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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1936
Page
2
A fashion wrap notes summer outfits near end of season with linen suits in two tones and lightweight pieces. It highlights cool linen cuts, two tone tops, dark shoes, black accessories, and navy ensembles as transitional early fall options for comfort and style.
Reverend F R Mason and many Baptists will travel to Reidsville for the dedication of a new rededication site. The Rowan Baptist Woman's Auxiliary meets at Calvary Church on Wednesday with Mrs F R Mason as president. Notable visitors include Dr Catherine Bilayer and her daughter June from New York visiting the Robinson family.
Henry Lee Mills a 1936 graduate of William Penn High School is chosen by the Boy Scouts to represent them at the Hoy at convention in Mount Airy. The event opens Wednesday July and lasts for several days with Mills expected to uphold the Point Scouts in debates against other North Carolina cities.
Statistics project American artists will spend millions on gas oil garag and repairs this year, highlighting rising costs for transportation and maintenance across their work.
Helena Henderson marries Peter Henderson at Crest Mountain Lodge after a whirlwind romance sparked during a New Year weekend. The celebration turns somber when Peter dives from a tree and vanishes beneath the lake, leaving Helena and friends stunned as investigators consider submerged stumps and a possible accident or foul play.
The Asheboro playground committee and staff met to approve recreation plans at the two city parks. They decided to repair the wading pool at the city park and to dispatch a truck for children living far from the centers. Adult recreation programs were also outlined.
Roberta Lea answers reader questions on good breeding, wedding rehearsal timing, and whether a girl should lead in a dance. The guidance emphasizes subtlety and tradition in social conduct.
A reader asks about deodorant for perspiring feet. Boracic acid shaken into stockings helps odor and comfort, with twice daily changes advised. Another question suggests covering fingers with salt to ease cleaning fish. For a brass bed, rub with olive oil on a soft cloth then polish with a clean one.
Daily vocabulary note urges careful word choice and correct pronunciation. It explains correct usage of fewer versus less and common misspellings, then introduces Acuity as sharpness of discernment and cleverness.
A short educational item lists five questions with answers: cutlass is a short heavy curved sword. Hoosier Poet is James Whitcomb Riley. the human body has twenty four ribs. the largest family of fishes is the carp. last battle of the Revolutionary War is Yorktown.
A young woman writes about a years old child and a man much older who is not free to marry. The advisor condemns the man’s selfish conduct and urges ending the relationship, securing the child’s care and education, and seeking his support. The letter asks if she should forget him, with guidance to pursue a straight path and contact Miss Marjorie Mansfield for answers.
North Carolina state officials say all graduates of Ceramic engineering this spring have secured jobs. Thirty seven seniors will earn B S degrees and one master’s will be awarded at the 23rd summer school ending Tuesday at the state laboratory in Raleigh. The report also notes that Irby Hardee of Columbus county died recently with no poison detected in his stomach.
Herbert Moster 14 a Negro bound to October term of federal court in Salisbury on charges of theft of mail from lock boxes in the Salisbury post office.
Three masked thieves arrived at John Flake’s gas station in Clinton, demanded fuel, and robbed the attendant of 190 dollars in cash before fleeing. Police review nearby surveillance for clues and seeking tips from residents.
Solicitor J. J. Burney said an examination was conducted into the alleged poisoning incident in Wilmington, outlining preliminary findings and indicating further steps and investigation are forthcoming.
Harnett county commissioners have furnished Sheriff William Salmon with a machine gun to aid in law enforcement. Edenton Chowan county reports a weak watermelon season with shipments down from 194,600 last year to about 150,000 this year as growers flag poor yields.
Clinton and Sampson county farmers began barning tobacco this week as officials report a 25 percent crop reduction due to dry weather.
Congressman G A Barden said the Smithsonian Institute replied it had no room for a 36 year old automobile built in New Bern by Gilbert Waters, likely the oldest of its kind in North Carolina.
Tim Mangham 62 of Raleigh drowned in a lake nearby yesterday. Authorities believe a heart attack caused the drowning.
C L Ives secretary of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad announced the annual stockholders meeting would be held August 6 at Atlantic Beach instead of August 13.
James 5an ford, sixteen, was hospitalized in Hamlet with a broken neck after diving nine feet into a three foot pool yesterday. Relatives said they held little hope for his recovery.
City officials at the North Carolina League of Municipalities annual meeting elected officers and approved a legislative program. George A. Iseley of Raleigh was named president with Ben B. Douglas of Charlotte as vice president J E B Wade of Wilmington as second vice president and Marvin Blount of Greenville as third vice president.
Tarboro on July 18 reports Jim Varnell's mule ducked a bolt during a storm. While other mules in stalls were killed by the arc that ran along the wires, the animal lowered its head to eat and survived.
A fragment notes a crayfish with an eye mounted on etalls and the creature able to drag them in at will. The text reads as a quirky observational detail from a natural history piece.
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