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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1940
Page
5
Merchants weigh closing stores at 1 PM on Wednesdays during June July and August. G E Hutchens of the Merchants Association will form a committee this week to study the proposal. Nearby towns already use summer half days and Winston-Salem is considering a similar plan.
A city official sealed the Merchants Association headquarters and removed the name from the doorway. Police noted no further incidents and investigations continue to identify motives behind the act.
The old YWCA building at South Wrenn and East Green is considered as the headquarters for the Federal food stamp plan in Guilford County with operation hoped by June 15. An inspector from the Department of Agriculture will decide on renting the building and employing two staff. The plan, run with Greensboro, replaces the welfare department surplus commodity method and would cover about 4 000 people at a cost near 10 000 dollars yearly, benefiting relief recipients and local merchants.
Walter Winchell recalls Belgium and the Netherlands opening into France and Germany. Ray Clapper says Allies expect a tough period but will prevail with superior means. The U S slows actions to shield itself as Wall Street crashes in panic, while military experts lament censorship and offer lengthy Front analyses.
Said Ann Sheridan propinquity helps romance Indubitably Ann Sothern says she is learning acting Jeannette MacDonald notes a husband and wife should not be in leads Barbara Stanwyck admits an inferiority complex Carole Lombard quips about vacations testing one’s resolve Richard Greene says advice is not good Goebbels promises a better world Louis Hayward says a woman wants love and companionship Loretta Young dislikes rough love scenes. thanks for the tip
The High Point camp of Woodmen of the World will hold a special meeting on June 6 at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street to mark the 50th anniversary of the order. The event includes a local program, a radio broadcast of the national W O W celebration, refreshments, and open invitation to the public.
A citizen urges High Point leaders to pursue large scale aviation industry rather than small projects like the dam. The piece notes federal plans to spend 150 million on plane manufacture and pilot training away from coasts and highlights Elon College and local interest in aviation as a key opportunity for regional growth.
A letter urges public support for the new federal plan to provide 40 per month for qualified elderly residents. The state and counties must match the federal funds, with $20 from the national government, and $10 from the state and $10 from counties to total 40. Citizens should lobby county boards, assembly candidates, and gubernatorial hopefuls. June tax rates will affect funding.
Captain Bruce H. Carraway of High Point urges county commissioners and the General Assembly to act promptly on old age assistance without political agenda. He pledges continued volunteer support to ensure aged citizens receive dignified relief and comfort in their later years.
In a cordial note dated May 16 Malone thanks The Enterprise for its May 16 editorial The Convention City and commends the High Point civic groups and the Press for cooperation with conventions. He expresses continued cooperation and best wishes to the staff.
Funeral services for Dr. H A Haeflinger who died of a heart attack were held at 11 oclock Saturday from the Brentley Circle home. Dr E H Blackard and Dr W A Lambeth officiated with a quartet singing Come Ye Disconsolate. Interment followed at Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
Twenty nine Union Hill pupils finished the year without absence or tardy and forty eight earned the eighth month honor roll. The list names students by grade from first through seventh, including Alicia Garner Carol, Vera Braham, Alpha Allred, Dallas Shirley Chilton, and Jean Slate Holton among others.
Lithium potassium and sodium, the three lightest metals, float when placed in water.
Camden New Jersey Mayne James Williams, 61, appeared in a police coat to face a disorderly conduct charge. His bald head was painted bright red, a prank Williams blamed on clever taunts while he slept. Magistrate Gene R Marianott dismissed the charge and sent him home to scrub off the paint.
The closing program of an adult education class at Oak Hill School will be held Tuesday night May 21 at a suitable hour. The program will feature a play and include the class history poem prophecy and to will and testament. Public invited to attend.
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