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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1936
Page
2
Linda accepts Honey Harmon's invitation but returns to her room and reflections. She realizes Pete is the real man she loves, glad he has success, and embraces a renewed sense of purpose and future happiness despite past hardships.
Linda, weary from a Hollywood journey and a romance with Honey Harmon, travels to Newton to apply for a permanent reporting position at the Blade. She recalls happier days, meets the publisher, and reunites with Pete Gardiner, seeking to reclaim her career and future.
The conference adjourned to reconvene with a plan under review and a program by the Methodist Protestant Children’s Home. Supporters and opponents debated the union plan, with several leaders urging sending the proposal to annual conferences while others warned dissolution of the church.
Last night a missionary program led by Dr. George W. Haddaway and Miss Bettie Brittingham culminated in a pulsing address by Bishop William Fraser McDowell of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He warned that nations chase ideologies while true salvation lies in minds united with Jesus Christ. The session, presided by Rev. J. W. Hawley, featured brief remarks from Mrs. W. C. Hammer Asheboro and others.
Visiting ministers from the General Conference will fill pulpits in High Point and other towns. Twelve High Point churches host supply pastors with many out of town churches listing visiting clergy and service times including 11 a.m. and 7:45 p.m.
R L Winders will present the Wonders of the Heavens at Palace theater Sunday at 8 pm. C L Berrier Jr will sing a baritone solo and child soloists Anne Shuford and Earl Bapp will perform religious numbers. Doors open 7 pm. no admission charge. Church service with program conducted as such.
On a road trip near Cerro Gordo North Carolina May 23 Pearl Mille and Ransom Blackwell rested under a tree woke to a five foot rattlesnake coiled between them. They killed the reptile with a club.
John Burns of Hudson, N Y, died in a automobile accident near Henderson on May 23. Details indicate a fatal single vehicle crash with early reports confirming his death at the scene. He was identified by local authorities and reported to be traveling alone.
Mrs Julia Rumley and Ken are visiting her sister in law Mrs Robert Bolling the past few days.
A reader seeks hair color guidance for gray hair and receives emphasis on professional coloring and self acceptance. In a second letter a wife asks about monthly money for clothes. advice urges open talk with her husband and a small, regular allowance to boost morale with new wardrobe items.
All questions should be addressed to Miss Marjorie Mansfield in care of The Enterprise. They will be answered promptly.
Ro Franklin and his nephew Charlie Franklin of Avery County are under arrest in Morganton over the death of I. N. Bud McKinney in Jones Ridge township last August.
In Miami Florida on May 23 Judge James M Dunn ordered 63 year old Brian to remove his hound dogs after neighbors complained of noise. When urged to comply he said he would go to jail for his dogs and the judge sentenced him to thirty days.
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania Haven Mowry’s sonio is noted with a terse incident report. The fragment suggests an abrupt conclusion to a local event or remark, reflecting a harsh reversal of expectations in a community note.
During a thunderstorm a farmer was knocked to the ground and burned when lightning hit his tractor, recalling past strikes to the same place. The incident underscores the danger of storms to farm equipment and riders.
Roy Briggs 20 died in a hospital after injuries from a Sunday car overturn near Waynesville. Initial reports said his injuries were minor.
Six hundred Central High School students staged a peace parade in Charlotte on May 23. The event showcased student interest in promoting peaceful civic engagement.
Charlotte reports Charles Troutman 22 died when a fire engulfed the Dixie Waste company plant here yesterday trapping him inside. Investigators work to determine cause and any related details.
Market notes relay Chicago dairy prices for May with butter at 14,426 steady across creamery specials and various grades. Eggs at 38,915 unsettled with prices holding, indicating little change in near term values.
Mrs Shell urged all women to back the church program and support church union as an objective. Rev T Oda, Japanese missionary, brought greetings from Japan and thanked the Board of Missions for current work. Miss Margaret Opal Neese sang as Dr BE D Stone led the choir with the First Methodist Protestant Church.
The voice recalls Norman Taylor once worked with Thomas Edison to perfect talking pictures. Now an extra in the talkies, he describes his efforts to synchronize dialogue with a war record and other devices Edison and his era devised, reflecting on past innovations.
John Demes woke with a sharp neck pain, feared a minor tiff but at La Salle Hospital doctors found a fractured vertebra. His neck is stabilized in a plaster cast and he remains under care.
The body of G. R. Lewis, 40, of Sarnton, was found on a highway near Candler. Lewis apparently had been struck by a hit and run driver. He was unemployed. His widow and two children survive.
A dense OCR list shows numerous companies and manufacturers such as Coca Cola Colum G and era, Budd Mfg, Packard Mot, Goodyear, Dur, Tex Monte Werd, Nat Biscuit, West Un Tel, Sears Roebuck, Am Pow and St, U S&S Pipe, United Gas, and West Mary Woolworth among many others. The fragment preserves a network of corporate names, stock references, and trade terms, indicating a historical business directory or stock listing page.
New Orleans May 23 cotton futures closed steady with slight gains and some declines across contracts. Trade showed activity in May July October and December with mixed highs and lows while market quotes printed in frail, partially garbled figures.
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