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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1936
Page
7
A brief overview of muffins as a family friendly habit inspired by tea rooms. Provides plain muffin recipe plus variations with bacon cheese chocolate jelly peanut butter and more. Includes sour milk and rolled oats versions and baking times for small and large muffins.
A fashion note describes a crepe paper hat named The Waltz crocheted from twisted crepe strips. It details colors blue bonnet arbutus pink cornflower flower green and a matching bag and belt, plus crochet instructions and sizing to about 21 1/2 inches head circumference.
The recipe describes bran muffins using half bran and half white flour with shortening eggs sugar and milk. Variations include Sweet Milk Bran Muffins Date Bran Muffins Walnut Muffins and a note to add chopped apples or oranges to the dry mix.
The Associational Leadership conference for the North Carolina Baptist Union is scheduled for Friday and Saturday here. Miss Mabel Starnes, associated secretary of the Baptist Training Union department, State Baptist convention, Raleigh, will preside.
The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce announced H Klee Branch as second operator for general mail and that airmail service would resume once the airfield is approved for regular operation. The expected date is about August.
In North Carolina four days before the Democratic gubernatorial election Clyde R. Hoey speaks in Roxboro and defends Democratic records while Dr. Ralph W. McDonald campaigns in Durham Dunn and Wadeboro. McDonald attacks Hoey as reckless and questions governance. Hoey notes past administrations and questions McDonald’s reliability amid personal sparring.
A federal court jury rejected the alibi of BarConner Williams and found him guilty of the lover's lane murder of Fannie Kurt in Battlefield Memorial park Fredericksburg. The victim was a young white woman from Fredericksburg and a companion was seriously injured. Williams claimed to be at a B Y P U meeting in St. Louis at the time.
An oil engine used for sawing near Moss a here exploded yesterday, starting a fire that destroyed the store. Officials estimate damage at 26,000 dollars.
Washington dispatch reports Representative Marion A. Zioncheck left the district under guard for home in Seattle after a period of police tension. He had escaped from Towson mental treatment and was involved in an assault charge case as a bond was posted to secure his freedom before departure.
In Los Angeles on June 30 prosecutors used two diamondback rattlesnakes as a dramatic demonstration of alleged murder methods. The trial focused on a $20,000 life insurance motive with Louis Berry, an insurer, testifying he sold a $5,000 policy on Mrs. James, and James pushed for double indemnity. The body was found in a pond behind the couple’s home last August.
Mrs. J. Q. Miller hosted a surprise four course dinner on West Main honoring Miss Maye Livengood for her birthday with a guest list including Misses Marie Jones Maie Snell Minnie Lee Guyer Lizzie Kaney Lucy Eason and Mesdames K. H. Phillips and J. Q. Miller. Out of town guests from Greensboro Level Cross Worthville High Point and Thomasville attended along with regional guests. Local relatives and guests joined in the celebration with invocations by Rev. Kendall Shoffner and visits from visitors to Cuba Hampton Ga. and Asheboro.
Sweltering Carolinians faced record heat as temperatures spiked across major cities. Asheville reported a high near historic levels, Charlotte and Columbia set new records, while Anderson and other towns posted triple‑digit readings amid the prolonged heat wave.
Deputy Sheriff A. J. Shu seized fifteen gallons of corn liquor from an automobile in this county. The alcohol was described as very fresh and still warm, with the deputy noting it had not been made locally and was not heated by any worm.
Isaac McGraw fled through Greensboro after a misdemeanor drunken driving hearing and alleged deadly weapon use. Deputies hunted him as he vanished into the street.
A resident of Thomasville plans to return home on School Avenue. Mr and Mrs BE Myers of Roanoke VA and Mr and Mrs Myers hosted one weekend. Mrs T Robinson sister of the Mes Myers hosted Simpatha Meyer Mendenhall and Peggy will travel to eastern North Carolina visiting Pollock and family in Kinston. Mrs Mendenhall and Posey head to Snow Hill for two weeks with friends. The trip will be by motor.
Atlanta reports May retail sales at an eight year peak in the June survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Wholesale trade rose 12.2 percent from a year ago and 11.5 percent for January–May 1936. Building permits in 11 cities up 11 percent from April 1930 figures. The Sixth District covers Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Louisiana.
In 1934 railroads carried 45 percent of automobiles from factories and 45.8 percent were delivered overland, indicating rail and overland networks dominated auto shipment.
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