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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1937
Page
12
High Point observed Easter with strong church attendance and several evening services despite cold winds. Main street holiday closures limited parade crowds while city offices banks and most stores closed though the post office and federal offices remained open and mail deliveries continued.
Dr R A Ferguson his wife and son Bobby have been guests of Dr and Mrs M A Lackey in High Point and will depart for New York where Ferguson is attached to the U S S New York. He will sail with a U S Army and Navy delegation including General Pershing to England for King George VI coronation events.
Police over Easter Sunday charged nine motorists with over parking three with driving drunk two with reckless driving one with hit-and-run driving and two with running through red lights. Drive Carefully and Life.
The body of J. H. Adams, a leading hosiery industry figure and Southern industrialist, was interred in the new Adams mausoleum at Oakwood Memorial Park. He died January 1 1935 and lay in Millis mausoleum until now. The granite Roman type mausoleum has drawn admiration since its completion.
Civil service examinations for volunteer fire department members will likely finish tomorrow after being delayed from Saturday due to Easter holidays. Several commission members are out of the city for the holiday.
Firemen were called to four fires on Easter Sunday with only minor loss. The sole damage occurred at J. P. Byerly’s home at 1630 East Lexington Avenue, where a wooden roof caught fire at 4:49 PM. O. A. Kirkman was listed as property owner. Other fires occurred on Hillcrest Drive, Farlowe Street, and Tryon Street, with a grass fire burning a chicken coop on Farlowe Street.
The home of Robert Edmirtson, a Mt Ulla farmer, was wrecked by a morning blaze about 9:30. R. E. Ranson said only one chair was saved and the fire’s origin remains undetermined.
Last rites for Mrs. A J Culler who died at 709 Lexington Avenue Friday morning were held Saturday afternoon at Spring Hill church with Rev J R Hutton and associates presiding. Church choir provided music as pallbearers J J May J B Bodenheimer D L Culler C BE Leonard Coy Nance and Paul Williams served. Interment followed at Spring Hill church cemetery.
Roy Armstrong reported his Packard stolen from his private garage on Woodrow Avenue last night. Police later found the car near Greensboro, nearly demolished after only about 3,400 miles of use. Investigators pursue several clues as they work the case.
Representatives of Wm. B. Rice Inc. will host free trials of the Rice Method for self treatment of rupture at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point North Carolina on Thursday April 1. The event promises help for all rupture sufferers regardless of size duration or prior truss use with sessions from 10 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m.
Jesse Turner 37 a Negro chauffeur of 303 Farriss avenue celebrated Easter with reckless driving. State highway patrolman R M Brooks followed Turner from Greensboro highway into Laurinburg after Turner knocked over mail boxes and crashed into a parked car belonging to D C MacRae judge pro tem of the municipal court. Turner was charged with driving drunk and hit and run after being stopped in his garage signed warrants by patrolmen J W Allen and the officer. He was released on bonds totaling 1000.
Kate Gilmore a Black woman was struck in the arm during a row at the White Way cafe on East Washington street last night in Brin son s farm Thomasville. Spectators said the shooter was a Black man from Winston-Salem who fled before police arrived and a description was furnished. The injury was a flesh wound only.
Raleigh March 29 Dr Carl V Reynolds state health officer said he expected a state wide drive against syphilis to begin July first as 25000 dollars appropriated by the legislature for clinics and administration of curative drugs becomes available.
Durham March 29. General wage increases will be given tomorrow to about 900 employees of the Durham hosiery mills. A H Carr president of the company said there would be no blanket percentage raise. Wage increases were granted to about 600 employees at Durham and Carrboro on March 8.
Raleigh dispatch reports an officer expects work to start within two months on a new 250000 dollar biological laboratory. Legislature authorized 160000 dollars in revenue bonds to match federal funds for the building.
About 128 high school students walked out of classes in Ecru Mississippi after four teachers, who said they were behind on pay, failed to report to their classrooms.
The steamship Warziris tan reached Morehead City port to load scrap iron for export. Several additional shipments are planned soon according to port officials.
Senator Glass of Virginia will deliver an hour long radio address opposing the President's court reorganization plan tonight at 10 pm EST. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, supporting the bill, will speak for 45 minutes tomorrow night. Hearings resume as administration aims to finish by April 10.
Richard Griffin Stone, 65, a former jeweler in Laurinburg, died at a local hospital after being found beside a road near town. Coroner M J Mcpponels said no inquest would be held. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow.
The St Mark Methodist Episcopal choir directed by S F E Burford performed Theo Dubois cantata The Seven Last Words of Christ at 5 am service. Walter McNair of Greensboro sang tenor solos. Organist Jasper Bridges and soloists Miss Carter Mrs Cobb and others supported a moving observance with Easter lilies and dramatic processions.
The First Baptist church choir rendered The Living Christ by R. M. Stults to a large appreciative audience on Sunday morning at 10 o clock directed by O B Simmons. soloists Mia Sylvia Alford Mrs Alice Eccles Mrs Marion Maston O B Simmons H M Kirkpatrick and C B Yakley supported the performance. The octet also offered The Thorny Way with Mrs Mary Bass Mrs Marion Maston Mia Alice Eccles Mrs Sylvia Alford C B Yakley O E B Simmons H M Kirkpatrick and R D Davidson. Decorations featured a large electrically lighted cross and candles enhancing the Easter mood.
Brooks Memorial Methodist Episcopal church hosted a cantata On the Third Day about the crucifixion and Resurrection. Directed by Misa Arnetta Burns with Miss Clara Gabriel at the piano, a capacity crowd attended following evening services.
Miss Beatrice Bruton of Charlotte visits Miss Celast Holtz elau. Leonard St. School News reports the Paul Robeson Dramatic club held its annual oratorical contest in the school auditorium Tuesday evening at 8 o clock with nine participants.
Elizabeth Simpson, 25, negra ss, 632 Fairview street, was charged with murder after Gladys Little, 28, negra ss, 1127 West Green street, died from a stab wound following a Saturday night altercation in a beer garden. Police say Simpson confessed after questioning. knife with blood stains was found.
William McPherson, 20, drowned when his car plunged from a small bridge into a creek near McColl South Carolina. Policeman N L Bullock and bystanders pulled the body from the wreckage, it was pinned beneath the car and identified by Policeman W M Bethea.
Plainclothes officers recovered a bicycle today believed stolen recently. The rightful owner may claim the bicycle by visiting the detective bureau with proof of identity and ownership.
Greensboro local fire department welcomed visiting Fire Chief Frank D. Shaw of Shaw as part of an official visit to observe operations and exchange safety practices.
The High Point VFW Post 619 meets at 7 30 PM at the VFW hall on North Main Street. Members are urged to attend as judges awarded dialect poems to Thelma Jordan and Obediah Williams, with Helen Boulware and Shellie Feter top in serious poems.
Miss Frankie McCurry of Winston-Salem visits Mrs. L. L. McFall on Kivett drive over the weekend. Miss McCurry teaches at Ridgeway High School in Hickory.
Stalin in a March 3 Central Committee speech warned against complacency and flattery within the Communist Party. He urged self criticisim and vigilance to combat capitalism and Trotskyists as elections approach and secret ballots loom.
In New York on March 29 stock activity showed small gains amid overall indecision. Markets moved slowly with the ticker tape halting around noon as investors awaited a potential Supreme Court Wagner labor decision and railway labor law guidance. No sharp selling followed the lull.
A 60 member cast presents The First Commandment at the First Methodist Protestant church on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. A dress rehearsal is tonight with all children under 1 year admitted for a small fee. Miss Corinne Palm of Pontotoc Mississippi directs a tense drama with colorful lights and vintage costumes.
The note recalls a bygone era when 16 inch wheels dominated leading cars and a 1 inch wheel was once the standard, highlighting historical shifts in wheel sizing and automotive design.
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