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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1936
Page
2
A large compiled roster lists numerous individuals from states including Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Virginia and beyond. Names appear with towns such as Fort Pierce Hickory Carthage Winston-Salem Charlotte Greensboro and Atlanta along with many others. The document catalogs residents for possible registration or civic notice activities without detailing actions or outcomes.
J. B. Dunn of High Point Mattress tells how a drunken man asked to lie down at a show and slept for two hours before waking sober to buy a large stock of mattresses for his home. John Thomas of Briggs Manufacturing notes Georgia visitors and sales of modern furniture. Wv. C. Barclay of Barclay Brown earns medallion for farthest travel to the market.
The Ramseur Furniture Co. displays a solid maple modern style three piece bedroom set at the market. The suite includes bed chest and vanity with roll top drawer handles and was noted after a Chicago market showing and photographed in Ladies' Home Journal. Retail price around 0.
One man notes crowded elevators at the Ex position building while another recalls Chicago market loading. A long list follows naming numerous individuals and towns across Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and beyond, attached to a Junior Service League mention.
A group of bridge players oversee a cafeteria at the Exposition. They move through a 10 story building selling cigarettes and accessories not available inside, while serving good food to patrons. The young ladies and Leaguers create a lively, mixed-service scene during meals.
The Caroling Parlor Furniture Company of Statesville shows a colored image of a modern studio sofa as an innovation in colored pictures. Ben Stimson, also of Statesville, has long experimented with color photography and now takes pictures that show true colors without tinting or coloring.
Reporter recalls a specific piece of furniture at the Exposition building. After wandering floors one through ten in search of the item on Monday and Tuesday, he retraced his steps from top to bottom and finally located it on the sixth floor with the manufacturers unknown.
The battleship Oklahoma, off Cherbourg on a training cruise with Annapolis midshipmen, received orders from Admiral Standley after a conference with Secretary Hull. The ship will head toward the northern Spanish coast to offer itself to Ambassador Claude G. Bowers in San Sebastian as a precautionary measure for possible flight of Americans.
VFW Post 619 plans a Thursday 6 pm weiner roast at City Lake Park with invitation to members and families. Transportation will be provided from the hall. Sons of the VFW host a watermelon cutting at Blair Park at 6 pm following a softball game.
Chicago buyers and sellers report steady butter prices with creamery products showing scores from 92 to 93 and extras around 90 to 91. Exacts and firates trend lower with regional lots at 33 percent and noted firm exes at 11 805.
Sheriff Brown detained five hotel workers and visitors including Edward Fleming bell boy L D Roddy elevator operator and Miss Mildred Ward in a Vernon hotel murder probe. Gaddy and Wollner figures appear central as time clock tape and a damaged master key surface amid eight corroborating witnesses.
Paul P. Germann Jr of High Point filed in Guilford Superior Court a personal damages claim of 3000 and 790 for his car against the Norfolk and Western Railway arising from an October 24, 1935 accident on U S Highway 21 near Hicksville Virginia. He alleges he drove at a moderate speed when the incident occurred.
Dr. W A Lambeth announced an 85000 contribution from a distinguished North Carolina family toward the Lake Junaluska campaign of the Southern Methodist Assembly. The gift brings total donations to reach 105000 by August 15 to clear the debt. Lambeth quotes progress and shifts focus to individual congregations as he campaigns in nearby towns.
Reports from Spain describe rebel planes destroying ships in northern Catalonia and a violent anarchist attack on Catalonia's semi autonomous government in Barcelona. U S embassy in Paris failed to reach Ambassador Bowers in San Sebastian and lines were cut by insurgents.
The plaintiff states his automobile was struck by a gasoline powered handcar and alleges permanent injuries and substantial car damage caused by the handcar operator’s negligence and failure to signal.
A noisy session shows broad activity with many listed companies trading up led by Alaris MUR and Allied Reduct. Major names like Coca Cola Colum and General Motors drive gains while rail and utility stocks mix. Final tally shows stock sales of 1,488,380,000.
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