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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1931
Page
7
Sunday services centered on Adam and Fallen Man with a Golden Text from Galatians and a citation from Ephesians. The Lesson-Sermon also cited passages from Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health, describing divine science lifting clouds of error and presenting man as coexistent with his creator.
The Pre-School clinic will be held Thursday and Friday at Johnson Street School starting each morning at 9. Dr S Saunders will examine children entering the school this fall with nurse Veigh Hutchinson assisting. Miss Ivey Paylor urged all interested parents to contact her for more information.
Good level lot on Johnson street north of school on a paved street for 500 dollars. Level and 175 feet deep. A showy six room bungalow on Wesley Place with hardwood floors and complete plumbing for 2666 dollars. We have bought a 35 room attractive bungalow on Welborn street at a big discount and will sell it or a small profit. Has hardwood floors complete plumbing sewerage garage and is practically new. Terms price 1800 or 1666 cash. J. White Inc Hood Bank Building Office 2683 Residence 8473.
The Briggs family mourns the loss of twin sons Kenneth J. Briggs and Irvin Ray Briggs who died this morning at 114 Taylor Street. Survived by parents a sister Bobby Lee, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. P. L Younts of High Point and Mr. and Mrs J. G. Briggs of Madison County. Interment at Oak Wood Cemetery at 3 PM with a short home service led by Rev W R Shaffer of First Reformed Church.
A revival series opened last night at the Union Mission tabernacle at West Green and Ward streets under Rev. B. G. Rollins of Greensboro. Services are held each night at 7 45 oclock with the public invited. Tonight's sermon is titled Revival.
High Point Farmers' association will hold a meeting at city hall Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock. P M Davis secretary says significant business for farmers in the section will be discussed though the exact topics were not disclosed.
The High Point Graduate Nurses Club will meet Wednesday evening May 13 at 8 o'clock at the Guilford General nurses home. Mr and Mrs M L Wood Sr and Mrs Lyle Wood and Mr Melvin Wood of Lynchburg VA spent the weekend with their parents at the Montlieu Avenue home of J R Wood.
The Legion and Auxiliary manufacture poppies to aid disabled veterans. 31 of 52 departments produce the flowers with 125 thousand made at Oteen, paid one cent each, 250 to 300 per day. Over 10 million poppies will be produced, funding welfare for veterans and families, with wreaths and large displays for Memorial Day.
Open high low close and price ranges for May July October December Jah and Mar grain futures in Chicago. Data shows gains in most contracts with end of period closes near 1070 to 1100 for key months.
The article notes the constitutional requirement for a revenue bill to pass the two houses on three separate days. If conferees fail to agree, adjournment without a revenue bill may be revived. A showdown this week is expected, signaling possible passage or further delays.
Anne Royall became the first woman journalist to own and edit a newspaper and the first professional interviewer of either sex, marking a landmark in American media history.
Bears were repulsed as Wall Street opened a new week with a firmer tone. Early trading saw losses of 1 to 4 points, but most issues soon gained, led by U. S. Steel Bethlehem McKeesport American Telephone Public Service of N J Electric Power and Light North American International Telephone Atchison New Haven American Can Case Radio Montgomery Ward Kroger Grand Silver Gillette United Aircraft. Fox Film and Union Carbide sagged early before partial recovery Eastman erased most of a 4 point drop.
A crowd watched as Harold Morrow 35 from Youngstown Ohio and Frances Miner 21 of Hanover Ohio burned to death when their monoplane crashed and burned in a wheat field near Mason City West Virginia. They had been stranded after a misrouted trip from Dayton to Columbus Ohio.
South Carolina announces a planned major boost in sweet potato production this year with expanded acreage and anticipated higher yields. The move aims to strengthen supply while supporting farmers statewide amid market conditions.
In High Point Sunday services, Rev. Tom A. Sykes cited biblical portrayals of mothers and urged rededication to their example. Miss Esther Baird shared mission work from India with vivid pictures, while Madrid unrest and martial law framed evening reflections on public faith and civic duty.
Rev G Ray Jordan told Wesley Memorial Methodist on Mother’s Day that the future hinges on real mothers. He warned sentiment alone won’t sustain religion as generations evolve and urged parents to remain engaged and set enduring moral standards through their children.
Davis testified about warning letters from the state examiner in 1928 and his defense of a policy to grow loans to protect existing ones. He described transferring Asheville city bonds to Luke Lea, misdating credit, and plans discussed with city officials to issue notes while deposits remained high. He admitted memory gaps and reliance on others for recalls as the bank neared closure amid unusual transfers and bond dealings.
St Edward's Catholic church held Mother's Day services at the shrine of Mary with Rev Father Patrick of Greensboro delivering the sermon. The ceremony featured a wreathing of Mary by Mary Pat Steed and a prayer of consecration read by Gloria Siderton, drawing hundreds who visited the Shrine. Devotions will continue daily through May.
Port Arthur Texas police investigated an attempt on Mayor-elect J. P Logan as he sick in bed. Two shots from a .3 calibre pistol hit near him, one narrowly missing his head and the other striking a sofa. Logan defeated incumbent J. W. O Neal on May 2 after years of O Neal terms.
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