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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1936
Page
20
A satirical sketch at the Furniture Show Cafe portrays a chaotic lunch line scene with a waiter or “Short-order Gal” serving patrons. The dialogue riffs on prices 70 cents plus 15 cent service, buttermilk, ham sandwiches, apple pie, and a comic backstage view of cafe life and its eccentric customers.
The Paramount theatre begins installing RCA Photophone High Fidelity sound equipment, with J L Fields of RCA overseeing on site in Baltimore. The system, similar to Radio City, includes giant speakers with eighteen horns, high and low frequency arrays, a gyro-like rotary stabilizer, and a new projection booth to deliver unprecedented sound realism in cinema.
Fred M. Allen secretary of the Southern Combed Yarn Spinners association said a bright period of prosperity lies ahead for southern combed yarn mills if executives act as a unit to keep prices high. He noted yarn stocks are at an all time low with southern mills holding under a million pounds and not more than three days' production. July shipments exceeded production by half a million pounds, further depleting the supply.
Colored News reports Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beatty and son Hoodie left for Chester South Carolina to visit Mrs Beatty's mother Mary Beatty. Mrs Nona Dockery recovers from illness. Mrs Myrtle Barringer hosts guests from Pittsburgh Bertha Knox Rocky Mount and Meaky Steele Concord. Mrs Robert Beatty and Mrs Ollie Simmons attend Rowan association convention at Calvary Baptist church. Vernice Shanks of Concord visits Kivett Drive.
Miss Christeen Chavis invited her mother Mrs. Susan Chavis and friends to a birthday gathering at 1227 Pearson Street on Tuesday night July 21. Guests included Katy Roy Cora Gaunt and Mr and Mrs Charlie Roy among others. The Rosebud Society plans a July 26 tea at Miss Priscilla Kendall's Lee Street home at 4 PM.
The Twentieth Century club met at Guy McFall’s home on Kivett drive Thursday night to discuss a late August dance. Two aspirants, George Strain and Furman Clark, were admitted to the club.
The Red Sox aim to start a winning streak Monday night facing the Greensboro Patriots with Captain Sam Rhyne back from illness. Pitcher Lane, a lefty, is slated to start as the team recovers from recent losses and arm soreness with games possibly canceled later in Washington and Baltimore.
Mr and Mrs John Pike express gratitude for the good will shown by the citizens of High Point during their time of need. The card thanks friends neighbors and local organizations for support and kindness.
They thank friends for gifts and invite the public to St. Mark's Methodist Church on Sunday July 26 at 8 o'clock. Program includes selections by St. Mark's and local quartettes, recitations by Louise McConnell and Josephine Martin, with Rev. R W Winchster offering prayer. Music directed by Prof. Williams, Greensboro NC.
Cadet Eyre and Private Cranfill leaped to safety in their parachutes when their B 10 bomber crashed near Denbigh about 10 this morning in Langley Field Virginia.
The Sourland Mountain estate of Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh remains largely untouched since the child kidnapping. Now under welfare ownership, a caretaker and family live on the 389 acres, heavily posted with no trespassing signs to deter hunters and curiosity seekers. The property spans 182.43 acres in Mercer county and 206.7 acres in Hunterdon county atop Sourland Mountain, the region’s second highest peak.
Judge Walter L. S. bans Franklin county commissioners from continuing courthouse repairs in Elizabeth City. The temporary restraining order becomes permanent after a hearing, requiring bid advertisements and halting current operations as B. Stallings funds the suit. The commissioners had argued pre advertisement bids were too high and the county should take over construction.
Dr Elbert C Reitzel of Baltimore Md and his sons Elbert and Phillip with Burl V Reitzel of Burling spent yesterday in town visiting relatives and friends during a period of retirement.
In 1934, High Fields, a corporation aimed at child welfare, education, and hospitalization, faces questions from James M. Phelan and Henry Breckenridge over its compliance with anti discrimination rules. Breckenridge confirms Lindberghs attorney involvement while noting no immediate action and that status quo prevails. Taxes on the property continue to be paid until operations begin.
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