This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1936
Page
2
Learn To Swim Week at the Municipal pool, halted by cold weather, will run through next week per W F Bailey parks director. The Parks and Juvenile Commission sponsors offer free instruction for local youths under 14 with separate boys and girls classes at 9 and 10 each morning.
Col Wescott Roberson, High Point attorney, becomes the first resident to pay the 1936 Guilford County taxes at the county offices on W Washington Street. Receipt No 2201 issued. Prepaid taxes receive a 3 percent discount through July 1, then 2.5 percent, tapering 0.5 percent monthly. County rate set at 75 cents per $100, up seven cents from last year. High Point railroad bond levy rate down from two thirds of a cent to one half cent per the county tax collector T R Short.
Lon Powell aged 15 escaped from three facilities in 10 days after being sentenced for stealing chickens. He broke out of the county jail Morrison Training school and the Fair Bluff guardhouse in Whiteville.
Interest is high as local talent presents a Professional Hour program at the Junior High School auditorium tomorrow at 8 o clock. The concert will feature vocal selections and various instruments with an expected splendid attendance.
Campaign heads of Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby and Dr. Ralph W. McDonald of Winston-Salem anticipate a high turnout of absentee ballots for the gubernatorial second primary. Officials provide the procedure: printed applications, notarized certificates, and official envelopes through Guilford County Board of Elections.
Dr. W J McAnally of High Point heads Guilford county Military Training Camps. Fort Bragg camp August 5 to September 3 is over 90 percent filled. Applicants must be physically fit, of good character, and a citizen or naturalizing. Ages vary by course from 17 to 29 with specific ranges. Requirements include a physical, typhoid shot, smallpox vaccination, and a character certificate.
Committee chairmen reviewed a year of constructive club activity at the High Point Rotary Club meeting held at the Sheraton hotel. The club highlighted its community service and its participation in the Duke University Institute of International Relations, chaired by Rev. T. A. Sykes. No special program was scheduled.
In Greensboro on June 25, plaintiffs in a Duplin County civil action against Gurney P. Hood and the state commissioner of banks were granted permission to inspect books and records of the Bank of Duplin and the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company. The order, signed by Superior Court Judge H Hoyle Sink, allows access to transactions between the now defunct institutions to help prepare the case.
Smith interrupts convention after funeral, clashes over Negro rights. He declares being through and walks out before voting but later says he will stay to oppose abrogation of the two thirds rule. He defends the Negro in his district yet argues southern racial limits persist.
Sam J. Needleman a Goldsboro merchant bound over in a case of receiving and disposing goods from boxcar thefts tied to a High Point gang was granted a continuance to the August term in Davidson county superior court. Railway officers and a Goldsboro detective led the investigation and sought the delay. Saunders is reportedly under arrest and another suspect is being sought. Two defendants were convicted recently. others have been heard in Guilford superior court.
Greensboro city manager Andrew Joyner accepts invitation from Greensboro department heads and city council to participate in a joint picnic dinner at the city lake tomorrow evening. He plans a baseball game and suggests a horseshoes contest with Greensboro officials. full party expected from High Point with no addresses planned.
High Point Lodge 1155 B P O B will meet tonight at eight o'clock. The gathering includes a social after the business session.
Mrs Earl Barnes reports theft of a mattress and three or four blankets from a storage room at 1535 North Main Street. Police were given a suspect name.
Miss Lois Welborn, city purchasing agent, bought three sections of six-drawer cabinets for the Clerk of Court S. Ingram’s office. The Jarrett Stationery Company sold them for 92 dollars and 50 cents. The cabinets were manufactured by Yawman and Erbe.
Dr James Rice Quisenberry 53 associate English professor at Wake Forest College since 1925 died after a 10 month illness. Funeral services set for Friday 9 a m with interment at 4 30 p m in Saint Virginia. Survived by widow three brothers and sisters.
Miss Lizzie Gooch and Mrs Van Holt travel to Philadelphia this afternoon to hear President Roosevelt deliver his acceptance address for the Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday. The item notes a Rochester manufacturing company connection.
Firemen from companies two three and six and the aerial were called about 7 20 last night to the home of Mrs Dora Brown 827 Mangum avenue to extinguish a fire caused when a match head flew off a match and came in contact with a window curtain. There was no damage.
The Men's Bible class of the Church of Christ on North Hamilton Street will meet at Mr. W. T. Finney's home at 518 Walnut Street Friday night. All members and friends are urged to attend.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.