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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1937
Page
9
The Record notes a local effort by investigators to audit clerks in stores subscribing to a service. Clerks must report final disposition of cash receipts to managers. A recent case mentions a Durham agent who bought a car with cash two weeks ago.
Andrew Jackson post 87 and High Point post 619 veterans groups with auxiliaries will mark Memorial Day Sunday May 30 with grave decorations and a memorial service in Oakwood cemetery. The observance traces to 1868 when General Logan ordered graves to be decorated nationwide. Details of the service will be announced later and all city veterans are invited to participate.
Formal dedication for Lindley Field Greensboro High Point airport marks a May 29 weekend with a banquet in Greensboro and a Saturday air show in High Point featuring 14 racing and ability events. Officials from Guilford and surrounding counties, plus Carolina Aero Club members and notable aviators like Colonel Frank Hawks, will attend. An aerial parade starts Saturday at 1 25 pm with a 1 30 pm dedication address and a grand Aviation Ball that night at Sedgefield Manor.
Questions rise over a city hall employee who tried to register for a jackpot drawing at a local theater without buying a ticket. The incident occurred at 2 PM and may surface at the June 4 trial.
A local businessman sought ten silver dollars yesterday and checked theatres, stores, and grocers. None could provide a silver dollar, and residents reported they had not seen one in several months. The mystery of the missing coins perplexes shoppers.
The High Point stores discuss standardizing hours with a proposed definite opening and closing time but two to three stores have refused to sign. The plan may not take effect unless all outlets agree, leaving hours still undetermined.
Five Burrus Memorial hospital nurses and 113 other nurses statewide passed the State Board of Examiners for graduate nurses exams held in April. Local successful nurses include Banks Apple Inez Demetrie Ireland Christine Snow Myrtle Eugenia Thomas and Vondle Bostian.
William J. Fraley Jr after graduation from Davidson College in 1936 returns to High Point to join his father W J Fraley Sr as local representative of Equitable Life Assurance Society. He trained in Richmond with 320 men selected nationwide and will specialize in estate protection and old age income services.
Graham E. Lowdermilk, who left High Point in 1875 when it was a small village, has returned to visit relatives. He is staying with his nephew A. C. Lowdermilk. Born in Randolph County, he recalls the old well once at the Main street Washington intersection and is a son of the late Emsley Lowdermilk.
The twelfth commencement program at High Point College opens Thursday night with a music recital by the college department and ends Monday morning with diplomas. Senior Mary Frances Warlick plays piano with Iris Welch on flute. Miss Warlick studies music under department heads Miss Janet Russell and Miss Margaret Sloan.
Edgar Whitener suffered a heart attack on a business trip in Lenoir. He is improving in the hospital and doctors hope he can return home within two to three weeks.
United States hen flock produced 2 160 906 310 dozen eggs in 1934 the latest year with available figures. This national total reflects industry scale and agricultural output during the period.
Seventy defendants will be arraigned for trial when the two day term of jury court opens at 9 oclock Tuesday morning before Judge Lewis E Teague. Twenty are charged with drunken driving the largest single charge count this term. Eighteen face reckless driving and several defendants face more than one count.
World War veterans who served among France’s poppy fields are at Andrew Jackson Post in High Point as Auxiliary workers prepare poppies for Poppy Day. The flowers made by disabled veterans are unpacked counted and arranged for distribution on Saturday to honor World War dead.
High Point and Greensboro see more passengers than forecast as 15 travelers boarded Eastern Air Lines flights from the Greensboro High Point airport in recent days. District Traffic Manager Robert L. Turner called the turnout more than gratifying to officials.
The Davie Brothers' Male Chorus directed by Carey J. Davis performs a sacred program at First Methodist Protestant Church this evening at 8 00 featuring instrumental and vocal music readings and pantomimes.
High Point post No. 618 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold an open meeting Monday night at 8 o'clock at its hall 810 North Main Street. A special contest will be held and awards presented. Public invited.
A regional report notes that nearly seven percent of Florida's area is covered by lekea and riy ora. The data highlights the spread of these two substances across coastal and inland zones, affecting ecosystems and land use planning.
A junior high school display showcases handiwork from sixth to eighth grades. Students use hand tools, a grinder, a lathe, and a coping saw to craft projects from dressed lumber including poplar and maple. Each pupil completes multiple pieces, with numbers varying by grade.
Hundreds of people visit the High Point city lake at Jamestown where amusements and concessions are open ahead of the pool opening next Sunday. The lake sees large crowds over the past week with many fishing reports.
Iowa leads the United States in corn production, followed by Illinois Nebraska and Missouri as regional leaders in output during the latest agricultural overview.
Large numbers of alumni are expected for Alumni Day on May 29 at High Point College. The event will open in Roberts hall at 10:30 with Major L. P. McLendon giving the address. A 2:30 business meeting installs officers, followed by the Wrenn Memorial Library dedication at 5. Fraternities and sororities host open houses, with a Country Club banquet at 7 and a dance to close the day.
Bankes Thayer of High Point has been named business manager of the Zenith yearbook for the coming year. Max Rogers of Burlington is chosen as editor. Both appointments come from the Guilford College Publication Board. Thayer transferred from High Point college to Guilford, majoring in commerce and active in DeMolay. Rogers joined Guilford in 1935, earned junior rating after summer school, and has led his class, sung in the college choir, and belonged to Akrothinian, Iota Tau Kappa.
The note states that Calvin Coolidge made the largest number of appointments by a president, totaling 42,121, marking a remarkable level of federal hiring during his administration.
A barely perceptible tide in the Great Lakes is identified as a seiche caused in part by atmospheric conditions.
The High Point Lions club will hold a two day eye clinic for school children on May 25 and 26 at Dr B Bonner's offices. Cooperation comes from the North Carolina State Commission for the Blind led by Dr Roma S Cheek and nurse Miss Veigh Hutchinson. The club previously provided glasses for about 50 children and aims to treat those with eye problems.
Indictments naming 16 High Point and local figures on liquor tax evasion charges were transmitted to Greensboro for service. Federal agents allege white liquor tax evasion with bootleggers and a prominent businessman among those named, as cases proceed toward the June federal court term.
Friends Don B. and Mary Elizabeth McAdams mourn the death of their infant daughter Gwendolyn Ferel McAdams who died Friday night at 10 30 at a local hospital. Survived by the parents grandparents J M McAdams Grace Murdock all of this city. Funeral at Oakwood cemetery Saturday at 4 45 conducted by Dr EB Blackard Wesley Memorial M B Church pastor.
Mrs Mary Ellen Carroll 87 widow of John R Carroll died at her daughter Mrs Charles Byerley's home 508 East Green Street late Wednesday afternoon Funeral services were held at Green Street Baptist Church Saturday at 8 00 pm conducted by Dr C C Williamson Rev C N Royal and Rev J M Hilliard Miss Ethel Samuels and Argie Wood sang Good Night and Good Morning Mr Wood sang When I Shall Come To The End of My Way Pallbearers were Carroll great grandsons Lawrence Combs Franklin Carroll William Clyde Woodrow and Dallas Wverhart Granddaughters arranged the flowers Interment in the family plot at Oakwood Cemetery
The 19237 summer session at High Point College will run June 8 to August 27 with two sessions: June 8 to July 16 and July 19 to August 27. Courses in art chemistry education English French Spanish geography history music psychology and religious education help teachers and students earn credits or shorten time to graduation.
The Leonard family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during the illness and death of Mrs. Gloria Ellen Taylor and for the many beautiful flowers.
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