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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1930
Page
12
Mother's Day will be observed in all city churches with messages stressing the day’s meaning and musical programs. Services begin at 7 30 this month and include a sermon on Happy Service. Immanuel Lutheran plans a Mother’s Honor message and a night sermon A Little While at 8 o'clock.
Rev. T. A. Sykes will address the morning service on Mother's Love and World Witness for Christ. A children's story recalls Mothers and Boys in Japan, with an evening sermon on Pentecost and the Holy Spirit.
The church on North Main and Farriss Avenue lists Holy Communion at 7 50 a m and morning prayer with a sermon titled God Father and Mother There is no evening service Church school and Men's Bible class meet at 9 30 a m Young People's Service League gathers at 6 39 p m A welcome awaits new attendees
A morning worship service at First Methodist Protestant church features a Mothers Day program with Rev. R T Marmer leading and special choir music. Mr Farmer delivers The Faith of Mothers. Congregants wear colored or white flowers based on whether their mother is living or departed. An evening vesper at five will observe Florence Nightingale Day with guests from High Point Graduate Nurses club and student nurses from High Point and Guilford General hospitals. The minister will speak on Devotion In Full Measure. Public invitation extended.
Morning services at the Reform church will mark Mother's Day with a surprise for attending mothers. The pastor will preach on Mother's Love. Sunday school starts at 9:45 a.m. Christian Endeavor meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. Night worship will follow.
By order of the North Carolina Insurance Department on May 831 1930 readers are informed the current Total and Permanent Disability clause will be replaced. A 22 day recommendation promotes Reliance Perfect Protection illustration at 25.04 weekly for two weeks covering total disability from sickness or accident with 1600.00 yearly indemnity and no premium or face-deduction offsets.
Regular services are announced at Hilliard Memorial church with Sunday school at the usual hour. At 11 o clock Rev. J M Hilliard will speak on The Living Christ and in the evening will preach The Secret of the Lord is With Them That Fear Him. Mr Hilliard fills in for pastor Rev S T Hensley who is seriously ill.
West End Baptist Church will hold special Sunday services with morning preaching on The Special Distinction of Women and evening preaching on The Consequence of Sin. Special music is planned for the night service.
Rev. A. Elmore will lead Southside Baptist Church services with morning subject Mothers and evening topic The Waters of Life.
May devotions highlight the service at St Edward's Church with a 9 am parish mass and a 7 30 pm May Crowning. Children escort Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomas in solemn procession to crown the Blessed Virgin Mary statue. Father Luke will preach at both services and all are invited.
A special Mother's Day program is planned at Union Tabernacle at West Green and Broad streets. Bible study begins at 9:45, children's service at 11:45, Rev. R. L. Erickson preaches at 11:30, song service at 2 with a talk by Mrs. E. W. Holton, Winston-Salem evangelistic club directs 3 o'clock service, and Mrs. C. B. Carter preaches at 7:30.
Members of the High Point chapter Order of DeMolay will attend Mother’s Day services at St Marys Episcopal church in a body tomorrow at 11. Those with living local mothers should go to their own church. The group meets at 10 45 to enter the service together.
Mother's Day services will be held Sunday at the Cherry Presbyterian church. At 8 o'clock in the evening a special program will be sponsored by members of the junior church. On Tuesday night at 7 o'clock the junior choir of St. James's Presbyterian church Greensboro will give a music recital here.
The report notes that for every horsepower of water power installed in the United States, two and one-half horsepower of steam power are being installed. This reflects a shift toward steam-driven expansion alongside existing hydro power.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy chapters High Point and Laura Wesson held a joint Memorial Day service at Ray Street School with A B Wingate Andrews delivering the address. He recalled Confederate bravery and Stonewall Jackson and noted Raleighs House of Memory pavilion. The gathering sang Carolina and later members decorated Confederate graves in the city cemetery.
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church begins spring revival on May 11 for ten days. Evangelist Rev Gerringer of Burlington leads. he has served in Reidsville Asheboro Asheville Greensboro and is in his third Burlington year. The pastor Rev Geo L Curry will preach morning and night with Pentecost and Christian Unity as the morning topic. Mother's Day service will include a flowers for parents instruction with color guidance.
James Elvin Coble seven year old of the M P Children's Home died last night at 9 30 in a local hospital after a brief illness of pneumonia and meningitis. He had been injured in a fall at James Town graded school last Tuesday and nose broken in the incident. Born November 20 1922 in Randolph county he was the son of Alfred T and Ida Lena Burgess Coble. Survived by mother Mrs Alfred Coble Burlington two half sisters and five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 00 pm then at Kivett's Baptist church near Liberty at 4 00 pm. Burial in the church cemetery.
A service will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Neighborhood Church of God 416 Julian Avenue Thomasville. The public is invited to attend. Also noted is the Pandaka pygmea, a Philippine fish about six sixteenth of an inch long, claimed as the smallest in the world.
Virgil Gurley was freed from jail after agreeing to answer a question from Prosecuting Attorney Archie Myatt. The driver of the car pursued by police remains unnamed as Judge Teague ordered release and hinted a warrant for the driver on a reckless driving charge may be issued.
Tonight at Chautauqua the three-act comedy The Mollusc will headline the program. Judge Travers spoke on Crime and Criminals this afternoon while Senator Brookhart critiqued Cooperative Economics last night. The intercollegiate ministerial conference opened at High Point with 383 delegates from five colleges. registration led by High Point with 15 representatives as Rev. Lindley prepares the banquet address.
Robert Royals and Eugene Tate, both 5 years old, were arrested in Highland Mill for pulling a false fire alarm. Police turned them over to the Boy's Commissioner for juvenile court proceedings. Fire chief A B Horney said youths increasingly trigger false alarms.
Charlotte attorney H. L. Strickland was permanently disbarred by Judge J. H. Clement after a superior court jury found unethical practice. The judge called the Charlotte bar in poor condition. Strickland's lawyers to file an appeal.
The Susanna Wesley class of Wesley Memorial church will hold a special Mother's Day program tomorrow morning. The mothers of the class members will be honor guests.
A respected female physician advises women to spend an hour or so daily in complete relaxation with feet elevated. She says this practice benefits the heart reduces varicose veins and helps keep ankles slim.
Mrs Sadie Webb of 7 DeCamp Street Greenville recounts relief from severe sick headaches and dizziness after using Thedfords Black Draught for biliousness and as a laxative. She states the remedy cleanses the system and keeps headaches away, claiming widespread approval and a price of 1 cent per dose with broad availability.
A committee meeting at the chamber of commerce discussed consolidating public health work among High Point Greensboro and Guilford county. They ordered a definite plan to be drafted and presented to city councils and the county board for action with aim of a central organization and units in High Point and Greensboro to cut costs and improve efficiency. The session was led by Paul Lindley with other participants including Claude Kiser Andrew Joyner E M Knox H K Brockman Miss Clara Cox W B McEwen and F J Sizemore.
Large crowd fills the American theater for a chamber of commerce event presenting The March of Business. The film contrasts life and business changes from 1890 to 1900, highlighting shifts in transportation and social customs.
Public sale of property in High Point Guilford County under a 1926 deed of trust. The Commercial National Bank of High Point as Trustee will sell at 11:00 A.M. May 23 1930 to the highest bidder for cash. 10 percent deposit required. Lots 87 and 88 College Terrace conveyed to Nettie V Frazier by Grady L Beck.
Maysie Gasque, an American 20 year old, attended her first unchaperoned dance in London and was proposed to and accepted by J. R. Robinson. She had never been out unchaperoned before, not even to her hairdressers. She does not smoke or drink.
Notices combine a 1930 Greensboro land sale under a Walter Ferguson deed of trust with a separate sealed bid call for the Wm Penn High School building in High Point. The land sale details the 1927 trust and June 2 1930 sale at Greensboro court house door. The school notice seeks bids by May 19 1930 with deposits and contract requirements.
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