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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1938
Page
10
Summary of weekly climate data for High Point area including mean temperature 74.5 degrees, high 91.4, low 64.7, mean humidity 87 percent, high 97, low 60, total precipitation 2.05 inches. River levels ranged from 3.24 to 12.20 feet with readings on the 24th and 29th.
In Munich a police officer observes a pedestrian throw paper or fruit skin on the pavement and fines him immediately, issuing a receipt for the on the spot penalty.
Article honors Denton Baptist Church in Davidson county for four decades of faithful growth beginning with 1889 relocation from Old Tom's Creek. It notes land purchase and a 40 by 60 foot frame building, frugal debt policy, and ongoing community impact led by trustees Robert Tysinger James Snider and Andrew Buie. It mentions 1937 plans for a new structure under Rev Vann Carroll.
Rev H M Stroup leads a Denton church from a winter ground breaking to an April 1938 opening of a modern brick veneered sanctuary with 22 Sunday school rooms and a 450 seat auditorium. Starting Nov 1 1937 the project raised over 7000 cash in five months plus 46000 board feet of lumber and 7891 hours of donated labor. The total value surpassed 20000 without debt.
North Carolina tobacco growers focus on seven border towns Chadbourn Clarkton Fair Bluff Fairmont Lamberton Tabor City Whiteville as auctions begin for the 1938 crop. Border markets open with Carolina and South Carolina sales, while eastern and middle belt markets set later openings. Last year border towns sold about 100.5 million pounds with Fairmount handling the largest grower sales at 36.66 million pounds.
The report states the belt averaged 23.11 dollars per hundredweight for the latest period while overall sales averaged 22.18 dollars. It notes a price movement across the belt and compares to prior totals ending with a higher or lower value.
Report states the Army’s immense bombers can carry and drop more ordnance at once than were dropped over London during the entire war period, underscoring their overwhelming air power.
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