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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1937
Page
9
City shoppers question loaf size as four bakery managers discuss changes. One says only some brands shrink in volume while weight stays constant. another notes shorter sandwich loaves with similar weight. A third cites a shift to shorter deeper pans in a nationwide move, and a fourth traces the 1937 streamlined loaf with milk affecting size. Households are urged to weigh loaves to verify.
High Point grocers plan uniform hours of operation. A Monday meeting at city hall will discuss definite opening and closing times following a group effort by Grace Baker and the Merchants association. Debate centers on shortening hours and Sunday opening fears.
A photo from High Point city lake shows boys and girls who completed free swimming instruction classes. They learned to swim and to stay cool in torrid temperatures, as pictured by Enterprise Staff.
The Enterprise partners with leading photo merchants to host a weekly Snapshot Contest for amateurs in the city. First entries due July 20 with weekly winners published July 25 and each Sunday thereafter. Winning photos may be published. rules require outdoor scenes, after June 15, 1937, with various technical limits and no employee submissions.
Police Chief W G Friddle explains crowds hinder daily work at a railway project. He notes the brawny workers and powerful steam shovels attract spectators and suggests a city ordinance may be needed to keep crowds away and allow progress.
An east bound freight train blocked the main artery between the north and south halves of the city, halting for several minutes as fire apparatus sped through. A police blotter renewal is noted after twelve years of use. A youth-led picket targets a clothing store over alleged hours violations amid downtown labor protest.
A scientific note states that only 13 muscles are needed to form a smile while a frown engages 60 muscles. It underscores the efficiency of smiles in facial movement and expression.
Bob Penny, president of High Point Park Amusement Co., assumes control of city lake park rides in Jamestown. The firm will install more rides, offer reduced picnic group prices, and host Methodist Protestant Orphanage children as guests. Rides sit just below the park’s upper entrance.
North Carolinians endured a day of extreme heat with forecasts offering no relief. Temperatures reached 104 degrees in Lumberton and highs ranged from 95 to 99 across Wilmington Durham Winston-Salem Greensboro Raleigh and Charlotte. No deaths were reported though crops suffered from hail and rain in some areas. Beaches and mountains drew motoring crowds amid heat haze and scarce breezes.
A large turnout of High Point truck owners will attend the annual North Carolina Truck Owners association convention at the Vanderbilt hotel in Asheville on Saturday July 24. The program includes a 10 30 a m business session and officer elections, a banquet with remarks by Judge John L Rogers, and a 1 p m Dutch luncheon followed by a 2 p m board meeting and evening entertainment.
George Gershwin, famed composer, was reported near death from a brain tumor at Cedars of Lebanon hospital. He had been treated there, released recently, and doctors and brain specialists were summoned as his condition worsened. Dr. Walter Dandy was being sought for possible operative intervention.
Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring will headline the state Legion convention in Durham July 24 to 27. He will speak at Duke University Stadium on the night of Monday July 26, with time to be announced. Governor Clyde R. Hoey may appear on the program.
A one week Guilford superior court term begins in Greensboro next Monday with Judge William F Harding presiding for criminal trials only. The grand jury will consider indictments against H M Brandon of High Point for embezzlement from Hendrix Brothers Furniture and Clyde Hedgecock of High Point for embezzling from Bloom Furniture. Other High Point cases include Curtis Pressley assault and Charlie Chandler breaking and entering larceny with appearances by Clarence Crisco pressley Hayden Agner for various charges.
Chicago market officials report a record mid-summer Southern Furniture and Rug Market to open July 19 at the Exposition building. Six thousand six hundred forty-eight buyers registered at the American Furniture Mart, with strong orders from South and Southwest regions. High Point hotel reservations rise as inquiries pour into Paul W. Casey's office, signaling a highly successful gathering of buyers and salesmen.
Bruce H Carraway of North Carolina reports from Washington that state applications for old age pensions should rise and cites federal figures estimating July applications near 3000 while total eligible reach 38500. He says lack of knowledge keeps many from applying and notes payments are not retroactive. timely applications are essential.
The Plymouth Rock boulder, originally a seven ton greenish syenite stone, split while being moved to Town Square during the Revolution. The upper portion was later cemented to the base.
The Enterprise shows an odd incident as J. L. Jones of 827 Putnam Avenue reports a large bug found by his daughter crossing a road. The three inch insect has a hard shell and sharp pincers and was observed traveling with a rock in its mouth.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 619 will hold a meeting at the hall 310 North Main Street Monday night at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to attend.
Coke Cecil, renowned local businessman and magician, will perform feats of magic for members of Numa F. Reid Lodge A F and A M at their regular meeting tomorrow night. All Masons invited to attend whether or not they are lodge members.
Florida promotes year round tourism with rising summer visitors as Holt McPherson reports from Miami. Floridians support North Carolina style advertising, hoping shared resort success benefits both states. The Enterprise solicits contest entries with photo prints, name and address on back, camera details, weekly prizes, and a Snapshot Contest Page each Sunday.
The Easter egg custom dates to ancient periods with red dyes linked to Christ’s blood symbolism. Primitives dyed eggs using plant juices, signaling an early practice of color shaping in holiday customs.
In High Point a large crowd gathered outside Wright's Clothing Store on South Main Street to protest for shorter hours. A young boy led a picket with a sign urging customers to avoid stores that refuse to close early, rallying clerks from several shops.
Officials of Guilford Memorial Park announce plans to build a large communal mausoleum on Greensboro road. The marble granite bronze and tile structure will house a large number of entombments with cloisters sold. Exterior granite interior marble roof cement with vitrified tile. All exposed metal to be United States assay bronze.
A saying emphasizes equal ease in being pleasant or unpleasant and urges individuals not to impose ill temper on others, advocating considerate behavior and self-control.
The Zealous Zephyrs Ltd. announce a new device The Ice Fanman to cool sweltering High Point residents. The machine aims to waft frost laden air toward newspaper men pretze benders rasslers and honest politicians as a relief tactic amid 93 degree heat.
Work on the High Point grade crossing elimination proceeds after weather delays and a 24 hour schedule. Three steam shovels widen the main ditch as tracks are torn up from Wrens Street toward the water works, with crews shifting to Willowbrook street for a 36 inch storm sewer serving the north business district.
Report shows only one failure in North Carolina furniture industry during June 1936, a drop from the two failures typical for June. Lyon Mercantile Agency compilation notes nationwide rise with sixteen New York failures that month, versus three in 1936, driven by retailers and manufacturers.
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