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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1939
Page
13
The column notes Enterprise's new feature Point Highlights drawing praise, with Herbert Mc doing art and a humorous response to commission requests. It mentions John Holmes and a joke about a duck drawing, plus furniture price trends and national humor reception.
Final arrangements for a High Point cancer clinic sponsored by the Guilford County Medical Society will be completed within 10 days. The Greensboro clinic already operates, with High Point forming a second site under Dr. George T. Wood as chairman. The effort aims to provide free examinations, tumor diagnosis, partial treatment, and hospital referrals, reflecting the nationwide anti cancer push guided by the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Wiley B. Sanders of UNC will address the closing session of the Study Conference on Juvenile Delinquency at William Penn High School at 3:30 this afternoon. The program includes remarks by officials, music by Marian Anderson chorus, and a plan to reduce local juvenile delinquency.
The Duke University Alumni Association of Guilford County will hold a fall meeting at the Sheraton Hotel on October 31 at 6 30 p m. Dr W K Greene of Duke will speak on Duke University Beginning the Second Hundred Years There will be a film of a 1939 Blue Devils game a short musical program and officer elections for the coming year The article notes growing alumni activity across North Carolina and beyond with 12 500 names on file and representation from every state and 29 foreign countries Officers for Guilford County include John A Myers
W B Kiker of Reidsville governor of the 189th Rotary District will visit the High Point Rotary Club next Thursday. He was elected at Cleveland’s Rotary convention last June and is a highway builder and club member. Local officers Noble T Craigg and Louis Voorhees will meet him with 77 members at the Sheraton Hotel.
Delegates from North Carolina labor unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations will meet in Union Hall at 1 o'clock to establish a permanent State Industrial Union Council. E Sande fur of Winston Salem CIO regional director will preside and report on the proposal and related matters.
A survey shows fifteen High Pointers own airplanes locally with about a dozen holding private pilot licenses. Notable owners include Charles and Kenner Amos, Dick Hayworth, Dr. J. J. Hamlin, E. T. Howard, and S. H. Tomlinson Jr., with several others from Asheboro. At Friddle Flying Field forty one students take lessons and ten have solo flights, Bradford Thomas 16 noted as youngest flier. Dr. Hamlin and Howard co-own a plane. A Bullpup monoplane visited by Mr. Spalding en route from New Haven to Miami. Twenty residents total reported solo flights at the Greensboro High Point Airport.
Carl E. Young died at Guilford County Sanitorium. Funeral services were held at Springfield Friends Church with Pastor Clara I. Cox and pastors C. N. Royal and N. C. Conner presiding. Music included Sunrise Tomorrow and Somewhere. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Trophy Council No. 29 members O. A. Bates Fred McSwain J. G. Workman F. C. Morehead C. O. Blake and James Mosteller.
Fred Gallimore, 26, of route 1, attempted to flee on a motorcycle patrol and crashed into another car on English Street near the armory. He was jailed on $800 bond for reckless driving speeding and driving drunk. George Frazier of Lindale Dairy had his car damaged. Police Chief Friddle said it was a narrow escape with no injuries.
The High Point American Legion post and auxiliary hold a joint membership dinner at Blair Park clubhouse Tuesday evening. Dr. H E Castevens Greensboro post commander will speak on state child welfare efforts after a film from the 1939 national convention. An auxiliary musical program will be presented. Admission requires 1940 membership cards or dues.
Russia leads world horse numbers with 16,500,000 head among 75,000,000 global total. The United States ranks second with 11,600,000 horses.
Facing a nationwide power shortage, cotton spinning firms in Japan intend to operate between midnight and dawn when overall demand is at its lowest.
Forty of the 130 bens in the American Hospital at Neuilly have been reserved for American emergency cases. The remaining beds may later be allocated to French military purposes.
High Point president Dr John Cole Burwell Jr and vice president James E Coltrane of Greensboro serve as secretary treasurer in Greensboro while Miss Margery Edwards represents the alumni council in Greensboro.
High Point firm showcases Masterpieces in Glass with fifteen stained windows for Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Charleston. The Logan Porter Mirror Company produced the first glass suite furniture and now displays Christlife windows for auditorium sanctuary and confessional, plus memorial pieces for The Citadel cadet corps and the 78th division AEF. Large crowds tour the High Point Glass and Decorative Company plant after word spread.
High Point seeks 116000 plus interest in federal court from Duke Power for alleged overcharges on city power purchases from March 1935 to April 1939. Judge Johnson J. Hayes to preside in Greensboro as city argues rates after contract expiry exceeded utilities commission limits and higher than other towns.
Ballad singer Earle Spicer internationally known as a concert and radio artist will give a lecture recital in Roberts Hall at High Point College on Friday October SF at 8 16 P M. He is the second of five lyceum speakers this year following Dr. Gerald Wendt who opened the series on October 9 with Science On Review. Spicer, trained in London, has performed with major orchestras and praised by conductors such as Wood Boult and Ronald. He is noted for traditional ballads and has engagements with top colleges in the United States. Jeanne Welty follows on November 24 as the next lyceum speaker.
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