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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
8
Patricia Lane, seven pounds one ounce, born to Dorothy Hood, adopted daughter of the late Edward W Browning, is the beneficiary of a Browning estate estimated at 6 to 10 million dollars. Hood, a Dunn commissioner, and his wife live modestly while estate litigation continues.
Esther Irby Long of High Point yesterday qualified as executrix of the estate of her husband Dr Everett Fletcher Long who died July 5 1936 in Guilford Superior Court. The estate lists $500 in real estate and $3048 in personal property.
A Camargo area tractor owner runs a ferry service for motorists wary of flooding their cars. autos are towed on a trailer hitched to a tractor whose engine powers through the shallow water to ferry them across.
A 19 year old girl seeks guidance about avoiding rough crowds and drinking boys. The adviser urges maintaining standards and not generalizing about all men. She is advised to avoid sober opinion as a model and to stay home rather than ride with drunken drivers.
The writer cautions that popularity gained at the expense of principles is costly and loneliness is preferable to lost reputation. Do not worry about a young man’s displeasure after you refuse his company. We choose our friends and must face losing the respect of others when they are not worthwhile. The young man acts childish but hurt by the refusal to accept his attentions. Maintain high standards and you will find acceptable friends.
All questions should be addressed to Miss Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. They will be answered promptly.
A grim description likens a brutal car crash to a guillotine that severed a machine on an American street. The piece emphasizes sudden unseen danger and the unannounced nature of deadly collisions, warning readers that victims may not foresee the fatal shadow.
The Democratic national committee will net about 665 from roughly 1000 paid tickets for the Roosevelt Nominators rally at High Point city lake on Saturday evening June 27. County chairman J O Atkinson Jr said final figures are pending from vice chairman Walter E Crissman, but he noted High Point township will contribute about 400 to gross receipts with the remaining 600 from Greensboro and rural areas.
Thomas A. Watson, first to hear speech over a telephone, pursued elocution to improve clarity. His passion for voice led him to acting, a path he embraced around age 56.
A report notes several New York City schoolboys earn spending money by trapping munkrats within 11 miles of Times Square, reflecting local youth activity and urban wildlife control.
A Randolph County jury awarded D. C. Payne $5,000 against Dr PD Stanton for alleged negligence in Payne’s shoulder injury diagnosis. An appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court will challenge the verdict. The case featured dispute over need for X rays and anesthesia for treatment. In a separate matter, H D Phillips administrator settled with Security Life and Trust Co for $1,500 plus interest.
Guilford county residents enrolled in the first term of the University of North Carolina summer school at Chapel Hill. High Point attendees included A. J. Lawrence L. M. Cannon J. A. Marsh May Meador Mrs. G. R. Moore Sherrod Salisbury Mrs. Dan Schroder Susan Sharp Mrs. Alice Paige White Louise Hunter. The second term will concentrate all work of the three terms.
Report says a fire at the Crest Motor Lodge caused around $3,000 in damage after a gas hose nozzle was removed and gas sprayed toward an engine. Jack Carter was cited as the witness. The incident occurred near the lodge on a day described in the report.
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