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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1937
Page
11
Five crashes report injuries during February with six people hurt and one fatality. Police logged 422 arrests including many drunkenness cases and cleared 98 percent of complaints. Traffic violations dominated activity with 828 warnings and 52 red tags.
U S Soil Conservation Service leaders from Washington will tour Deep River and Reedy Fork projects in Guilford County to study a proposed regional expansion. Dr W C Lowdermilk and other chiefs head the delegation with local officials and congressmen invited to participate. An all day inspection begins with a breakfast at the Sheraton and includes a noon talk by Rev G R Jordan at the convict camp.
High Point tax department mails notices to delinquents on personal property taxes. If unpaid in 15 days, accounts face garnishment and advertised seizures, with penalties of 1 percent for February and March. Notices include the delinquent amount and back taxes to be collected.
An all day singing program at North Main Street Baptist Church marks the near completion of the Sunday School and Education building. The event runs from 10:30 am to noon and 1 pm to 4 pm with a午後 address by Pastor A B Conrad at 1:45 pm. The new building will be open for viewing though unfinished.
Mildred Dilling and Marcel Hubert will perform a joint concert at the junior high school auditorium on Monday night March 15, closing the cooperative concert season. A campaign week for the new series will open the same day and run through March 20, with early joiners eligible for the final concert and the new programs.
Police pulled a beer truck into a local garage after neighbors reported it parked on Highway 10 A for two days. Signs showed ownership by South Beer Co of Salisbury and operation from Winston-Salem. Investigators say the truck had been ransacked.
Judge Lewis E Teague will lead a special weeklong jury term starting next Tuesday at 9 am. The docket lists 63 defendants with multiple charges including drunk driving prohibition violations abandonment and non support hit and run and reckless driving. Additional drunkenness charges will be heard for final disposition.
W A Miller an elderly man of 202 Davidson street was released on bond of 500 on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon over head injuries to J C Steegall 614 Park street caused by a cue stick at about 3 20 yesterday afternoon. Steegall an employee of a cafe near East Russell street and Mangum avenue was struck during an argument and was unconscious but not seriously injured.
An interracial festival at 3 pm at St Mark M E Church East Washington Street Gaylord brings together white and Negro groups from Wesley Memorial Methodist First Methodist Protestant Leonard Street school faculty and civic chorus under Madame Nell Hunter. John Mebane to read a poem as aim is fostering race harmony in High Point.
Civic clubs gather for annual banquet at the Sheraton hotel starting at 6 30 p m Past presidents of the High Point Chamber of Commerce will be honored with most surviving former leaders in attendance Ex presidents list covers Farriss Tate Cox Dalton Garrett Ryan McEwen Porter Clinard Kearns Rondthaler will deliver the main address and new industries since 1930 are to be recognized
Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends adopted a resolution opposing legalized liquor stores in Guilford and Randolph counties and urged commissioners to postpone county wide elections until a petition by 15 percent of registered voters is filed. The meeting, held at Oak Hill Friends church, heard reports from World Friends, Peace, Education, and Finance committees with speakers including Rev. Norman Osborne and Chester Haworth.
Dr. R A Herring of Washington D C has arrived and been sworn in as High Point health officer. Office space not yet provided. City Manager E M Knox says no personnel changes expected in the health department. the post follows part time service by Dr W J McAnally. The new officer spent several days in city observations.
City records show 12 venereal disease cases in February up from January. Captain John Huff notes rising awareness may reflect more reporting, with influenza contributing to overall disease totals. The month included 29 influenza cases, 15 chicken pox, and smaller counts of measles, diphtheria, pellagra, scarlet fever, and whooping cough.
High Point Post 619 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold an open meeting Monday night at 810 North Main. The program features a magician and several speakers. All overseas veterans are invited to attend.
In High Point during February there were 55 births and 34 deaths. Of the births 46 were white and 9 Negro. among deaths 24 were white and 10 Negro. Heart disease and pneumonia led deaths with seven each, followed by cancer two and other causes including paralysis and diabetes.
The 25th annual North Carolina Baraca Philathea Union convention will be in this city April 16 to 18. About 350 classes are being contacted by secretary Mrs. K Ed win Fussel of Winston Salem. Registration is at First Methodist Protestant Church with Rev J Clay Madison as pastor. Sessions will be shared with First Baptist Church. The fee covers an entire class and delegates can be sent by any class. an honor roll will display the first 25 classes to register. Fees go to registration chairman Mrs W W Dickerson, Box 669 High Point.
City officials prepare to open bids for a major railroad track project next Wednesday at 1 PM. Four more contractors requested plans and specifications, bringing the total to four. Protests filed by Mrs. M. J. Wrenn and David T. Yow may surface during bid discussions, while contract awards appear unlikely that day. Other agencies must approve bids, and freight depot relocation plans remain unsettled.
Telegrams announce High Point received honorable mention in the 1936 National Traffic Safety contest for reducing fatalities and accidents from 11 in 1935 to four in 1936. Mayor Grayson Chief Friddle and Sgt McMahon thank the committee while noting ongoing safety measures including painted yellow curb markings on Main Street and English Street speed limit changes to 30 mph within city limits.
The home of Mr and Mrs Guy Boling on Randleman route two near High Point was totally destroyed by fire late Saturday. They were away from home when the blaze occurred and the house and contents reportedly were a total loss with no insurance.
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