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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1940

Page

7

High Point High School Orchestra to Perform Sacred Music

The High Point High School Orchestra under Miss Virginia Frank will present a 20 minute sacred music program Sunday evening at First Methodist Church. Officials say the ensemble is among the best in the state and expect many civic minded residents to attend.

High Point High School Ortra Ginia Frank First Methodist Church City First Methodist Rch Ingale

Convicted KKK member in Georgia found guilty of assault

In Fulton County Georgia a printing plant employee named Eidson was sentenced after last night's conviction for assault with a battery against P S Toney CIO reunion organizer and about 50 others alleged to have been lashed by a night mob in suburban Atlanta. The case links to a Ku Klux Klan faction active in the area.

Santa Fulton County Eidson P. S. Toney CIO Atlanta Henry Cawthon Kidson King Crew Point Ku Klux Klan Wthon

Dardanelles Strait and Historic Crossings

UNCLE RAYS CORNER explains the Dardanelles strait linking Europe and Asia, its ancient crossings by Xerxes and Alexander the Great, the Leander legend, and the 1915 British French attack with heavy losses. It notes Turkey’s control and fortifications, and mentions a traveling leaflet offer.

Hellespont Dardanelles Xerxes Greece Asia Alexander the Great Europe Alexander Leander Turkey

Training for ambitious men in aviation courses offered

Ambitious trained men are invited to take aviation courses crafted by practising experts. Details and address for enrollment follow.

I. C

High Pointer Takes Second in Stateside Truck Rodeo

S C Jones and Ned Broome of Horton Motor Lines won the first statewide truck drivers rodeo at the North Carolina Safety Conference in Winston-Salem. Jones captured the straight truck event and Broome the semi trailer division with others from Concord and High Point also placing.

Winston-Salem S. C. Jones Ned Broome Charlotte Horton Motor Lines Jones Broome Oscar Poplin Concord J. B. Hough R. P. Taylor High Point Ruel Y. Sharpe

Injunction Halts Burlington Mills Violations in Several States

The wage-hour division reports a permanent injunction against Burlington Mills Corporation of Wilmington Del directing restitution for back wages and unpaid overtime. The company has paid 40000 to employees and will make further restitution as inspectors determine. Plants named include Belmont Burlington Central Falls Greensboro High Point Lexington Newton Mooresville Ossipee Fayetteville Reidsville in North Carolina Bristol Johnson City in Tennessee Altavista Covington Radford Roanoke in Virginia.

Washington Burlington Mills Corporation Wilmington Del John P. Nields Virginia North Carolina Tenessee Belmont Burlington Central Falls Greensboro High Point Lexington Newton Mooresville Ossipee Fayetteville Reidsville Bristol Johnson City Tennessee Altavista Covington Gatax Radford Roanoke

State convention nominates Spry for Patriotic Order post

Durham May 17 The state convention of the Patriotic Order Sons of America nominated C N Spry of Cooleemee to succeed himself yesterday in the presidency.

Durham State of the Patriotic Order Sons of America C. N. Spry of Cooleemee

Dr Greer to Speak at Mount Pleasant Church Memorial Day

Thomasville May 17 Special Plans are complete for the annual memorial day at Mount Pleasant Methodist Church near Thomasville on Sunday May 26 Dr I G Greer superintendent of the Mills Home in Thomasville will speak at the 11 oclock morning service Sunday School meets at 945 a picnic dinner follows the address then a cemetery service at 145 and a memorial association business meeting after. Rev O L Easter of High Point will deliver the 3 oclock afternoon sermon.

Thomasville Mount Pleasant Methodist Church I. G. Greer Mills Greer Memorial Association O. L. Easter High Point

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