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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1927
Page
12
The High Point Young Women's Christian Association will hold its annual fall membership meeting at the Central Friends church annex on South Main Street. A supper at 6 30 p m precedes the general meeting where committee reports are given and talks by conference attendants and members are delivered.
Mrs. Lee P. Glynn of Miller Place Merrick N Y says Rabalm eased a severe varicose and eczema condition after ten years wearing elastic stockings. She reports legs greatly improved and offers her name to help others. Rabalm sold in two sizes 60 cents and $1.00 by all druggists.
An advertising coupon promises a Giant Darwin Tulips collection in six colors for 23c, with no stamps, and adds a $5.00 Tulips and Hyacinths collection free for a brief time. The offer emphasizes a quick five minute participation.
The Greensboro YWCA prepares a large event with special tables for clubs trustees and college girls. Mrs L H Martin president will speak on the YWCA meaning and world topics. Reports from committee chairs and talks by church delegates precede discussions on internationalism inter racialism and world peace.
Junior High School on South Main street will host a Friday night carnival in the school building. About 400 students are registered and most will participate. The event begins at 7 o'clock with a general program in the auditorium followed by grade side shows and entertainments.
Paul J Myatt formerly a special state agent in New Hampshire for a fire insurance company and brother of Archie Myatt the prosecuting attorney will move to this city soon and join G W Clark in the insurance and loan business Announcement made this morning.
An advertisement touts S.S.S. as a long standing natural remedy for rheumatism. It cites customer testimonials including Earl C. Campbell from Johnson City and claims the product is vegetable based and extracted from medicinal plant roots. S.S.S. is sold at drug stores in two sizes with the larger size advertised as more economical.
Reports say Yen Shi-Shan's Shansi army cavalry advance toward Shanahwapu near Peking as Chang Tso Lin's Mukden forces retreat. Shansi governor Hen Hsi-Shan joins Kuomintang, Kuominchun and Feng Yu-hsiang, signaling a broader anti-Peking campaign with possible Russian aid for an invasion from Henan into Shandong.
The report details 566 autos involved in 488 August accidents, 40 deaths, and 82 pedestrian collisions. It notes Saturdays host 71 accidents with 10 fatalities and Sundays 63 with 12 fatalities, and highlights speed as the leading cause followed by crossing errors and mis signals.
Chester Hawkins, operator of the present High Point bus system, informed City Manager P. P. Pilcher he will discontinue service by end of business Saturday night, October 8 1927. The city to arrange operation with the North Carolina Public Service Company as Duke Interests seeks contract. final decision expected tonight.
D W Sims of Raleigh general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School association spent yesterday in Lexington in conference with local pastors and Sunday school workers. They planned an annual township convention, likely to be held next month in a Lexington church during November.
The Conservatives and Labour stage vigorous campaigning at Blackpool and Caerdydd as Britain considers a 1928 general election while the United States heads into its presidential race.
Notice of sale under a deed of trust in Guilford County North Carolina to secure a note of 1926. Trustees John A. Cutchins and J Allen Austin will sell the lot described as Emery Wood Addition lot 19 at 2:00 PM on October 17 1927 at the courthouse door in Greensboro. The sale satisfies a first deed of trust held by D C MacRae and Alexander Parker for 4000.00.
The report lists eight buses, two taxis and four motorcycles involved in incidents. It also notes road, light and weather conditions, road surface state, brake and tire types, and railroad crossing conditions where accidents happened.
Eight hours of tropical rain with hurricane force winds caused thousands of dollars in damage across the Danville region. Bridges washed out and lands swamped as the Dan River rose eight feet above normal. The Danville bridge falsework was severely damaged and a footbridge replacement was under urgent threat of destruction. The Southern Railway main line suffered serious damage from the flooding.
Mrs. Margaret Burton of Kansas City describes her failed attempts at motherhood and severe emotional distress before becoming a mother to a daughter. She offers free confidential guidance to married women who write, with no products or sales involved.
Moffitt Printing Co announces holiday card services with engraving options and a contact phone number 2252 for orders. The brief notice urges customers to place orders for Christmas cards.
F D Chadwick of Atlanta regional Boy Scouts director for the sixth district covering North and South Carolina Georgia and Florida will meet the High Point executive committee at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Awaharrie council headquarters West Washington Street.
Christmas cards engraved by Moffitt Printing Co samples on display with contact phone 2252.
In golf sharp vision is essential and fatigue stems from tired eyes. Punktal lenses offer even clarity from center to margin, reducing eye strain and enhancing play.
Raleigh October 4 North Carolina will feature green and white license plates for 1928. White figures on a green background mark the new color scheme, plates to go on sale in December for the calendar year, announced Sprague Silver chief of the automobile bureau of the state department of revenue.
Public sale notices by trustees John A. Cutchins and J Allen Austin for property in High Point and Greensboro Guilford County. For sale due to default on deeds of trust dated 1927 and 1926 with prior liens, street assessments, and described parcels in Bencini and Armfield plats. Sale at courthouse doors and at 2:00 PM on specified dates in 1927.
Notice that the seller transferred all obligation for the Ideal Service Station to M L Von Cannon on August 12 1927. Creditors must present claims to M L Von Cannon as the seller is no longer responsible for any debts contracted in the name of the station. The notice is dated September 12 1927.
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