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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
3
Gail balances busy work with fashion design duties at Madame Lisette's studio while awaiting word from Derek Hargreaves. A planned Sunday reception at Mrs. Morton’s yacht-like duplex promises social elevation, as Gail imagines outfits and status amid a city of restless nightlife and rivalries.
The Sunday School Recreation association holds its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 8 PM in the Farriss Bible class room at First Baptist Church. Two new activities, tennis and horseshops, will be introduced. All representatives are urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Portee announce the betrothal of their daughter Eva Mae to John Pike son of Mr. and Mrs. C C Pike both well known locally. The marriage will occur in the near future. both graduates of William Penn High School and A and T College respectively. Rev W H Davis to conduct revival services at First Baptist Church for two weeks beginning Sunday.
The Pastor's Aid Society presents The Women of the Bible by Walter Ben Hare at the First Baptist Church this evening at 8 o'clock. The annual revival opens today with Rev. F. R. Mason announcing the schedule and Rev. W. H. Davis of Little Rock as evangelist. services start each weekday at 8.00. Lawrence Johnson to Be Laid to Rest This Afternoon. Lawrence Johnson, 29, died Wednesday afternoon after four days of illness at 714 Hilltop Street. funeral at Mt. Zion Baptist Church at 4 this afternoon with burial in Greenhill cemetery. He was born in Blythewood South Carolina and is survived by wife Ruby Sturges Johnson and two young children. Dr. Pete King, of Franklinton, elected president-elect of the Old North State Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Society at the 49th annual meeting in Winston-Salem. he will assume office.
The Bonne Ami club held a semi formal greenleaf tea on Henleys lawn last Sunday from 5 to 7 pm. A large group attended and photographs were taken of club members. Loyd Caldwell has returned to Philadelphia after a two week stay with his parents at 1212 Leonard Street.
Benjamin Otis Davis Jr. will graduate Friday June 12 as the fourth African American to finish at West Point since 1802. His father, Col. Benjamin O Davis Sr., leads Negro army officers and now runs Tuskegee Institute operations in Alabama. Davis Jr. earned a Senate-confirmed commission as a second lieutenant and may join the 24th Infantry at Fort Benning or the 25th Infantry at Fort Huachuca. The piece notes his West Point appointment by Oscar De Priest in 1932. Recreation notes cover Mrs. W H Park leading a recreation institute at East Washington Street Community Center with hairpin lacing and spool weaving. Activities also include WPA sewing room sessions at St. Stephen’s church, a hayride to Trinity, and ongoing recreation worker programs.
Eva Siler of Siler City died at St Leo s hospital Greensboro yesterday. Funeral services from First Baptist church Siler City tomorrow June 9 at 3 o clock. Rev J W Mason to officiate. Survived by husband one daughter father mother four brothers two sisters and a brother in High Point from Virginia and North Carolina.
Alexandria Nebraska reports Adolph Bartling, 28, escaped a car fire following a collision that dropped ten feet into a creek bed. He kicked a hole through the car roof to free three passengers and later was found to have a double fracture of his right leg, unnoticed at the hour.
The weekly market letter reports a pause in activity with prices largely unchanged after brief selling sprees. It cites Budd Manufacturing bond issue as a positive sign and notes North Carolina default bonds gaining interest while politics provide temporary diversions from finance and investment concerns.
Mrs. Molly Thomas found a peculiar double radish in her Tarboro garden. She pulled a single red radish that yielded a long root reaching three inches to a second radish, larger and red and white striped, surprising the gardener.
Enterprise Bureau reports in Raleigh that licenses are not revoked without conviction. About 200 licenses were suspended pending trial under a recent attorney general ruling, with over 3,000 licenses revoked only after court-certified convictions for offenses like drunken driving.
A Commerce Department survey of 100 cities shows May building permits rose 76 percent from a year earlier, totaling 63.83 million dollars. New York led with 13.69 million, followed by Los Angeles Detroit Philadelphia Buffalo Washington San Francisco Rochester Chicago and Miami Beach. The report notes the sample’s breadth supports significance.
The June business week opened well but Memorial Day and cool weather cut retail trade in scattered areas. Drought conditions grew acute in wide regions and threatened to worsen. Reports of drought surfaced from Richmond Atlanta Birmingham Memphis Louisville Cincinnati.
Cardus is advertised as a vegetable remedy for relief of functional female complaints including nervousness weakness and digestive discomfort due to poor nourishment. A testimonial from EB Barnett claims improved pain and regularity after using Cardul six bottles. The ad suggests consulting a physician if the problem persists.
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