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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1922
Page
4
A humorous oration blends Berton Braley’s spring ode with quips about current events. It playfully transitions from flirtation with the season to satirical lines about robbers, radios, and celebrities, ending with musings on cinema and language learning.
A man moving in circles creates an eerie impression as bystanders watch a odd scene unfold with unclear context and minimal details available.
An editorial urges immediate vigorous fly swatting to prevent disease. It stresses citizen self help, home sanitation, and strict food protection laws, comparing Austrian and Hungarian practices with American needs. It notes April 1 screen awareness and promotes national interest in athletics and Sokol organized activity.
An ex-retail merchant from Massachusetts recounts selling his store and realizing a missed opportunity to stock nationally advertised goods. A tour of nearby towns shows women favoring advertised brands and men preferring trade marked items, proving that advertising drives customer choice and increases sales.
An editorial lauds Durham's first state wide athletic meet as a democratic success. It urges broad participation across colleges, high schools and unattached athletes, arguing for more public play and less spectator sports. It suggests Americans need a national game enabling mass participation, hinting at sokols as a model.
New York socialites buzz as a debutante shares a meal with a film star during the May carnival popularity contest. The event supports the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor while society figures campaign for favorite artists to be carnival king and queen later in the month.
Passengers aboard the Frederick VIII witnessed a two hour porpoise watching spree that turned deadly when a pack of half a dozen sharks attacked. About 54 to 60 porpoises were killed, leaving a crimsoned sea as the predators vanished.
The opening of the United Hunts Meet drew New York society leaders and millionaires to a premier metropolitan racing event. The masters of the fox hounds plate for hunters over about 3 1 3 miles highlighted the day with top hunters and nearly all the gentleman riders of the eastern horser set in attendance.
A chorus girl sues a wealthy man for breach of promise in a suit that highlights courtroom romance and social intrigue. The faded tone recalls sensational trials and sharp headlines from era papers.
A healthy person resists disease with good air, food, water, habits, exercise, rest, and cleanliness. Avoid excess fat or sugar, drink safe water, beware bad water, alcohol, and tobacco, and ensure daily exercise and sufficient sleep for all ages.
Washington May 6 The prevention of malnutrition means a plan of a well designed program for malnourished children. Dr Emerson of Boston urged organized health work with weight and measurement screens, diagnostic clinics, growth exams, defect elimination, modified schooling, home cooperation, and supervisor doctor nutritionist and parent roles.
In a tense courtroom scene Barry Houston pushes for a confession from Fred Thayer the mill superintendent. Thayer admits motive involving embezzlement schemes tied to Thomas Langdon Agnes Jerdan and Batiste Renaud as part of a plot to seize Empire Lake Mill and fund a transfer of wealth. The confession read aloud to witnesses will be filed with the district attorney.
A man details a web of murder and theft tied to a Boston mill scheme. He describes killing a woman, framing others, and a scheme involving Miss Jierdan and Houston. In the climactic confession Blackburn is jailed while Houston and Renaud pursue vindication and reconciliation.
Churches schedule services across denominations with multiple pastors. Main Street Methodist led by Rev T J Rogers holds Sunday school 9 30 and services at 11 am and 7 39 pm. St Marys Episcopal and Wesley Memorial also list worship and Holy Communion times.
Pastor Rev F kb Conrad leads worship at 11 oclock with sermon A Little While and a Long While and administration of the Lord s Supper. Bible school at 945. Vespers at 8 with sermon The Rod of Correction.
Friends Samuel L Haworth, minister, leads Sunday school at 9 46 with Joseph oD Cox as superintendent. Worship at 11 includes Miss Ag nes Dodson singing. Afternoon junior choir EB at 2 30 and P 8 C 7 00. Evening song service and short sermons with solo by Mrs J Gurney Briggs.
Rev. Charles P. Cobl pastor leads morning worship at 11 o clock with special music by the choir and a solo. Bible school begins at 9 45 with R E Ranson as superintendent.
Rev. George R Brown presides as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 supervised by R B H Shaw Jr Children’s Week service at 11 am Christian Endeavor at 7 15 pm followed by preaching at 8 00 Prayers Wednesday at 8 00 Morning program highlights children's interests Parents urged to attend Children cared for in the Sunday School room
John White cashier of Merchants National Bank was chosen president of the Rotary club succeeding Norman Call. Ben W. Wilson became vice president with W. M. Andersen re-elected secretary. R. Lewis named chief treasurer and Br. J. Sullivan sergeant at arms. Directors chosen include Norman Call and others.
The executor F H Mendenhall announces qualification as executor of S H Mendenhall's estate. Creditors must file claims by April 11, 1923 and debtors should settle promptly. Notice dated April 11, 1922.
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