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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1936
Page
6
The Asheboro Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. Kennedy and discussed welfare plans. Officers announced a fundraising sale on Saturday November 28 and district activities. Members planned visits to Barnum Springs orphanage and described future home missions offerings.
The Asheboro Parent-Teachers Association met at Park Street School. Miss Alma Lassiter spoke on The Curriculum of the Local High School and Reginald Turner discussed The Honor Roll System in Asheboro Schools. N M Harrison raised the issue of children waiting outside before teachers arrive, referred to the executive committee.
EMAN Nov 23 A lively meeting at the school auditorium featured I L Stokes on vaccination and a program by fourth graders including songs Morn and Thanksgiving. Ruth Freeman won an individual prize. seventh and eighth grades tied for drive prize. Several community members, births, trips, and visits noted as part of a busy social roundup.
Chicago traders report butter supplies and pricing on November 23 with 7 268 pounds on hand and steady creamery specials at 33 34 cents per pound for 93 score. Ex tras 92 383 cents and 90 91 cent ranges for other grades, unsettled byes 2 245 pounds, and current receipts 82 percent. Refrigeration standards and extras listed at 29 percent.
Bernard Lee Mason, a leading young violinist from A. and T. College, will give a recital at St. Mark M. E. Church Monday at 8 PM, sponsored by the High Point Professional Men's club. The event is free to the public and marks a civic project by the club. Mason is a Greensboro music department member and Oberlin Conservatory alum, often compared to Clarence Cameron White.
Mrs. Nancy K. Paston of High Point Public Library spoke at Fairview Street School during Book Week on Wednesday morning and was well received. Group 3 presented a program including plays and storytelling, with Miss M L Graye making remarks. David Bogan won first in the poster contest, Willie Foster second, Oliver Davis third. A total of 499 books were read. Grade 4 A visited the public library Friday afternoon.
Wilberforce will meet West Virginia State College at Charleston for the Turkey Day classic moved from Detroit. The game draws major crowds second only to the Howard Lincoln clash. WV State is unbeaten this season, while Wilberforce has won the classic most years since 1930. EB B Rea of the Norfolk Journal and Guide favors Wilberforce.
Funeral services were held at Emmanuel Baptist church on Saturday afternoon for the Rev. G. W. Buckrham. The eulogy was delivered by Rev. F. R. Mason, pastor of First Baptist. Rev. J. F. Dunn, pastor of St Stephen A M E Zion, served as master of ceremony with about 400 attendees admitted.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as a quick remedy for coughs chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims immediate relief and offers a refund if not satisfied, urging immediate purchase.
Explanation of the old age benefits formula under the federal plan with steps based on wages from 1937 to age 65. Examples show monthly retirement amounts from $15 up to $63.75 and adjustments for wages over $45,000, including a worked case for a $78,000 total wage. The piece also references a church funeral procession with local attendees.
The A and T College student body remains off dining hall service after a week of protest over allegedly unsanitary meals. Administration claims the food is wholesome and sanitary and has issued an ultimatum for all students to attend classes, with no stated penalty.
Miss Lucille Hennessee, formerly of Morganton, visits sister Mrs. Emily Edmondson on Willowbrook. Dr. William F. Meroney of Atlantic City stays with cousin Mrs. F R Mason and plans to practice in Winston-Salem after Howard University and Meharry training. Miss Catherine Brown of East Washington Street remains ill and may enter a local hospital. she is a William Penn High senior and associate editor of The Student's Pen.
At the Western North Carolina conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church held in Lenoir, Rev J C Grady moved to Women's Memorial in May then transferred to Durham district. Rev B J Williams appointed to fill vacancy. Other changes include Rev A D Avery moving to Raleigh district and Rev T L Scott reassigned to St Pauls Raleigh. Rev C A Stroud reduced from presiding elder of Durham.
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt remains jailed in Jefferson County without bond on a murder charge. His defense and the commonwealth plan separate meetings as new witnesses are sought. In Shelbyville, Mary Pryor Taylor and Allen Hughes Brown wed two weeks after the fatal La Grange shooting related to the case.
The Tri-State Chiropractic association elected Dr. Howard James of Winchester Virginia as president at the closing session of its annual convention in Spartanburg South Carolina on November 23.
Greensboro November reports a four day strike at Agricultural and Technical College with 666 students involved. Police noted several fights as classes opened with about 200 students attending and 25 inside classrooms. President Bluford and Dr Noble planned talks amid ongoing tensions.
The National Grange approves a 13 plank 1937 agriculture platform. It calls soil conservation under farmer control, voluntary crop insurance, tariff protections for American farmers, sound currency, continued agricultural research, state control of schools, rural credit reform, rural rehabilitation for tenants, and expanded rural electrification.
John Hanner a 45 year old Black man died from a chest wound sustained in an argument over 25 cents with Will Cunningham. Cunningham was arrested and faces charges likely second degree murder or manslaughter.
The Arkansas farm tenancy commission held a session in Hot Springs on November 23 with state officials, newspapermen, bankers, businessmen, educators and farmers attending. Retiring Governor J. M. Futrell and incoming Governor Carl E. Bailey attended to share views. C. Palmer chaired.
Washington November 23 celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the American patent system featured Dr. Robert K. Wilson of Pan-American Petroleum warning that regimentation and political domination endanger invention worldwide. He urged American democracy to preserve independent thought and academic freedom against fascist and communist regimes that exile scientists and suppress research.
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum intends to tighten French slander laws by pushing a press reform bill through to denounce abusive newspaper attacks. The plan follows a pledge made with Interior Minister Roger Salengro at Lille, aiming for quicker cabinet approval.
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