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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
14
The High Point and Greensboro city workers meet at the Jamestown area this afternoon for a picnic with a city baseball game as a highlight. Bri Ingram leads arrangements while Greensboro’s Andrew Joyner brings a strong team. no speeches are planned.
Ben Gray by his next friend Will Gray filed suit in High Point municipal court against W B Gaddy Wood Yard seeking 15000 for injuries alleged from November 29 1935. He says while employed as a tailor for a wood saw he slipped on wood and lost his right hand and part of his right arm due to negligence including wood buildup and no guard on the saw.
A municipal court judge fined Grover Buie 100 dollars after defense efforts failed to prove a case of gin found in his speeding truck was an interstate shipment. Buie faced additional charges including assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving. costs and police car repair were ordered. Other local cases followed with fines, costs, or dismissals for reckless driving, lottery, and affray charges.
Vancouver British Columbia celebrates half a century of steady growth this year highlighting urban expansion and economic development milestones. The observance reflects a long period of population increase and infrastructure progress within the city.
Physicians claim the female nervous system is more sensitive and prone to nerve tension which equals pain. Capudine is advertised as a quick relief for nervous head ache and pain, with variants marketed to women and general relief. If Capudine fails, a doctor should be consulted.
The Enterprise reports at 418 North Wrenn Street that a local exhibitor showed five odd eggs from a chicken described as half bantam and half game. The first egg was large but diminished each day, shrinking from a normal size to about the size of a green pea by day five.
J. L. Perkins director of public utilities for High Point was elected chairman of a mutual aid organization linked to the North Carolina League of Municipalities. L. B. Johnson Wilson vice chairman O. M. McKaughan Wake Forest F. G. Godfrey New Bern J. C. Parker Elizabeth City join on the executive committee. Stanley Winborne warned rates should not shift costs to consumers. A resolution urging area electrification was adopted.
The Third Combat train of the local National Guard inspected and pitched tents at the municipal lake Thursday evening in preparation for its annual banquet. Captain B. H. Strickland led the event with Captain Sam Holt as guest. The encampment at Fort Bragg runs July 19 to August 2 with Battery E and the Combat train joining as Coast Artillery units.
J Gurney Briggs Jr and Dan W Smith provided musical accompaniment while Dr Joseph Rennie and Roy Culler attended. Hackney described Camp Uwharrie summer encampment programs for Scouts from the Methodist Protestant Orphanage, with 24 boys slated to attend this season.
Fire Chief EB K Ingram issued permits totaling 4000 for downtown repairs on North and South Main streets. The Merritt Shoe Co at 109 South Main receives a 3000 permit to repair and remodel the front. Kane and Smith Inc and Wright and Broadhurst are contractors for 109 South Main and 308 North Main respectively. Additional permits cover J A Parton building a residence and barn on Everett street, and M L Best repairing a residence at 1114 Richland Drive.
Funeral services for Wesley Vaughn were held at Green Street Baptist Church with Rev. C. N. Royals officiating. Pallbearers were Dewey Yarbrough, Charles Wood, Gilbert Sechrest and Robert Tate. Flowers were provided by friends as Argie Wood sang two selections, Safe In The Arms of Jesus and Asleep In Jesus. Interment followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
A fig tree proves unusually prolific by bearing two distinct crops within one calendar year. The phenomenon may be influenced by climate, pruning, and growth cycles, though exact causes vary by cultivar. Researchers note the unusual but repeatable pattern in some regions.
New York June 26. Coast guard reports the schooner Adventurer with three aboard was found after a two day search off Norfolk Virginia near Ne Falk. Earlier the steam Texan passed the disabled Adventurer in need of tow and the Mendez coast guard station searched the area.
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