Guilford County Seeks Bids for New Branch Office
The Guilford county board of commissioners in Greensboro late yesterday ordered bids for a $60,000 county office building to be opened on Wednesday morning March 24 at 10 o'clock. Plans call for a two story brick structure on Main Street with a court room, detention rooms, clerk and judge offices, tax rooms, and a basement farmer’s assembly space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Greensboro
High Point
South Main Street
Ceorge L. Stansbury
Vu5sey Vere
Joe F. Hoffman
R. Short
High Point Township
Eccles Derhart
Louis F. Voorhees
State
Farmer’s Assembly Room
Traffic Violations Reported in City During Last 24 Hours
Police charged two drivers with reckless driving and one with operating a car with improper lights. The report mentions the drive carefully and save a life fare department office and facility areas including detention rooms boiler and fuel rooms and the lower portion of the vault. The building will also have four public toilets and one private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fare Department
Bill Legalizes Temporary City School Supervisor Appointment
The State Legislature passed a bill to allow a temporary superintendent for a city administrative unit to fill a vacancy caused by a death. It was urged by Rep Rupert T. Pickens and aligns with local board needs so Jessie Mae Young may legally sign school salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Rupert T. Pickens
Clyde Erwin
Jessie Mae Young
Miss Young
Scout Camporee Dates Set for May at Uwharrie
The High Point district Boy Scout camporee will be held at Camp Uwharrie on Saturday May 1 and the annual council camporee on Saturday May 8. The announcements came at the Court of Honor session where 26 scouts received awards and committee members reviewed achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Camp Uwharrie
B. W. Hackney
Haye
Court of Honor Committee
C. E. Diffendal
O. Delk Smith
Mr. Hackney
Ross Hendrick
L. J. Yow
Dwight Hall
Lloyd Underwood
Junior McAlister
Kent Dennis
W. H. Grady
Glenn Liner
James Williams
Arthur Kaplin
Alton Hardee
Bruce Carraway
Hale Hardee
Reading
Roy Agnher
Herbert Spears
Bobby Stroupe
Arthur Utley
Bill Simmons
Jimmie Ellis
Jimmie Millis
Bob Amos
Troop 20
Sidney Bailey
Carl Bailey
Chas Brockmann
Dan Arden
Billy Connor
February Weather Report From High Point Details
A. B. Hor ner reports February weather in High Point with nine clear days eight foggy days and nine partly cloudy days. Rain fell on ten days and dense fog occurred on eight. Mean temps were 43 degrees. high 71 and low 18. Precipitation totaled 2.55 inches. snowfall eight inches with five inches on the ground at month end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
A. B. Horner
Shadd Sues for 2200 in Car Crash Case
E L Shadd filed suit in High Point court seeking 2000 for personal injuries and 200 for car damages from W R Cooper after a January 21 1937 accident on the Charlotte Pineville highway. He alleges Cooper violated traffic laws including driving on the left side. Shadd suffered numerous injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Shadd
Sui
High Point Municipal Court
W. R. Cooper
Charlotte-Pineville
Shadd
Noted Reader and Adviser for Life Guidance
Readings at private home from 10 AM to 10 PM daily with separate rooms. Help with marriage, divorce, investments, and life happiness. All readings 5 cents. 401 North Main Street Across From Sheraton Hotel.
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North Main Street
Sheraton Hotel
Stanley
College St
Main St
Carr seeks five thousand dollars in false imprisonment suit
W M Carr sues North Carolina Bond Co F H Lance and Ralph Pitts for 5000 dollars alleging false imprisonment after he was detained October 12 1936 by Lance and Pitts with two police officers Carr claims he was taken from his home to Hickory jailed without chance to identify himself and that he had no drunkenness charge Carr 36 years old with two children seeks 2500 actual and 2500 punitive damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis BE. Teague
W. M. Carr
North Carolina Bond Company
F. H. Lance
Ralph Pitts
Carr
Lance
Pitts
Bonding Company
Hickory
N. C
Logan Butler
Nattie Lee Butler
Hampton H. Wade
Jessie Mae Wade
Kate Drucilla Kirkman
Colon
Thomas Kirkman
George Albert Jones
Hurdles Cupid Elopes in Small Town
Erma May Porter Jones and J. W. Ingram are linked to Nevie Ingram, Ila Mae Jones tied to Noel Buford Jones in a brief social notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma May Porter Jones
J. W. Ingram
Nevie Ingram
Ila Mae Jones
Noel Buford Jones
City names five for first Civil Service Commission
The city council named J. Paul Williamson D. H. Smith A. H. Holton D. C. MacRae and Amos R. Kearns to the new Civil Service Commission. They will take oath with Judge Lewis E. Teague at 5 p.m. and meet to elect a chairman. Secretary role and salaries discussed. full-time secretary possible. commissioners paid 2 dollars per meeting. The panel plans to review current city employees for fitness and must organize within three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Lewis E. Teague
J. Paul Williamson
D. H. Smith
A. H. Holton
D. C. MacRae
Amos R. Kearns
Williamson
Smith
Holton
High Point Merchants’ Association
MacRae
Drum Corps to Meet at Barber Shop in Mechanicsville
The Drum and Bugle Corps of the American Legion will meet Wednesday night at 7:30 at Dave Wright's Barber Shop in Mechanicsville. Commander CC. Sharpe announced the gathering and urges all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion
Dave Wright
Mechanicsville
CC. A. Sharpe
Bound issues of North Carolina Farmer found in old Stokes home
R N Taylor presented bound copies of the North Carolina Farmer magazine dating from December 1877 to October 1880 to The Enterprise. The volumes, once published in Raleigh, were found in a Stokes County house by Mrs J E Neal, whose husband bought the property. Taylor also showed a four ounce hen egg found in a nest used by White Orpingtons and White Rocks, unsure which hen laid it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. N. Taylor
Ward Street
North Carolina
Farmer” Magazine
Raleigh
Stokes County
J. E. Neal
Swannanoa Schools Closed Over Illness Outbreak
Asheville March 2 Dr Howard Sumner Buncombe county health officer said today Swannanoa schools had been closed because of illnesses among pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Howard Sumner
Buncombe County
Swannoanoa
Death of Mrs Mary Jane Taylor in this city
Mrs Mary Jane Taylor 79 widow of Julius D Taylor dies at home 214 Ennis Street after months of illness and a stroke last June. Born September 16 1857 in Randolph County to Clark and Malinda Miller Yates. Survived by daughter Mrs S P Benner. Member Welch Memorial M P Church. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm from Welch Memorial M P Church with Dr J D Williams officiating. burial in Fairfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Taylor
Julius D. Taylor
Ennis Street
Randolph County
Clark
Malinda Miller Yates
S. P. Benner
Welch Memorial M. P
J. D. Williams
Fairfield Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Jane Peeler 67
Mrs Ellen Jane Peeler 67 wife of W W Peeler died at a local hospital Sunday morning at 3 o clock Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 30 from Central Friends church with Rev Tom A Sykes and Rev F L Conrad conducting Miss J Gurney Briggs sang My Faith Looks Up To Thee at the organ Flowers were given by friends Pallbearers were G C Howard W L Allen R L Conrad R G Conrad G K Tomlinson and R P Perdue Interment followed in Floral Garden cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen J. Peeler
Ellen Jane Peeler
W. W. Peeler
Central Friends Church
Tom A. Sykes
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
J. Gurney Briggs
G. C. Howard
W. L. Allen
R. L. Conrad
R. G. Conrad
G. K. Tomlinson
R P. Perdue
Floral Garden Cemetery
Funeral services for John H. Allred at Gray's Chapel M. P. Church
John H. Allred, 56, died in a local hospital Saturday night. Services were held Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Gray's Chapel M. P. Church with Pastor G. L. Reynolds and Rev. Edw. Suits officiating. Flowers were carried by friends. Pallbearers included C. V. Johnson, Ed Ward, Z. V. Brown, W. R. Grant, W. H. Ingram, and P. C. Sprinkle. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Allred
Gray’s Chapel
M. P. Church
G. L. Reynolds
Edw
C. V. Johnson
Ed. Ward
Z. V. Brown
W. R. Grant
W. H. Ingram
P. C
Fletcher Colson Injured in Truck Collision
Fletcher Colson a resident of 624 Hulda Street suffered facial and eye injuries when the truck he drove collided with another vehicle and struck a telephone pole at Grimes and Willowbrook about 4 30 yesterday afternoon. He was taken by Yow's ambulance to Burrus Memorial Hospital treated and returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Colson
Hulda Street
Grimes and
Willowbrook Streets
Colson
R. B. Gantt
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Gasoline Prices and Tax Rate in 1936
The average price of gasoline in 1936 was 19.45 cents per gallon. The combined state and federal tax on gasoline averaged 4.35 cents per gallon.
Federal Gasoline Revenue Reaches 180 Million in 1936
The 1936 federal revenue from gasoline totaled about $180 million, reflecting the government's income from fuel sales. The figure underscores the scale of energy taxes during that year and the role of petroleum in public revenue.
Greensboro College Plans Founders Day March Thirteen
Greensboro College will observe Founders and Benefactors Day Saturday March 13 with alumnae trustees and friends attending. A 10 am Centennial Executive Committee meeting leads to an 11 15 am address by Dr W W Peete in Odell Auditorium. The day includes a 2 30 pm alumnae conference and a 4 pm tree planting ceremony on the front campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro College
Luther U L. Gobbel
James EB. Lambeth
Thomasville
M. T. Plyler
Durham
A. J. Hobbs
Wilson
C. C. Hudson
Greensboro
J. G. Hanes
Winston- Salem
Board of Trustees
Karl Bishpric
Spray
P. W. Plagge
High Point
T. Austin Finch
Robert H. Rouse
Kinston
Roy J. Hart
New Hern
W. T. Lynch
Fairview
Nannie Lee Smith
Alumnae Association
C. W. Banner
Finance and Investment Committee
Lut L. Gobbel
8. B. Turrentine
Mark Hoffman
W. M. Curtis
P. M. Ginnings
W. W. Peete
The
of Christian Educa
City Saved $113,839 By Handling Own Refunding
High Point officials reported the city saved $113,839.29 by using its own staff to refinance debt rather than paying $25 per $1,000 to a bondholders committee as Mobile, Alabama does. The saving compared with Mobile’s method came from a plan costing $46,520.71 to refund $6.414 million of debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
E. M. Knox
Knox
Harry T. Hartwell
F. Logan Porter
High Point
Grayson
Harry T Hartwell
Alabama
New York City
New York
Personal Recklessness Blamed for Most Highway Accidents
The report asserts that individual negligence and selfish indifference cause the majority of highway crashes, stressing personal responsibility to reduce injuries and fatalities.
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County
West End
Beauty Shop
Woons
High Point Wilson's Feed & Seed
Www
A. Frank
D Howe
Yonts
Loflin Howe
Trinity 7
R. Royals
T.W. Wood & Bens
Seodemee
Richmond
N. Main St
W. L. York
Dictator A. M. Swalm, Sec
North Main
S&t
Piedmont
Piedmont Home Loan
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Wachovia Bank Bldg
Geo. A. Matton
Pres
W. ©. Idol
Sec
A. M. Richardson
y.Treas
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
USA
Danio Ora
Glenn Hadin
Margaret Thelma Riddle
Louisiana
Washington
James Shera Montgomery
Members Civil Service Board
Earl Thomas
Rod Frazier
Redding
Thomas
J.D. Taylor
Certified Public Accountants
Seidman & Seidman
Security Bank
Palm & Gene's
English Street
Madam Ardelle
de- Downes
Schwartz
N. Wrenn St. High Point
Ring Drug CO
Grunow Refrigerators
Spartan
Meadows Washers
Curtis Ic Co., Inc
Ety Phene
City Shoe Shop
West Commerce
OF Posiie Security National Hash
General Electric
Refrigerators City Refrigeration Coq
Sit North Main Sales & Ser
Red Mountain
Red
Washington Furniture Stores, Inc
E. Washington St
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