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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1940

Page

7

High Point To Send Three To West Palm Beach Music Meet

High Point High School joins ten North Carolina groups at the National School Music Competition and Festival in West Palm Beach May 9 to 11. The region includes DC, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, NC, SC, Georgia and Florida. Three High Point soloists Homer Hayworth Kelly Lawson and Bobby Gayle will perform.

West Palm Beach Fla High Point High School North Carolina Southeastern District of Columbia Maryland West Virginia Virginia South Carolina Georgia Florida High Point Homer Hayworth Kelly Lawson Bobby Gayle Florida Bandmasters’ Association John J. Heeney Deland, Fla Florida Association Frank Simon Cincinnati Conservatory of Music William H. Bailey Stetson University Deland Ila A. R. McAllister Joliet Ill National School Music Association Lyman Wiltse University of Tampa Herbert Clarke Long Beach Calif Harold Miles Griffin L. A. Sides Charlotte N. C C. O. Honass Rollins College Winter Park Lenoir Wadesboro Kings Mountain Greensboro Reynolds High Winston-Salem Graham Girls Glee Albemarle Asheville Miami Senior High School Clearwater Ocala St. Petersburg Vero Beach Fort Lauderdale Orlando Bunnell Reynolds High School

May Day Festival processional announced at High Point College

High Point College will present its May Day festival tomorrow at 4 PM directed by Miss Gertrude Strickler. The event features a long list of senior girls with escorts, class attendants, flower girls, a mystery queen train bearer, crown bearer Jackie Twining, and three May Queen contenders with Bob Johnson to crown the winner.

High Point College Gertrude Strickler Jennie R. Fisher Elmer Cashatt Ruth M. Thompson Frank Hege Elizabeth Kivett Boyce Wynn Dixie Helms Howard Garman Helen Davis Jesse Swinson Joan Williams P. H. Scarboro Helen Blackburn Virginia Hunt Ronda Sebastian Jody Tomlinson Jule Warren Patsy Peacock Mary Lane Ballard Nancy Mary Hill Clara White Douglas McCall Jackie Twining Queen Econtestants Rebecca Coble Haw River Edith Vance High Point Verel Ward Liberty Bob Johnson

How to Eat to Beat the Heat by Alice H. Smith

Nutritionist Alice H. Smith urges iron rich foods as a year round tonic. She promotes greens eggs liver dried fruits and peanuts with simple daily group meals and notes some people need medical advice for iron deficiency. The piece emphasizes varied iron sources and balanced nutrition for general health.

Grandma

Policeman Dies After Gun Battle in Gibsonville

In Gibsonville a policeman named A. S. Williams aged 89 died in a Greensboro hospital after a gun battle with Willie James known as the Salisbury Eel. Williams was found in a blood pool in front of a store. James had six bullet wounds and was located nearby.

Gibsonville A. S. Williams Greensboro Willie James

Failure to renominate Roosevelt urged as unwise

John Folger of Mount Airy told a Raleigh radio audience that Democrats should renominate President Roosevelt. Folger leads the North Carolina for Roosevelt movement and described a renomination as wise for national interests.

Raleigh Roosevelt John Folger Mt. Airy Folger North Carolina

Cooper rails against sales tax at North Carolina border

Mayor Thomas E. Cooper of Wilmington denounced North Carolina's general sales tax while campaigning for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He urged halving the tax by halves each biennium and lowering automobile license fees, arguing the tax diverts trade to South Carolina.

Kings Mountain South Carolina Thomas E. Cooper Wilmington Cooper North Carolina

Franklin D Roosevelt Calls for Precinct Meetings and May 11

The speaker urges people to attend precinct meetings and county conventions in May and on the eleventh to express wishes and register wills, highlighting civic engagement and participation.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Berry buyers seek top quality in Clibourn fruit series

A page seven report notes a 75 field demonstration on packing grading and handling in the Clibourn area. Buyers commit to pay highest prices for good quality berries, well packed and faced, according to Watson.

Clibourn Watson

Car Ram Into Produce Truck Kills Man Near Coats

A late night collision ten miles south of here left one man dead and two others seriously injured. Coroner Roy M Banks identified the deceased as James McCoy about 22 of Coats. Everett McCoy and Guy McNeal, both of Coats, were badly hurt. Illiam H Lee of Raleigh, driver of the rammed truck, was uninjured.

Here James McCoy Coats Everett McCoy Guy McNeal Illiam H. Lee Raleigh

Economic Crisis in the South Warned by University Expert

Dr. William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago told a joint conference in Chapel Hill that the South faces a first magnitude economic crisis driven by agricultural distress and a large agricultural population. He noted Southern population growth far outpaces job creation in manufacturing, with only about 7 to 12 thousand new jobs yearly.

Chapel Hill William F. Ogburn University of Chicago South Population Association of America University of North Carolina Conference On Regional Research and Development Birmingham Ala

Japanese Embargo Sought by Church Group

The 34th biennial session of the Southern ConventionCongregational Christian Churches elected Dr H S Hardcastle of Norfolk Virginia as president and named Rev W E Lesseman Greensboro Rev A R Slater Holland Va as vice presidents and other officers. The group urged an embargo on Japanese goods until Japan ends aggression in China and opposed Roosevelt's envoy to the Vatican.

Greensboro Southern Convention Congressional-Christian Churches H. S. Hardcastle Norfolk W. E. Lesseman A. R. Slater Holland, Va J. H. Lightbourne Burlington L. L. Vaughan Raleigh J. O. Atkinson Elon College F. C. Lester Robert Lee House Richmond Christian Sun Japan China Roosevelt Vatican

May Queen Crowned Tomorrow at East Carolina Teachers College

Greenville May 3 Miss Dorothy Reed Miller of Wilmington will be crowned May Queen of East Carolina Teachers College tomorrow.

Greenville Dorothy Reed Miller Wilmington East Carolina Teachers’ College

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