays. The piece shares local snow sculptures on North Main Street, then shifts to personal rough weather with car troubles, coal deliveries, and a humorous dispute over political reform and decency.
The annual Missionary Institute for the High Point district of the Western North Carolina Conference will convene at First Methodist Church in High Point next Wednesday, January 31. The program opens at 9 30 a devotional led by District Superintendent S W Taylor and presiding officer Dr J L Stokes. Leaders include L B Abernethy J W Hawley W C Hammer Carl H King Earl D C Brewer and P S Kennett with a display of Rev Mott’s book Methodist Unite for Action. Wives of ministers are invited to form the Ministers Writers Association during intermission. The gathering embraces Randolph County and parts of Davidson along with all of High Point.
A capacity crowd is expected next Thursday at the High School auditorium for Dale Carnegie's lecture under the American Business Club. Carnegie will discuss How to Win Friends and Influence People, the best selling book he authored after extensive study of public speaking, Lincoln, and human relations.
Beginning Tuesday January, a three hour course in method teaching art will be covered at High Point College. Mrs Alma Brooks will lead the class meeting each week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Completion of this course provides education credit.
The speaker laments a reluctance to admit error among acquaintances and themselves. They express preference for holding office over being shown wrong and admit a desire to live off government support if possible, questioning the value of honest work.
High Point police sent six warrants to the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for the detention after sentence expiration of Roy C. Odom also known as Roy C. Oldham former High Point resident. Odom was convicted in Lynchburg West Virginia for possessing an automobile stolen in interstate commerce and sent to Atlanta. He allegedly passed bad checks to buy an automobile tires and jewelry defrauding merchants of 619.25 before fleeing to Las Vegas New Mexico where arrested. Parole reportedly revoked and he was returned to prison. Odom, a Bennettsville South Carolina native, had lived in High Point years earlier.
Dr. A B Conrad, pastor, will lead a Sunday morning service launching a Prophecy series at First Baptist through April 7. February topics include Signs of the Times in the World and in the Church, among Jews and in Palestine, and the World’s Final Dictator. Church officials invite public attendance. A separate note mentions a science fact about clocks and a Kenyan soda recovery.
The Salvation Army invites the public to a Sunday School illustrated chalk talk by Thomas E. Dodamead this morning. Past appearances have been well received and the evening service at 7 30 will include tokens of appreciation for Sunday school attendance. Maj R M Cowan urges all to attend.
The Flying Squadron reveals plans for a $20 000 hangar and improved field conditions at the Greensboro High Point Airport. Greensboro and High Point aviational committees will meet within two weeks, with a dinner chaired by Frank J. Sizemore to coordinate promotion and safety awards. A ski flying exhibit by A C Johnson caps the session.
A petition signed by about 50 Highland Cotton Mill area residents requests home mail delivery. The petition, circulated by T W A A Local 319, asks Postmaster S C Clark to aid residents and be forwarded to Congressman Carl T Durham. The Highland area lacks home delivery. mail is held at the company store and handed out daily for one hour.
Police report seven new sidewalk snow citations bringing the total to 30. Authorities said they will keep issuing notices until all sidewalks are clear, hoping to spur public cooperation in snow removal.
A silk change purse found on South Main Street by Ora Leigh Robbins of Thomasville route 1 is being held by the police until the owner is identified. The purse contained a small amount of money.
High Point city schools will open Monday morning barring weather changes. Walks around schools have been cleared of ice and snow, and with warmer weather forecast officials expect good attendance in most schools.
A telephone notice stated Dr M A Adams of Rutherfordton would deliver the sermon at the regular service tonight. Earlier guidance indicated a possible postponement due to weather conditions.
Inclement weather slowed local listing of taxes last week as the office faces a goal of about 1,000 listings daily for the next three days. The books close at midnight Wednesday. Hours are 8 30 a m to 9 p m Monday and Tuesday and to midnight Wednesday.
After a harsh week with snow and freezing temperatures attendance fell, but the Southern Furniture and Rug Market will reopen Monday for what is forecast to be the biggest final week in its history. Paul W. Casey, general manager, predicted the largest week since the High Point exposition began and announced the High Point summer market dates of July 15 to 27 following Chicago’s July 1 to 13.
A joint conference of the Textile Workers Union of America and the American Federation of Hosiery Workers plus other C I O groups in North Carolina will meet in High Point next Sunday February 4 at 10 a m. The event replaces the postponed C I O state convention and will feature officials of the TWUA addressing the gathering at Labor Hall 127% North Wrenn Street.
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