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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1929
Page
12
An exhibit in the sewing department of the local high school displays a wide range of garments designed and largely made by the students. Dresses dominate the collection, from simple gingham to costly silk, including a gingham dress priced at fifty cents.
The May report from A. B. Horney shows 14 rainy days in High Point with total precipitation 2.85 inches, four to five days above average. Mean temperatures ran 70 high, 66 low, with a 36 degree daily range and a 90 degree maximum. a killing frost occurred on the last days.
An emphasis on children s clothing marks the year with many girls making dresses for younger sisters. The display features rag rugs lamp shades boudoir pillows and botik scarfs. Miss Morgan notes other items as works of sewing students with mothers invited to view Tuesday or Wednesday. Refreshments prepared by cooking students under Mrs Owen Reese. Europe fears a plague of wasps.
A joint meeting of the state Y M C A committee and local association officers will be held with dinner tonight at 6 30 at the Sheraton hotel in High Point. J Wilson Smith will present the program outlining the Y M C A work in rural and urban North Carolina and progress in larger cities. Approximately 30 directors and officers expected.
The report notes the global rayon sector has attracted over $500 million in capital. It highlights major investments across European and American firms and signals rapid growth in fiber production and market demand.
Developers announce the construction of apartment houses valued at 1,590,000 in Montreal Canada. The project targets urban housing with potential job and local economy impacts for the area.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Shore arrive in High Point Monday to lead the Central Friends church summer recreation program and head the Vacation Bible School faculty starting June 17 for three weeks. They will also oversee four weeks of encampment at Paradise Point beginning July 1.
A large congregation attended the third service of a Baptist revival at the Sensenbach building on the Thomasville road. Rev. Samuel T. Hensley of the State Baptist mission board led with a sermon titled Making the Kingdom First from Matthew chapter six. nightly services continue at 7 30 pm with public invited.
Advertisers tout Ironized Yeast as a two in one tonic with iron and violet ray treatment to build weight and strength. They claim 5 to 15 pounds gained in weeks, reduced age lines, and renewed youth with a money back guarantee if not delighted.
High Point city council members will hold a regular session tonight at 8 at city hall to conduct current business. A preliminary meeting at 2 30 this afternoon opened sealed proposals for a combined fire station and city garage on North Wrenn Street designed by architect F B Klein.
Tully Blair of Greensboro looked like a favorite to win the Carolinas amateur after a 69 in the pro-amateur event with Greensboro pro Freddy Newnham. Blair and Newnham led with 136, two ahead of Asheville duo Frank Clark and Alan Smith who shot 141. Qualifying was set for today with match play starting tomorrow.
A fire yesterday afternoon at 6 40 in a third story bedroom at the Arthur hotel on West High street drew a crowd before police and firemen extinguished it. Little damage occurred after the flames consumed a mattress. the blaze started from an ember dropped from a lighted cigarette.
Funeral services for Ida Frances Small infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Small of Marlboro were held yesterday at the Marlboro Friends church. Rev. S. M. Penn led the service with pallbearers J. P. Owens E. M. Williams Henry Staley and Orville Frazier assisting. Flowers were carried by Daphyne Lane Jewel Lane Helen Brown Ruth Yow Bessie Frazier Helen Frazier Ethel Small Edith Small.
A European theatrical company visited Kabul to showcase reforms, but local men bored by the performance removed their unfamiliar trousers and left them on the backs of seats, reflecting a setback in Western dress norms.
A three act comedy drama titled A Southern Cinderella will be staged Friday June 7 at 8 p.m. in Junior Hall over Ingrams pharmacy. Enid Bellamy played by Annice Welch loses a fortune to Katherine Hawke and allies, while Mammy Judy Johnson saves the will and Enid remains heir. Cast includes Ida Guyer Haleie Welch Sally Bell Blanche Leotard and Johnnie Bell Randolph with Rosie Wingerberry as a guardian angel.
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Tablets as a tonic to cure skinniness by adding at least five pounds in 30 days. The offer includes a money back guarantee through Mann Drug Store and other druggists if health and energy do not improve, with 60 tablets priced at 69 cents from McCoy's Laboratories New York City.
Dr Dennis Keel announces the opening of his orthodontic office at 415 Wachovia Bank Building for exclusive orthodontic care. Office hours are 9 to 5 each Wednesday and the contact phone is 2013.
The life of Fnid has ended and the community is invited to attend the service. A small admission fee will be charged for entry to the event.
M G Campbell returned home from Chatham county after his mother's death from heart trouble aged 177. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon at Hickory Mountain Methodist church. Mrs Campbell was mother to 14 children, 11 sons and three daughters.
Joseph Harries left Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands and traveled 8,130 miles to London to enlist in the British navy. His childhood imagination of the Falklands Battle still drives his eagerness, with crew noting he would need two men to slow him down.
The Philippines expects to raise about 2,590,000 tons of rice this year, reflecting plans to boost domestic production and fill hunger gaps. Government agencies project continued gains in paddies and yields across key farming regions.
Siberia furnishes lumber sold in China under Soviet auspices. The arrangement links Russian timber producers with Chinese buyers, signaling a swing in regional trade.
Donie Bush endorses rookie Larry French as a pitching sensation after strong early season performances. French has impressed in his appearances, drawing praise from managers and scouts alike.
Military authorities deploy airplanes to patrol and safeguard the Arabian border area amid rising security concerns. Air reconnaissance and patrol sorties are intensified to deter incursions and monitor movements along key frontiers.
A merchant gave his wife Adlerika mixed with glycerin buckthorn and saline for sour gas and a bloated stomach. The ad claims Adlerika cleanses both bowels removing foul matter which poisons the stomach and promises immediate relief after the first dose. Sold at Eckerd's Cut-Rate Drug Store and other druggists.
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