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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
2
Fair tonight in North Carolina with partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer interior conditions. South Carolina expects generally fair night and Thursday with moderate north winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville.
June inspection crews join farming equipment in a Wrightsville Beach program reviewing electrical standards and tractor safety during a public examination day.
Mrs. Margaret A. Davis died in Asheville with four months to reach an ec centennial birthday. The aged resident would have turned 100 next year. Funeral arrangements were not provided in the brief notice.
James T Strider aged 74 died Monday night at his home 15 miles south of Asheboro after a long illness. Survived by widow two foster daughters Mrs Jesse Shaw of Troy and Mrs Paul Nance of the home, one brother Isaiah Stride of Reidaville route three, three sisters Mrs Laura Lucas Mrs H R Crawford Mrs Floras Graves, two half brothers Walter L Pisgah Shelton, two half sisters Mrs J H Harwell and Mrs Walter Lack of Pisgah. Funeral at home today 11 o clock with interment in Calli ecutt cemetery.
Yale University conferred its highest honor an honorary Doctor of Laws on Secretary of State Cordell Hull at the 236th commencement. Ten others received honorary degrees including China's finance minister He Kung and author Stephen Vincent Benet. The university awarded 1 147 degrees as President James Rowland Angell retires.
Hollywood report says John and Elaine Barrymore reconciled after a separation. They embraced at a railroad station following Elaine’s homecoming tour and proclaimed they are very, very happy and plan to remarry soon, erasing earlier tiffs and a divorce decree.
Dr M J Shrorer of Westminster Theological Seminary will address the leadership education school of the North Carolina conference at High Point College on Religion in the Life of Young People. Rev T J Whitehead was elected president with officers Rev J B Carroll and Mrs E Ballard. The Young People of High Point presented the pageant Unsighted Cross last night. The school ends Saturday morning with exercises.
The annual Worth-McAlister reunion was held on Worth street in Asheboro with descendants of Dr. J. M. Worth and Col. Alexander C. McAlister. Attendees included family members from Greensboro Charlotte Raleigh Durham Winston-Salem Fayetteville and Asheboro.
Federal star witness Miss Jewett recounts being brought from Denver to John W. Hunt's Beverly Hills home for a Christmas Eve encounter she says was arranged by Hunt who claimed she would be the mother of a new redeemer. She describes intimate liaisons with Hunt and notes the group including H B Smith Mrs Agnes Gardner and Mrs Elizabeth Peters in the case on Mann Act charges. She recalls telegrams to Father Divine and disguising themselves as Jesus the Christ and Virgin Mary during hotel registrations.
Reported by survivors the Spanish vessel Ciudad de Barcelona was torpedoed off Magrat Spain on May 40 with about 50 Americans killed. Estimates of total casualties reached around 160, with some survivors saved scant funds.
William Feeney, aided by his stepmother Mary M. Feeney, sues Preston Trucking Co. and Paul Cloverdale of High Point in Guilford County Superior Court for 3500 dollars. The claim alleges Cloverdale backed a Preston truck into Feeney’s car last December causing permanent injuries.
Special to The Enterprise Greensboro June 23 Mrs Beasie Bolling of High Point qualified as administratrix for the estate of A J Bolling who died June 16 The heirs are two daughters Helen and Betsy Ruth The estate totals 7500 in stocks and bonds and 3000 in insurance with Mrs Bolling as beneficiary
Senate debates continued over President Roosevelt's national planning authority and the administration's relief program. Senators Bailey Robinson Andrews and Norton pressed for governance reforms and labor equity as a Judiciary subcommittee considers enlarging the Supreme Court to eleven justices.
J. A. Purser of the Charlotte fire department became president of the Carolinas Georgia chapter of the National Municipal Signal. The group selected Columbia South Carolina as the 1988 convention site.
Police arrest one person for improper brakes and one for reckless driving. Five more were cited for traffic ordinances and one for driving drunk.
The Southern Education conference opens tonight in Chapel Hill with an address by Dr. Walters, dean at Woman's College, UNC. The three day gathering gathers educators from across the South and Southeast, with speakers including Dr. R. L. Johns, Dr. Edwin H. Reeder, Dr. C. B. Glenn, and others.
Mrs Anna Rector aged 39 died at a local hospital Monday after a year long illness. Born in Catawba county June 11 1898 she was daughter of Elmore and Ema Sipe and widow of Otis Rector. Survived by two sons Roy and Billy and two daughters Helen Webb of High Point and Maude Baldwin of Wadesboro, along with her mother sister and brother. Funeral from daughter Helen Webbs home 1903 North Main street Thursday at 2 pm with Rev O L Ruth officiating and Oakwood cemetery burial.
Frederick Willetts of Wilmington retires as president and reviews the North Carolina Building and Loan League history at its annual meeting in Blowing Rock. He notes growth from 31 associations with 6.5 million dollars in assets in 1903 to 153 associations with about 14 million by 1916 and stresses honesty low costs and contract integrity as core principles.
High Point reports a warrant likely tomorrow for M Hart, trucking operator, charged with fraud. He allegedly sent to a neighboring state to buy whiskey for a North Carolina dealer but did not deliver it, diverted liquor to another truck, abandoned the original vehicle near Durham, and claimed hijacking. He admits debts and has one past charge for a bad check.
Delegates to the Presbyterian Young People's League of North Carolina returned home after an eight day session held during June 83.
Two youths Marvin Sales 20 and Clade Hamilton 17 were held for Johnson City Tennessee officers on highway robbery charges after arrest following a Johnson City police tip. They allegedly stripped a man naked and left him tied to a tree in the town. Homer Hamilton Clade’s brother was sent to Asheboro officials for abandonment and non support.
Miss Vera Idol head of English at High Point college outlined North Carolina drama progress from early native playmaking to the Carolina Playmakers at UNC. Miss Janet Russell performed piano. Club plans sent 30 Boy Scouts to Camp Uwharrie with five dollar sponsor gifts per boy. guests included Garland McPherson and Bob Betts. E. W. Freese Jr. won the attendance prize.
Charles Rist and Paul Baudouin in a joint letter of resignation from the exchange equalization fund governance commission say directors have been powerless to relieve pressure. They left the post June 15 and say Auriel’s plan to raise 6,000,600,000 francs via taxes would not reverse capital outflow.
Edward Nagorniak, Wallace Collins and George Collins were sentenced for the May 24 robbery of the Country Club Service Sta near Thomasville. Nagorniak confessed and implicated the two local youths, with sentences ranging from 14 to 86 months.
A large congregation gathered at Fairfield Methodist Church in Jamestown on Fathers Day. Children presented a program with recitations and songs highlighting the virtues and importance of fathers, followed by a brief pastor's talk at the close of the service.
Rev Paul Kennett of High Point College Jamestown Methodist led Sunday worship as Rev Jones was away at Duke University for a pastors meeting. The college professor occupied the pulpit in his absence.
Mr and Mrs William and child of Greensboro visited L J Bevan Sunday afternoon. Mrs Bevan is mother of Reitzel and Mrs Bryant. Mrs J H Gonnelly of Ontario Canada, a High Point farmer, was guest of Mr and Mrs W A Matthews. Mr and Mrs W L W and family, Burlington mill workers, spent the week at home in Jamestown. Mr and Mrs C O and son Billy, and Mr and Mrs W E Arlidge with two children, all of High Point, were guests of Mr and Mrs W Matthews.
Chicago market report notes 21,624 unmeettied items and 15,200 steady prices as of June 23. AP dispatch records unsettled trading with scattered gains and declines across vegetables and fruits.
A new oil pump is tested to standard can size and operates with 4 ket. It develops high pressure sufficient to emit a stream of oil up to 20 feet, signaling a potential advance in pumping efficiency.
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