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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1931
Page
3
City Manager EB M Knox announced in The Enterprise that High Point’s total indebtedness stands at 11 642 000 with bonds and short term notes. The statement notes about 14 000 in utility deposits and details municipal bonds and revenue notes totaling 3 175 000, funding for permanent improvements and street assessments amid pending legislation.
Continued on page Saturday active day for firemen reports four alarms sounding Saturday after a busy Friday night. A mattress blaze at 109 Willis Street was extinguished with no damage. origin undetermined. Earlier, crews fought a minor outhouse fire behind 510 Steele Street. all structures were old. Morning calls included a Gurley Street dwelling fire and a Carrick Avenue grass fire.
Dr. I T Mann of the national rehabilitation committee said veterans are wisely using adjusted compensation loans to avert foreclosures. He noted three veterans saved homes, another paid a farm mortgage and bought seed and fertilizer. He added checks are slow but funds are reducing distress and enabling bills, clothing and furniture purchases with little waste.
Bruce H. Carraway reports ten Rhode Island Red hens taken from his North Main street henhouse Friday night. Thieves broke the lock to reach the birds. He offers a $10 reward for their recovery.
Nearly 300 Methodist ministers and laymen from about 100 charges in the Western North Carolina conference gather at Wesley Memorial church in Greensboro for the annual Spiritual Life conference. Bishop Edwin Mouzen presides with public services open Monday and Tuesday. meals are provided and a packed program covers meditation, group meetings, and sermons.
The program includes a 11 to 12 conference where all groups in the district discuss a definite plan, followed by the Lord's Supper at noon led by the bishop. From 1 to 2 preachers and laymen are expected to share lunch together for Christian fellowship.
A Carolinas Good Will Air tour will visit North and South Carolina cities, with 30 to 35 planes and notable pilots including Freddy Lund and Art Davis. The event, funded by civic groups, will stop at High Point Sunday, March 22, and showcase stunts at Charles Kenner Flying field all day.
The Air Circus, part of the Carolina Good Will tour, will mail air mail letters to individuals across the United States. Secretary F. J. Sizemore of the High Point chamber of commerce says letters go to cities and towns from Vancouver to New York, including Brooklyn, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Chicago, and Philadelphia, with many requests already received.
Demonstrators describe skies darkened by wing shadows as planes pass, with roaring motors drowning out noise. Along the route, noses will dip and a few didoes will be performed for edification in towns where the party cannot stop.
High Point welfare department reported February totals show 709 of 1,092 cases closed, leaving 383 old cases. Executive secretary Mrs. W. C. Hammond credited cooperative organizations and officials for aid, noting around 200 men found employment and the effort to favor work over material aid.
The High Point tabernacle automobile show ended its four day run despite rain drawing away some attendees. Dealers hailed the event a success with many delivering cars to customers and listing strong prospects. Several dealers urged making it an annual affair if a suitable venue is found.
R K Young of High Point was elected president of the Southern Hotel association's Piedmont group at its annual meeting in Winston-Salem. F N Cubbins of Salisbury was named first vice president, Ralph C Erskine of High Point second vice president, and C W Andrews of Mount Airy secretary treasurer. The group disapproved state highway patrol advertising for a preferential guide, arguing it barred poorer hotels unable to pay and favored those who advertised.
Salisbury March 14. Winners of a young artists contest conducted here by Catawba college were announced. Winners include Low voice Nancy Moffatt Statesville high voice Mary Bynum Greensboro piano Wallace King Raleigh violin Herbert Byrd Raleigh harp Annie Nisbet Winston-Salem hymn playing class D Katherine Sissell Winston-Salem violin class B Evelyn Sharpe High Point and Linengood Greensboro. About 206 persons competed.
Representative C. M. Waynick said the High Point charter bill will likely pass the third reading in the house tomorrow then go to the senate where a new vote may be needed due to amendments. Amendments require the charter to be put to a public vote after a year's trial and limit city debt extension.
A new High Point ice cream plant will distribute Bluebird products from a facility to be built on the old Baptist church lot at North Main and Ray streets. Operations planned by May 1 with local dairy milk and cream purchases, a front ice cream parlor, and rear manufacturing for shipments to area retailers.
Rev G Ray Jordan of Wesley Memorial Methodist church preaches at both morning and evening services. Morning topic Acquiring Gods Estimate of Man. Evening sermon at 7 30 titled Finding Adequate Power For Life ends a five Sunday series on getting Properly Adjusted In Life. Church school at 945, Junior church at 1100, Epworth League devotional at 645 in the intermediate room. Visitors welcome.
E. T. Hildebrand, a middle aged man, returned from Harrisonburg Virginia after being charged with issuing worthless checks totaling 325 dollars to J. A. Clinard, a local real estate dealer. He suffered a sudden nervous breakdown in city jail and was moved to Guilford General hospital by order of city physician Dr. B. S. Coe.
Judge Ernest H. Wells granted a restraining order against Charles Abner Hooper, Richmond Tobacco Company employee, preventing him from pursuing divorce from Lila Lee Hooper who is confined to a state sanatorium with tuberculosis. Hooper must continue supporting his wife, faces cross-suit costs, and must post a $1,000 bond. Hooper is accused of abandoning, abusing, and misusing his wife’s savings amid allegations of drunken revelries and threats to her life.
City council approved a tax anticipation note for 50000 to cover an overdraft of 49414 for operating expenses. The 45 day note from Commercial National Bank at six percent will not be renewed. Regular notes totaling 125000 were renewed at five percent.
Forty eight seventh graders and forty three sixth graders at the Junior High are on the honor roll for the past month per Principal Mrs. R. E. Ranson. The high school fourth six weeks honor roll includes one hundred fifty one students led by Hazel Scoggins, Dorothy Fritz, and Frances McCrary among many others.
A woman arrested for immoral conduct fights to retain custody of her three children Edith 13 Rebecca 9 and Norris 7 as habeas corpus actions set hearings in High Point and officers remove the youngsters from Asheboro to the welfare department. The scene drew about 2000 onlookers as the mother swooned during the struggle to keep the children from her former husband Mallie Walker who claims a 1930 deed gave him custody.
Washington officials say there will be no delay in High Point's 4400,000 federal post office project due to a Justice Department title search. An abstract of the land’s history will be obtained from owners, with the search possibly taking a week to a month after papers arrive. an architect will begin work soon.
Camp Uwharrie opens for the summer on June 19 for four weeks with $0 scout accommodations in each period totaling 360 weeks of registration. Staff from last season return. Vaughan-Liloyd handles waterfront, Sizemore as assistant, Parker as assistant director, and a team of huglers and crafts staff. Weekly meets with Camp Greensboro and activities include baseball, volleyball, miniature golf, marksmanship, and archery. A free airplane ride awaits the air model winner. expect record registration as books open May 1 and early reservations urged for longer stays.
Miss Clara J. Cox of this city will leave Monday night for Atlanta to attend sessions of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Also traveling from North Carolina are Mesdames W. A. Newell Greensboro Parker Fisher Southern Pines and Thomas W. Bickett Raleigh. The commission seeks amicable racial adjustment and improvement of conditions affecting Negroes, not amalgamation.
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