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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1930
Page
15
Mayor C A York proclaims the third Saturday in June as National Children's Day in High Point. The document notes after school play shapes character, cites juvenile delinquency links to outside activities, and urges focus on child development for future citizenship.
A court scene records the accused claiming he took eggs by mistake, thinking them fresh, as the judge questions the excuse. The exchange labels the act as stealing from a shop.
Amplifiers have been installed in Cologne Cathedral to amplify the preacher’s voice. The new system targets reach to every corner of the church during sermons and services.
Adjutant and Mrs. John O Beirne of the local post returned Friday night from New York where they attended the Golden Jubilee and annual conference of the Salvation Army in the United States. The gathering drew over 4,000 delegates from every state and the Hawaiian Islands. A 15,000 to 20,000 crowd heard a pageant on the Army’s 50 year history and a concert by a 700 piece band led by John Philip Sousa. The army dedicated a 2,500,000 national headquarters in memory of General William Booth. High Point youths won blue ribbons in Southern craft exhibits. The article also traces local Salvation Army leadership changes and notes possible plans for a new High Point post office building.
The piece reports heated Democratic primary activity with supporters claiming leads for Bailey and Simmons, forecasts of high turnout near 2000 to 2500 votes, and new candidate W. C. Jones entering the house race alongside incumbents D. B. Stafford and Arthur Harrison. Other nominees include E. B. Jefferess, W. G. Boon, G. Earl Preddy, and Charles T. Weatherly.
The article traces York’s tenure with receipts rising from 68,215.40 in 1921 to just over 180,000 last year, noting estimates and a near tripling of income. It also records Eli Denny as postmaster in 1871 and F. B. James succeeding in February 1873, with James dying in office in July.
Piedmont Camp No. 62 Woodmen of the World will decorate the graves of deceased members at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery this morning. The service begins promptly at 8 30. Members are asked to attend and bring flowers for their brothers. On June 8 the lodge will attend a memorial service at the First Methodist Protestant church. Roy I. Farmer, pas-
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