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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1930
Page
9
Plans underway to recruit new members with a drive beginning this week. A committee will convene at the Wachovian Bank building tomorrow night to lay out details and goals.
The High Point Merchants Association will enlarge its credit files from about 20 000 to 35 000 records by year end and add debt collection support for members. A weekly confidential bulletin starting in October will report court records delinquent lists check fraud warnings and other retail information. T. C. Johnson serves as executive secretary and Grace Baker as assistant secretary.
Miss Mildred Luce will head the violin department at High Point college succeeding Miss Dorothy St. Clair. Professor E. B. Stimson leads the music department. Luce arrives later this week after training at Bush Temple Conservatory and the Cincinnati Conservatory. Margaret Sloan will join as voice and piano instructor. Stimson returns to his studio after summer teaching at Montreat.
Prof. D. M. Weatherly, who has spent 51 years teaching, will host a Court of Honor and homecoming at his Franklinville home on Sunday September 21. A picnic dinner will be served at 12:30 p.m. on the grounds. families and former pupils are invited to attend with well filled baskets.
Charlie Adams, formerly local manager at McDonald Service Stores, becomes affiliated with Mutual Tire and Battery Company on South Hamline Street, marking a new post in his career.
A colossal scarlet coxcomb measuring 32 inches across the top and over three feet long was cultivated by Mrs. E. B. Macon at 408 Fourth Street. The giant bloom was shown at the Enterprise last night.
Julius Scott a 20 year old white man and North Carolina convict was arrested near his mother's home in Highland Mills by local officers. He will be held for transfer to Raleigh after fingerprint comparison confirmed his identity. Police credit the Bureau of Identity for aiding discovery and identification.
Democratic candidate Thomas Turner says a state driver license is better than local licenses, criticizingHigh Point for selling licenses without proper testing. He cites mayor and city manager support for repeal and notes other local candidates favor the change. He argues the current system prioritizes fees over public safety and calls for a state license law.
The High Point Ministerial association will hold its first post vacation meeting Monday at eleven in Wesley Memorial church. President Rev R I Farmer and Secretary Edgar Hartley have returned and urge all city and area ministers to attend as a fall program matter will be discussed.
H C Beal former Bert Drug radio mechanic and salesman returns to the city from Asheboro and takes a post with Piedmont Radio Company on North Main Street, local Bosch Radio dealers.
A meeting of all white barbers in the city will be held at the Central Labor union hall on South Main street tomorrow night at 8 o clock. All barbers urged to attend. Speeches by Charles M. Gaskill of the American Federation of Labor Sel B. Hoffman of the Upholsterers International union and Shelby E. Horton of the Barbers International union.
The High Point Board of Public Welfare closed 79 cases in August, with 252 total new and ongoing cases for the month. Executive secretary Mrs. W. C. Hammond cited favorable conditions and public cooperation, noting clothing drives for school children and Junior Service League assistance.
The city moves to finish a new South End park and a nine hole golf course on the Blair property on South Main street. Ground clearing is done and greens and tees start Monday. The 75 acre park will include woodland and spaces for picnicking tennis courts and wading pools with a future clubhouse planned. The project aims to be ready for use before winter if weather allows.
The two week term of municipal court for trial of civil cases by jury will begin Tuesday morning September 9. The jury list for the first week includes many named jurors and those subpoenaed for the second week are listed. The complete docket for Tuesday September 9 and subsequent days lists numerous cases involving Beeson Hardware, Atlas Supply, Industrial Bank, Lexington Grocery, Schwab Machinery, Imperial Mortgage, and other entities in High Point area courts.
Kent Douglas, a local student, has purchased a Travel Air biplane for flying lessons with pilot Paul F. Davis of C. L. Amos. The field now houses five planes and a hangar is planned. A stunt program and balloon bursting contest are scheduled, with passenger flights and student instruction ongoing.
High Point city schools prepare to open the 1980 31 term tomorrow with an anticipated first day enrollment over 7 000 students, a gain over last year. Preliminary counts show 6 430 enrolled with 650 more expected, white elementary 350 400 junior high 50 and negro schools 150 200 additional.
The September court of honor for scouts of High Point will be held at Wesley Memorial church tomorrow night at 7 30 in the scout room of troop 4. Three scouts will receive their eagle badges Billy Fraley Allen Parker and Wendel Dunbar. The court will begin at 7 30 with scouts asked to report promptly. Members of the committee are L R Johnston chairman C F Diffendal F L Porter and G B Daniel.
Sechrest Funeral Home formerly at 418 North Main Street moved yesterday to 500 North Main Street. The vacated building will house a clinic for Dr. F. G. Woodruff and associates once repairs are finished.
A friend recalls a wife who has died and a remembering line about her kindness and a joking memory of being hit with the broom’s soft end, illustrating a domestic scene.
Ten year old Bob Self son of Mr and Mrs Z A Self has sat in an ok tree on Welborn Street since Monday night August 4. He plans to come down Monday afternoon at 3 o clock to attempt a world record with 11 hours credited. Current record reportedly 77 hours set by Greensboro boys. Bob remains energetic and plans to descend because his mother wants him to attend school Monday morning.
Wade P Renfrow city editor of the High Point Enterprise was elected vice chairman of the Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee at a Greensboro meeting to replace the late O E Mendenhall Definite campaign plans were outlined and a Democratic headquarters will open September 15 with operations from there to November 6. Renfrow has served on the county committee for three years and previously held major party roles in Norfolk Virginia.
Rev. George T. Stephens of this city begins an evangelistic campaign in the Burkhead section of Winston-Salem today. Services will continue for several weeks.
A feature in Tit-Bits recounts a boy landing a tiny trout and, after winding it in, asking what to do next. The companion replies with a curt instruction to climb up the rod and scrab it.
High Point college will enroll about thirty one graduates from the local class of 1929 when it opens September 15, with Guilford college and N C W also attracting several students. Nurses training is sought by at least ten girls, while roughly 60 percent of graduates plan immediate further study.
A Greensboro man has been selected as architect for a new school here. Construction is set to begin soon with the project aimed to be ready next year.
City Manager E. M. Knox, recovering from malaria, is expected to return to city hall tomorrow after a 10 day absence. He was confined to home on Parkway since last Thursday after visiting Norfolk and Ocean View with his wife's family and was ordered from his office a week ago.
A series of revival meetings will start tomorrow night at 7:30 at the house opposite 213 Fisheet. The CA UCI sig worker from from 1) will lead. Meetings likely run for 10 days.
Thomas Mills workers spent yesterday afternoon at Ritter's Lake near Greensboro for a picnic. They continued with a dance at Ritter's pavilion where the Sinful Syncopaters provided local orchestra music.
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