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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1930
Page
6
The Gene Lamont Bible class will convene Thursday at 3 PM at Mrs. Will Hinsons home 396 Davis Street. All members are urged to attend the session as planned.
List of entrants for an event includes Sonny Sussman and many others. Voting closes at 1 PM Friday July 18 with ballots cast at Hart's or Ingram's drug stores. Babies enter by 4 PM on R B Terry's lawn for inspection then parade at 4 45 from Terry's yard to the church yard. Prizes, including a cup, presented by Rev H N Bowne as a band plays and refreshments are available on church grounds.
Mrs H L Shuey of Morganton arrived to visit relatives. Mrs Dallas C Moose of Greensboro stays with cousins Mr and Mrs W M Nance at 043 Monthen Avenue. Mrs Carter Dalton and son Frank travel to Gold Medal Orchard Wilkes County to visit. Ora Boyles and nephew D B Boyles Jr return to Madison Avenue after Leaksville visit. Bernice Mabery returns from Wrightsville Beach with Mrs Caleb Honeycourt of Albemarle. Mr and Mrs Belvin Moore, Miss Pearl Moore and Mr and Mrs M D Matthews depart for Washington DC for about a week. Mrs Paul TenHoopen and daughters Katherine and Joan visit Mrs E T Harmon on North Main Street.
Volunteer arbiters press to end a general strike that halted business in Butte since Saturday. At a preliminary meeting last night with representatives from both employers and labor unions, further negotiations were scheduled for today.
Washington reports an expanding invasion of grasshoppers and other pests targeting western farms. entomologists warn of range caterpillars threatening thousands of acres of grass. bread sugar beet leaf hopper may worsen beet production. outbreaks spread across North and South Dakota Nebraska Michigan Idaho and Colorado with Montana spared by cold wet weather at hatching.
Sue observes a renewed sense of happiness as Ted plans a dinner with a list of guests from affluent backgrounds. The encounter highlights social climbing, financial strain, and shifting relationships between Sue, Ted, Barbara, and Jack, with Barbara questioning her social motives.
Mrs Soper and her son join geologist Eski J Dewey Soper for a two year stay at Lake Harbor Baffinland. She will be the only white woman there.
Daniel M Speaks of Steelton and Ida McKinney applied for a marriage license in Harrisburg. Speaks balked at a $2.50 fee, noting Maryland charged 96 cents, then returned to pay the higher amount after his fiancée urged it.
A legislative messenger told reporters he had lost Mrs. Calvin Coolidge during tercentenary exercises at the state house. Mrs Coolidge was later found in conversation with Mrs. Frank G Allen wife of the governor.
Stewart Browne of the United Real Estate Owners' Association sent a letter to Governor Roosevelt urging Walker's removal over having a valet. Browne later explained the plea was a joke and the letter was sent by mistake.
Former ambassador to the United States is elevated to Baron Howard of Penrith. Sir Esme has been granted a barony and has chosen a formal title on the king's birthday.
New York financier J P Morgan plans a vacation trip to England starting Friday aboard his Corsair yacht. The vessel, described as a small ocean liner, has been anchored in Newport while Morgan reviews contenders for the America's Cup defense.
Proceedings filed in Brooklyn federal court to collect 2104.51 dollars in additional income tax for 1924. The action targets unpaid taxes linked to Rudyard Kipling’s American editions published in Brooklyn. Madrid sets new official rules for bullfighting requiring schools and educators to be paid prior to events.
Blue Ridge N C July 16 Dr J Stuart Holden editor of the London Times will deliver lectures in August as part of the annual Blue Ridge program. He appears August 19 to 23 alongside other notable speakers including Dr Henry Nelson Snyder Dr Charles Reed Zahniser Dr John L Hill Dr George L Robinson and Josephus Daniels in Raleigh.
Barbara attends a dinner hosted at the Merry man residence marking a social event in the household. The gathering emphasizes family and local hospitality with guests from nearby circles.
One new certificate of incorporation issued by Secretary of State James A. Hartness names Gardner's Incorporated of Wilmington to do general coal wood ice etc. with authorized capital stock 50,000 and subscribed stock 300. Founders are Harry R. Gardner Lottie T. Gardner and Carrie Gardner of Wilmington.
A fashion note describes lightening a navy frock with lace or organdie to give a summery airiness. It suggests joining puffs and short sleeves by hand embroidery and edging the vestee with the same stitch to create a cohesive look.
Mrs Augustine Steele Rose announces the marriage of her daughter Susan Murphy to Joseph Maryon Saunders. The ceremony will be held Saturday at six o clock in the Presbyterian church Chapel Hill North Carolina. Susan Murphy is a Fayetteville native and Agnes Scott College alumna who studied at the University of North Carolina graduating in 1927. She has taught in Rocky Mount and Chapel Hill high schools. Mr Saunders is a graduate.
The subject, son of Mr and Mrs J M Saunders of Durham, earned his master’s degree in 1925 and taught at Georgia Tech for a year before becoming executive secretary of the General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina.
Lon E. Alsup, a blind candidate for state representative in Texas, campaigns with a marching band to attract attention and connect with voters. The event features the candidate greeting supporters and explaining his platform while the band performs in a public venue.
Public auction to sell Lot 62 in College Park Guilford County North Carolina as described in Book 5 Page 374. The sale follows a $1600 deed of trust default by Maggie Sautickrs widow dated November 2 1928. Auction at High Point Municipal Building August 16 1930 at 2 25 PM. Cash terms. Trustee W A J Idol.
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