Indefinite Delay In Stock Assessment To Aid Reorganization
Washington July 16 Levy of an assessment against stockholders of the closed Commercial National Bank of High Point will be delayed indefinitely to allow reorganization forces to revise their proposal for comptroller approval Formal action on the plan has not yet been taken and the department will wait to see what plan emerges before deciding on reopening with safety guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commercial National Bank of High Point
Comptroller
Division of
Comptroller’s Office
Orphanage Class To Give Concert Here
The Nazareth Orphans Home sacred concert program from Crescent North Carolina will be presented at First Reformed Church tonight at 8 o clock. The annual event draws large audiences and the public is invited to hear the children sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth Orphans Home
Crescent
N. C
First Reformed Church
Ferree Leaves Stehli Silks to Join New York Life
L. F. Ferree, after twelve and a half years with Stehli Silks, resigns to join New York Life Insurance. He will cover High Point Asheboro and Thomasville with an office in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Ferree
Stehli Silks Corporation
New York Life Insurance
Yestern
Mr. Ferree
High Point
Asheboro
Thomasville
Twin squash on display from local farm window
S. Wilson Jr yesterday added a twin squash grown on his High Point route 1 farm to The Enterprise collection of unusual fruits and vegetables. The unusual specimen is now on display in The Enterprise window.
Guilford County Plans Continued Drive on Unlisted Property
Guilford County will extend its drive against unlisted real and personal property with the same tax force as last year. Tax Supervisor A C Hudson says previous efforts yielded strong collection gains and many properties remain off the books. He predicts ongoing efforts will boost revenue though to a lesser extent and will address unlisted values. he is invited to speak on unlisted taxes at the state counties meeting in Wrightsville August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iay
A. C. Hudson
Guilford County
Troy R. S
Hudson
Wrightsville
Revival by Duke professor to be held at Mt Vernon Church
Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, former Wesley Memorial pastor and now professor at Duke University, will lead revival services at Mount Vernon Church starting July 17 at 8 00 in the evening with two daily sessions at 8 00 A M and 8 00 P M. The church lies about five miles below Trinity and is accessible to High Point residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert T. Rowe
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Duke University School of Religion
A. C. Waggoner
Randolph Charge
Mount Vernon Church
Trinity
Piedmont Association to Hold 39th Annual Session in Reidsville
The Piedmont Baptist association will hold its 39th annual session at First Baptist church in Reidsville on July 20 and 21. Dr. A B Conrad will preach the annual sermon. Local pastors Rev George T Tunstall Rev W P McCarter and others lead home missions social service obituaries foreign missions and Sunday school sessions. The meeting opens at 10 am Wednesday with welcome address by Rev T L Sasser and adjourns at 3 45 pm Thursday.
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Piedmont Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Reidsville
A. B. Conrad
George T. Tunstall
Green Street
O. P. Dix
T. L. Sasser
L. A. Nall
J. C. Gillespie
Dr. Conrad
A. N. Hollis
B. ©. Roach
Wilson Woodcock
J. D. Schoolfield
J. Lester Lane
Raymond Lanier
H. M. Stroupe
Dix
Welfare report shows labor used for food relief in June
The June report by Mrs. W C Hammond shows 732 families received labor for food relief out of 1 347 carried into July. 2 712 individuals benefited with 416 white and 316 colored. Script totaled 1364 dollars. Parks and Playgrounds led with 854 dollars in labor, followed by schools and other city departments.
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Board of Public Welfare
W. C. Hammond
Jung Teport Suuws
Itv
Parks and Playgrounds Commission
School Board
Welfare Department
Health Department
Furniture rate committee pursues further reductions
The Special Committee on furniture rate adjustments led by Brooks G. Brown and F. J. Flagler announces further cuts in carload rates for wooden furniture in southern territory. Rates drop from 60 to 55 percent of first class for 12 000 pounds and to 50 percent for 15 000 pounds, effective in about sixty days. Negotiations with Official Lines aim to extend reductions north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers amid northern opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Flagler
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
Brooks G. Brown
Southern Railway System
J. W. Perrin
A. C. L. Railway
O. W. Cox
N. and W. Railway
Jos. Hattendorf
I. C. Railway
Mr. Flagler
Ohio
Potomac
Official Lines Committee
Service Held for Hubert J Rumsey
Funeral services for Hubert Johnson Rumsey who died while working on a city power pole near Oak Hill were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home of his brother in law J W Suits 1704 East Commerce Street. Rev BE W Jones officiated with city employees among the mourners. Pallbearers included J L Perkins B F Saunders W C Cast Stevens J A Barringer W Gordon and D C Lane. A quartet sang Some Time We'll Understand and Abide With Me. Interment followed at Oak Wood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Hubert Johnson Rumsey
Oak Hill
J. W. Suits
East Commerce Street
BE. W. Jones
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
J. L. Perkins
B. F. Saunders
W. C. Casstevens
J. A. Barringer
W. Gordon
D. C. Lane
David Jones
W. S. Hauser
Fowler
E. W. Jones
Grace Schram
Nina Kersey
Ada Kersey
Thelma Moss
Bertha Hiatt
Edith Burchfield
Ruth Moss
Lillian Jones
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Sykes Named Chairman of Friends Peace Institute at Guilford
Tom A. Sykes of Central Friends church chaired the New Garden Quarterly Meeting sessions at Guilford College. A two day Peace Institute was set for August 7 and 8 with speakers from Duke University Salem College and the American Friends Service Committee. The aim is to propel a Southern Institute of International Relations at Duke next summer.
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New Garden Quarterly Meeting
Guilford College
Tom A. Sykes
Central Friends Church
Yearly Meeting
North Carolina Friends
Peace Institute
Elbert Russell
Duke University
Harriett Elliott
Greensboro
Ray Newton
Philadelphia
Francis Anscombe
Salem College
Alice White
High Point College
Hugh Moore
American Friends Service Committee
Southern Institute of International Relations
Legionnaires Head North for North Carolina Convention
About 35 members of the Andrew Jackson post drum and bugle corps and 14 Auxiliary members, with others, depart for Asheville to attend the North Carolina Legion department convention. The group will parade Monday at 5 p.m. and key officers and alternates are named. 2500 to 3000 delegates expected. officer elections set for Monday morning.
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Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
North Carolina Department of the Legion
Asheville
Miss Margaret Mann to serve as page at Legion Auxiliary meeting
Miss Margaret Mann daughter of Dr and Mrs J T Mann will be among pages at the American Legion Auxiliary state convention in Asheville. The event joins with the State department of the Legion on Monday and Tuesday, marking a first for High Point. Mann was appointed by Mrs Hugh Perry state auxiliary president. Noted speakers include Josephus Daniels Henry L Stevens and Kennesaw Mountain Landis. A featured event is a trip to the Veterans Hospital at Oteen.
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Margaret Mann
J. T. Mann
American Legion Auxiliary
State Department of the American Legion
Asheville
High Point
Miss Mann
Hugh Perry
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Raleigh News and Observer
the Navy
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
The
Legion
Kennesaw Mountain Landis
Government Hospital For Veterans
Oteen
Value of College 10 City Stressed by J. W. Andrews
T Wingate Andrews, general chairman, defends High Point college as a key local asset in a $50,000 emergency drive opening Friday. He cites financial, advertising, educational, and cultural benefits, noting 143 local students and 363 current enrollees reflect the college’s strong community role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Mr. Andrews
Freemans Return From California With Estate Claim News
Norman Lee Freeman and his nephew Marshall Freeman returned from California after visiting Los Angeles San Francisco Oakland and Sacramento to place proof of heirship in San Francisco and wind up the Mark Hopkins estate in Randolph Superior court Asheboro. They plan to seek a federal court administrator to speed the wind up for North Carolina heirs who have battled the case for eight years.
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Norman Lee Freeman
Marshall Freeman
California
North Carolina
Mark Hopkins
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Sacramento
Randolph Superior Court
Asheboro
Mr. Freeman
No Legion Meeting Next Tuesday Night
The Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion will skip next Tuesday night meeting due to the state department convention in Asheville. Commander Forrest H. Shuford announced the next local post meeting for Tuesday August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
American Legion
State Department
Asheville
Forrest H. Shuford
CULLER'S BOYS TO TAKE PICNIC TRIP TO MOORE S SPRINGS
Members of the Hilliard Memorial Baptist church boys Bible class taught by P L Culler will picnic Wednesday at Moore’s Springs and Wade Mecum Springs. The two year old group, ages 10 to 14, will be chaperoned by W E Kirkman Harold Culler and Roy Fowler.
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Lonnie Fitzgerald
Dillara Oats
Berlin Webb
Kenneth Rhyn
Clayton Ellis
Stafford Ellis
Everett Grubb
Edgar Parker
Marvin Kirkman
J. D. Kirkman
Robert Saunders
Woodruff Faulkner
Earl Chevis
Marwood Hutton
Artice Parker
Johnnie Younger
J. D. Willard
Prewar Prison Construction in the United States
An estimate suggests that more than one third of all Federal and state prisons in the United States were built before the Civil War. This highlights the long-standing legacy of colonial and early national era penal infrastructure.
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United States
Three New Heat Records For Summer In City
Over the past week the city saw three new heat records with a peak of 101 degrees. Rain last night cooled conditions from 6:30 p.m. as thunder and lightning passed, while Friday and Saturday featured blistering highs around 95 to 101 degrees. City meteorologist A B Horney noted a low near 70 as the week ended, with expectations of a possible summer record. Official reading in Goldsboro hit 105 degrees last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Horney
Vere
Mercury
Goldsboro
Young Driver Loses Control In Prospect Road Car Crash
A Ford coupe carrying eight boys overturned at the High Point Thomasville Denton railroad crossing on Prospect road beyond Stehli Silk mill. A white youth from Doris street suffered painful but not serious injuries to his right hip and ankle and was rushed to High Point hospital. Others, with bruises and scratches, escaped major harm.
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Colon Moore
Doris Street
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Prospect Road
Stehli
Sechrest
Local agent J Leslie Andrews wins Provident Mutual prize
J Leslie Andrews, a Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company representative, has been awarded first place in the Provident Mutual contest. Paul Schenck, general agent for the two Carolinas, notified the winner and presented a personal gift for securing business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Leslie Andrews
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Paul Schenck
Two
Carolinas
Provident Mutual
Mr. Andrews
Mr. Schenck
Extortion Letter Targeting Cox Revealed by Police
Police disclosed a deliberate extortion attempt sent to J Elwood Cox president of Commercial National Bank after its January 18 closure. The letter demanded 3000 dollars placed near a Montgomery Street Fourth Street pole. No one appeared, and no victims were identified despite threats and ongoing rumors about Cox’s death.
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J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Cox
Italy
Montgomery
Fourth Street
Elwood Cox
Montgomery Lot
Montgomery Corner
Gregg Recommends Government Employment Bureau for City
Mr. Gregg on a visit here informs that the federal unemployment relief supervisor for the state commends the local bureau and notes it is now opened with a full time manager in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg
Gov’t. Employment Bureau
High Point College Opens Second Summer Term
The six week summer session at High Point College begins Monday with registration next week and runs until August 26. Courses offered span Art Science Education Sociology English History Music and Religious Education. Miss Ira Hensley directs public school music for the term, while regular faculty teach the rest. Dr C R Hinshaw, summer school director, is optimistic about enrollment.
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High Point College
Ira Hensley
High Point
C. R. Hinshaw
Central Friends Hear Mr Sykes at Bible School and Service
Central Friends church hosts Bible school at 9 45 with Horace Haworth as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features Tom A Sykes speaking to children on Another Humming Bird Story and to adults on Overcoming Weakness and Heartedness. Special music directed by Norman Fidler. A vesper service at 6 00 at Archdale playground features The Tremendous Task of Keeping Men Happy and Enthusiastic. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Friends Church
Horace Haworth
Tom A. Sykes
Norman Fidler
Archdale Playground
Groome Family Reunion Planned in Groomtown Today
The Groome family holds its annual reunion at Z. L. Groome’s homeplace in Groomtown with a program starting at 11 o clock and a picnic dinner to follow Capus M. Waynick editor of The Enterprise will deliver the principal address.
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Groome
Z. L. Groome
Groome Town
Capus M. Waynick
The
Enterprise
Salvation Army Not Curtailed in High Point Post
The High Point Salvation Army post, a leading unit in the Carolinas, reports substantial relief work in the first six months of the year. It aided 1 095 transients, provided 1 133 beds and 1 970 meals, and assisted 394 families with groceries along with clothing for 34 families. The post also runs a daily swimming pool and distributes buttermilk to needy families with support from local donors. Adjutant John O Beirne forwards the credit to continued community generosity.
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Salvation Army
Carolinas
Guiimw Dt
Gant
Eredita Ao
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