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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1926
Page
3
The piece notes Lent as a season of abstinence ending with Easter. It warns some denominations observe strict discipline, urging careful contemplation of the life of Jesus and shaping one’s year accordingly. It emphasizes devotion during Lent and beyond.
In 1920 Congress created Citizens Military Training Camps to spur healthy outdoor life for 17 to 24 year olds. The War Department notes half of young men were unfit for service, and camps provide free food, uniforms, equipment, and travel, aiming to develop patriotic citizens and national strength.
The nationwide referendum shows prohibitionists with clear majorities in at least 73 cities and towns, with 19 more towns showing pluralities. About 1.5 million votes cast. largest dry city Winston-Salem leads a spread of dry gains across Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and beyond.
A NEA referendum reports dry majorities in Kansas and the Carolinas while Kentucky Maine Oklahoma and West Virginia show plurals. New York New Jersey Ohio Colorado California Pennsylvania trend wet but other states rise. NEA notes its poll uses strict totals and extensive small-city data.
The High Point club of the University of North Carolina plans its yearly social dance at the Sheraton hotel on April 3 with Hall Kemp’s Orchestra. Invitations have gone to students in High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem and nearby areas. The event runs from 9 p.m. to midnight and aims to foster goodwill between university students and local high school youths.
The High Point Chamber of Commerce plans an effort to secure a financier for a loft building to house small manufacturing firms. Officials say such buildings yield about six percent returns and attract tenants, with Charlotte already profiting from a similar facility.
The Musical Observer highlights Lewis L. Stookey of High Point North Carolina as elected president of the Southern Conference for Music Education at its January meeting in Birmingham Alabama. He succeeds Helen McBride with Irma Lee Batey Jennie Bell Smith and Leslie A. Martell reappointed to posts. The conference featured a Birmingham high school comic opera and a Negro spirituals program by colored pupils. The next meeting will be in Baton Rouge Louisiana.
Raleigh reports Superintendent T. C. Henderson of Transylvania county declares the county will implement a full nine month school term starting next September. Only New Hanover county currently shares a nine month term.
New Broadhurst opens a comedy week with The Cave Man starring Matt Moore and Marie Prevost. The film adaptation of Gillette Burgess’s story follows a coal heaver who rises to social status after attracting a bored society girl, in a humorous romance with witty supporting performances.
The many friends of Miss Rosa Long will be glad to learn she is rapidly recovering from a recent influenza illness at her home on Hamilton Street.
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