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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1933
Page
8
Randolph Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a Tuesday afternoon meeting at the home of Mrs. Hedrick in Asheboro with Mrs. Hedrick and Mrs. Page in attendance.
Mrs. D C Jones of Waterloo Alabama reports relief from biliousness and constipation after using Black-Draught. She describes a sour taste, bad color, dizziness and headache before relief and praises the medicine as the best. Children enjoy the new pleasant tasting syrup form.
Cox Street notes officers for the coming year led by president Mrs W C Hammond and a slate of officers including vice presidents Mrs Cur ry Loflin and Mrs Jess Garner. A High Point conference report was given by Mrs Underwood and Mrs Ross. Flag Day set for November 4. Asheboro Woman's Club met at J S Lewis home with landscape speaker Mrs Bruce Craven.
W F Pleming, chairman, reports Red Cross relief work for the past fiscal year. The organization visited the continental United States ninety six times for disasters and aided foreign and insular areas twenty four times in total.
The chair outlined emergency needs for food clothing medicine and safety and a rehabilitation program. In a twelve week span 46 disasters hit 23 states from California earthquakes to Maine fires with 95 deaths and 4,911 injuries. The response used 63 staff, a $410000 relief fund, and aided 10,329 victims, with $1,070,000 from the treasury plus $229,500 from contributions and chapters.
RALEIGH November 3 Convicts at the state tag plant run day and night to rush nearly 500000 pairs of 1934 license plates for sale December 1 The governor moved sale date earlier to boost year end revenue More than 40 convicts work around the clock as the supply nears completion
At a Lexington high school district board meeting the plan to obtain federal public works funds for an additional school building was discussed. Most members favored the proposal and a follow up session was set for November 8 to decide on pursuing the federal funds.
The High Point Lions Club dinner at the Elwood hotel featured a musical program by high school trio members Basil Freeman J B Hensley and Dallas Goodman with Mr White ly at the piano led by George Coble. New member J B Fink joined from Seidman and Seidman and A J Koonce was named Lion Tanner succeeding Robert Talbert who moved to Spartanburg SC. The group discussed entering a float in the Armistice Day NRA parade on November 11. Red Wilson and Keith Harrison attended as guests with George Rankin winning the attendance prize.
On December 1 the Charlotte post office becomes the dead letter post office for all second third and fourth class offices in both Carolinas. Residents with undelivered mail may visit Charlotte to pursue their letters.
Wilmington weather records show October precipitation at .07 inch, tying the all-time low set in November 1918. The reading matches the city’s driest October on record, reported by the weather bureau.
Dr. Frank P. Graham president of the University of North Carolina will speak at the third annual Lord's Acre movement gathering at Central Methodist church in Asheville on December 2.
Reverend Tom Alderman Sykes of Central Friends Church spoke to Guilford County Medical Society at the King Cotton hotel in Greensboro about the link between spiritual and physical healing, citing St Luke as a figure who practiced both. A large gathering of physicians and ministers attended the session. The event followed by a business meeting. Nearby Messina clock features a bronze lion and a soaring eagle statue.
A public notice announced by the sanitary department states rat poison will be sold Saturday at City B back of the Sheraton. The announcement names the date and location for the sale and urges compliance with local health regulations.
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