This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 38 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1940
Page
2
Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with worship at 11 00 led by Pastor Dr O B Mitchell on the subject Training the child Young people gather at 4 5 p m followed by an 7 30 evening program by Ken Jay High School Orchestra and sermon by Dr S W Taylor Mid week service is Wednesday at 7 30 p m in High Point district.
Iwalch Memorial announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 730 p m by Pastor J D Williams Prayer meeting Wednesday.
G W Fink, pastor, will preach at Jamestown 11 a.m. and Oakdale 7 30 p.m. Sunday school both churches 10 a.m. Young People meet Jamestown 7 p.m. Oakdale 6 45 p.m. Visitors welcome at all services.
Icalvary Church schedules a 9 45 a m service with the theme Jesus Calls Us led by Rev D W Howell. A play Youth and the Living Church will be performed at 7 30 p m by the Senior Young People. Prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at [time missing].
Lebanon churches schedule morning 9 45 Sunday school and 11 worship with themes and special programs. Ward Street and Rankin Memorial list family services and youth rallies. Hirst Street hosts Young People's Day with a Living Church program and a district youth rally planned at 7 50 Tuesday. Main Street N C Williams outlines Youth and the Living Church program and Holy Communion during Lent.
The notice states a service on Monday at 7 30 p m and another evening service at 7 o'clock featuring young people. It outlines two service times with youth participation highlighted in each.
Wesleyan Hayworth Memorial lists 9 45 Sunday school led by J C Ledbetter with 11 o clock communion sermon by pastor 2 pm home visitation 6 pm Young People 7 15 evangelistic message. Hickory Chapel sunrise 6 am prayer at Harold Schram home 11 am message by Rev D C Stone W Y P 8 at 6 15 Roy Parker of Thomasville to preach 7 30 pm Mid week prayer Wed 7 30 Ennis Sunday school 9 45 preaching 11 W Y P 8 6 30 Woman's Missionary Society in charge 7718 Rev J C Reynolds Asheboro speaker at eve service.
Morning program features Mrs. Horace Haworth on Friends mission in Mexico at 9 45. Cecil E Haworth speaks on Maintaining Fellowship With Christ at 11. Evening worship at 6 30 with a sermon on Christ and Our Moral Problems. Christian Endeavor societies meet at 6 30. Wednesday worship at 7 30. Auxiliary general meeting Monday afternoon.
Bible school opens at 10 a.m with Daryl Kent of Guilford College delivering the message. At 6 30 the three Christian Endeavor Societies meet. Workers Council gathers at Mrs Dora E Richards home Monday night. On Friday at 7 30 the second Outline Study of the Meeting on Ministry and Oversight is at Blair Home 1818 South Main Street led by Ruben J Payne. All members invited.
Sunday school starts at 10 with Os car MecCampbell as superintendent and classes for all ages. Worship at 11 on How May Man Take Hold of God's Strength led by Clifton C. Pearson. Senior Endeavors meet at 6:30 with Charles Edward Blair presiding. Friends hold monthly meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Plan to attend all Loyalty Campaign services.
Christ Jesus will be the subject of the lesson sermon in all Churches and Societies of Christ Scientist Sunday at 11 o clock at 319 North Main Street. Reading room open to the public Wednesday and Friday 10 am to 1 pm. Sunday school at 9 30 am.
Bethel Temple at Snow and Randolph schedules morning worship at 10 45 with a 6 50 Young People session. Sunday night features The Prodigal Son illustrated sermons by Rev Finis C Myers with the Bethel play cast and Bible scenes. Weekday prayer and study services are listed through Friday with pastor led lessons in Biblical living.
T he Baptist West End led by Pastor T H Biles holds worship at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with Bible school at 9 30 a m and ordination of a deacon elect at 2 30 p m Vernon Coffey leads BT VU at 6 30 p m A second notice from Pisgah corner Worth Avenue and Wingate Street lists services at 10 45 a m 7 p m with topics Belshazzar s Feast and Were There Not Ten Cleansed But Where Are the Nine Paul Farrington will conduct Wednesday services and a Training Union at 6 15 p m The W M A meets Monday evening at the church
The Holiness Pentecostal Church at 612 Highland Avenue hosts a revival starting March 11 with Rev. William J. Noble of Sanford preaching. Bible school 9:30 a.m. with M. M. Strother as superintendent and classes for all ages. Preaching at 10:45 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Pentecostal Young People’s Society meets 5:30 p.m. A drama titled The Missing Ones will be performed at 7 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night seeks revival prayers.
Rev. O. L. Ruth and J. D. Jennings lead morning worship at 11 o clock. The Young People meet at 6 15 p m with Mrs A V Brown presiding. Evening service at 7 30 features a message by the pastor. Prayer cottage service Friday at 7 30. A welcome awaits you at each of these services.
Rev Hoy L Fesperman continues as pastor and presents the topic Will Christ Return The choir will perform special music The Christian Endeavor Societies meet Sunday evening at 630 Miss Doris Albertson leads the Senior Society Evening service at 730 The Two Gardens is the evening message The Senior Consistory meets Monday night at 730 The Junior Consistory meets Tuesday night at 730
The Church of God lists a 9 45 a m Sunday school with superintendent R Vv and an 11 a m preaching service by Pastor H L Calloway on Contending For The Faith. Christian Crusaders meet 6 30 p m with Which Way Are You Looking prompts. Kinney presides and offers 7 30 p m evangelistic message. midweek service Wednesday 7 30 p m. Welcome awaits at all services.
W Hamilton and State Streets church led by Pastor Helsa invites all to morning worship at 11 with the sermon Giving God a Chance. Evening services run 7 30 to 8 30 with Why We Are Christians Only as the final topic. A two week revival begins tomorrow morning with The Devil s Fire as Monday topic.
The Bufa de Mapimi shapes resemble Martin Perez the discoverer who dreamed of a mountain in his image. The profile guided him to the La Ojuela and San Ignacio silver mines, which continue to yield wealth.
Catholic St Edwards church offers Sunday masses at 9 and 11. Evening devotions are held Wednesday and Friday at 7 30 o'clock.
At 9 45 a m Sunday school led by Harry L Brown superintendent 11 a m morning worship sermon by Rev James L Jackson missionary from Africa Mrs Jackson formerly Alma Headen of this city 5 p m vesper service 6 p m Young People s League 3 p m junior choir practice 4 p m Young People s choir practice 7 30 p m prayer service 8 15 p m senior choir rehearsal
The Missouri Synod Lutheran church led by Pastor R. E. Mennen holds Sunday school and Bible class at 10 am, Divine Worship at 11 am with the sermon The One Sacrifice, and a 7:30 pm Lenten service on Estimating Physical Suffering.
The pastor Rev. F L Conrad will preach at 11 o clock on The Points of Temptation with the text We have an high priest who can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities who was in all points tempted like as we are Hebrews 4 15 The 7 30 sermon topic will be The Good Shepherd.
West Green and Tryon Streets Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. Preaching service first and third Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Rev. D. M. Spence, pastor.
Sophia Sunday school begins at 10 a m. Preaching service held on the second and fourth Sunday at 11 a m and on the fourth Sunday at 7 30 p m. Rev. D M Spence serves as pastor.
Flint Hill holds Sunday school at 2 30 p m and a second service on the fourth Sunday at 3 30 p m Reverend D M Spence serves as pastor Please note service details and leadership.
K L Pope a prominent Thomasville banker returns after illness to teach the Senior Baraca class at Main Street Methodist Church Sunday morning The class will be broadcast on a local radio station from 10 15 to 10 45 with special music arranged for the program.
Market figures show butter at steady levels with varied creamery scores and a local price listing. In 1939 domestic U S airlines flew revenue miles totaling 2,554,239, up 18.5 percent from 1938, reflecting growth in air travel.
Bucharest reports two hundred thousand citizen soldiers joined the call to arms, expanding Romania to about 1.6 million men. Contingents reported to frontier points, peasants may be released for sowing, non agricultural conscripts to fill gaps, and fortifications hastened along the Russian border amid Balkan tensions.
The Netherlands tightens neutrality measures by banning gift food shipments to foreign targets. Individuals may send limited amounts of butter cheese meat condensed milk coffee and chocolate without a permit, halting profitable small package trade to Germany and England. Officials note growing German military activity along the western border heightening concern for regional stability.
Kernersville crowds from Winston-Salem High Point Lexington and beyond attend revival at Pilgrim Holiness Church begun February 16. Rev A N Freeman Brianger and Paul H Blair Thomasville lead music with Rev C A Brown noting nearly 50 professions of faith and numerous sanctifications during the two week span.
Kernersville High School faculty hosts an old-fashioned box party and Leap Year carnival in the school gym to close the popularity contest. Entrants include Miss Hattie Cobbler Miss Sue Butner Miss Maxine Hepler for the women and Pete Nash Paul Cook for the men with votes based on dollars donated to athletics funds. A lingering note mentions Hong Kong China remaining connected with Europe by two air services.
The report notes the reports grew from land ameliorization work by labor corps and states no new fortification work was under way.
The lesson reflects on the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread as Jesus shares the Passover with disciples. It explores themes of eagerness preparation obedience love and blessing at the Last Supper and warns against greed doubt deceit hypocrisy and judgment while urging faithfulness for eternal reunion with Christ.
Center features Remember the Night with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck. Br add Br oadhurst Knights of the Range with Russell Hayden and Jean Parker. Paramount Parole Fixer with William Henry and Virginia Dale. Carolina Isle of Destiny with William Gargan and June Lang. Rialto Westbound Stage with Charles Starrett. Showtimes listed through the evening.
Sir Percy Ashley, British cotton controller, said Britain might substitute Brazil for U S cotton if foreign exchange tightens. India and Egypt are not viable, low grade Indian cotton fails to meet needs, and Egypt supply already in use. Imports face no current controls, but war progress could force limits.
A car carrying five Vanderbilt students and companions after a fraternity dance overturned two miles north of Nashville at midnight. Miss Margaret Murray and Miss Orline Lannahan died at hospital, Clyde Sharp and D. E. Hinkle also killed, J. B. Sherrill gravely injured.
Rev. Finis C. Myers presents an illustrated sermon at Bethel Temple corner Snow and Randolph streets Sunday night March 3 at 7 30. The Bethel Temple cast provides the illustration with four scenes from the Biblical narrative.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.