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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1935
Page
9
City residents face a pivotal vote on borrowing to fund a self liquidating plan. Proponents cite welfare needs including church, school, and hospital provisions. Doctors warn the hospital shortage, noting one bed per 356 residents versus higher state and national ratios, urging improved capacity for an industrial community.
The Ravkin Memorial M. P. church Ladies Aid Society will host a chicken dinner from 5 to 8 p m at the building on the corner of Washington and Wrenn streets. The tempting menu will be offered at a small price to support the building fund.
The M. BP First Methodist Junior Church will reopen at 18 o clock after a closure due to concerns about infantile paralysis. Thomas Strickland will lead, with special music by the Junior Church.
The three week evangelistic revival at the Gas Tabernacle ends at 7 45. Rev HH Williams delivers the closing message titled a Labor Day Message for Laboring People. A service starts at 45 and will be led by Cc W Wallace of Lamber.
The Greensboro quartet will lead a Bible class meeting at the First Reformed Church. All men are invited to attend the Sunday morning service at 9:45 Felock.
The Men’s Club of the First Church schedules a meeting on Monday observed as a holiday. C. C. Garrett outlines the program for September. All men of the church are urged to attend this gathering.
Capt Bruce H Carraway arrived back in the city after a week in Philadelphia and Washington. He stated he is confident the bonus will be addressed at the coming session.
Local attorney Apatia addresses the Farrise Bible of the Pivet Hapitat church. The morning service is set for 8:48 o'clock at the Le Hravatharee theater on Men Avenue. Four attendees expected.
The Enterprise reports the city may depress Southern Railway tracks at a cost of $800,000 or less, a project stirring concern among local residents and officials. State Highway and Public Works Commission members James Hardison, Ross Sigman, and Luther Hodges were invited to inspect the plan as they pass through the city next Wednesday.
High Point prepares for Labor Day with mixed schedules as many firms operate full time while hosiery mills and furniture industries vary. Banks offices and city services will close though stores stay open. post office hours are cut to 9 to 12 with specials delivery only. Labor leaders plan speeches but attendance may be affected by irregular hours.
Registration for all pupils who expect to attend High Point High will be held Tuesday at the high school buildings. Principal Henry Grady Owens stressed in person registration and warned that cards from last spring do not count. Seventh graders in the junior high are slated to register in the morning, with general attendance to follow.
The Dennis H Hall homeplace sale yielded 42 lots in 25 and 60 foot units at about 500 per acre. Auctioneers Penny Brothers reported the total price between 5500 and 4000 dollars for the home sites, indicating rising real estate prices and a likely near term uptick. The lots sit about two miles from town off the Winston Salem highway.
The September Court of Honor for Scouts in the High Point District will be held at Wesley Memorial church at 7 30 o clock Monday night September 9. Scouts due to receive awards should report to headquarters next week to have their cards checked. Largest number of awards in the district is expected. National Jamboree Training camp pictures will be shown. Committee members are C B Diffendate O Delk Smith R C Mike Boyce and EB MeEachern.
Governor Ruby Laffoon of Kentucky commissions a manufacturer as a staff member naming Colonel J R Blair. The article also notes other notable Kentucky colonels such as Shirley Temple and Mae West.
Dean Lindley announced that Kryl's famous Symphony Band will give a concert at High Point College on October 28. The band, renowned nationwide for high art standards, is in demand for festival celebrations and showcases top musicians selected after rigorous trials. This concert marks the thirty first tour and follows Wallace the Magician as the season opener on October 1.
Guilford county city authorities prepare WPA project briefs after three approvals for Blair Park golf course improvements and City Lake enhancements. The city manager says funds will upgrade the current nine hole course drainage and facilities, not expand to eighteen holes, while other permanent lake improvements await final details.
Guilford County Board of Education approves requesting 315 200 from the federal government under the PWA program for a new elementary school and additions to crowded facilities. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews says a 45 percent grant and 55 percent loan are appropriate as state funds cover salaries.
Jean Bartlet Covington sues William Comer Covington a High Point hosiery maker for divorce in Reno. She alleges cruelty after their marriage in 1934 and residence at Lake Tahoe in 1935. She cites annual income between 80000 and 90000 dollars and seeks $1500 monthly alimony plus $5000 in counsel fees.
Enterprise staff report a dramatic jar confrontation as a tiny Black Widow battles a much larger garden spider. The smaller spider climbs a stick and halts the bigger one, ending with the little fighter appearing to prevail.
Editor notes Reverend Tom Alderman Sykes returns to High Point from England pessimistic about the Italo Ethiopian crisis. He predicts a likely world war and warns that a war with Italy and Abyssinia could threaten white supremacy and provoke global racial tensions. He argues America must engage rather than stay aloof.
A quirky feature presents John Mebane Moody’s remark about two hobbies asking questions and sparking dialogue. He quips on aging inquiries and moral puzzles while noting a tombstone joke and a riddle about saving loved ones in a capsizing boat, ending with an open question.
Andrew Jackson Piast No 8 7 of the American Lesson leads an active bid for a post office conference to be held in February or March. James B. Lyon states 5000 to 8000 Legionnaires may attend if the conference is secured. They plan to travel to Raleigh with bonds to impress Lessonnaires. The national commander will be elected in St Louis September 26 and attend the conference with post officials and thousands of delegates. North Carolina government is highly active in the effort.
August brought a total of 122318 in building permits in High Point, led by 15 non residential projects worth 76250 and a new church addition at 27000. Home construction accounted for six permits totaling 33000, with 15 residential repairs and seven non residential repairs. Only one prior month exceeded 100000 since 1929, February 1931 for a 317000 Junior high school.
High Point Public Library will operate for one day this week on Tuesday for book circulation due to Labor Day closures and ongoing remodeling. Librarian Nancy Kirkman Poston said returns accepted any day at the entrance with no extra fines if items are returned the following Monday. The library reopens extended hours Tuesday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and will mirror that schedule next Monday.
A reader notes the virtue of integrity in Mr. Koonce who provides compassionate funeral services at homes or in the facility. The respectful ceremonies reflect careful preparation and attentiveness to families during times of loss.
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