This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 45 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1940
Page
2
Ward Street Church marks Mother's Day with 9 45 a m Sunday school led by Mrs T R Ballard followed by 11 a m sermon from Rev J Clay Madison The 8 p m evening service features Mitchell College a cappella choir Under 11 a m service Junior Church is not held A 7 p m youth group meets and Church School Night is planned for next Friday at 8
Archdale church outlines Sunday schedule with 9 45 a m Sunday school led by superintendent A T Tuttle 11 a m worship by Dr O B Mitchell on A Great Woman Young People gather 645 p m Miss Leatrice Lindley president 730 p m revival for High Point youth led by Rev O L Easter of High Point Further revival nights Monday Tuesday pastor Rev Clifton Pearson Dr B Mitchell and midweek talks by Dr H P Powell of Charlotte All area youth invited to attend.
The church announces revival meetings led by Rev. Paul Taylor with morning and evening sermons on Sunday. Epworth League gathers at 6 45 p m for youth activity.
Sunday school at 9 58 with J A Lee superintendent. Preaching at 11 with Rev Edward Suits pastor. Evening service features a Mother's Day pageant titled A Mother's Devotion. Epworth League at 6 15 p m Prayer service Wednesday at 7 30.
G W Fink pastor leads Mother's Day service in Jamestown at 11 a.m with baptisms for children. LaBarron to speak at Oakdale at 7 30 p.m. Sunday school at 11 a.m. Young People of both churches meet at 6 45 p.m.
Pastor N. C. Williams conducts church school at 9 30 am and sermons at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Evening sessions 6 30 Sunday through Tuesday include a discussion on personal salvation. Young People of High Point Union hold revival at Archdale Church with Dr. Howard Peterson Powell of Charlotte preaching Wednesday through Friday.
Wesley Memorial lists Sunday activities including Church School at 9 45 a m and worship at 11 a m with Dr Embree H Blackard speaking on The Religious Faith of Mothers A Youth group hike and evening fellowship follow plus a Jonah program The church also hosts a Wednesday Family Night Supper and Thursday School Day play practice Lebanon plans 9 45 a m Sunday School and morning worship with Mothers Day noted under Pastor O L
Easter service at Archdale Methodist Church features the theme Home The Ark Of Human Refuge. The oldest mother present will be honored along with the mother with the most children and the most church members among them. Evening service begins 7:30 with Dr. O B Mitchell delivering the message. Christian Endeavor at 6:45 p.m. Mid week prayer Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Morning service at 11 with Pastor A Lincoln Falk preaching The Right Kind of Mother. Flowers for oldest mother youngest mother and mother with most children. Bible school aims for 375 attendance and a special offering for Baptist Hospital. Evening service at 7 30 with sermon Gods Commander. Baptism after the sermon. Bible school at 945 am Training Union at 630 pm.
At Pisgah Corner Worth Avenue and Wingate Street Rev W L Smith leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m with F P Vaughn as superintendent Morning worship at 11 00 a m on Behold Thy Mother The church observes Mothers Day with a dinner on the ground and song service then begins a ten day revival led by Rev R N Honeycutt of Trading Ford Baptist Church preaching
Sunday schedule lists 9 30 Sunday school with Walter E Crissman superintendent 11 morning worship and sermon by Rev Woodrow W Hill 630 Baptist Training Union directed by Burgess Leonard 730 evening worship with sermon by Rev Woodrow W Hill.
Sunday school at 9 45 a m training union at 6 45 worship at 10 45 and 7 30 a m pastor Rev Ernest M Smith returns to conduct services after revival trip officers and teachers meeting Wednesday at 7 p m
Dr A B Conrastor Bible school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m Our Moth worship at 8 pm The Rewards of Discipleship W M 8 circle meetings Monday afternoon and evening Prayer service and training unions on Wednesday evening at 7 30
Bethel Temple corner of Snow and Randolph streets invites the public to a Sunday School session at 9:45 a m. with a Mother's Day program at 10:45 a m Young People's Society meets at 6:30 p m and an evangelistic service with an illustrated sermon The True and The False Shepherds by the Temple cast in cooperation with Rev Frank C Myers pastor on Tuesday prayer and praise at 7:30 p m Friday night service at 7:30 p m.
Evangelical and Reformed pastor Hoy L Fesperman leads Sunday school at 9 45 a m J M Hedrick superintendent Mother's Day observance at 11 00 a m with the message The Mother Pro Tem Special choir music Junior sermon Young People societies meet at 7 p m Evening service led by Young People themed My Church Girls' Missionary Guild gathers Monday 7 p m at Tillie Sue Ivey home Prayer service Wednesday 7 30 p m Sunday school council Friday 7 30 p m David Hartzell will speak on How to make class study more interesting and helpful
The church outlines a Sunday timetable with 3:45 a.m. departmental Sunday school led by Harry L. Brown, 11:00 a.m. worship, and a morning meditation on The Christian Home by Dr. O C Williamson. Additional events include Young People’s League at 6:15, evening service at 7:30, and midweek concerts and prayer meetings with choir rehearsals.
The Friends Bible School hosts 9 45 service led by Les lie Gurley with special music by El wanda and Mataline Gurley and a sermon by Elbert D. Newlin on The Lantern In Her Hand. A 6 30 Junior Christian Endeavor and pastoral committee meeting follow with Wade Russell presiding. Regular worship at 7 30 features the pastor’s biblical character theme. Leadership Training Monday night and a Missionary Society Mothers Day program Tuesday include Mrs Raymond Bin ford. gifts to Byerly’s requested. Weekly business meeting Wednesday at 7 30 with clerks Mrs John B. Burton and Mrs Grady Newton.
Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. with Oscar McCampobeill as superintendent. Worship follows at 11 a.m. on the topic Religion In the Home. Clifton C. Pearson, pastor, delivers the message. Senior Christian Endeavor Society meets at 6:30 p.m. with Elizabeth and Frances Helen Gatewood as leaders.
Central Bible school holds classes at 9 45 a m with Horace Haworth as superintendent. At 11 a m Pastor Cecil E Haworth speaks on The Christian Home A Continuing Frontier. Evening service at 6 p m features a Mother's Day themed program. no other evening activities. Week plans include Boy Scout meeting Monday 7 30 p m and men’s recreational program Tuesday 7 30 p m with pastoral committee meeting led by Dr Raymond Binford. Wednesday offers the monthly meeting 7 30 p m.
The Church of Christ led by Pastor W. D. Helsabeck lists Bible school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 with a sermon titled A Worthwhile Life Christian Endeavor meets at 6 45 pm and a 7 30 service features The Mission Barrel play performed by church ladies. Negro singers provide special music at the 7 30 service.
The Lutheran congregation hears a morning sermon titled Grand Mothers on 2 Timothy 1 5 with a focus on faith from Lois Eunice and mother. A Lenoir Rhyne a capella quartet David Conrad Wilfred Hahn C C P Fisher and Richard Fritz will sing the offertory. At 3 PM the choir directed by Kenneth B Lee performs Flames of Fire the 7 30 evening sermon continues.
Grace Missouri Synod at the corner of Fifth and Sherrod announces 11 a.m. divine worship with holy communion led by Pastor R. E. Mennen and Sunday school superintendent G. W. Matscher. 7:30 p.m. Mother's Day service on the topic God's Estimate of a Mother's Love.
The church offers Sunday Masses at 9 and 11 o'clock and a weekday Mass at 8 o'clock.
Wesleyan Hayworth Memorial hosts Sunday school at 9.45 with J C Ledbetter supervising. A 11 o clock sermon on Mother's Gift follows. 7.15 p m features a Mother's Day program led by the Women's Missionary Society. A 3 o clock group convention gathers Wesleyan Sunday schools from High Point district, led by Mrs J C Poole of Kannapolis. All workers urged to attend.
Whit Sunday services at St Marys include Holy Communion at 8 a m and 11 a m with sermon, church school at 9 45 a m, and Young People's Service League at 6 30 p m. Wednesday May 15 celebrates Binder Day with Holy Communion at 10 o'clock.
A Sunday School lesson on Habakkuk 1 12a7 and 2 4 explains the prophet’s dialogue with God during Babylonian oppression. It urges reading the Lord, standing watch, and waiting for God’s vision while the just shall live by faith and trust in divine promises despite worldly turmoil.
Christian Science lesson sermon titled Aram and Fallen Man will be the topic at all churches and societies. Service begins at 11 o clock Sunday morning at 319 North Main Street Reading room open Wednesday and Friday 10 am to 1 pm. Sunday school at 9 30 am.
Tabernacle schedules Sunday school at 9 45 am morning worship at 11 am with pastor Williams delivering the sermon. Music by a Columbia Bible College staff member. Young People at 6 30 pm evangelistic service at 7 30 pm followed by gospel message. Thursday mid week service at 7 30 pm.
Corner West Green and Tyron Streets hosts preaching each first and third Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p m Rev D M Spencer is the pastor.
SOPHTA announces Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching services on the second Sunday at 11 a m and the fourth Sunday at 11 a m and 7 30 p m Rev D M Spence is the pastor.
Flint Hill announces Sunday school at 2 30 p m with services at 3 30 and 7 30 p m on the fourth Sunday at 3 30 p m led by Rev D M.
All meetings today and Sunday at the Little Mission near the Rawley farm will be led by local Sunday school teachers for the regular Sunday school students.
A century ago distance mattered less than today as propaganda and undercover gangs threaten nations. Dictators use hate to weaken from within, turning markets against liberty and bringing treason by calm, disguised campaigns. The piece notes resilience against such threats. Air conditioning will be installed in residences and theatres in Singapore, Malaya.
A jumble of sports notes includes Bobby Feller lamenting fewer work days, Joe DiMaggio’s early start as a shortstop, Dempsey and Engel promoting boxing ventures, and a chaotic on-field play described at length. Frankie Frisch and Bob Klinger clash in a Pirates locker room altercation is mentioned, plus a tribute dinner for Babe Ruth hosted by Leewood golf club.
Boston Globe notes a surge of ex Brooklyn players in the minors with 15 counted, Oscar Vitt recalls Joe MCarthy's reaction, Benny McCoy warming for the Athletics, and Dixie golf star Etselle Lawson Page skipping the Women’s National on the coast due to travel.
Max Macon of the Brooks recalls a day long past. He recounts a vivid memory tied to community life and local events that shaped his perspective and family ties. The tale echoes small town pride and enduring connections.
A five passenger biplane plunged into woods near Blacksburg during an electrical storm killing pilot M. C. Lautt, 39, of New York. Witnesses thought another man jumped with a parachute that failed to open. search found no second body.
A reader asks how to treat warts and clean enameled tables and chairs. The remedy for warts involves dissolving washing soda in water, washing hands, and air drying. For enameled surfaces, use salt moistened with vinegar, rinse with clear water, and wipe dry.
The Wood family outing at Yale featured Vale beating Colgate 2 1 in the tenth inning after Smoky Joe's squeeze play. Joe Wood Jr pitched for Vale and held Colgate to two hits until the seventh. Steve Wood pitched for Colgate and faced the loss before Joe Wood Sr singled with the bases loaded to seal the win.
Oscar Haussermann, president of the Boston knife and fork club, voices strong support for the Red Sox and wishes all eight clubs end the season aligned with Boston. He emphasizes unity among teams and future prospects.
The questions include whether milk is a solid, which city is older Rome or Jerusalem, the English general who defeated Napoleon, another name for the Northern Lights, and the principal North American drainage system. Answers: yes it contains 13 percent solids, Jerusalem, Duke Arthur Wellesley Wellington, Aurora borealis, Mississippi River.
London dispatch reports Dutch housewives attacked captured German paratroopers near Amsterdam. Nazis were rescued by Dutch soldiers but were too weak to walk as women chased them with knives, clubs, and rolling pins in a suburban market place.
Official weather records show varied temperatures across principal cotton growing areas. Showers are reported off the coast from Hatteras to Jacksonville with cooler nights and moderate offshore winds, while inland areas like Charlotte expect generally cloudy skies and cooler conditions.
SEDGEFIELD May 11 The angular young Skip Alexander Duke, favored to win the annual Conference golf title, starts here today and is in top form. The Duke team turned in a 64 over par in a warm up at Sedgefield Country Club as the tournament will be played.
A local grocery advertises Colgate Soap lated Soap and Octagon Cleanser with a two for price at HOLDER'S FOOD STORE on M9 South Main. The notice promotes previous Red Super Suds stock and highlights two for deals for shoppers.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.