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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
9
A E Tate reports good mid summer merchandising for the Southern Furniture and Rug Market to be held in July 1830. Retail merchandisers buy faster than manufacturers, stock levels are low, and no price cuts are expected amid rising lumber costs.
Moose Factory is a town situated in Ontario, Canada. The community lies along the Moose River and serves as a historic Indigenous settlement with modern municipal services and regional ties to nearby communities.
High Point police joined the search for Virginia Parker of Ahoskie who, with her father Walter Parker killed in a railway accident yesterday, was last seen traveling toward High Point with W T Gray and Mrs Claud Holloman. She had not been found by afternoon with no details on intended visits.
The High Point bar association calendar committee will meet Tuesday June 28 to draw up the civil court calendar for the next term which starts July 12. Clerk I B S Ingram announced the municipal court will remain in session for a one week term.
Charles L. Coggins, Salisbury solicitor, told a Rotary luncheon in High Point that autos have killed and injured more people in 36 years than the six major wars in U S history. He warned that enforcement alone cannot curb danger and urged school based education on highway safety. He cited North Carolina losses in 1937 and called for civic club support. Ernest McCall led the program and Salvation Army Adjutant Cowan spoke for the Boys' Club. several visitors attended from various cities.
Roy Lb Lawrence regional director of the C I O met here with Henry I Adams district organizer and Emil Rieve president of the American Federation of Hosiery Workers. Lawrence was appointed to direct the campaign in the South with a one million dollar national appropriation. After a brief conference the leaders proceeded to Charlotte. Local labor men called the visit purely routine.
Lee Teel called veterinarian A H Pawnell to treat a sick horse in Burbank. When Teel returned to the barn he found Pawnell and the horse dead. Police said Pawnell likely died of a heart attack.
Archdale Trinity and nearby community win approval for a 171000 water and sewer project with a 95000 loan and 77727 grant from the federal public works administration. Final approval announced by Congressman Harold D. Cooley as Guilford and Randolph counties set July 23 bond election. A mass meeting at Trinity High School will discuss the project with speakers and open forum.
The Church of the Living God at Cloverdale in High Point will hold all day homecoming services on Sunday with dinner served at the church after the services.
The Tise organization heads announce the third annual reunion to be held August 21 at the home of Z. V. Tise in Clemmons with H. A. Tise presiding.
The state highway safety division announced revocations of licenses for Joseph Abner Kidd of 1901 Franklin Avenue and C. G. Summer of High Point after convictions for driving drunk.
Burrus Memorial hospital staff will hold a regular meeting tomorrow at eight p m at the hospital. A paper on Thyroiditis by Dr F G Woodruff and a moving picture of Sterility will be shown during the program.
The Enterprise notes the Guilford county superior court conviction of Frank Sullivan a Greensboro plumber for breaking and entering and larceny. It clarifies that M V Sullivan High Point plumber is not the same man and has no connection to the convicted Sullivan.
Rev. James E. Swinson preached to a large crowd at the tent on South Main Street. Readings included Mark 16 15 and performances by Mia, Frank Heath, the Solomon trio, and Buddy and Betty Swinson.
The Adams family mourns John Ervin a 45 year old loyal servant of nearly 25 years born in Bennettsville South Carolina He served A E F in World War I and returned to High Point to work for Mr Adams until his death Relatives live in Ohio New Jersey and Pennsylvania and the body will be moved to Bennettsville for burial
Teague campaign in High Point announces a series of precinct rallies finalizing with an election eve meeting where Judge Teague will speak. Co-manager Gaston A. Johnson aims to increase Teague's majority in High Point with a turnout drive for the July 2 election. Speakers include Charles W. McAnally Grover H. Jones M. W. Nash and others at meetings Monday through Friday with a 8 pm broadcast of Teague's address.
Guilford county taxpayers will pay about $2000 for the High Point elections investigation. Approximately 200 witnesses were examined and the board hired clerks and auditors to handle the probe. Board members drew per diems for the ten days spent on the investigation.
Police on a liquor raid at 209 Gordy Street captured four half gallon jars of white bootleg whisky and arrested Will Harper on a prohibition violation. The whisky was hidden in a woodshed near his home. Harper remained in city jail in default of a $300 bond for Municipal court Friday morning.
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Two High Point taxi firms clash over exclusive rights to pick up at the North Wrenn Street bus terminal. Judge Lewis E. Teague heard Blue Bird Cab Company Union Bus Station Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines and Carolina Coach Company seek to restrain Jolly Cab Company from soliciting at the station arguing an exclusive contract favors Blue Bird. Jolly Cab contests the contract as discriminatory. Judge Teague had not acted at presstime.
High Point officials planned a special council session within days to discuss building a new city hospital. Mayor Grayson announced the session amid unconfirmed reports and a recent physicians meeting on hospital facility improvements.
Greensboro jurors hear testimony in the murder case against Jerry Clark and Homer Myers for the June 5 death of O. D. Bovender. Mrs. Bovender identified Clark, and Dr. E B Apple described fatal bullet wounds to Bovender.
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