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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1935
Page
11
High Point Board of Elections will meet at 1 30 PM Tuesday to map plans for a primary and general election on April 23. They will select registrars for 14 precincts and organize notices, with filing closes April 16 and registration open April 9 to 22.
United States Independent Telephone Association argues the FCC lacks authority over firms serving High Point and similar exchanges. A hearing before the FCC is scheduled for March 25 to settle whether intrastate operations fall under federal regulation.
Two young women Miss Dorothy Hill and Miss Louise Sherrill were severely injured in a collision between a car and a truck near Mangum avenue and Mallory street. The occupants Pauline Hill Jack Austin Lynwood Driggers and Gurney White were uninjured. Police held driver Jack Austin and truck driver Frank Hiatt as findings depend on injury outcomes.
Henry Thomas Fosberry sues Allie Mae Fosberry in High Municipal Court for divorce alleging separation over two years since their marriage on March 80 and split starting December 6. The complaint names Henry Thomas Fosberry as petitioner and Allie Mae Fosberry as respondent.
Fire Chief B K Tagram Sat y issued two building permits seeking about 82000 for a new room dwelling on Albert Street between Priggs and Pdge. C C Wiley received a 312 board contract for adding a room to a residence at a cost of 8100.
Thefts of minor articles were reported yesterday. Frank Wylie of 7 Grimes Street said a motormeter was stolen from his parked car in front of the Paramount. Everett Patterson of Alfred Street reported his car plate No 7255 lost or stolen.
W. E. Herndon of Jones Street sustained a head laceration in a fall at the Washine and Centennial avenues intersection around oclock last night. He was taken to Guilford General Hospital by Sechrest’s ambulance for treatment and later returned home.
A cantata titled Heaven-found by a group of fifty five Negroes from Badin will be presented on March 31 at the Park Theater. The performance is sponsored by Circles One and Two of the South Main Street M. Missionary Society.
Post 619 Veterans of Foreign Wars to hold election of delegates and officers on May 26 at 7:30 PM at the post hall on East Washington Street in Columbus. Meeting to include guest speakers and refreshments.
Full attendance expected at the rehearsal of the American Le Prum and Bugle corps at Junior High School this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Minstrel ends asked to fix their uniforms.
A meeting of Journeyman Barbers is set for Monday night at 7 30 in the Central Labor Hall. Local union officials urge all members to attend and discuss upcoming work and concerns.
George Urwick is out of hospital and convalescing after a January 25 automobile wreck that left him with burns on his feet. He is expected to remain in bed for weeks and may not resume his job as a salesman for the Gary Beverage Co. Also, Glenn Hedgecock, another Gary Beverage Co. salesman injured in the wreck, has returned home and is convalescing.
The Guilford Council will hold its regular quarter social gathering Friday March 29 at the hall on Washington street. Pastor A B Conrad of St Baptist Church will speak. The Tunel quartet will provide music and refreshments will be served.
El Franklin 53, superintendent of Almas Desk Company, announces candidacy for Democratic nomination to the city council from the third ward in the April primaries. A longtime High Point resident, he is active in Pilgrim Holiness church and civic causes, becoming the fourth Democrat in the field.
Announcement from New York names R O Lindsay leader of Guilford Hosiery Mills as one of five members on the committee to nominate new officers for the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. Also named are C Hunter Biehl Leon Herbert George B McCallum and T J Watliner. The group will meet in New York Friday to prepare recommendations for the Philadelphia convention next month.
John R. English longtime Belk-Stevens manager in High Point resigns to open Belk's Department store in Conway D C with L B York as assistant and Mrs F E B Sigman to head the piece goods department. George Creighton named successor in High Point store.
A German invention enhances vehicle signaling to increase on road safety by amplifying light and signal visibility for both cars.
Irene W. Price of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration announced an indefinite extension of the Bundle Day drive to collect clothing for the needy. Officials say demand is acute as families in relief seek outfits for adults and children, with many messages requesting help for children’s dresses and shirts.
Health authorities in Raleigh announced that a dog killed Friday morning was mad after lab analysis. More than twenty dogs bitten by the rabid animal on Springdale avenue will be killed as required by law. Officials urge owners to confine pets, report suspected mad dogs, and prevent further spread of the rabies epidemic.
Downtown High Point project by owners T. F. Wrenn and Seborn Perry and Dermont Construction will add a one story annex, a new marquee entrance on High street, two new stores on Main street, and a modern lobby as part of a five figure plus cost to reshape the Elwood hotel front.
Pastors and church officials from Methodist congregations in Piedmont North Carolina gather at Wesley Memorial Church for an institute on stewardship and church finance. Led by George L. Morelock of Naishville Tennessee, the sessions begin this afternoon at 3 oclock and continue Monday and Tuesday at 7 30 PM with invitations sent across Greensboro district and Western North Carolina conference. Morelock aims to inspire responsibility and new methods for financing church work.
The Stehli Silk Corporation plans to close its local mill and sell to local interests at a reasonable price. Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank J. Sizemore said talks with Stehli officials in New York cited changing economic conditions and Japanese competition as the reason for relocation to Lancaster Pennsylvania. Committees will meet soon to explore reopening the plant locally and offset the threat to the hosiery industry.
J. R. Houch 44 of Richmond Virginia was charged with reckless driving after a two car collision at Helmstead and West Lexington avenues. Bond set at 100 dollars. E L Hayes 50 of Lexington North Carolina escaped charges. Investigating officers said Hayes traveled southwest around a curve while Houch went northeast. No injuries reported.
Sumter Bowen of the mathematics department at High Point High School resigned to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Chapel Hill during the Spring term. He is the fourth faculty member to resign since the term began. Mrs. R. H. Shaw will fill Bowen’s vacancy, announced Principal Henry Grady Owens.
Dr. Walker discloses programs for the North Carolina State Optometric Society meeting at the Robert E. Lee hotel Winston-Salem on April 1 2 3. Dr. Morris will preside and Winston-Salem Mayor Coan will give the welcome. Dr. Atkinson from Chicago to speak. Clin ics and lectures schedule across the three days with elections and banquets.
Miss Eurelia Smart former FERA administrator will arrive from New York where she attended a Columbia University institute of social service. She will stay several days as guest of Mrs offices in High Point then assume duties as social service supervisor in another NCERA district overseeing relief administration in multiple counties.
Scuffing on the front tires caused by improper toe-in wears tires rapidly. Regular front wheel alignment checks are more economical than buying a new tire set.
Noah Davis director of the federal reemployment office asks High Point residents to back Give A Man A Job Week starting tomorrow through Saturday. He cites a list of 1 700 jobless workers and urges homeowners and businesses to hire people for odd jobs with no cost to either party. Call city hall 4526 to request help and details. High Point ranks 11th in North Carolina for placements and officials hope March will boost the tally.
Plainclothes officers forced entry at 1200 Crawford Street finding three five gallon cans of white liquor. Julius Reid age 19 and his grandfather Frances Reid 74, both black, face charges of violating the prohibition law. Reid was arrested as officers returned to city hall with the suspects. On the way, they detained Rossini Fuller, described as Negress, for assault with a deadly weapon against Ben Gardner. Bond for Fuller set at 200 dollars.
Henderson March 23 Two men Eddie Kershaw of New York and Anthony Claude of White Plains New York were arrested here on a charge of possessing 490 counterfeit dollars and will be tried at the May term of federal court in Raleigh.
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