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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1932
Page
5
A Paris scene quotes Pele in a light exchange about affection and money, highlighting playful dialogue. The fragment captures a social moment with a flirtatious tone and a casual request for thoroughness in a relationship.
A party of three High Point hunters bagged sixty four ducks in six hours at Pamlico. The group includes W. M. Vanhoy Luther Gift and Frank Schaeffer. They jumped four deer on the trip but did not shoot any. The hunters reported the tally on returning home yesterday.
A Sunday program at Central Friends features a 7 30 p m special song service for Choir Night. Tom A Sykes speaks at 9 45 a m on The Stewardship of Life and Christian Friendliness in Action at 11 a m. Evening musical numbers include organ preludes hymns anthems duets quartets and solos by church members.
A humor caption riffs on a marital dispute with a wife accusing her husband of failing to grant a divorce. The exchange jokes about a breach of promise and a divorce promised seven years earlier versus ten years of marriage. The quip mirrors early 20th century humor tone.
The Higch Point Woman's club begins its new year with a luncheon at Wesley Memorial church on Wednesday November 30 at 1 o clock. Mrs Ernest R Groves of Chapel Hill will give an address on family life or child training.
Funeral services for Lonnie Fimore, a World War veteran who died at the U S Government hospital in Oteen, will be held this afternoon at 2 from the home of Harry Ashwell, 179 Textile street, Highland. Rev. T R Howard and Rev. W A Elkes will officiate with active pallbearers Jas per Honeycutt Ivory Halt Robert Davis Ed New Austin Hart and Delma Bailey and honorary pallbearers G W Scarce W L Sullivan M M Strother J F Spain Walter Brooks and D J Smith.
A phrase from Der Gemut liche Sachse describes a playful wager where one person challenged Hans to carry them up a ladder on his back. The challenger asserts victory as the feat concludes with a lighthearted outcome.
A fragment from Moustique in Charleroi recalls questions about a blonde date midweek and a brunette date early in the week. The text hints at social gossip without establishing identities or full context.
A puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues for a themed holiday crossword with multiple numbered entries, including references to common puzzle terms and various near-homographs and wordplay hints. Its mixed difficulty spans simple synonyms to obscure terms across holiday related wordplay.
H H Kennedy and J W Farlow of this city reported landing four foxes in two mornings near Maxton Robeson county on Thursday and Friday this week. One fox was alive when brought back. three others were killed by a pack of 36 dogs. Witnesses listed include Bob McCain G G Bright J C Davie and Tom Osborne.
The city-wide B Y P U organization was invited to a mass meeting at Green Street Baptist Church this afternoon at 2 30 with visiting evangelist Rev. Charles B R Howard speaking on The Transfigured Life. Howard formerly led the state B Y P U organization for two years.
J. D. Combs of Hickory living near Oak Hill said he was shot in the hand by a .22 caliber bullet fired from an unseen gun as he walked along West Broad Street near Oakwood Court. He heard no shot and cannot explain how the injury occurred. The wounded hand remains mute evidence of the shooting.
Many children lack nearby parks and must play in streets or back yards. Parents can build safe, stimulating play spaces at low cost using smooth planks, saw-horses, a small homemade ladder, packing cases, and sturdy boxes. Boxes become houses. boards form slides and bridges. kids gain exercise, balance, and imagination.
At Mare Island California Professor T J J Lee of the naval observatory reports the magnetic poles are not fixed. They drift in elliptical paths around true poles with the north pole shifting clockwise and the south pole counterclockwise, accounting for compass errors.
An article outlines essential signs of healthy infant growth. It lists steady weight gain, normal bowel movements, no vomiting, good appetite, clear skin, bright eyes, alertness, contentment, minimal crying, peaceful sleep, and absence of pain as core indicators. It also notes the soft skull spot closing by age two and developmental milestones from head control at four months to laughter and object grasp by seven to eight months.
W L Myers and J L Billett of High Point perfected an automatic singeing machine that handles 378 threads at a time with no manual labor. One unit operates at the High Point Yarn mill and promises lower costs and faster speed than the Mount Holly plant. The device, made in a West End shop, garners praise from textile experts and has drawn visitors from across the industry. Myers is assistant superintendent at the mill and Elliott runs a nearby shop.
The article advises using individual towels and wash cloths for a baby's daily bath. It recommends a bathing room temperature of 70 to 75 degrees and water starting at 100 degrees, then easing to 90 degrees after six months. A cool splash over the chest may help prevent chills, and bath time should fit the mother’s schedule.
Raleigh NC November 26 John A Park president of the North Carolina Press association appointed twelve prominent newspaper figures as honorary pallbearers for the funeral in Durham tomorrow of Walter N Keener longtime editor of the Durham Herald and Durham Sun and former editor of the High Point Enterprise The list includes B E Jeffress Charles R Wilson Henry A Dennis Joseph P Rawley HM Galt Braxton J osephua Daniels Robert L Gray J L Horne Mrs W Hammer Louis Graves Dan A Coble and J W Noell
The First Baptist church holds a special morning worship program today with representatives from church affiliations taking part in The Cooperative Program. The Sunday School gathers at 9 45 with A E Tate as superintendent, and the B P U meets at 6 30 p m followed by the evening service at 7 30.
A Montreal Standard item quips about a bride claiming credit for a pudding with the husband joking who helped lift it from the oven. The punchline implies the couple share humorous domestic moments.
Large funeral attendance marked the last rites for Mrs Maysie A Holton 75 widow of A A Holton a longtime city resident who died Friday at the central home in Jamestown Services were held at 3 30 pm from the First Methodist Protestant church with Rev R L Farmer and Rev G Ray Jordan officiating Interment followed at Oakwood cemetery Pallbearers included several Holton relatives Honorary pallbearers were Dr C S Grayson Dr W L Jackson and the church board Flowers adorned the service.
The Peacock Bible class of Wesley Memorial church will hold its annual supper on Wednesday at 6:30 pm in the church basement. Rev. G Ray Jordan will speak and J A Johnson will preside. Circle Three of the Wee man's auxiliary will serve the dinner led by Mrs J W Chandler.
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