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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1932
Page
8
The First Baptist church prepares for its centennial with a full day of services. Dr O L Powers will preach at 11 AM and 7:20 PM, with A E Tate reading a church history. Dr Rufus Weaver to speak at 2:45 PM.Special State Mission Day offerings will aid missions.
The Junior C E society meets at 9 15 Sunday morning and the Sunday school with J W Montgomery as superintendent meets at 9 45. At 11 00 Rev Wilbur Hutchens a Wake Forest student will preach. The Senior and Intermediate C E charge of the 7 30 service includes a bank offering for High Point College with theme Christian Education. Prayer meeting is at 7 30 Wednesday and choir practice at 7 30 Thursday.
Christian Sunday school meets at 9 45 a m with Bascom Moffitt as superintendent There will be no evening services tomorrow Meeting will be held on Wednesday at 7 20 p m and choir practice Thursday at 7 30 p m
North Park Baptist church announces Sunday schedule with Bible school at 9 45 a m for all ages and a men’s class that has grown over 66 percent. Pastor Rev C F Barnes preaches at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with B P U meetings at 6 30 p m Sundays and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 20 p m. Public invited to attend.
The sermon subject at Em manuel Lutheran church Sunday morning is Back To God. The service begins at 11 o clock with a focus on calling the people to return unto the Lord for they have fallen.
Regular Sunday worship at Central Friends with Tom A Sykes delivering both sermons. Horace Haworth leads Bible school at 9 45. Brotherhood men meet at 9 45 with Ralph Parker in charge. Chorus under Norman Fidler conducts special music. Miss Virginia Frank guest soloist with Brotherhood Choir at 11 00 service. Public invited.
Mass at 9 a m with morning instruction by Father Murphy followed by 10 am teens instruction. Evening devotions at 7 30 and sermon by Father Beshel. Parish details reflect typical church day plan.
Tomorrow at St Marys Episcopal Church at North Main and Farras avenues Holy Communion at 9 30 am church school at 9 45 am adult Bible class by Rev D W Allen 11 am morning prayer and sermon 6 30 pm Y P L meeting Parish house 7 30 pm church service Rev Robert Patton D D field secretary and president of the American Church Institute for Negroes will preach a noted preacher urged attendance public invited all services
Rev Thus H Willey resumes evangelistic duties at Gospel Tabernacle Willowbrook street with Sunday school at 9 45 am. He will speak on The Sin of Contoriouslyness and A Crooked Man On a Straight Street Praying. James Green of Morganton will assist with music.
Rev G Ray Jordan will explore Is Religion an Unnecessary Burden at 11 am and conclude the Menweges series with Relatives and In Laws at 7 29 pm. Church school starts 9 45 am. Tomorrow marks World Temperance Sunday with services across departments for all ages.
The Winston-Salem leaf tobacco market ended its first month of the 1932-33 season with about 12.726 million pounds sold at an average of 12.02 per hundred. Friday sales totaled 701,722 pounds for 75,555.10 dollars at 11.01 per hundred, while the season’s total neared 1.53 million dollars. Officials note higher prices and demand for desirable grades, with export types selling better than earlier in the season.
The article lists upcoming church events under Liston Pope including adult classes on Christian law observance, a final display showing, junior church at 11, a young people's meeting with Henry Grady Owens and Halloween decorations, and mission study class sessions led by Mrs. W. O'Neal and others. It notes a Woman's Wesley class meeting, Mr Pope speaking on Greatness Passes By, a conference year end service on Sunday November 6 with a communion service and sacrament preparation.
Sunday morning Sunday school meets at 9 45 with worship at 11 led by Rev W R Shaffer who will preach The Ninety and Nine. Baptism of children at 3 pm. Evening worship at 7 30 with topic Patience. Junior Missionary Four Square Group and Young People’s meeting at 6 30 in separate departments. Wednesday prayer group continues study.
The Sedalia Singers from Palmer Memorial Institute performed a program of traditional spirituals and Negro folk dances at William Penn High School. Led by Amy Bailey, the group delivered powerful, sincere interpretations with standout numbers like Secon Ah Will Be Done Wid de Troubles of de Worl and O Southland.
Rail Raleigh October 29 C R Hudson marks twenty five years in farm demonstration work noting the soybean expansion as the state s greatest agricultural achievement in the period He traces soybean diffusion from initial planting in eight counties around Statesville to wide eastern Carolina use and credits its spread with farm progress, despite Lespedeza gaining attention Hud son cites soybeans as a highly valuable legume for farmers statewide.
A historical note discusses a mission linked to the Winnebago people. The article outlines religious efforts, local involvement, and the impact on tribal communities during the period described.
Calvary church announces Sunday services with a 9 45 am church school start and an 11 am membership and family service. The board of stewards urges all members to attend with their families. The midweek meeting is set for 7 20 pm Wednesday with a cordial public welcome.
At First Methodist Protestant church corner of North Main and Richardson tomorrow begins with a 9:45 Sunday school session for all ages. Rev. R L Farmer conducts 11 o clock worship with subject The Great White Peril. Music directed by Prof RE Stimson with Prelude Serenade Lavignac and other pieces. Junior and Senior groups meet. Christian Endeavor societies schedule activities.
7 30 will be led by Mr Farmer on The Personality of Jesus. Musical program includes Angelus Lieurance O Love Divine Hosmer and Postlude in 6:2 Rogers. Morning worship will include annual election of church officers with a cordial welcome to all. Installation next Sunday morning November 6.
The Green Street Baptist morning service will feature Rev George T Tunstall delivering Our Need of Faith at 11 o'clock. In the evening Dr G I Humphreys of High Point College will preach while the pastor assists H O Miller at the revival at Hilliard Memorial church.
Christian Science churches announce the lesson sermon Everlasting Punishment for all societies tomorrow. Levices meet at 3091 2 North Main street Sunday at 11 oclock, with Sunday school at 9 45 a m. Reading room hours are Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 2 to 4 30.
Aniess R Hammonds of Sophia route 1 was crowned Guilford County King of turnip growers after bringing two specimens to The Enterprise office for the nature curio shop. Each root weighed about 6½ pounds and carried large salad leaves. Hammonds grows about an acre of turnips and sells turnips and salad commercially.
Graves Ashburn, white, was the third man arrested after a break in at the A and P Store at South Main and Russell streets about ten days earlier. Cur tis McNeal had been first, LeRoy Grant aided the case by buying cigarettes, and E J Foater acted as the lookout before Ashburn’s mid afternoon arrest.
A meeting of creditors for Coffield Furniture Company of High Point, adjudged bankrupt on October 22, is scheduled for Monday November 7 in the office of Kenneth M. Brim, referee in bankruptcy, 909 North Carolina Bank Building, Greensboro.
Admiral Robert E. Coontz will deliver the principal address at a Southeast conference of VFW post and department officers in Atlanta on October 30. The gathering includes senior leaders from multiple states, a reception committee, and a military parade honoring the naval hero.
A simple rubber triangle sewn under each rug corner provides slip resistance, keeping rugs in place and reducing tripping risk.
Creditors may attend to prove claims elect a trustee examine the bankrupt order a sale of assets and transact other business at the meeting. Filed in the district court of the United States middle district of North Carolina Greensboro papers show assets and liabilities of the bankrupt firm.
The Eighth district of the North Carolina Medical Society will hold its semi annual meeting in High Point next spring with Dr. P. W. Flagge named president. Other officers include Dr. J. R. Johnson as vice president Dr. B. S. Saunders as secretary and treasurer and Dr. T. C. Redfern as district councilor. The meeting location is North Main school auditorium and the district covers Allegheny Forsyth Guilford Randolph Rockingham Stokes Surry Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
Former nurse Ette Gow, linked to the Lindbergh baby case, arrives in New York from Scotland dressed in a bold orange fur outfit. She is taken to the Morrow estate in Englewood New Jersey to serve likely as nurse to the second Lindbergh child Jon Morrow Lindbergh.
A large audience heard Rev. R. I. Farmer preach during the Salvation Army Try Religion campaign. He cited Prove all things hold fast to that which is good and his sermon was well received. No indoor service tonight. Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and a 6:30 p.m. preparation class. The Young People's Legion meets at 7.
Joseph Wall, a Black man, was arrested in High Point and charged with implication in a series of robberies alongside Paul Johnson, James Palmer, and Jerry Little. Wall’s car allegedly transported stolen property. he planned to leave the city but was nabbed at headquarters. Johnson, involved with Palmer and Little in the Farmers Alliance store robbery at Siler City, now faces nine counts of house breaking and larceny. Wall’s detention follows a crime spree that tied multiple suspects to High Point offenses.
Arthur Trout and Morton Tolley two Calhoun county road commission employees were installing warning signs when a Michigan Central Passenger train struck their truck. Both men died at the scene as the accident halted traffic near Battle Creek Michigan.
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