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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1935
Page
2
High Point Rotary Club members and guests were entertained by Civilian Conservation Corps company 434 at the camp off the Winston-Salem road last night. Rotarians enjoyed the dinner and entertainment provided by the CCC crew.
The visit showcased a camp housing about 250 CCC personnel with complete facilities. Guests toured the recreation hall barracks library workshop and other buildings before a large mess hall dinner. Three boxing bouts followed with Casey refereeing Wright defeating Mullis Carruthers beating Stanfield and a draw between Johnson and Farr. Among the guests were Green Ross A Lambert Raymond Cifley Henry Sheeler Taylor Vaughan Lawrence Stroud D. E. Ridgell L. H. Craig Robert Williams Frank Davis Capus M. Waynick H A Foseue C H Williard Carl W Jones Fred Thomas Jr L Heilig C L Briggs and T Wingate Andrews.
Mrs Minnie Haislip Brooks wife of Eddie Brooks died Wednesday in Kernersville after a paralytic stroke. Born September 28 1893 in Forsyth County she taught at Good Will School and attended Winston Salem Teachers College. Survived by husband six children parents sister and seven brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 pm from First Baptist Kernersville with services connected to local Baptist associations and Rev G W Buckraham.
Profit-taking pressure eased and broad market mood improved with many favorites moving little either way. Wheat firmed while other grains and cotton held steady and Italian loans rallied amid a largely flat bond market and steady foreign exchanges, except the Dutch guilder which fell on Amsterdam’s political crisis.
Butter steady to weak with creamery specials at 93 score and extras around 92, firsts 88-91 pricing and standards 86-90. Eggs firm at 11,684 receipts with local and graded firsts around 22-28 cents, storage packed Firsts 22 percent, extras 23 percent.
H. H. Robbins Jr and his wife Dr Noel Robbins of Charlotte arrived to spend the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Robbins, the elder Robbins.
Thousands of High Point residents watched the Packard One-Twenty parade under light rain with a police escort. Jack Burris, local Packard distributor, organized the event with Thomas C. Hunt of Greensboro. Burris noted strong interest and said July production will reach a new high of 17 624 units, boosting profits and signaling a shift to volume production.
Harriss H Jarrell buys the Reidsville Shoe Hospital the largest shoe repair firm in Reidsville and names A H Jeffers as manager of the new unit with N E Russell also named to run the local shop. Jarrell at 21 owns multiple businesses and has studied at Harvard Law School.
Cotton futures in New Orleans closed with small gains after a mixed session. Opening calls slipped 8 to 4 points while October touched 11.89 before inching up to 11.40. December held near 11.32 with nearby months around 11.31 to 11.43.
Cotton futures in New York opened barely steady with a 4 to 6 point drop on lower Liverpool cables and foreign selling. Prices for Oct, Dec, Jan, Mar, May, and July contracts listed, with intra hour fluctuations of 2 to 8 points and spot middling at 12.15.
Chicago hogs 5 000 head incl 3 000 direct slow strong to 10 cents higher than Thursday at 10.60 to 10.80 top. cattle 1 500, calves 600, steers scarce, best yearlings and light steers 25 or more higher for the week. cows 4.36 down to 2.90, cutters 3.85 down. bulls 6.00 down. stocker trade very dull, mostly lower.
Stacey W. Wade secretary of state grants charters to Newcombe & Wilkinson Inc Shelby firms Touser-Brewer Shoe Company K&K Lumber Mills Yadkin Warehouse Realty Rowland Mutual Watermelon Exchange and related real estate and farming ventures. Blackboards of steel with enamel surfaces noted in schools.
Two local girls held in municipal court were given suspended sentences after being informed no more cases would be accepted at the state colony in Kinston until the infantile paralysis situation improved. Elsa Ernst of the colony reported the halt in new admissions.
Four men armed with submachine guns entered the Old Forge Discount and Deposit bank near Scranton on July 26 and took $16,000, fleeing in a car with a fifth member. They then held up a motorist at Minooka, fired at his vehicle, and continued toward Scranton before vanishing.
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