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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1937
Page
5
The High Point Chamber of Commerce program gains strong endorsements as membership drives begin at a directors meeting and a Sheraton gathering. Amos R. Kearns and C. A. Kirkman highlight the chamber as a vital civic force guiding policy, business, and community life, urging broad support.
Local leaders praise the Chamber of Commerce as a key force in High Point's civic and industrial development. They urge stronger funding and coordinated efforts to capitalize on opportunities, increase efficiency, and attract new business in the coming year.
Realty transfers across Guilford County townships list multiple property deeds in High Point Morehead Friendship and Rock Creek with prices around $10 and larger sums including $1,000 and $2,175. Several tracts are described adjoining streets and other parcels with buyers including banks and chemical firms.
A series of speeches by R. B. Terry R. R. Ragan and Earl N. Phillips extols civic duty through Chamber of Commerce membership. They emphasize personal investment in High Point’s schools hospitals libraries and public services and urge united business and civic action to meet present challenges. The writers frame chambers as both self interest and social good, highlighting its role in economic and civic betterment.
Wake County dry forces launch a campaign to defeat liquor control with sermons from city pulpits and a mayoral rally planned for Wednesday night at the first Baptist church. Precinct rallies precede the June 22 election as pro control factions respond with warnings on access to illicit liquor and a potential rural turnout.
An editorial style ad explains that Kellogg's All-Bran provides bulk to prevent constipation. It suggests daily servings of two tablespoonfuls per person and frequent meals with cereals, muffins, and breads. It notes vitamins B and iron, and lists Battle Creek origin and grocery availability.
Local residents witnessed Goodyear Life Guard tire tubes demonstrated by Hiatt Tire Co. A car moving at 65 to 75 mph blew out tires via dynamite caps but stayed in control and stopped safely. A second test over a spike plate also left tires blown yet the vehicle halted with air remaining.
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