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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
5
A jumble of brief vignettes covers a street accident in Mobile involving an elderly claimant, a Virginia student’s diploma delay and correction in Hopewell, a Missouri farmer’s late retirement tale, an airport hatchling scene at Boeing Field, and Nebraska voters debating electricity sourcing for a school district.
The 24th unit of the safe driving school sponsored by the adult education and police departments and the state highway safety division will hold its closing exercises in the city hall council chamber tomorrow at 8. Judge D J MacRae will deliver the principal address and present certificates. Chap Bodenheimer said registration for the 26th unit begins Monday and may be done at the sergeant's desk at the police station through Tuesday. The public is invited. Russia has the world’s largest library located in Moscow with 12 000 000 volumes.
A vote was held with a flashlight used briefly to cast a ballot. the result was 24 to 1 in favor of electricity.
A worried man contacted the Pittsburgh Railways Company lost and found to report his gall stones missing after a hospital operation. He had left a small bag containing the souvenirs on a streetcar on the way home from the hospital.
A tourist asked a hotel manager in Amarillo about city attractions. The manager replied humorously that a helium plant was the only one of its kind in the world. The tourist thanked him and hoped the blooms would return in fall. Helium, a gas used in dirigibles, is noted.
In a mountain campus spring clash Lincoln and Southern duel as big league scout Ike Hill watches Rossy McAfee. Tensions run high amid memories of a murder tied feud while Judy Tollivar and Hannah Shrider cheerleaders watch the outcome.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce plans Charter Night at the Sheraton Hotel with Forrest Miles of Winston-Salem as keynote speaker. The banquet starts at 7 p m and tickets are available from the finance committee. Johnny Kircheis and his Greensboro orchestra provide music for a 10 p.m. to midnight dance with guests from nearby junior chambers and civic groups. A note mentions a lightweight aircraft engine of 1200 horsepower weighing just over a pound per horsepower.
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