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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1938
Page
2
Partly cloudy with showers in west and central areas and odds of thundershowers tonight. Sunday looks fair to slightly cooler with isolated storms in south and coastal zones. Winds shift from southwest to west as a coastal system influences Jacksonville to Hatteras, with rainfall data for cotton regions noted.
In Centralia Illinois Chief of Police Kaelin announced a coroner's jury found 29 year old Mary Britton died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The partially clothed body was found in the home of Elvin Satterlee a local car dealer. Satterlee testified jealousy may have been a motive and admitted living with Miss Britton. A note beneath her body read I love you and you have fell in love with someone else signed Mary.
Oak View Methodist Church marks its second anniversary tomorrow with all day events. Sunday school begins at 9:45 a.m. and a service led by Rev. J. W. Groce is planned. Luncheon follows at 12:30 p.m. Friends of the church are invited to attend the 4 p.m. service.
Deep River weekly notes report Mr and Mrs Macey Borum leaving Tuesday for Beach NC. They were hosted by Mr and Mrs Bert Garrison and family of Abbotts Creek. Several Greensboro visitors called on Nora Lloyd and family. Ernest R Neaves and family from Hughesville MD spent days with A J Neaves. Skeen family of Asheboro road visited J L Skeen and family. Jesse Henley of Guilford College attended River church services. Quarterly Meeting drew many despite rain with lunch indoors replacing the outdoor picnic. Ruben Payne Archdale and Neil Pike Oak Hill Meeting offered strong preaching.
Mrs Graham W King of Delray Beach Florida will be guest soloist at the morning service at the First Baptist Church tomorrow. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A B Tate of 718 West Broad and is visiting the area for July with her parents. Accompanying her will be Miss Gertrude.
In Freiburg im Breisgau merchants bring a trout to a housewife's door by swimming it in a bucket of water. They slay a person with a potato or similar object.
The Methodist Protestant church lists Sunday school at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m The morning sermon by Pastor O L Easter is titled Harnessing Our Visions An evening service follows at 8 p m Christian Endeavor meets at 7 15 p m A mid week prayer service is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m A cottage prayer meeting will be held Friday night at Mr J A Murphys home on Long Street
Rev N M Harrison of High Point College will preach at 11 o clock. The church joins a union service at Evangelical and Reformed church at an unspecified time. Luther Medlin Christian Endeavor field secretary will speak to the Junior church at 11 o'clock. Intermediate Endeavor meets at 7. Board of Stewards meets Monday evening at a missing time at Dr L H Zimmerman 901 Carrick Ave.
The pastor Dr J D Williams will preach at 11 a m and 7 30 p m A Christian Endeavor meeting is set for 6 15 p m Prayer meeting is Wednesday evening at 7 30 p m
Sunday school at 9 45 am with J A Lee as superintendent. Preaching at 11 am and 7 45 pm by Rev Edward Suits. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 pm. Mid week service Wednesday at 7 45 pm.
Christ Church societies announce the Sunday lesson will be Sacrament with services at 11 o clock in the morning. The address is 319 North Main Street and the reading room opens Wednesday and Friday from 10 a m to 1 p m for churchgoers.
Evangelical and Reformed church holds holy communion at 11 am Sunday with a junior sermon. Rev Howard Hartzell of the Episcopal church to preach. Choir under M F Crooks and Prof Dan Smith to sing two sacred anthems. Wednesday night service at 7 30.
Sunday school at 10 o clock and preaching at 11 by Pastor H L Calloway on Christ Our Example. Young people service at 6:45 and preaching at 7:45 on Gods Word. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:45 and cottage prayer Friday at 7:45.
Sunday school begins at 9 30 A M at Ward Street with a song service then classes. Ward Street preaching at 11 00 A M and 7 45 P M laymen lead second and fourth Sunday evenings. Archdale preaching 7 45 P M. Archdale Tuesday prayer service. Ward Street Wednesday 7 45 P M prayer. Thursday 7 45 P M at 2200 English St home of Mr and Mrs J M Nance. Saturday 7 45 P M prayer at Joe Durham home near Archdale post office with M L Oliver in charge.
Rev. H. H. Robbins, pastor, will deliver morning sermon on What Is It to Be a Christian and evening sermon on What the Bible Teaches about the New Birth. Bible school at 9:30 a.m. and prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30.
The Wesley Memorial Church outlines a Sunday schedule with a 9:45 a.m. church school 11 a.m. Morning worship and a sermon by Dr. E. H. Blackard. An evening Union Service at the Reformed church features Rev. Howard Hartzell. Monday hosts the Woman's Missionary Auxiliary at 3:30 p.m. A Wednesday barbecue for adults is planned.
At 11 a.m. pastor D. V. Howell will preach on Spoiling the Strong Man's House and at 7 45 p.m. on Bringing Good Out Of Evil. League programs are scheduled for 6 45 p.m. and 7 30 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday at.
J. H. Witcher, superintendent, announces preaching by Rev. D. C. Stone at 11 o'clock. Ww. Y. P. S&S at 6 30 p.m. Evening sermon by Rev. Hugh Smith of High Point at 7 30. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday night at 7 39.
Pastor N. C. Williams leads church services with 9:30 am Sunday school under R. W. Sowers, 11 am sermon on The Greatest Preacher of the Old Testament, and 7:45 pm sermons including Amazing Grace. Wednesday 7:45 pm prayer meeting by the Big Brothers Bible class.
W O Helsabeck leads opening worship and Bible school at 9 45 a m Lords Supper at 11 am sermon topics And They Come to Jesus and The Rejection of God Christian Endeavor prayer Evening sermon Cottage prayer Tuesday at Roy Bechrest house Mid week meeting Wednesday 7 30 p m at the church.
G W Fink, pastor, preaches at 7 30 p m Saturday and 11 a m 7 30 p m Sunday with nightly services through Wednesday. Rev C B Anderson leads inspiring singing. Young People meetings hold at 10 a m and 6 45 p m for both churches.
Morning worship at 11 o clock with Rev H P Williams preaching. Communion observed after. Young people service at 6 45 p m Evangelistic service at 7 45 p m Revival led by Evangelist Jimmie Jonn son and music by Joe Bamberg. Revival runs nightly at 7 45 p m with special singing each night.
Bethel Temple on Snow and Randolph Streets lists Sunday activities with 9 45 a m Sunday School 10 45 a m Morning Worship and a Young People's program led by Mrs Mae Hobbs and secretary Miss Causey at 6 30 p m Recitation by Rev Cornelius Myers at 7 30 p m Monday Fishermans club meets at Mrs Glen Causeys home Tuesday Prayer and Praise at 7 30 p m and Friday Christian training at 7 30 p m
Holy communion at 8 am. No church school sessions in July and August. Morning prayer at 11 o'clock. Congregation to join in the union service at night.
The Good News and the New Goods will be the sermon subject at 11 o clock with the text from James 1 23 If any be a hearer of the Word and not a doer The Lord s Supper will be administered at the morning service.
Presbyterian Departmental Sunday school at 9 45 J D Ross superintendent. At 11 o clock the pastor preaches on Communion Meditation. Union services at 8 o clock at the Reformed church. Young People meet at 6 45 delegates to the Peace conference report. Woman's Auxiliary meets Monday 8 00 evening Circles meet 7 39 P M.
The State Farm Bureau Federation will hold its annual meeting at Greenville on August 17. Edward A. ONeill of Chicago, president of the American Farm Bureau, will be the principal speaker.
Rev Clifton Pearson pastor leads Sunday services with Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11 The sermon titled The Blind Man s Prayer will be shared The two Christian Endeavor societies meet Sunday evening at 6 30 with Oscar McCampbell as superintendent
Central Bible School begins at 9 45 a m with Horace Haworth as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features Putting Large Horizons Around Christianity with Mrs Henry White and Cecil Haworth. Sunday evening at 8 is a joint service at Evangelical and Reformed church with Rev Howard Hartzell. Monday 3 15 executive Auxiliary meeting. 3 45 general Auxiliary. Wednesday supper at 6 30 and devotional at 7 30 at Woody Ferguson home near Centennial avenue extension.
The Baptist church conducts morning worship at 11 with Rev. A. Lincoln Falk preaching the sermon titled The Christian Overplue. The Bible teaching union meets at 6 30 followed by the evening service at 7 30 with a sermon The Great Red Dragon.
Sunday school begins at 9 45 A M with J M Thomas as superintendent. The sermon at 11 A M is preached by Rev James E Swinson on The Lords Table. Special music led by Lenzie Cumby.
Rev. E. M. Smith leads Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 10:45 a.m. The sermon is titled Builders. Evening service at 7:45 p.m. continues the Builders theme. Bible study Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.
Ray Liner, superintendent, notes preaching services at 2 30 with a prayer meeting on Wednesday evening led by Rev. G H Liner, pastor.
South Side Sunday school at 9 45 a m with D A Howard as superintendent. Preaching at 11 by the pastor on Home Religion. Evening services B Y P U at 6 and evangelistic services at 7 30 with Rev G W Cooper as speaker.
Dr. A B Conrad announces 11 oclock worship with the sermon titled Jephuism. Mrs Graham King will sing offertory solo The Penitent by Van de Water. Bible school starts at 9 45. Senior Board of Deacons meets Monday at 8 in the church. W M and Y W A circles meet Monday. Prayer service and B T U on Wednesday evening at 7.
Ernest Feyd an Alabama native once sentenced to die for first degree burglary gained a new trial after the state supreme court found trial error. He pleaded guilty yesterday to second degree burglary and received a 35 to 40 year sentence after man sanchonons by Judge H Hoyle n. At the earlier trial Feyd was convicted of breaking into a bedroom occupied by two women.
In Henderson, Mrs Mae Bridges Scott sues R G Harrison chair of the Vance county board of education for 5000 damages alleging he stated publicly that her husband B A Scott was not reelected principal of Dabney high school due to the character and reputation of his wife.
Asheboro July 9 Ralph L Bulla announces the annual reunion of the Bulla Farlowe and Millikan families will be Sunday July 17 at John Wesley Stand seven miles northwest of Asheboro. Charles Ross Raleigh and Lillington general counsel of the highway commission will give the principal address at 11 am. A memorial service follows the luncheon with other festivities planned.
Sam Crutchfield dies at home on 1102 Alder street after a several week illness. A longtime High Point resident he is survived by his wife Magele Crutchfield two sisters Dora Crutchfield and Julia Woods of Greensboro. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Rev R D Camp and his Emmanuel Baptist Church chair will render service at the Women's Memorial A M E Church Sunday at 3 30 o'clock.
The Connie Tyson Beauty Shop has relocated from 401 Moon Street to 1200 Pearson Street.
The First Baptist Church missionary group plans a Green Tea on the parsonage lawn this Sunday with several musical selections provided by the gathering.
A rainbow wedding sponsored by the Junior church of the First Baptist church is planned for Monday evening at 8 30 o clock. Ten brides and attendants will participate with soloists including Miss Carrie Steele Mrs Alice Eccles Mrs Dockery Mrs Sylvia Alford and Mrs Nettie Lee providing solos.
Funeral service for Mrs. Beastie Anderson will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock at St Stephen s A M E Zion church. Rev A F Dunn will conduct the rites with assistance from Rev W F Witherspoon of Greensboro.
Raleigh July 9 The North Carolina Department of Agriculture reports farmers planted 18 per cent less cotton acreage this season. Chief statistician W H Rhodes cites cool wet weather and boll weevil infestation as key factors lowering prospects. The July 1 findings indicate the crop outlook is none too bright.
Waynesville July 9 voters in Haywood County will ballot September 3 on opening an ABC liquor store. The board of elections approved a petition of 1 782 voters for the election and registration books will open August 6.
The lesson recalls Caleb and Joshua among the twelve spies and their faith to claim Canaan. At eighty five Caleb asserts God’s promise, honors Moses as a man of God, and urges trust in divine help despite giants and fear. The speaker notes two faithful versus ten discouraged spies and applies the contrast to modern believers.
Hollywood reports a revival of The Drunkard drawing 350 seats nightly, now in its sixth year with seven performances weekly. Cast members from 1983 remain, including Jan Duggan and George Stuart, as half a million attendees enjoy the old melodrama with its 19th century atmosphere.
A sermon-like meditation on Caleb remaining faithful through forty five years in the wilderness. It contrasts his trust in God with the ten spies, praises Joshua as a leader, and urges patience devotion and forgiveness as the path to receiving God’s promises.
A devotional sermon reflects on Caleb’s endurance in the wilderness and God keeping him healthy for Hebron. It emphasizes trusting the Lord to obtain the promised inheritance in Christ and the New Jerusalem through faithful obedience. The message contrasts Caleb’s example with Joshua and urges wholehearted following of God.
The number and size of his coffeespots measures the prestige of a Bedouin sheik. Coffee making among the Bedouins is a public ceremony requiring many containers of different sizes.
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