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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1938
Page
2
Co. M Waynick editor of The Enterprise spoke to the seniors at High Point college auditorium this morning on Trends in Government. Next Friday Arthur Kirkman will address the seniors on Trends in Business, the final talk in the series.
A new German bomber can reach 302 miles per hour with a single seat design. It uses a 685 horsepower engine and reaches an altitude of 28,000 feet.
Secretary Wallace told Chief Justice Hughes that a Supreme Court ruling validating an agriculture department order reversed the court’s earlier stance and lagged 20 months behind voluntary departmental procedure changes. The letter, dated May 31, followed Hughes’ speech on judicial impartiality.
Nathan Austin McGehee age 3 died at his Jamestown home after a several week illness. Born March 12, 1866 in Guilford County he was the son of Robert and Nancy Irvin McGehee and married to Hannah Hodgin. Surviving are the widow and many children grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at home Saturday at 8:30 pm with interment in Fairfield cemetery.
Funeral services for Samuel F Hunt 70 who died suddenly at his home 214 Church Street will be conducted Saturday at 2 PM from the home by Rev K Gentry of Hayworth Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church Interment will be in Floral Garden cemetery He was long a resident and 30 years with Adams Millis corporation He leaves a widow Bessie Davis two daughters two stepsons four brothers five sisters four grandchildren and two great grandchildren
Luther Waugh McKinney aged 60 died at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem on Thursday morning. Funeral services were conducted at Stoney Ridge Baptist Church with local mourners in attendance.
John Greene bought a Charango in 1980 and keeps its armadillo shell body hair trimmed annually. The Quechua instrument from Bolivia and Peru has eight strings and a plaintive, guitar like sound.
A cross action in a reckless driving case drew 23 witnesses to municipal court as attorneys for John R Summers Jr and Hubert Moran sought to assign fault for the collision. Summers and Moran had just left a class play at Allen Jay school when the crash occurred.
Mr. McKinney born March 4, 1878 in Stokes County spent his life there. He was a widely known farmer. Survived by widow, five children Lucille Britt Frances Mary and Laura. two brothers W Q McKinney Westfield Robert McKinney High Point. three sisters Mattié McKinney Westfield I C Bowles Rural Hall Loretta Harvey High Point. Burial at Stoney Ridge church graveyard.
Movement in High Point to return the Kitty Hawk first flight plane to North Carolina gathers support. Friends of the late Fred J. Bartlett urge civic clubs and women’s groups to petition Orville Wright to press for the aircraft’s repatriation from a London museum. The effort aims to reflect the North Carolina origin of the flight and secure permanent home in the state.
High Point elections officials report low interest in new registrations during the first week of a three week period. Louis J. Fisher says the deadline is the following Saturday at sunset and explains that movers must re register in the new precinct to vote, while staying in the same precinct requires no re registration. The correction to precinct No 3 polling place at 325 North Wrenn Street is noted, and residents may call the elections office in the Wachovia Bank building for location details.
Armand D. Farrington aged 38 drowned while swimming in a small cove along the Catawba river yesterday near Charlotte. Authorities reported no foul play and are investigating the incident.
The civil service body sent six successful accountant examinees to City Manager E. M. Knox for city accounting vacancies. The commission plans to appoint two from the list. It also approved naming a successor to City Chemist B. E. Moss who resigns May 31 and designated non competitive qualifications for the post. Temporary stenographer appointments and exams for other posts were approved, with eligibility not yet requested.
John Brown 82, a retired farmer, died at his home near Asheboro after a brief illness. He leaves his widow, six daughters including Mrs. A L Womack and Miss Vera Brown, and four sons Wil Hard Walter Ernest and Jake Brown. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM from the home with burial in Pleasant Ridge cemetery.
Mrs Nannie Smith 80 widow of Rev Joe Smith died Thursday at 9 pm at her Asheboro Route One home. She leaves two stepsons and two stepdaughters. Funeral from Cool Springs church near Gray's Chapel Saturday at 10 am.
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