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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1939

Page

5

Fishing Season Opens in North Carolina Wednesday

North Carolina anglers may start fishing from Wednesday through March 31 with license purchases and select practices. The trout season is already open and closes August 31, while smallmouth bass season runs June 10 to September 30 in western counties.

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Thomasville Churches Seek Consolidation of Youth Groups

Boyd Fouts, president of the Thomasville Township Christian Endeavor Union, drums up a merger of local youth societies. He targets the Baptist Young People's Union Epworth League and Luther League among others, listing churches in the union and signaling an upcoming merger meeting.

Thomasville Boyd Fouts Thomasville Township Christian Endeavor Union Fouts Baptist Young People’s Union Epworth League Luther League First Presbyterian Church West End West End Methodist Protestant Church, Calvary Reformed Church Community Methodist Protestant Church Heidelberg Reformed Church Pleasant Grove Methodist Protestant Church First Methodist Protestant Church Zion Reformed Church Emmanuel Reformed Church

Furniture Industry Shows Poor 1938 Performance

Seidman & Seidman 1938 annual furniture industry survey reports a 25 percent annual sales decline despite a mid year recovery. Total household furniture volume fell to about 345 million dollars, with bedroom dining and upholstery segments hardest hit. Prices fell about five percent and overall output dropped 22 percent from 1937.

Federal Reserve Board

1938 Funiture Industry Profit Dips Amid Decline

A 1938 report shows the furniture industry down to 61 percent of 1929 levels with a 0.1 to 1 percent operating gain and a 7 percent net loss on sales. Employment dropped about 17 percent from 1987 to 110000 workers, while overall manufacturing stood at a fraction of prewar levels.

Prospects for Furniture Industry Rise in Early 1939

Review by Frank E. Seidman notes furniture industry gains in first four months of 1939 with orders up 29 percent shipments 15 percent employment 5 percent and payrolls 15 percent from 1938. Residential construction remains strong, with home building nearly twice as active as 1938 and pointing toward 1929 levels if the trend persists.

Frank E. Seidman Hias

Missionary conference at Deep River marks fourteenth gathering

North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends held its fourteenth mid year conference Thursday at Deep River Friends Church with 365 delegates and about 500 attendees. Esther Baird spoke. Guilford College showcased a demonstration on proper meeting conduct. Savilla Johnson was elected president with Lutie Woody as secretary.

Missionary Conference North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends Deep River

Corridor not just highway to sea but Poland’s progressive Pomorze

Milton Bronner reports from London on Pomorze, Poland’s corridor to the Baltic. Poles view Pomorze as vital and will defend it, calling it Poland A, with roads, rail, and a growing fishing and agricultural economy. German minority presence persists alongside Polish modernization efforts.

Poland London Adolf Hitler Pomerania Poland B Pomorze Baltic Sea

Mind Your Manners Quiz on Social Etiquette

A readers questions guide correct door and elevator etiquette. It covers revolving doors waiting your turn not racing through, avoiding fast doors, elevator hat safety, and handling crowd dining choices. The sample answers advocate courtesy and accepting the majority, with best actions for rain scenario (a).

Optometrist Dr Nat Walker Attends NC Society Session

Dr Nat Walker of Thomasville and High Point leaves for Asheville to join the North Carolina State Optometric Society sessions at Battery Park Hotel May 8 and 9. Speakers include Dr W C Ezell of Spartanburg Dr W W Leavell of Peabody and Dr John C Neill of Penn State College of Optometry. Walker returns to Thomasville on Wednesday.

Thomasville Nat Walker High Point Asheville North Carolina Pennsylvania State College of Optometry Walker

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