Winners Announced In North Carolina Photo Exhibition
The High Point Camera club sponsors North Carolina’s First Annual Photographic Print Exhibition at 108 East Commerce Street. Judges include Mrs. Bayard Wootten and Dr. Gregory D. Ivy. Awards cover Pictorial Landscapes Architectural General Portraits Still Life with multiple first and second places and honorable mentions across entries from Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point Charlotte Whitakers Elkin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
East Commerce Street
High Point Camera Club
Eccles D. Everhart
Bayard Wootten
Chapel Hill
Charles Farrell
Greensboro
John G. Hemmer
Pinehurst
Gregory D. Ivy
Louis F. Voorhees
High Point
J. L
Willow Lane
Hal Ballew
Charleston
F. R. Stedman
Bill Bivins
Harold Smith
Walter F. Burgiss
Elkin
Charles Townsend
Stanley V. Taylor
Jim Hornaday
Charlotte
Springfield Anniversary Service Honors 148 Years
Springfield Friends church marks its 148th anniversary with a 11 o clock service led by Tom A. Sykes of Thomasville formerly pastor of Central Friends. The church was organized May 1 1790 by the New Garden Quarterly Meeting and worship dates back to 1773.
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Springfield Friends Church
Tom A. Sykes
Thomasville
Central Friends
Springfield Friends
New Garden Quarterly Meeting
Greensboro
High Point
Ashboro
Baltimore Association
Archdale
Springfield
Myrtle Pickett rites set at 2 today in Winston-Salem
Funeral services for Mrs Myrtle Hoskins Pickett 67 died yesterday at her daughter's home 722 South Hawthorne Road Winston-Salem will be held at 2 p m today at the residence by Rev 0 Weldon Junior of Centenary Methodist Church Burial follows at Sexweed Cemetery Mrs Pickett born October 5 1870 Guilford County was daughter of B F Hoskins and Katherine Sinclair Hoskins She was married to R L Pickett who died 1927 Surviving are daughters Mrs J Harold Smithier Winston-Salem Elizabeth Coley Columbus Ohio a son Robert L Pickett Winston-Salem a brother Hoskins Sr High Point two half brothers B B and Guy Oskin High Point two sisters Mrs Willie Welborn and Mrs J W Welch three grandchildren Robert Caroline Smith Winston-Salem and Anne Coley Columbus Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Hoskins Pickett
J. H. Smitherman
South Hawthorne Road
Winston-Salem
0. Weldon
Centenary Methodist Church
Sexweed Cemetery
Pickett
Guilford County
B. F
Katherine Sinclair Hoskins
R. L. Pickett
J. Harold Smithwie
Elizabeth Coley
Columbus
Ohio
Robert L. Pickett
Hoskins, Sr
High Point
B. B
Guy Oskina
Willie Welborn
J. W. Welch
City
Robert
Caroline Smith
Anne Coley
Jamestown Memorial Service Set at Jamestown Church
The twelfth annual memorial service for those buried in the Jamestown cemetery will be held at Jamestown Methodist Church at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon May 29. Rev G W Fink will preside and Judge Lewis E Teague will be principal speaker. The program will be published in a later Enterprise issue.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Methodist Church
Arthur E. Futrelle
G. W. Fink
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
The
Enterprise
Miss Hall Takes Over Church Music Director Role
Miss Janet F. Hall of High Point college music faculty assumes direction of the choir at First Methodist Protestant church. The church music committee led by Mrs. J. H. Walker announced the appointment with delight. Hall trained at Juilliard, taught in New York, toured with an opera company, sung on national radio, and performed under conductors Wilfred Pelletier and Hans Barlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet F. Hall
High Point College
J. H. Walker
Miss Hall
Juilliard Music School
New York City
New York
Wilfred Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera Company
Hans Barlow
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Southern furniture taxes rise 45 percent in 1937
Southern furniture factories report 1937 taxes averaging 94.86 dollars per worker, up from 65.24 in 1936. Tax burden per man hour climbs from 3.26 to 4.74 cents, with local and state shares 28.5 percent and federal plus social security 71.5 percent of totals. Manufacturer official J. T. Ryan notes the rise accompanies higher sales. continued analysis awaits Page Seventeen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
J. T. Ryan
Association
Ryan
New $10,000 Motion Picture House Planned for Randleman
A lease signed by Dr. D. L. Fox and a Kannapolis chain theatre firm assures a brick theatre on Main Street Randleman. Construction is set to begin in 10 days to two weeks on the vacant lot west of the Baptist Church. operator name undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randleman
Dr. D. L. Fox
Kannapolis
Baptist Church
Main Street
Phil Upton
Curious Odyssey Of Stolen Hat
W. R. Futrelle of Jamestown recounts a daylight hat theft in Greensboro while he watched baseball scores. The hat later reappeared in a High Point jail cell among a drunken prisoner, with Futrelle and Police Chief W. G. Friddle reporting the strange chain of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Futrelle
Baltimore
Greensboro
High Point City
Jamestown
United States
W. G. Friddle
Futrelle
Rev F L Conrad praises Lenoir Rhyne founders and Fritz
Hickory April 30 AP The Rev F L Conrad pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran High Point described the four founders of Lenoir Rhyne college and its second president Dr R L Fritz as men of vision with honor respect and nobility He urged Christians to back Christian education After services at St Andrews Lutheran alumni students and visitors watched the college baseball team play the 1924 squad Miss Ruby Lee Sharpe of Hickory was crowned May queen in a campus pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
F. l. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
High Point
Lenoir-Rhyne College
R. L. Fritz
St. Andrews Lutheran
Church
Ruby Lee Sharpe
Artist Will Give Address Tuesday On Art Appreciation
Mrs. W. H. Hall, longtime Greensboro College for Women art staffer, will speak on art appreciation at the Art Institute classroom on West Commerce Street Tuesday at 7 30 p m. The public is invited and classes are open to all interested. The program is supervised by the state adult education division through the High Point schools. WPA funds salaries, but the effort aims at broad educational reach beyond a WPA project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hall
Greensboro College For Women
Art Institute
West Commerce Street
High Point City
WPA
Teague Favorite To Head List In Congress Contest
Judge Lewis B. Teague leads a crowded field for the Sixth district Democratic nomination to succeed William B. Umstead. Busily organizing eastern sector support, Teague and staff push a bottom up campaign as rivals like Oscar Barker and Oscar Atkinson rally Greensboro and Durham factions. With five weeks to the primary, a second poll a month later seems likely.
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Teague
Congress
William B. Umstead
Lewis B. Teague
Oscar Barker
Durham
Greensboro
Oscar Atkinson
George T. Penny
Edney Ridge
Barnie P. Jones
Burlington
High Point
Bruce H. Carraway
Barker
Charles E Spencer Visits High Point
Charles E Spencer director of health and physical education in the state department of public instruction visits High Point this weekend. Appointed two months ago by Superintendent Clyde S Erwin he says the newly created division is preparing for the 1938 39 school year. He notes health institutes statewide and manuals and pamphlets for next year are in preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Spencer
State Department of Public Instruction
High Point
Spencer
Clyde S. Erwin
Division of
Public Education
State Board of Health
North Carolina Manufacturers See Surge in Tax Returns
A Southern Furniture Manufactures association bulletin notes that NC corporations filed an average of six tax returns per factory worker in 1937. Firms with 100 workers filed at least 655 returns, while those with 1,000 workers filed about 6,000. The rise is linked to the Social Security act reports, with extra bookkeeping needed for state, federal, and local tax checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Internal Revenue Departments
Elections Board Sets Pre primary Meeting in Greensboro
Guilford county elections board will hold its pre primary briefing in Greensboro on Wednesday morning. Louis J. Fisher announced the tentative polling places for High Point and books will open May 1 with registrations accepted through May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
High Point
Elm Street
Iderton Motor Company
Willowbrook
Commerce Streets
Ward Streets
Hoffman's Drug Store
East Green Street
Lindale Dairy
Lexington Avenue
Johnson Street
Cloverdale
Silver-Knit Strike Remains Unsettled
Conferees from labor and management in the Silver-Knit Hosiery mills ended the weekend talks with no wage docking settlement. Henry J. Adams, head of the AF of Hosiery Workers, said discussions would continue next week after meeting with mill president Milton Silver. A walkout by most plant workers led to a Monday shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Adams
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Charlotte
Milton Silver
Adams
Tuesay
Southern Furniture Group to Meet at Sedgefield Inn
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association holds its semi annual meeting at Sedgefield Inn on May 19 and 20 with the cost and production division meeting May 21 and 22. R M Simmons of Martinsville Va is president D Hassler of Thomasville is division chair and I F Horton of this city is secretary. Speakers include Major L P McLendon Dr J E Walters Purdue and T F Merriweather Hanes Knitting Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield Inn
J. T. Ryan
Sedgefield
R. M.,simmons
Martineville
D. Hassler
Thomasville
I. F. Horton
L. P. McLendon
Greensboro
J. E. Walters
Purdue University
T. FE. Merriweather
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winaton-Salem
City music week festival planned with multiple school groups
Day and night programs stretch seven days as the city schools music faculty and Musical Art club organize events for the High Point city school festival in observance of National Music Week. The week starts with a UNC Greensboro Women’s College concert at the Senior High and features junior high glee clubs, senior bands, a 500-voice chorus of fifth and sixth graders, and all city elementary groups across several school auditoria. The final concert closes the festival with the junior high orchestra and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical Art Club
High Point City
High Point
Women’s College of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Woman's College
Ada Blair
Cloverdale
Elm Street
Bentwood
Emma Blair
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Permits Granted Reach High Peak
Last week issued permits push total building values higher with a $62 995 freight station office for Southern Railway on Mangum Avenue. Construction by R K Stewart and Son of High Point continues. Other permits include a 26 room brick veneer apartment building on Oakwood Court costing 6500 and 12 family units, plus two garages at 400, a six room frame residence on Ferndale Drive for 4500 with a 100 garage, a two apartment brick veneer on Boulevard between Howell and Lindsay for 2600, plus various re roof and remodel projects and small structures with costs ranging from 50 to 300.
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Southern Railway Company
Mangum Avenue
R. K. Stewart and Son
High Point
R. B. Gantt
Oakwood Court
K. Morehead
Ferndale Drive
Rotary
Florham
Boulevard
Howell
Lindsay Streets
R. B. Mitchell
Service Hour Changed at Wesley Memorial Church
The Wesley Memorial Methodist Church tonight changes the evening service from 7:80 to o oclock. Wallace Frndy will preach at that time on the subject Leaders Verous Ideas.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Wallace Frndy
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Rees
Aed
Mrs. Pickett
Jamestown M. E. Church
M. P
Mr. Burgiss
Manufacturers Association
Rev. F. L. Conrad
Lenoir-Rhyne
By C. M. Smith
N. C
Elections Board
Southern Furniture’ Group
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