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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1939
Page
13
A jagged clipping reviews naval strength of Britain, debates Admiralty secrecy, and comments on arming, enlistment terms, and a pet snake tale. It includes anecdotes from Charles G. Finney, traffic court ideas, and humorous city remarks about public aides and a transit guard.
Public employe division led by City Manager Knox surpasses its quota with 128 percent participation totaling 1238.22. Veterans of Foreign Wars leader Otis Brown to speak at final report meeting at First Methodist Church.
Funeral services for L Orville Willard, a well known local farmer, will be held at his home on Greensboro Road this afternoon at 4 o clock. The burial will follow in Oakwood Memorial Cemetery. Willard spent his entire life in this section and was widely known.
Elder R. H. Pittman of Luray will hold a public service at 2 Long Street Monday night. It was announced last night. The gathering is expected to begin at 7 o'clock with Pittman leading the service.
Evangelist Homer Rodeheaver, with 25 years in gospel singing, will give a concert and lead a religious sing at the Junior High School Wednesday night at o'clock. Mrs. T. E. Strickland will be pianist. no admission charge, silver offering taken. Event sponsored by the High Point Christian Endeavor Union with churches canceling Wednesday prayers to attend.
Regional Director BE L Sandefur of Winston-Salem will form a CIO State Industrial Union Council with a survey committee to report to the CIO Conference in High Point on October 22. The panel includes leaders from Textile Workers Union of America United Office and Professional Workers of America Amalgamated Clothing Workers and others. The council will coordinate union activities statewide and serve as the official central body for local units affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
Duke Power Company starts a new bus system in High Point with seven yellow Twin Coaches. The transit fleet adds one emergency bus and introduces a northern route via Emerywood and Lexington and Montlieu Avenues to High Point College. Cash fare remains 10 cents and token fare adjusts to four for 25 cents.
High Point College expects ten applicants to begin an aviation course after US government screening. Fifteen students have applied, five above the minimum and 25 below the maximum allowed at comparable schools. Freshmen and graduates are excluded. parental consent is required. ground course to start mid October, flying at the High Point Greensboro airport beginning November 1. Each student pays 40 dollars covering exam, insurance, and course fees.
Manning Engraving Co with Greensboro roots opens a branch engraving plant at 217 East Commerce Street High Point. Manager J R Steele announced the facility is fully equipped for commercial and newspaper engraving with modern machinery.
Ed one travels to Tokio and Korea to continue the work abroad. Rodeheaver runs a summer school at Winona Lake Indiana for song leaders. It began training evangelical singers and now offers courses for church choir leaders.
Eighteen new fire department recruits begin training early tomorrow in preparation for a two platoon system. Appointments take effect today but reporting at stations starts Monday morning. Chief E K Ingram notes many recruits come from the voluntary division and shifts will swap weekly on Saturdays. Two lieutenants promoted provide officers in charge for both shifts as rosters have been published.
Dr. Gerald Wendt director of Science and Education at the New York World's Fair will lecture at High Point College in Roberts Hall chapel at 8 15 p m on October 9. He is first of five noted figures scheduled for the year long series.
W. Paul Whitley head of the Raleigh-Wake County Bureau of Investigation and president of both the North Carolina Association for Identification and the International Association for Identification returns home to High Point for a state gathering. The event features guests from the FBI, SBI, and Virginia Bureau of Criminal Identification, with Mayor Kirkman welcoming attendees. A luncheon will follow and sessions continue in the afternoon with talks on identification issues and prepared cases.
The Junior Service League Milk Fund closed at 814.54 dollars, about 200 dollars shy of the 1,000 dollar goal. The money funds milk for underprivileged infants, underweight schoolchildren, and tuberculous homes, with civic leaders praising the effort and noting a drop in infant and child mortality in High Point since the program began. Contributions listed include 784.54 previously acknowledged, 25 from Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Amos, and 5 from David and Joe Rawley.
James F. Godwin, before his murder of Donald Moss, wrote Dr. E H Blackard that his life should serve as a warning for others to obey God and man. He expressed faith in Jesus Christ and urged non Christian youths to seek guidance, hoping his mistakes aid future generations.
Efforts were underway to identify a woman killed when struck by an automobile while crossing the highway between Greensboro and Reidsville. The car driven by E. H. Laythcock, 22, said he attempted to avoid her but she collided with the vehicle. The coroner ruled it an accidental death. The woman appeared about 40, wore a plain dress and bedroom slippers and carried five one dollar bills. The body was taken to a Reidsville undertaker.
On November 24 James Hepburn is slated for a talk titled Science Turns Detective followed by a February 27, 1940 lecture. George Dangerfield will present Books That Count on March 28 while Robert Front’s appearance date remains undetermined.
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