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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1936
Page
5
George Ross York surveys New York centers and introduces a world of celebrities, cafes, and clubs. The piece notes Harlem and Lenox Avenue venues, famous performers, and the social circle limits that confine Manhattan’s elite to a select milieu.
The piece warns drivers about reaction time and stopping distances. It explains typical brake times and gives rough stopping distances for 20, 30, 40 and 60 mph, urging safe margins because lives may be at stake.
Honore Wilsie Mor writes of her son a seventeen year old who travels across America seeking self salvation. He faces trouble yet returns wiser and more mature. The piece argues parents must balance risk and ruin and warns against granting rewards in advance. Privilege should be earned through work and experience, not given as gratuity.
Ted Coward uses a furnished charge account at a department store with no references. Metropolitan Opera House raid rumored as next nightlife trend. Mary Lewis joins the nocturnal act at Club Versailles. Olivia de Havilland arrives in Manhattan as a discreet visiting star.
Former Tacoma mayor M G Tennent explains the high cost of his eighth hole in one in 11 years. He notes hosting neighbors, prizes include beer cases golf shoes knickers medals a deer and a turkey. He sank a 145 yard shot on the 16th at Allenmore course.
The First Church of God non Pentecostal led by Rev. E. Carl Wells ends its revival tonight. Evangelist Rev. J W Stratman of Charlotte has delivered effective sermons enjoyed by attendees. A 6 by 8 foot painting by Helen Wells will be presented during tonight's climax. Tomorrow starts the three day Ministerial Assembly of the First Church of God of North and South Carolina in High Point November 18 19 and 20 hosted by the High Point church.
Marion Scott Carr and his 24 year old wife were believed by Charles City county officials to be victims of an apparent murder and death by own action. The couple was found near a saw mill road ten miles from Charles City courthouse after being missing since November 8.
A number of High Point doctors travel to Maryland for the annual Southern Medical Association sessions in Baltimore this week. Included are Dr. Emmett A. Sumner Dr. Kenneth B. Geddie Dr. O. B. Bonner Dr. E. T. Harrison and Dr. Marvin Slate.
A reflective column discusses ambition and achievement, contrasting fantasies of flitting to royal courts with real work. It tells a stained glass apprentice who turns discarded slivers into a cathedral window and urges doing the immediate duty at hand.
New York November 17 The A A A plans 42 proposed amendments for the Houston Texas convention December 4 5 6 Major items include an Olympic contribution added to ticket prices and a return to yards and miles from meters The intercollegiate association has already switched back to the old system The Olympic tax would raise tickets by five cents to support American athletes and development of materials Father s Day is noted as the third Sunday in June.
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