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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1932
Page
6
Ada Blair P T A met Monday evening at 7 30 with high attendance. Devotions led by Miss Bumgarner's fifth grade featured the First Psalm the Lord's prayer and the School Pledge. The program included plays How Careless Carl Learned to Care for His Books and Elsie in Bookland. Mrs Nancy K Poston spoke on choosing books for children.
Nearly 200 youngsters are registered for the Better Baby health contest sponsored by High Point Elks Lodge No 1155. A medical committee will examine participants at the Sheraton hotel ballroom on November 28 with 25 top scorers receiving prizes including a silver loving cup and $25 in gold. The event will culminate with an Elks dance that evening.
Annie Louise Brewer underwent appendicitis surgery at Guilford General yesterday and is reported to be recovering well. Mr and Mrs O M H McLaughlin and Miss Eisie Heath visited friends in Randleman over the weekend. Mrs C D Gillenwille has returned to her parents home in High Point route 2 with injuries from a fall.
Ernestine Holland, a 1932 Raleigh debutante and State College freshman, roots for the Wolfpack. Her support comes as Duke and State College meet in Raleigh this Saturday, a game tied to the team’s best season since 1927 when Jack McDowell starred.
During a year of economic hardship the American Red Cross aided millions through unemployment drought flood and tornado relief. It distributed 40 million bushels of government wheat to 2.5 million families in 48 states and supported 2,800 chapters in local unemployment relief. It provided food clothing and shelter totaling 1 612 585 dollars and delivered disaster help to those affected by hurricanes epidemics mine explosions forest fires and earthquakes. It served 402 500 ex service men and families while Public Health Nurses inspected 949 025 schoolchildren.
John D. Biggs the receiver for Commercial National bank urges former depositors to file claims to receive dividends from the final liquidation. He warns many have not yet filed and the deadline is December 2. Claimants must show proof of accounts via pass books or certificates of deposit.
Hundreds of ladies attend the Food and Home show as leading ready to wear shops present winter fashions. Models parade on a main stage extending into the audience while booths and entertainment draw crowds. thousands expected by week’s end.
The Mount Vernon Randolph charge board of stewards met Monday and unanimously praised Rev. A. C. Waggoner. The statement commends his service during a difficult year, expresses gratitude for his leadership, and requests his return for the coming conference year.
An Armistice celebration event at the Paramount will begin at 12 o clock with a vaudeville program titled Lovely Girl Revue. It features twenty two artists including a beauty chorus of eight, a stage band, and notable vaudeville entertainers such as Jolly Bebe Jolly and Slim Vermont.
Members from the 14th district of the American Legion Auxiliary plan an all day Armistice Day celebration in Lexington North Carolina on November 11. State president Mrs Frank Johnson of Statesville will attend as guest of honor at the district meeting starting at 9:00 a m. She is also a Legion member and served as a World War I nurse in France in 1917 and 1918.
A promising vaudeville show featuring Bee sensational xylophonist Joyce and Chaffee adagio dancers Lynn Dunn Tom Mickey Harris Elise Joubert acrobatic dancer Virginia Turner and others headlines a stage presentation. The program also includes the feature picture Three on a Match starring Warren William Bette Davis Joan Blondell and Ann Dvorak.
W. C. Covington has returned to his home after a stay in a Charlotte hospital where he was seriously ill. Friends report he is recovering satisfactorily. Mr. Covington is a hosiery manufacturer here.
England has had just one king who grew to manhood and never married. He was William Rufus also known as William II, son and successor of William the Conqueror.
Houston report says Deputy Prohibition Administrator C. H. Kellogg boasted of Hoover ties after a recent seizure run. A bystander questioned Kellogg about his haul and police leader Kuykendall, prompting Kellogg to threaten taking the youth’s car, joking about confiscating the president’s vehicle.
In Montreal Canada the Canadian Colonial Airways reports a 51 percent jump in passengers and a 199 percent surge in air mail carried on the Montreal Albany and New York route. The growth mirrors increases in the United States as cross border air travel expands.
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