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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1938
Page
5
Sunshine grocery at 440 East Washington Street debuts under Same Groce who has 12 years in the trade. The store offers a full line of groceries and a meat market supervised by L Blum. A delivery service is available with ample parking and a citywide telephone number 2381.
The cotton picking season in the United States is reported to average about 100 days each year. This indicates the typical duration from harvest start to finish across major growing regions and seasons.
A rare lunar eclipse at high noon is noted as theoretically possible in polar regions. Separately, male Hercules beetles are observed carrying mates in their large jaw pinchers.
High Point service station markets high grade seat covers for all auto makes and models sold and installed at the Pointer station at English and Elm. They also handle Atlas batteries tires and Esso gasoline oil and greases. Special lubrication polishing washing and waxing are promoted with modern equipment and ample parking.
Cash Fuel company offers Blue Gem red ash coal in lump and egg sizes and sells all grades of wood and coal. J R Summers is owner and manager with yard at 1501 South Main street. Prompt delivery in any amount from $1 up, reachable by telephone 2898. Coal and stove wood kept dry in the woodshed with guaranteed satisfaction in quality and quantity.
Becker Tailoring Company moves to new headquarters at N Main and W Washington streets and invites a grand opening Friday from 7 to 9 PM. Manager E R Clodfelter touts a new women and men woolens line, some woven for Becker, with 40 NC representatives and six offices. Local staff includes L R Price Bob Cook H P Sira BE HH Biller and Nick Bombalis.
Raleigh reports 5900 more persons added to North Carolina relief rolls, bringing total to 35000. WPA state administrator George W. Coan Jr says the increase follows a $250 million deficiency appropriation, boosting monthly expenditures to about $1.2 million from $800,000.
In 1935 there were just 061 000 agricultural workers in England and the figure rose to 996 000 in later years as rural employment patterns shifted.
The Connecticut River, the region’s largest waterway, runs through Connecticut and divides the state. Its course shapes geography and local settlements as it flows toward the Long Island Sound.
H Gordon and Son, High Point's oldest junk dealer, known for honesty and fair prices, advertises constant communications with its northern broker. Organized in 1915, the firm buys scrap in any amount, offers high cash prices, calls for spring cleanups, maintains delivery trucks, and dismantles old plants.
City Fuel Company in High Point sells Clinchfield coal exclusively, with Mrs Edna Blake as owner. The firm, organized by Charles F Blake in 1921, operates a large delivery fleet and offers Pocahontas nut and other stokers, plus quick service to customers inside the city and nearby areas.
The remezia, a bird of the British Isles, constructs a jug-shaped nest from cotton and seed down. The weaving is so fine it resembles felt.
The report states that Canada and the United States together host more than 12 680 directed playgrounds across 1012 cities. It emphasizes the breadth of public play spaces and regional distribution.
Plymouth and DeSoto 1938 models are on display at Furniture City Motors Inc. at 792 North Main Street High Point. W. L. Smith, manager, oversees a new motor firm agency for Chrysler products with a second used-car lot two doors away. The service department has modern equipment, with skilled staff and a full parts line for Plymouth and DeSoto.
Emerywood market operated by C. H. Allred earns high sanitary ratings and is praised as one of the cleanest markets in High Point. The store offers fresh fruits and vegetables, groceries, cured meats, Kraft products, Garber's and Clapp's baby foods, with parking available on North Main Street near Emerywood. Modern refrigeration supports a full line of goods priced to serve local homes.
A community singing event will be held at West End Baptist Church next Sunday March 6 from 2 to 4 pm. Singers from Denton Winston-Salem and nearby communities will participate and the public is invited to attend.
A Alabama statute bans sprinkling salt on railroad tracks, prohibiting acts that could interfere with rail safety and operations and carrying penalties for violators.
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