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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1922
Page
5
Thanksgiving thoughts mix with political jabs as Mayor Couzens faces Senate talk and a grim note on grade crossings. Autumn weather pleases football fans and hunters while hotel menus tempt. Civic pride nudges a local reform, amid reflections on hard times for the poor.
The new hard-surface road from Greensboro to Winston-Salem via High Point transforms the countryside. Farmers see more productive land and higher values as the concrete highway reshapes scenery with modern farms, electric plants, and autumnal colors along the route.
The essay argues Thanksgiving should honor family health friends and home rather than wealth or big meals. It recalls the Pilgrims gratitude for survival and cautions against equating gratitude with prosperity, urging recognition of love and simple joys.
The Tiger warns that Europe's political and economic affairs may crisis, that US aid could avert a crash, and that absent action the United States might need more active participation. He speaks as a private figure urging America to recall war-time unity and support world stability.
The piece praises Clemenceau and American humor as vital forces shaping national character. It notes Americans laugh in daily life, compare French seriousness, and extols the Springtime of Youth musical at Broadhurst. Photographers among immigrants appeal, while Frank Parson argues Americans seek beauty in living spaces and attire.
The Gastonia Gazette notes High Point votes to extend city limits and urges funding a Y M C A for local boys and young men. It contrasts High Point’s potential with Gastonia’s capital for a mill project and questions public support. It praises local spirit and commitment to major city projects.
New York notices say a Russian immigrant Jeanne Bonar may pass Ellis Island due to charm described as purring. A New York firm adopts Ms as a prefix to avoid misaddressing women in business letters. A historic piano, Ludwig’s Wagner gift to Bavaria, found in Berlin by US soldier Robert H Prosser, linked to Ring music.
Catawba County poultry clubs report a net profit of 6169.87 from extension service efforts. J W Hendricks notes 103 members started with 1138 chickens, now 2229 birds valued gains 2753.50, eggs and birds sold 2748.11, prizes 814.35, total receipts 7520.51.
Fifty eight mirrors over a thousand years old uncovered in a mountain well near a Tentail Rhudd.st sect temple on Sanjo peak in Nara Prefecture. The Fujiawara period artifacts appear to have been thrown into the well by devotees seeking prayers.
The text recounts Charles Hoertel sending to establish a factory, Mr. Ecker arriving with his family on Thanksgiving Day 1994, and now running a mirror business as a plate glass distributing agent. He is active in local clubs and commerce shaping High Point’s growth.
The Harris-Culbreth post of the American Legion elected Carson Cox as commander and Charles Brown as vice commander with Roy Kearns as secretary adjutant and Fleur Tesh as secretary-treasurer. A burglary at D. R. Connell’s East Guilford home led to a pursuit and gunfire. another break in at Ed Westmoreland’s home netted trousers and cash. The Hagedorn construction crew advances on Lexington avenue while streetwork and blacktop projects proceed.
Duluth report notes near end of navigation season may extend beyond December 10 due to coal shortages. Some shipowners plan risky post extension trips without insurance to move heavy cargoes, potentially earning up to 50000 per voyage, while weather suggests a very late lake winter.
FIAVANA Cuba Nov 16 The national suffragists party asks President Zayas to urge Congress to remove the word males from the constitution via amendment. The move would grant women voting rights and follows petitions after elections in November and meetings since May 1931.
City Manager R L Pickett reports daily losses at the abattoir with 60 to 65 hogs and 26 to 30 cattle killed on typical days. Non regular patrons are asked to notify the abattoir superintendent 12 hours ahead to learn the daily slaughter hour.
Ta’s afternoon and tonight the Rose theater presents a benefit screening for the American Legion auxiliary. Films tied to the cause will be shown and a special feature announces the debut of footage from the American Legion conversion at New Orleans, drawing a large expected audience.
In New York on November 28 at the Hotel Exposition the national dish ranking shifted as corned beef and cabbage finished a distant second to chicken. Turkey came in second, pork and beans third.
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