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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
3
Judith Howard amid relationship pressure ends up in a hospital after a car accident caused by a hydrant. Dr. Harris tends her with care and humor, praising her youth and beauty while offering a ride home, hinting at growing interest as the evening unfolds.
Judith and Dr Harris exchange uneasy dialogue about doctors and nurses while he teases her about where she lives. He hints at lingering companionship, leaving her unsure of his sincerity as the moment ends.
Flashes of Life Suffolk Virginia reports a single story frame church building owned by Col. John P. Penner was found missing after a morning check. Negro members of the Holiness Church of God in Christ organize a posse and search for the missing church.
Ann Whalen, secretary to Mayor Wat kine Averton in Memphis, intends to remember a recent appendicitis by securing the nine surgical clips used by doctors, gold plating them, and lining them into a bracelet.
State College Mississippi mourns Tol a brindle bulldog mascot for the Maroon eleven. Tol died last week of uremic poisoning as Major Ralph Sasse seeks a new mascot after the Eastern invasion and fall season victory over the Army.
Fifteen hundred ewes driven through dense Deschutes National Forest reached their destination. Sheep herder John Lane, in charge of the flock, was missing for three days before stumbling into a camp exhausted and half starved after searches by scores of men.
In under a year five women pilots have completed 58 percent of a national rooftop air marker project. The plan aims to place rooftop markers every 15 miles in all directions across the country, advancing air navigation and safety.
Canada produced more than 5 million pounds of tobacco in 1935, reaching the highest production level on record for the country.
The Weather Bureau warned ocean vessels in the north Atlantic lanes of a large dangerous tropical hurricane sweeping toward the area. At midnight the storm lay 400 to 500 miles southeast of Bermuda moving northwest at about 15 mph with winds around 80 mph, posing no land threat currently.
Eighth annual Pegram family reunion scheduled for Goshen Methodist Episcopal church in Stokesdale on September 6. A daylong program features six speakers from Greensboro Winston-Salem and Stokesdale, plus multiple singing groups and bands. Attendees urged to arrive by 10 a.m. and bring lunch baskets for a noon picnic.
Greensboro hosts the 7200 Wildcat division veterans reunion on September 6 and 7 with a memorial service at 3 p.m. on the 6th a ladies reception at 6 p.m. and a men’s smoker at 8 p.m. A business session is set for 10 a.m. on the 7th followed by a luncheon at 1 p.m., parade at 6 p.m. and a dance at 8 p.m.
Mayor J W L Herndon of Kings Mountain N C states no discharge occurred for Police Chief R B Bryant of Gaffney S C. Bryant remains on leave to run for Cherokee County sheriff after leading the first primary ticket and facing Julian Wright in a second race.
R A Agner of High Point was elected vice-president and Ray Daniels of High Point extension secretary of the Northern District Lutheran Brotherhood. H M Saffit of Winston-Salem was chosen president, Roy F Setzer of Winston-Salem elected secretary, Luther Grimes of Thomasville elected treasurer. Induction set for January 1 1937.
Greensboro Sept 2 J Coe Jr public administrator was named administrator of the estate of Miss Delia Barker who died in High Point recently. The estate is estimated at 1668 dollars.
Spartanburg and Los Angeles American Legion Junior teams battled to knot the National championship series at 1 1 in Spartanburg C September 2. Los Angeles connected for nine hits while Spartanburg had nine but costly walks errors and base running miscues hurt the Spartans. catcher Pedro Mahaffey left with a knee injury and may miss further games while Roy Price also sat out with a finger injury.
North Carolina approved a state wide radio system for all law enforcement, not just the highway patrol, with $160000 authorized. Five short wave stations will serve Williamston Elizabeth town Raleigh and other sites, with operation planned to begin January 1 1937. The system will aid sheriffs police departments and individuals around the clock.
A plan to guide highway patrols and reduce accidents will be available to sheriffs and police departments at all times. The initiative aims to direct enforcement and strengthen highway law compliance nationwide.
Dr John W Barton 43 president of Ward Belmont school and former head of the American Association of Junior Colleges died after an illness of several months in Nashville. He previously led the Ward Belmont School and held a leadership role in junior college circles.
The account notes that after being harpooned, whales are inflated with air from the vessel’s pumps to make them easier to handle or transport.
Cal Lahman of Jamestown slides to .406 to lead the minor league batting race as Ed Zipay preserves a .412 mark despite a broken leg. Phil Weintraub and Frank McCormick remain above .390 with a shot at the trophy, while Zipay’s eligibility may depend on team games played.
Burlington news reports Lyn Floyd, 43, ordered held in Alamance county jail on $5,000 bond after witnesses testified he harbored Coley Cain, a fugitive from Caldonia prison farm who escaped with Roy Cobb during a highway robbery sentence. Cain remains at large.
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