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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
10
The Southern Furniture Market opens July 20 for two weeks with a buyer’s market outlook. Paul W. Casey reports 150 exhibitors promise excellent displays and a broader first-half 1936 volume versus last year. furniture prices may rise 6 to 10 percent but quality and new modern styles are emphasized.
G. L. Ray, an employee of The Enterprise, was doing nicely at Burrus Memorial hospital this afternoon after an early day hernia operation.
Members of Mechanicsville council No. 347 Jr. O U A M are called to meet at the hall Tuesday at 9 30 in the morning to attend the funeral of John B. Blair as announced today.
Members of the American Legion Drum and Bugle corps gather at the Legion hall at 7 PM for a rehearsal in preparation for the district meeting to be held here next Monday.
Nineteen officials and committee members of the Ukrainian council of labor unions went on trial today charged with embezzling 5,000,000 rubles ($1,000,000) in state funds. The money was allocated for tubercular children and orphans care.
John Branson Blair a Randolph native and Clover Hill dairy owner active in Republican politics died at his East Lexington avenue home from a heart attack after a period of declining health. He served in the 1929 legislature and is survived by his wife Carrie Welch and seven sons. Funeral Tuesday at 10:30 from Spring Hill Methodist Protestant church with interment in the church cemetery.
Mrs Olga Turner wife of R F Turner died at a local hospital early Sunday. Funeral will be Tuesday at 11 A M from Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with Rev W A Lambeth officiating. Burial in Floral Garden cemetery. She leaves husband five children two sisters two brothers and nine grandchildren. Body to be moved to 209 English Street this evening at 7.
High Point ballot results list candidate tallies for U S Senate and Governor Hoey with multiple statewide offices. Bailey 2 710 and Hoey 2 428 lead among many names across governor secretary of state treasurer and other posts with precinct style tallies.
Glenn Lawrence 30 year old High Point truck driver drowned when the row boat overturned at Triangle pond. Companion Frank Hudson made shore safely. diver search lasted 45 minutes. Crowds gathered and efforts to revive him failed. He left a widow Eva Phillips and two children Buddy and Bobby. Funeral arrangements set at Southside Baptist Church with burial in Lebanon cemetery.
Agnes Boyd, a Black woman, faced a preliminary hearing before Judge Lewis E. Teague after entering J. E. Foust’s home on Willowbrook Street. She was ordered held for Guilford superior court trial under a $500 bond. Other cases noted include Floyd Ballard’s guilty plea to false pretense, Charlie Beach’s interference with an officer, and various minor offenses.
New types of aerials for automobile radios are being developed to suit all steel tops. A folding model that fits under the running board is among the latest designs.
Jacob K. Wingo 39, a former assistant parcel post driver and postal employee here, died by his own hand in Takoma Park Maryland last night. He had lost his job and struggled to find steady work since leaving the local post office in 1938. Local officials note his seven children and recent unemployment as factors. A separate note cites an export manager predicting 4 to 5 percent of US truck exports will be diesel next year.
Sales of passenger automobiles in France last year totaled 205 units, down from 394 in 1934, reflecting a sharp drop in demand.
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