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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1937
Page
10
The High Point city schools will shed four teachers for the 1937 38 year under new allotments. White high schools gain three teachers, white cemetery schools lose five, and there will be two fewer full time principals overall, with one fewer in white schools and one fewer in Negro schools.
Parker Waynick will relinquish the municipal court docket to Ben L. Herman tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. Waynick served two years after appointment by the city council and is praised for his work. Herman previously acted as secretary to Guilford County Board of Elections and is a Democratic party active lawyer.
Governor Hoey appointed a seven member classification commission to study property for taxation. Members are A. J. Maxwell chair, Vernon W. Flynt, R Clarence Poe, Prof. H. H. Hobbs Jr., Verne Rhoades, Ben E. Gossett, and Mayor Marvin K. Blount. They must report by September 1, 1938.
High Point merchants heard Noble T. Praigg urge newspapers as the best local advertising medium and called for fresh, novel campaigns. The banquet also saw ten directors elected to raise their board to 21, with Miss Grace Baker reporting growing association activity and Willard Dowell detailing state rulings on hours.
Canada recorded copper ore and blister exports worth 6,198,000 dollars in 1935, reflecting activity in mineral shipments valued at large sums to international markets.
In white schools three positions are allotted for next year while no Negro principal is allotted for the 1937 38 year and one whole time Negro principal was allotted.
The American Legion Andrew Jackson post 8 and 7 holds a meeting at the Legion hall tonight to elect new officers for the year. Other matters of importance to members will be discussed and attendance urged.
Children’s Day will be observed next Sunday at Sandy Ridge Methodist Protestant church. Revival services will also start Sunday and continue for a week with R L Hetheox of Fallston in charge.
F Credle, director of school house planning for the State Department of Public Instruction, conferred yesterday with School Superintendent Charlies F Carroll Jr regarding relative school plan facilities in the city.
Burnis Kearns dies from burns after an auto accident in Santa Monica California. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 o'clock from the residence on Asheboro Route two. The body returned from California with his mother Mrs B M Kearns who arrived two hours after his death.
Sergeant Fred F. Wiles of Headquarters Battery 13th Field Artillery earned high praise from Major General Hugh A. Drum during the annual inspection of the Hawaiian Division at Schoffield Barracks. He was commended for untiring instruction in motor vehicle operation and maintenance. Two vehicles from his regiment won first places in the division military competitions. Wiles enlisted in July 1926 and arrived in Hawaii August 14, 1934. his father William L. Wiles resides at 218 Parest Avenue, High Point.
Police in the past 24 hours charged three people with overparking two with speeding and one with driving without a state permit. Drive Carefully and Save a Life.
Rev. C. J. Jones pastor of Jamestown and Oakdale Methodist churches resumes duties after two week session at Duke University with the pastors summer school. Nearby visitors include Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Eller and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Gentry of Stokesdale, and other locals.
Funeral services for 69 year old George W. Moore were held at Spring Hill M P church. Rev Neese and Elder Fagg led the service with many relatives present. Flower carriers included granddaughters. Pallbearers were Vernie Moore Carman Rothrock Virgil Swaim Tom Johnson James Craven and H M Perryman. Interment followed in the church family plot.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jo sephine Owens Broadway were conducted Monday afternoon from the residence on Forrest Avenue with Rev. Robert Smith officiating. Singers included Mrs. J A Jones and Mrs. L R Jarrett performing Abide With Me Does Jesus Care and Rock of Ages. Pallbearers were Bill Phillips Melvin Briles G C Caldwell Tom Harris G T Embler and Walter Beck. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery.
L. H. Baker, motorcycle officer, suffered cuts and bruises Sunday night when he jumped from his motorcycle to avoid a collision with a car. He is recovering at his home at 8175th Street and is not yet on duty. He reported to Chief Friddle that a woman driver ignored a stop sign at Monthieu Avenue and Hamilton Street, leaving him with no safe turn. He let the bike fall on its side and was injured while the motorcycle sustained little damage.
Records show England averaged 1313 hours of sunshine in 1906 1424 hours in 1911 1296 hours in 1921 832 hours in 1931 and 829 hours in 1932 reflecting a declining trend over the period
The article notes young women employed in a London factory receive weekly wages from 49 to 80 dollars for producing high quality fur coats and scarfs. It highlights skilled labor and product standards in the fur trade.
All stores banks post offices and city offices will close for Independence Day observance. Many businesses will operate on reduced hours with some delivery windows closing until noon. Municipal offices and utilities will suspend normal service for the holiday.
The Rainbow class and Methodist protests present three short plays titled The Cast Rehearses and A There will be a small fee to attend. Proceeds go to support the class activities with a Friday 1 o'clock kickoff.
A fragment notes the American ice commonly known as 4 contains a br posed of 95 percent 5 percent zinc and th.
A Persian water pipe, called a hookah, draws smoke through a vase of water via a central idle stem or tube. The description notes its method of filtration and the distinctive design used to cool the smoke before inhalation.
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