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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1940
Page
12
In Wilmington on March 30 a woman described as Mrs Simpler called to neighbors to aid a fire next door at midnight. After no response she shouted from a window and then firemen arrived to extinguish the blaze at the Simpler residence. A separate line notes China facing a cotton shortage.
In Seward Nebraska on March 30 an unknown aviator swooped on a charging cow to save Mrs. Garth Hannah. He frightened the animal away as she escaped through a fence. The report notes giant bees of India and other odd details.
A. B. Young and Rev. C. W. Way were named census enumerators for Kernersville township by Thomas M. Smith after a training session in Winston Salem. Young covers Kernersville town, Way handles rural areas. both start April 2 with two weeks for town data and four weeks for rural data. Other applicants were J. P. Linville, M. F. Edwards, and B. L. Bodenhamer.
In Thomasville Judge C W Gilliam presided over multiple cases. John R Pierce received two years with suspension contingent on 30 dollars monthly for six months. William Holland was given a suspended term with weekly wage deductions for ongoing support. Richard Stevenson received eight months with prior suspended terms activated. Ida Hughes and Cleon Bodenhamer faced assault charges with varying conditions. Louise Robbs received six months for prostitution. George Long got two years for abandonment and non support. Doak Hudson was also sentenced.
Archer Moore twenty two year old former Western Kentucky Teachers College football player and ex Cincinnati professional gridder was shot and killed early today Police Chief R B Monahan said M P Raney forty a railroad officer has been charged with murder in the case
High Point Chamber of Commerce sponsors General Motors Previews of Progress in High Point with shows at 8 p.m. for four nights in the Junior High School auditorium. Free tickets available at the chamber, GM dealers, and local drug stores. The program, seen at the New York World's Fair, is augmented with new attractions and aims to educate lay audiences about modern science and its practical future.
James C Ridge retired farmer of the Cid community Lexington route two died at his home after months of illness. Survived by six sons, one daughter, two brothers and a sister. Funeral Monday at Mt Tabor Methodist Church with pastors presiding. interment in church cemetery.
Funeral services for George Franklin Perry were conducted at the Baptist Church in Kernersville with Rev. Clyde W. Glosson officiating. Interment followed at Mount Gur Cemetery. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Perry, wife Pauline Hammons Perry, two children, one brother and two sisters.
Funeral services for Lyndley C. Pope a Thomasville resident were held at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev. W C Lyerly and Rev. A C Kennedy officiating. Music by a quartet included Amazing Grace In the Sweet Bye and Bye and Abide With Me. Pallbearers were Taft Pope Mitchell Pope Claude Pope Alex Pope Marcelle Pope and Kyser Pope. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
J Milton Waugh 82 died at City Memorial Hospital after a months illness. A retired farmer from Iredell County he had lived with his son Samuel Waugh in Thomasville. Survived by two sons Samuel and Blake both of Hickory, daughter Mrs Carrie Johnson of Hickory, and brother Quincey of the same area.
Statesville community mourns as Mr. Waugh is remembered by eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was a former member of St. Johns Lutheran Church in Iredell County. Funeral services and burial will take place at Troutman cemetery near Statesville Sunday at 4 PM.
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