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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1937
Page
16
High Point Community Concert association pushes to add 1 000 members for next season. By noon today 100 more members had joined than last year at the Sheraton headquarters. The drive ends Saturday night with optimism despite a shortfall.
Guilford College choir directed by Dr. Ezra F. Weis performs Sunday night at a local church. The group has a long history of presenting choral works in community venues.
Campaign workers push to reach 1,000 memberships by Saturday night deadline. President C. F. Tomlinson urges all interested to join now as memberships and concert tickets will not be sold after the cutoff. New members listed include Eunice Miller, Conrad Roser, Thelma Patrick, Julia Liles, and many others.
George T. Prendergast 74 of 1116 Smith Street died before 4 this morning after two years of declining health including a recent stroke. A High Point resident for 81 years he worked 16 years at Peerless Flooring and was a Pilgrim Holiness church member. He is survived by two sons a half sister a half brother and five grandchildren. Funeral to be held Saturday at 2:30 from Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. O L Ruth officiating and burial in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Dun and Bradstreet reports a buoyant Easter shopping outlook with buyers responsive to early offerings. Retail sales are forecast 2 to 6 percent higher than last week, with year over year gains across all regions from New England to the Pacific Coast, weather affecting some centers.
City Manager ER M Knox departed for Raleigh on business and will not return to the city until tonight officials said at city hall this morning.
Members of the Farrisa Bible class of the First Baptist church will hold a smoker in the church basement at 8 o'clock tonight, it was announced this afternoon.
Bruce H. Carraway president of the state Old Age Pension Assistance association leaves for Raleigh to convene a conference on old age pensions tonight. He is joined by L. Cole of Durham and Charles Harris of Raleigh and will return tomorrow morning.
The report notes Great Britain, including Ireland and Malta, with 23 383 miles of railways across its network, highlighting the extensive railway system.
The Guilford college a cappella choir directed by Dr. Ezra F. Weis will sing at Central Friends church Sunday at 7 30 pm in a nine season program of sacred works. Program includes pieces by Niedt Anerio Schutz Schumann Palestrina and others with four parts and multiple choral selections.
Sallie Ashe and John Lawrence, both Negroes, were ordered held without bond for Guilford superior court trial on charges of robbery arson and first degree murder after arraignment in municipal court. The case centers on an alleged assault with an iron pipe and arson at 109 Baptist Bottom on March 14, with conflicting accounts of the events and money involved.
The King of Kings, a famous religious motion picture with sound effects, will be shown at Weerley Memorial church auditorium on Sunday March 21 at 6 30 and 8 45 pm. Dr E H Blackard will lead the service and an offering at intermission will help cover the churchs expense.
Raleigh March 19 Etheridge head of the division of markets in the agriculture department said he expects a 30 percent rise in Irish potato acreage in North Carolina this year. Last year 82000 acres were planted and the price average was 1.65 dollars a bushel. An increase in acreage with average yields would likely boost production and lower prices.
Figures show 1935 tax receipts totaling 273,324,821 while the previous year recorded 338,100,127 paid out in federal motor taxes. The data reflects nationwide revenue and expenditure on motor taxation.
A phrenologist medium offers life business love and trouble guidance at 2000 N Main St near City Limits with permanent setup and satisfaction assured. Special readings priced at 50 cents.
A promotional note inviting business readers to request a free sample copy. Includes address 4 Broad Street as the contact point for distribution.
The census bureau reports February cotton spinning at 144.8 percent of capacity, up from 137.7 in January and 105.2 a year earlier. Spindles in place on Feb 28 totaled 27,103,076 with 24,288,050 active. hours totaled 8,352,662,065, averaging 208 hours per spindle in place.
City and county authorities began inquiry into the death of a newborn girl found unclad in a past board box near Joldsboro late yesterday. Officials pursue leads as they probe circumstances of the infant’s death and location.
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