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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
9
Readers are urged to submit nominations for the GH POINT Five Most Likeable Citizens. Nominations must reach Ace of Spades care of The Enterprise by Saturday. Top five names, including community figures such as Dr. John T. Burrus Earl Womble and others, will be published Sunday morning.
The furniture industry plans a national observance from September 30 to October 6 with a promotional campaign to boost sales. Chicago meetings included T Austin Finch and other association representatives from the Southern Furniture Manufacturers and National groups.
Mrs. Mary Sechrest of 508 Centennial Avenue displays a near foot long cucumber in The Enterprise window claiming it is a record size. She grows it in her garden and notes several others nearly as long.
Building permits for July rose to over 23 500 with small permits issued yesterday. Fire Chief E K Ingram stated the permits covered estimated construction costs of 250 275 and 300 dollars.
Lord Marley, former British artillery officer and opposition whip, told a royal commission that some United States World War I ammunition was more dangerous to its users than to the enemy. He recalled troops avoiding their own artillery due to shells bursting at the muzzle, harming friends.
The tenth Reynolds Reunion will be July 26 at Tabernacle Methodist Church nine miles south of Greensboro. U S Senator Robert R Reynolds will deliver the principal address after devotional and welcome remarks, with a picnic lunch, short talks, music by Perry Smith’s band and games in the grove.
Raleigh charter notices list multiple firms approved by secretary of state Stacey W. Wade. The groups include Geld Recovery Corporation of Sanford to mine and process ore and minerals with capital of 10 000 and 300 subscribed, High Point Amusement Company with 50 000 capital and 300 subscribed, Roseland Service Station Company of Raleigh to wholesale and retail tires and related goods with 4 000 capital and 1 000 subscribed, and Monticello Community Athletic Corporation of Brown Summit to operate athletic teams with 25 000 capital and 190 subscribed.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America Washington camp No. 95 will host a district gathering in Siler City on Saturday July 20 starting at 430 PM with a 7 PM banquet and an open night meeting in the park. Local members assemble at 6 PM on South Main at Ward Street. autos welcome. High Point delegation expected.
Beginners’ sessions start next Tuesday at the city lake pool in Jamestown, running Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:30 and Thursdays 10 to 11. Directed by W F Bailey with lifeguards assisting, registrations open this week through Tuesday. Free instruction. regular pool admission applies.
O V Kester and Rev F L Conrad, delegates to the national Monarch convention in Philadelphia, spoke at the Elwood hotel supper meeting last night. They praised the program and said the event was well attended and a success. Walter McNair sang Negro spirituals with Thelma Drake at the piano. W B Spencer of Hagerstown was a guest as the club discussed various business matters.
Chicago reports a bound unidentified female body found in a sewer on 78th Street as police search for Mrs Evelyn Smith missing since July 10. Investigators tie Lang murder to a planned payout of 500 dollars with Lang’s mother in law Blanche Dunkel admitting involvement. Lang’s legless body was found in a Hammond swamp.
ROSSVILLE Georgia July 18. A bonus of 25000 to 30000 will be distributed this weekend to 950 employees of Peerless Woolen Mills one of Georgia's oldest plants. The mill suspended bonus payments during the depression and an official said the move may indicate better business for the mill though not necessarily for woolen mills generally.
The Civilian Conservation Corps announced that its expansion begun June 15 enrolled 85,3654 new men. Total CCC forest and park camp personnel plus Indians in camps and residents in Hawaii Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and Alaska stood at 404,600 as of July 13. State enrollments shown include North Carolina 3,678 and South Carolina 2,250.
O K LaRoque president of the Federal Home Loan Bank Winston-Salem told the High Point Rotary Club luncheon that the home is the foundation of society and that building a happy home life and educated citizenship should be a communal priority. He called for active support of home ownership aided by local building and loan associations and the Federal Home Loan Bank system to meet housing needs and raise citizenship standards. Visitors included Thomas W Sprinkle D A Stanton Horace Haworth W J Frazier James Foscue A B Tate Lyon Varden Joseph Skaggs.
Miss Helen Elizabeth Suggs died Tuesday at City Memorial hospital after a weeklong illness. She was 24 and the daughter of the late Madison and Annie Elizabeth Suggs. Survivors include three sisters and five brothers. Funeral set for Friday at 11 a.m. at Lovejoy Methodist church near Troy with interment in the church cemetery. Body remained at the Sages home on Kennel road until service time.
Two 20 man crews from CCC Camp No. 434 in High Point cleared roughly 7,000,000 weeds from a 30 acre erosion control nursery in Statesville, after transporting labor 70 miles due to staffing shortages. Foreman W O Hooper led the effort with 140 mile daily travel and a 600 weeds per hour rate, aided by Lieut A E B Toney and Soil Conservation Service officials.
Mrs Henry A Wallace wife of the secretary of agriculture arrived in Myrtle Beach today to visit Dr and Mrs David R Coker. She will return to Washington next week.
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