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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1936
Page
2
The article reports Wineskie criticizing a project to eliminate river crossings in downtown while other groups rally in support. Four proposals were studied, outlining different approaches to removing the crossings and detailing the debate across the community.
City council hears arguments for a grade crossing elimination project costing about 2.8 million. Officials outline funding from state, federal sources, and a 245000 dollar city share while critics warn of tax burdens and debt.
New York dispatch reports a two plane expedition led by Art Williams to find Paul Redfern, the missing aviator from Brunswick Georgia. Williams asserts Redfern may have lived with Indians in southern British Guiana as late as 1931 and outlines a hazardous jungle search in the Guyana bush.
Cora Elisabeth Reynolds died Sunday at her Colfax route one home. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 pm by Rev. Nifong with music from the Bunker Hill church choir. Colfax school children sang at the graveside and laid flowers. Interment was in the Bunker Hill church cemetery.
Frey blasted the Lewis committee arguing for expulsion of Lewis miners and nine other unions from the rebel group. He said the committee’s admission of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipyard Workers and United Radio and Electrical Workers of America to membership makes peace nearly impossible. Frey’s unions seek to enroll shipyard workers by craft lines while the Industrial Union aims to unite all shipyard workers, denying A F L status.
Kannapolis reports that 17 year old Dewitt Wilson of Shell was freed after a coroner's jury ruled the accident that killed 13 year old Donald Winfred Avant was unavoidable. Avant died when his bicycle was struck by a truck driven by Wilson.
Mrs. Martha E. Luck 47 died early today at a local hospital after a two week illness. Survived by husband Fred Luck five sons John Neely William Joseph Henry and four daughters Mrs Hes ter Latham and Mary Sarah Bettie Luck all residents near Steed. Funeral conducted Thursday at Union Grove Church near Seagrove.
Chesley Hudson Pierce 78 died at his home 12 miles west of Asheboro Tuesday morning after illness. Survived by widow two sons A R Pierce Burlington route three and John Pierce Trinity route one three sisters Mrs Alison Hughes Farmer Mrs Flossie Jerrett Thomasville and Mrs Carson Sawyer near Sophia. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 PM from Tabernacle M E church.
Lester Carlisle 28 died Monday at his home in Randleman. He was buried Wednesday at St. Paul M E church with Rev. P. F. Morton officiating. Survived by parents Ernest and Mrs Carlisle. four sisters M D Keith New Bern G Dr G Lamb Greensboro Lola and Francis Carlisle. two brothers Jim and Earl Carlisle.
Silas Luther Moffitt, 71, died Monday afternoon at his Bennett home. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Moffitt and Mrs.
Final plans are set for a library meeting here Thursday with more than 27 public and college libraries and citizens attending. The Citizens Library Movement and the North Carolina Library Commission sponsor the event, featuring a morning and afternoon session and a luncheon at 12:30 at the Sheraton Hotel.
A 16 year old farm boy is held on first degree murder charges after confessing to ambushing and killing 65 year old Melvin Whaley to steal a six year old automobile. Elmer Dillon reportedly waited nearly two hours before shooting the farmer as he got out of his car at a Cannandaigua area farm.
In Pearl River Louisiana a rosy cheeked eight pound baby boy was delivered to Mrs. Louis Crawford by a dog at her doorstep. She recalls a big black dog trotting through brush with something white in its mouth and the baby crying as it paused before her.
A Junior high school chapel program honored Armistice Day presented by the social studies group under Mrs. Hinshaw, Mrs. Davis, and Miss Nash. The two part program featured foreign country scenes and U.S. themes with songs in foreign languages and dances. At 11:00 a.m. Boy Scouts Byron Grandjean and Louis Voorhees marched in with flags as Taps sounded.
Guy Snavely, president of Birmingham Southern College, was elected president of the Association of Urban Universities at its two day convention in Detroit. Next year’s meeting will be held in Birmingham, Alabama.
The first automobile license was issued to Elwood Haynes of Kokomo Indiana signaling the birth of regulated motoring. Haynes, an Indiana inventor, received the historic permit marking an era of vehicle use and road rules.
W. W. Brown of Bennett a brother James Moffitt of Ramseur route one and a nephew L. A. Moffitt of Greensboro were remembered as funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from Pleasant Grove church.
The Whisky Rebellion of 1794 serves as the pivotal climax in early U S bootlegging resistance. The episode highlights federal enforcement against illicit distilling and tax evasion amid frontier tensions. Affected parties included local distillers and federal officers in western Pennsylvania.
Raleigh November 11 The Newton State college coach Hank Anderson said he has been approached by the Lyn Football Dodgers of the National League and by ranking Southeastern Conference schools about a job next year. His contract expires after this season and he indicated he would decide after December 1. The athletic committee considering abolition of the athletic director position and potential appointment of Anderson as ball coach was said to be ready with recommendations.
R B Rawson principal announced a Parents Night at the Junior High tomorrow. A short assembly at 7 30 will be followed by classroom visits as students stay on their regular schedule. Many eighth grade parents have visited, with cafeteria tours offered during American Education Week.
A fragmented line notes that five percent of the population were employed in distributing and retailing trucks tires and related items, reflecting employment in logistics and supply chains.
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