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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1933
Page
16
May receipts at the High Point post office rose to $15,360.40, $2,157.18 above April and ahead of May 1932, as parcel post use grows with local plant orders. Postmaster O. R. York notes income remains strong despite higher postage and reduced mail volume, while May total at the office stood at $13,143.22.
Veterans of Foreign Wars officials announce the local Junior high play In Old Kentucky is postponed to June 16 due to illness. The delay gives contestants two extra weeks to sell World’s Fair trip tickets, which can be checked in and repurchased at Hart’s Pharmacy from P A Warner.
Dr. Frederick R. Taylor of this city left for the funeral of his brother, a Saint David's Penn. native connected with Platt Yungman and Co. of Philadelphia. The death was unexpected. he leaves a wife and one daughter. Dr. Taylor is to return home Sunday.
A man quase crippled by piercing rheumatic pains finds relief in two days after receiving Allenru from a neighbor. The sudden relief turns gloom to joy in his modest home, as he resumes work with his one hand and family nearby. Mann Drug Co. is noted as the local druggist.
Details for the VFW state encampment midnight show were finalized. The 12 act program at the Paramount theater begins 12:01 a.m. Monday with Lawrence Russell as master of ceremonies and includes prize-winning amateur talent from High Point and nearby cities, music by Janks Moser’s band, and acts by Frank Tucker, Hubert Liverman, Anna Sammett, Kent Douglas, June Auman, Brin Neese, and others before a stage wedding.
Three breakings were reported to police last night at 909 East Green Street R D Butes service station where about 2.50 in small change was taken. East Side Grocery at 1300 East Green Street saw 1.50 in pennies stolen from a cash register. Entrance to all locations used a window forced with a small bar of identical size. Guy Conrad store at corner Grace and Wise streets also forced with a bar of different size with a few pennies and chewing gum taken.
The tenth annual oratorical contest at William Penn High School will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in the John R. Taber Memorial Auditorium. Nine scholarships totaling 650 dollars are offered by various colleges and the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends. Contenders include Mae Elizabeth Hunt and John Thomas Collins with topics on Quaker themes. judges are Rev. Tom A. Sykes and others. Commencement follows on Sunday with baccalaureate and class exercises into the week.
Mrs W Ney Evans vice president of the Young Democrats of North Carolina called the Wilmington report on the 18th amendment repeal plan "somewhat prior" and said the convention will likely decide whether to participate. A Wrightsville Beach convention is planned for June or July with Senator Reynolds invited to speak and other leaders considered for keynote.
John B. Scott of Pennsylvania sought a marriage license to wed Mrs. Jennie C. Bell of Charlotte. The license listed Scott as 78 and Bell as 64.
The High Point public welfare board reports seed delivered for 2061 individual gardens of varying sizes. The program supports relief recipients by supplying seed and space, with supervision by 19 local foremen. Demonstrations include a 50 by 100 foot garden by a disabled man and a 1.5 acre plot tended by a couple, yielding multiple vegetables for summer and winter.
Justice of the peace B A Woodell relocates from 118 142 West Washington Street to the ground floor at 203 College Street. The announcement states the new office is larger and open for business today, located west of the Willard Battery Company.
Members of the Oak Hill Betterment club are invited by President pro tem 5 G. Daniel and treasurer H. Craver to attend a 7:30 tonight meeting at the old Oak Hill school house. Topics include homes for indigent elderly people night school and the June picnic. All members urged to attend.
Herman Hickman an All American football player from the University of Tennessee will face Abe Freeman a New York Jew in the feature bout of the wrestling program announced for Monday night at Willis Park. Hickman is well known for his grappling ability and football career in the South and East.
Winston Salem June 1 A bombshell in Forsyth superior court as George Polen alias Raymond Swartzberg testified that Mrs Fannie J Richardson Thompson threatened to kill him if he exposed her lottery activities. He said police learned of the raid only 30 minutes before May 9 1933 and that he aided in turning over lottery play and tickets for payment. Sam P Richardson and H C McKalver pleaded guilty. Mrs Thompson pleads not guilty and trial continues with more witnesses today.
W B McEwen president elect of the local Rotary club and district conference delegate told Rotarians at a luncheon that Rotary made progress in North Carolina over the past year. The Wilmington gathering drew more than 300 Rotarians for the conference amid district events.
Dr. Lawrence Little Dean of Western Maryland College will keynote the North Carolina Christian Endeavor convention at High Point College on June 12. His address titled A Modern Quest for Truth will precede a banquet honoring Dr Daniel A Poling at the First M P church.
Dale Craver McNeill a colored young married woman of High Point sues Adison P Richardson and Martha Richardson of High Point for slander alleging a claim that a woman was found in their bedroom. She seeks 5000 in actual damages and 5000 in punitive damages.
Warrants charging Boots at kins and Jack Bieckwelder, young men of this city, with larceny were withdrawn at the request of the prosecuting witness, Howard Russell, before Magistrate C. Cohen this afternoon.
Baltimore manufacturers say wage increases require an improving business and rising sales. As clothing and underwear trades await the market test by salesmen, optimism hinges on consumer buying, with expectations for price declines if purchases begin.
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