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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1931
Page
11
An advertisement touts the Greyling Way financing plan for buying a home at present market price with up to 90 percent financing and no extra fees while offering a clear title. It argues homeowners are happier than renters and urges moving day considerations with local addresses referenced.
A Wednesday evening service at 7:30 features a children’s program directed by Mrs. C L Steidly replacing the usual prayer service. The program includes child choruses and select old time hymns for all, concluding the evangelistic series and preparing new members for Sunday. Public invited.
Robert Thompson 68 died at his son Robert Thompson Jr s home 127 Meredith street yesterday at 3 pm after several weeks illness His wife died 30 days earlier in Danville Va He lived in this city since then He worked over 25 years for Riverside Cotton Mills Danville Surviving are sons Robert Thompson and James Thompson of High Point and daughter Mrs 8 L Harraway of Danville The body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home pending arrangements
Greensboro November 3 The only High Point case before the superior court was Jake Boggs charged with carnal knowledge of a girl under 16 The state entered a nolle prosequi as prosecution was not required for the public good
In Chicago Strangler Lewis defeated Wladek Zbysko two falls to one to claim the world heavyweight wrestling championship. The match at the Chicago Stadium drew 7 244 paying about $15 000 with Lewis donating his services and over 6000 to charity. The belt was awarded by the Illinois State Athletic Commission and the National Boxing Association president, signaling likely recognition by NAB organizations.
Production of maple syrup has become a major project among club women in Humphreys County Tennessee. The effort highlights community activity and local agricultural interest in value-added products.
I P Ingle cites Red Cross as key in winter relief and urges large enrollments as Roll Call runs November 11. He cites Walter Gifford and James Fisher stressing local fund collection not national, and calls for full strength of Red Cross locally, nationally, and internationally.
Police in Spartanburg say they cannot confirm reports that Miss Gladys Clark a 20 year old blonde girl who reportedly died by her own hand yesterday has relatives in High Point. A Sheraton employee denied identification of the body by his wife and said he did not know the girl personally.
Funeral services for Roy Hall 40 of near Meadows Stokes county were held at Union Hill church with burial in the church cemetery. He died at a Portsmouth Virginia army hospital after Brights disease. He married Josephine King in December 1921 and is survived by four children Harvey Virgie May Alveron and Carson nine brothers four sisters and his stepmother.
Chicago reports officials were asked to provide facilities for an estimated 50 million visitors during the 1933 World's Fair. The note outlines anticipated crowd support needs and transportation considerations for the event.
Ruth McKenzie of 312 Monroe Street brings a peanut shaped like a small chicken to The Enterprise. The peanut on a toothpick stands on display in the newspaper office window.
Raleigh November 3 The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear twenty two appeals this week including the custody dispute over Katherine TenHoopen and the murder case of Dudley Moore in Davidson County. The TenHoopen matter centers on Paul TenHoopen seeking custody of his child from Grandmother Mrs E T Harmon with the mother living in Nevada awaiting divorce. A prior Guilford Superior Court ruling gave custody to the father with a vacation period but the mother appealed to the Supreme Court. The docket also includes State v Moore and other cases involving corporations pipelines and rail lines.
Pilot Paul Davis will drop circulars over the city offering free plane rides via twenty Paramount Street Scene tickets and forty ride vouchers. The Rexall One Cent sale runs four days at Mann and Cecil Drug Stores with two for the price of one plus one cent on many items. Bargain Hour tickets for Street Scene at the Paramount theater are offered Wednesday and Thursday.
Salisbury becomes the latest North Carolina city to affiliate with the Community Concert Campaign after High Point failed to secure 400 subscriptions. Mrs. F Tomlinson credited with much of High Point’s progress notes Salisbury’s success and hopes for similar opportunities if offered again. Charlotte led with 700 memberships while Wilmington also met the 400-subscription threshold. The program, run by Columbia Broadcasting Company and five booking agencies, offers subscribers access to top artists without collective financial risk.
In central Illinois the study found the expense to cultivate one acre of soy beans totaled 25 dollars for the years 1928 and 1929.
City permit activity fell in October with $34,300 in permits from A B Horney’s office, down from September’s $44,000. The month saw 21 permits issued versus 29 in September, and August totals were higher at $71,940. Most permits covered new one and two story homes, with repairs and renovations making up the rest.
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