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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1931
Page
8
The Christmas season opened with a Santa arrival at the depot and a Main Street parade led by the Andrew Jackson Post drum corps. Merchants’ floats won prizes of 10, 5, and 2.50 dollars while lights brightened the town and officials praised cooperation from merchants and the police.
High Point resident A. M. Vincannon gathered a large crop of fresh green butterbeans and sizable tomatoes from his garden, noting that winter has not yet fooled vegetables this year.
Miss Baker expressed thanks for ambulance escorts from Yow's and Sechrest's Funeral Homes and the American Legion drum and bugle corps. Mollie Stanfield aided preparations, while D A Dowdy of the Merchants' association praised parade success. Santa Claus will be at a home near the Elwood hotel and Main street through Christmas with daily store visits announced in The Enterprise.
Thirty couples who were either married in North Carolina or now live there used Nevada divorce law to end their marriages. Among the notable divorces is Mrs. Ann Cannon Reynolds of Concord who obtained a decree from Smith Reynolds after cruelty allegations and a large settlement for their child Reynolda. A High Point pair, Gaines Garland and Rachel Garland, married September 15, 1925, with no children, were divorced in August on cruelty grounds.
October new orders fell 10 percent from September, a smaller drop than the prior year’s 20 percent. Eastern plants improved most. payrolls were flat while money payrolls rose 5 percent and hours worked up 7 percent. Industry ran at about 60 percent of capacity.
J B Hassell filed suit against M Ernest Welch for 627.28 on a 1670 note dated May 16 1928. Paul L Younts trading as Grocery Co sued W C Seward for 627 plus interest from April 16 1928 on a promissory note. James Cameron’s answer in a suit by Spurgeon Mann denies negligence with a gun claiming Mann resisted arrest and threatened him with a stick.
C. L. Amos escaped injury when his plane struck power wires at the side of Kinston airport during a Thursday landing en route to Paradise Point. The damage affected a wing and struts but both Amos and his passenger were safe. He continued the trip after repairs while planing to join a hunting party at Paradise Point. An accompanying plane piloted by Paul F. Davis cleared the wires on its landing.
A Sunday concert to benefit the North Main Street Baptist Church will be held at McCrory's store on South Main Street at 2 30 in the afternoon. Miss Mildred Luce and her college orchestra will direct and perform. A small admission fee will be charged. Rev. W P McCarter is the church pastor.
Trustee forecloses on J. W. Welborn and Mary R. Welborn's deed of trust from 1927. The sale, for cash, will be at Guilford County Court House door in Greensboro on December 30, 1931 at noon. Lot 16 in Block O of Willenbar Terrace, High Point, Guilford County, is described with street lines and references. A $100 cash deposit is required.
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will hold two services tomorrow with sermons The Power that Never Fails at 11 AM and Your Old Man at 7 30 PM preached by Rev G Ray Jordan who will lead at both times Overflow seating has been used at Morning and Evening services A 6 45 PM youth meeting features five minute talks on the ten commandments by Miss Mary Alice Futrelle Edgar Allen and Chase Idol Open discussion may follow All city youth invited Church school at 945 AM Junior Church at 11 AM Other weekly events include Wednesday 730 PM church night and Thursday 630 PM Men’s Club supper Speaker EB Parker Jr Greensboro.
Sunday school services will begin at 9 45 a m instead of 9 30 a m starting tomorrow and will keep that 9 45 a m start each Sunday until further notice.
Pastor Rev C H Hill will speak at 11 o clock and 7 30 services at English Street Methodist Protestant church tomorrow. Sunday school meets at 9 45 with R F Holcomb as superintendent.
The West End Baptist Church schedules morning services with Rev Hoyle Love preaching on Four Things Every Baptist Should Know. Evening service continues Romans study with the fourth chapter discussed.
Rev. W. A. Newell presiding elder will preach at 11 o clock Sunday morning for the first quarterly conference of the year. At 7:30 p m the pastor will speak on The Legacy of the Children of God in the evening service.
Rev C E Murphy announces Mass at St Edward's church tomorrow at 9 AM with Sunday school at 9 45 AM. Benediction follows at 7 30 PM with the pastor speaking on The End of Time.
Tom A. Sykes will speak at Central Friends church in all services Sunday. The 11 o'clock morning talk for children is titled Airplanes Loaded With Birds while the adult address covers Christ's Command and His Practical Irritation. The 7:30 p.m. sermon is Good News For Everybody. Sunday school opens at 9:45 with departmental activities.
The Women’s Missionary Society will host a Sunday night service at 7:30 at the Reformed church. Guest speaker Rev Allen K Foust of Catawba College, Salisbury NC, formerly thirty years president of a girls college in Japan, will share insights on Orient conditions.
The church will hold regular services tomorrow with a 9 45 Sunday school led by Superintendent J H Jennings. Rev R S Farmer conducts 11:00 worship and delivers a sermon on Unemployment and the Mind to Work. Youth Society meets 6 30, Senior Society Monday 7 30, and a sermon series titled The One Two Three Four Five begins at 7 30 with One Thing Needful followed by Two Things Required and others. A welcome is extended to all seeking a church home in High Point.
Dr. A B Conrad will preach at morning and evening services with topics Stewardship and Not Far From the Kingdom. B Y P U meets at 6 30. Tomorrow marks the start of the Every Member canvass for church pledges to the budget with hours in Sunday school and both services and a 2 to 6 pm pledge collection at the church for those unable to attend.
Dr. Charles H Nabers announces Sunday November 29 schedule at the First Presbyterian Church. 9 45 a m church school led by Lamar McCallum, 11 a m morning worship with a five minute address to children followed by a sermon on Paying One s Vows Unto God and songs directed by Dan W Smith. 5 p m vesper message And the Poety Preach Religion In the Home based on Burns. 6 p m Young People forum and supper in the church dining room conducted by the minister.
Rev George T Tunstall announces removal of the regular morning sermon tomorrow in a church wide canvass. The Every Member Canvass aligns with state Baptist churches and the Southern Baptist Convention to have every member sign a pledge with home visits for absentees.
Anstem L. Younts 78 year old retired Guilford county merchant died Thursday night at his daughter's home four miles west of Greensboro. Funeral services were held at Magnolia Street Baptist Church with interment in Green Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his widow and six children including Baxter C. Younts of Winston-Salem.
The J. Carson Brantley Advertising Agency of Salisbury North Carolina added Columbus Clark as art director to lead a more complete up to date agency art department. Clark brings cosmopolitan flair to campaigns and faster execution for southern advertisers. He is recognized as an accomplished southern artist versed in all phases of commercial art and modern professional practice.
Seventeen prisoners at Jailer Ernest Davis's city hall hotel enjoyed a real Thanksgiving feast featuring turkey cranberry sauce and trimmings. The meal was provided by Lucian Long of the City Hall cafe and the guests expressed great satisfaction.
Regular services at St. Mary's Episcopal Church tomorrow with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and prayer service at 11 o'clock. The Young People's Service League will meet tomorrow evening at 6 30.
The council approved a $1,743,000 budget for the current year and set the tax rate at $1.35 per $100 valuation, a 15 cent rise from last year. Officers cut salaries and eliminated posts, while debt payments and note renewals were authorized as discussions warned of potential revenue shortfalls.
The Seventh Day Adventist church at Springdale and King held Sabbath school at 9:45 with John H. Mackinfuss in charge. Rev. John L. All delivered the 11 o'clock sermon on prophecy and divine interpretation. Tomorrow evening at 7:30 the pastor will discuss Satan’s counterfeits and Christ’s coming.
Council approves reconstruction of Henry Perry pump station at about 16000 dollars including right of way. A salary cut targets most city employees not yet spared. Debt plans include 50000 dollars debt service in New York, 150000 dollar street improvement notes, two 25000 notes due December, and 100000 dollar school bond note. Action on city clerk office postponed to next session.
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