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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1933
Page
8
The 14th anniversary of Springfield Friends church, the 160th worship anniversary, and the fifth anniversary of the brick meeting house will be observed with special services. Dean Clyde Milner of Guilford College will preach at 11 a.m., and Ruth Outland, a returned missionary from Palestine, will speak at night.
Sabbath school began at 9 45 this morning at the Seventh Day Adventist church at Springdale avenue and Branch street. Elder W L Killen preached at 11 20. A Sunday night service is planned at 7 45 led by Pastor Rev John E All with the topic but the saints of the most high shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever.
The Saint Poward’s Catholic Mass will be held at 9:00 with Sunday school starting at 10:00 and evening services and benediction at 7:30. Father Reshel will be in charge and non Catholics are welcome.
Saint Mary's Church at North Main and Farriss Avenue lists 7:30 a.m. Holy Communion 9:45 a.m. church school and adult Bible class 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion and sermon 6:30 p.m. Young People's Social League. Captain Earl Eastarbrook from 416 Lafayette Street New York will preach at 11 a.m. The church army aims to evangelize and foster Christian fellowship. Public invited.
The Christian Science lesson sermon Adame and Fallen Man will be the subject in all Christian Science churches and societies this Sunday. Services start at 11 o clock at 309 1 2 North Main Street with Sunday school at 9 45 a m. The reading room opens 2 to 4 30 p m on Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
A Wesleyan Methodist revival now three weeks old will host Rev M R Harvey of Cherryville NC for two Sunday services at 11 AM and 7 30 PM with sermons The Bible Page for the Christian and The Last Call to Eternal Life An old fashioned testimonial meeting is set for 2 30 PM Sunday Sunday school at 9 45 AM and a prayer meeting at 7 30 PM Wednesday public invited.
Regular services will be held at the North Hamilton Street Church of Christ on Sunday with Bible school at 10 a m and the 11 o clock service. Rev W A Taylor will preach Why We Ought to Go to Church. Sunbeam Chorus meets at 630 and Pastor's class.
The First Methodist Protestant church starts its program with Sunday school at 9:45 led by superintendent J C White Sell. Rev R I Farmer will deliver the morning sermon Jesus Winning Youth continuing How Jesus Won Followers. Music includes Prelude A Cloister Scene Anthem Holy Holy Holy Postludes. Junior church led by Naomi Dawson. Young People's C E Society at 7:15. Monday 7:30 Senior Society service and 8:00 evening worship A Nobleman Won To Christ with music by Vera Smith and Handel. Visitors welcome.
Superintendent Edgar Whitener opens Sunday school with Christ Teaches Sacrifice. Rev W R Shaffer preaches at 11 on One Thing Lacking. Evening service at 7:30 on The Joy of a Good Conscience. Junior Mission Four Square Young People meet 6:30. Hymn stories study continues with Onward Christian Soldiers. Circle 2 WMU meets at Mrs J P Perdue. Mother's Day arrives next week.
Green Street Baptist opens Sunday school at 9 30 with 45 in Cradle Roll. Mothers may leave babies with workers. Rev. G T Tunstall preaches at both services on Characteristics of the Early Church and Why Try to Be Good. Evening service 7 45. B Y P A meets 6 46. Official board 6 45. Public invited.
Rev. G. Ray Jordan will speak at 11 AM on Character or Chaos clarifying how Christlike character arises versus legislative control. At 8 PM he presents Heart Hunger with Wesley Memorial choir providing music. Church school starts 9:45 AM with Fred N. Tate speaking at the Peacock men’s class.
Ollie Shelton, 24, of 801 West Green Street, narrowly escaped a stray .32 caliber bullet last night about 9 30 o clock. The missile struck a post he stood beside and glanced into a brick wall at the Myrtle Desk Company plant on Taylor Street. Shelton found the bullet and said the shot originated from the city’s colored section, noting the distance made an intentional target unlikely.
The church plans a membership class in the basement at 7 10 pm. Junior church for 6 to 12 year olds will be led by Liston Pope at 11 am. The young people's supper meeting tomorrow at 7 pm will feature a music program with several guest artists expected.
Emanuel Lutheran will preach Rewards Of men and of God at 11 A M Sunday with text Matt 6 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men The Sunday school meets 945 There is no evening service due to the pastor’s appearance on Pilot high school commencement program for the baccalaureate sermon Sunday evening
Dr. A B Conrad will preach Judas or the Man He Might Have Been as the Sunday morning sermon at First Baptist in the final part of The Men of the New Testament series. Evening subject The Soul's Refuge. Bible school 9 45. B Y P U meets at 7 with Junior pickings Walle Fall Down Inter mediate cross roads Senior Lifes Open Doors. Deacons meeting 7 30 Monday. W W M S Circle meetings Monday afternoon night Y W A Monday evening Workers Council Wednesday evening.
The Lebanon M P on North Main street extension schedules Junior C B E at 8 15 a m Sunday Sunday school at 9 45 a m and 11 a m sermon by Rev W Taylor titled Making Christ Real The Intermediate and Senior C E societies meet at 6 45 p m The regular sermon by Rev Taylor titled Jesus the Way invites the public.
Regular services begin 9 45 a m with Sunday school. Revival starts in morning service led by Rev H Hill. Evening services at 7 30 for one week. Christian Endeavor meets in church annex at 6 20. Public invited.
Central Friends church welcomes visitors and others without a home church to attend Sunday worship. Bible school starts at 9 45 a m with classes for all. At 11 00 am the chorus choir directed by Norman Fidler performs before pastor Tom A Sykes speaks on The Adventurous Life and to the children. An 8 00 pm service presents Why Christians Must Work For World Peace with lantern slides from World War I. A cordial welcome is extended.
T Wingate Andrews superintendent of the city schools delivered the commencement address at Appalachian State Teachers college in Boone yesterday. He discussed vital issues in education in the state and the nation to the graduating class. Dr B B Dougherty introduced Andrews.
Greensboro scene follows High Point murder verdict acquitting John Harris 24 of first degree murder in Reuben Ware slaying. Judge A M Stack denounces jury as an absolute miscarriage of justice and orders jurors to have their names removed from the jury box while Harr is remanded on a concealed weapon charge and bond set at 1 000.
A transcription of Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy’s North Carolina Supreme Court opinion in the 1922 state versus Wes Winkler murder case is presented to the court. Robert E. Lee, a visiting scholar, compiled the penmanlike document as about 200 state lawyers sign to honor it.
John D. Biggs receiver of the Commercial National Bank sues nine High Point sureties on a 28,328 debt tied to a 1931 note by the First Presbyterian Church. The church borrowed 38,069 and payments have been made, the last 6,000 last October. The suit seeks the remaining balance and interest.
Dr. Archibald Henderson announced Durham high school won first in the annual state high school mathematics contest for paper by C. B. Widgery. Greensboro high school placed second with Maurice Polk, and Albemarle high school placed third with George Copple's paper.
The Gastonia based Gaston County division of the Southern Textile association has postponed its meeting to May 11 in Raplo.
In a case where the defendant claimed self defense after shooting Ware a large Negro who advanced with a gun and alleged planning to indict Harris for stealing a cow, Ware's widow testified he was shot unprovoked while unarmed. Ambulance workers found no weapon on Ware and jury members included Pearson and Paisley among others. Harris' wife and two daughters witnessed the acquittal as the defendant clapped.
Maxwell E. Jones announces the city schools music week starting Monday at 7 30 pm with a high school band concert on the city lot. Free admission. Other events include high school orchestra Tuesday, Junior high events Thursday, a piano recital Friday at High Point College, and a Sunday recital featuring Hubert Liverman and Iris Welch.
Rev. G. T. Bond of Greensboro preached on "Seeking the Lord" from Isaiah 55 6 at the Main Street M E church. He urged personal surrender to God and rebirth for America, stressing God’s deep interest in humanity and the need to reclaim a vital Christian life.
Tom Jones, rising senior at the local high school, was inducted as president of the student body for the upcoming year with Vesta Copeland named vice president. N L Smith Jr administered the oath, followed by pledges from elected representatives. Principal L R Johnston praised past citizenship efforts and urged continued development under the new administration.
The will of James G Adams of High Point filed in Greensboro on May 6. Dated December 9, 1930, it leaves his son John A Adams one dollar and distributes the remaining property to other heirs per the document filed in the clerk's office of the superior court.
Four young white men Burrus Welch Ernest Jones Dan Morgan and Russell McIntyre are jailed on charges of breaking and entering and larceny after a robbery at Barker Roller Mills. Authorities say the company safe was stolen and hauled away in the early hours.
Greensboro civil term opens May 15 with seven uncontested divorces and two special actions. Judge A M Stack presides. term runs two weeks with next civil term June 5 and criminal term May 29. Appeals from Greensboro municipal and magisterial courts and one juvenile court case also on calendar. Police recover stolen safe and truck tied to Robbery suspects. Happy Hilton held as accomplice after initial denial.
Greensboro May 6. A new act eliminates the need for a groom to obtain a health certificate to secure a marriage license, and brides are not required to undergo a physical exam. Exceptions apply if the groom admits active tuberculosis or venereal disease within two years.
The will names Ada C. Adame as executrix without bond for the estate. It leaves her his love and best wishes and asks that she remain a Missionary Baptist for the rest of her life. No estate value is stated.
Rev. Thomas H. Willey pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle will speak at First Christian Church on West Green Street Sunday at 7 o clock about his adventures among Amazonian Indians. He will show Indian costumes and slides and describe hiking to his first job and years as a Peruvian missionary, including encounters with hostile villages and a land reaching village formation.
Salem College president Dr Howard Rondthaler will give the commencement address for Colfax High School. The senior class play Happy Valley is tonight at 8, followed by senior day exercises next Thursday and the commencement sermon Sunday evening May 14. Graduates include Edwin Cade Charlie Durham Charlie Farrington Robert Isley and others.
Hanes Associated Mills Inc raises prices on seamless and full fashioned women’s hosiery in line with silk cost increases. Hanes Hosiery Mills of Winston-Salem NC led the price hikes, soon followed by Bangor PA producer of full fashioned goods.
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