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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1936

Page

8

Charlotte Named For Southern Hotel Association Convention

Charlotte was chosen as the 1937 convention site for the Southern Hotel Association during a directors meeting. The North Carolina division closed with a banquet and dance at the Sheraton. Officials discussed liquor’s impact on hotels, with no action taken on repeal, and favored state or county control if changes occur.

Charlotte Southern Hotel Association North Carolina Sheraton Hotel Emerywood Country Club Billy Lynn Lynchburg C. H. King Danville EB. H. Spence Greensboro Roland Munford Raleigh B. M. Knox O. W. Donnell T. Wingate Andrews O. A. Kirkman Chamber of Commerce Harry Thomasson Southern Association BE. H. Spence American Hotel Association Sheraton Elwood

Mrs M J Woodhouse Dies at Booneville Home

Information reached here of the death of Mrs M J Woodhouse 76 of Booneville at her home early today. She had been in declining health for months. Her husband preceded her in death about 15 years ago. She was mother of Mrs W H Gibson of High Point and survived by four sons Frank Woodhouse Seville W W Woodhouse Elizabethtown B F Woodhouse Atlanta Wel don Woodhouse Dinuba Calif and many grandchildren. Funeral at First Baptist Booneville at 2 pm tomorrow followed by interment in church cemetery.

M. J. Woodhouse Booneville Herusband Woodhouse W. H. Gibson High Point Gibson Frank Woodhouse Seville W. W. Woodhouse Elizabethtown B. F. Woodhouse Atlanta, Ga Weldon Woodhouse Dinuba Calif First Baptist Church

Small Permits Granted By Ingram

Fire Chief E. K. Ingram announced building permits for four projects. W. E. Kidd at 1201 Sherrod Street adds one room to a residence for 65 dollars. R. O. Moore at 143 West Lexington Avenue reroofs a residence for 400 dollars. Marine Oil Company at 201 English Street reroofs a non residence for 125 dollars. H. B. Pendry builds a private garage on Oakdale Forest for 75 dollars.

E. K. Ingram W. E. Kidd Sherrod Street R. O. Moore Lexington Avenue Marine Oil Company English Street H. B. Pendry Oakdale Forest

Annual Faculty Reception Held at High Point College

A large turnout of students faculty and guests attended the annual faculty reception at High Point College in Roberts Hall last night. Dean P E Lindley led the hospitality with Dr G I Humphreys introducing guests and new faculty members Janet Russell Lola Barry and Mrs J M Millikan. Mrs J H Allred sang two tunes and refreshments were provided by the home economics department as N M Harrigan filmed the event.

Thligh Point College Roberts Hall P. E. Lindley J. Clay Madison Coltrane Teague J. M. Millikan Janet Russell Lola Barry

Ridge Named To Cooperate In Electors Council

S B Ridge of route 1 High Point North Carolina was appointed by James A Farley Democratic National Committee chairman to cooperate with Walter Crissman High Point chairman for the National Council of Roosevelt Electors Ridge was recommended by A D Folger Mount Airy North Carolina finance director for the Roosevelt Electors The Electors group represents the Democratic National Committee in raising the national campaign fund for F D Roosevelt's reelection in November

New York S. B. Ridge Route 1 High Point N C James A. Farley Democratic National Committee Walter Crissman National Council of Roosevelt Ridge A. D. Folger Mount Airy N. C Roosevelt National Campaign Fund Franklin D. Roosevelt

Corporation Asks Action Dismissal in Bankruptcy Case

Greensboro Sept 26 Special The Rosaine shop and its trustee in bankruptcy Al Schwartz are involved in a suit against Silver Realty Corp. The plaintiff seeks 900 alleging four payments before voluntary bankruptcy. The defendant says no preference was shown to Silver Realty over other creditors.

Greensboro C. R. McIver, Jr al Schwartz Rosaine Shop High Point Silver Realty Corporation United States District Court Rosaine

Retiring Sunday School Officials Will Be Honored

The Peacock Bible Class will honor retiring officials on the last day of the class year with a special musical program. The men’s chorus performs and Mr. R. S. Tracy of Jacksonville, Florida plays sacred autoharp pieces as a guest of class teacher Major Bruce Craven.

Peacock Bible R. S. Tracy Jacksonville Fla Tracy Bruce Craven

Household Appliance Named Local Dealers Announcement

Announcement yesterday says Fairbanks Morse appointed Household Appliance of High Point as local dealers for the Fairbanks Morse automatic coal burner.

Fairbanks- Morse Company Household Appliance Company High Point Fairbanks-Morse

Raincoat Stolen From Watch Tower At Taylor Street

J. Best, a railroad crossing watchman on Taylor Street, reported last night that someone entered his watch tower and stole a raincoat valued at about $5. Police are investigating the theft.

J. Best Taylor Street

Lessons From Acts and Paul Faith Journey

Sunday School outlines eleven lessons from Acts and Paul highlighting Pentecost power bold speech and trust in God. It covers Peter Philip Stephen Saul Paul temperance gospel for all and perseverance under persecution with calls to Christian living and fruitful life as Romans 12 urges.

God Peter Jerusalem Stephen Philip Saul Paul Caesarea Jesus Christ Antioch Barnabas Jesus

Traffic violations arrest report summary

Police records show within the last 24 hours one arrest for hit and run driving one for speeding one for reckless driving and two for other traffic violations. Drive carefully and save life.

Infant Mary Adelaide Wall Rites Held in Thomasville

Funeral services for Mary Adelaide Wall infant daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Wall were held at the family home Thursday led by Rev Mr Lowe and Rev Mr Shaffner of Thomasville. The child died Wednesday morning. Surviving are the parents paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs B F Wall of Thomasville and maternal grandmother Mrs Addie Wallace of High Point. Interment was in Level Cross cemetery.

Mary Adelaide Wall Thomasville J. C. Wall Lowe Shaffner F. Wall Addie Wallace High Point Level Cross Cemetery

Man Held on Break-In Charge at Kellam Foundry

Ross Perkins, identified as a Negro, was held by police on a charge of breaking into Kellam Foundry at 509 East Russell Street several nights ago. Police say he stole forms and other wares valued at $6. Bond set at $750.

Ross Perkins East High Street Kellam Foundry East Russell Street

Delegates Chosen to Represent WOW Camp at Log Rolling

Thomasville WOW Camp 206 selects delegates D L Disher N S Walters Henry Walters Burch Osborne Falls Templeton J D Stinson W C Fouts Luther Clemmons and M T Walters to attend Daniel Boone district log rolling in Winston Salem on October 3.

Thomasville Winston-Salem D. L. Disher Walters Henry Walters Burch Osborne Falls Templeton J. D. Stinson W. C. Fouts Luther Clemmons M. T. Walters

Plummer Bound Over In Liquor Possession Case

A former Plummer living on the Greensboro road was bound over to High Point municipal court by Magistrate C. Muse on a charge of possession of intoxicating liquors. Deputies Gray and Wheeless raided the woodshed and seized 3,600 pints of tax paid whiskies. The bond of 500 dollars was continued, and a trial is expected before Judge Teague next week. The liquor remains held in the county tax office vault awaiting disposition.

Plummer Greensboro High Point C. Muse Plummers C. L. Gray W. L. Wheeless Muse Lewis E. Teague County Tax Office

Randolph County Adds Second Public Health Nurse

Asheboro September 26 Randolph county will have two public health nurses when Pauline Freeland of Chapel Hill arrives next week. Freeland met with Dr. George Sumner county health physician and accepted a health department post to assist with Alma Key the current nurse. Alma Lowe who served temporarily has moved to a neighboring county.

Asheboro Randolph County Pauline Freeland Chapel Hill

Sunday Services in High Point Church

Dr Williamson will preach on Remember the Sabbath Day at 11 oclock. The church youths meet for supper at 6. The Woman's Auxiliary Bible study begins Monday at 3 teaching Genesis. Midweek prayer is Wednesday at 7 30. The 5 oclock Vesper service topics We Would See Jesus. Invitation to all.

Methodist Protestant First Promotion Day Observed Tomorrow

The First Methodist Protestant church sets Promotion Day from 9:45 in all Sunday school departments. At 11 a bank offering service features Rev. J. Clay Madison delivering on Christ or Paganism. Junior church at 11, Miss Bess Moore to speak. Intermediate Endeavor officers to be installed at 6:30 followed by Young People's Company E meeting.

First Methodist Protestant Church J. Clay Madison Bess Moore Chrisian Endeavor Young People’s Co. E

Baptist Promotion Day Planned With Bible Gifts

A Baptist church will observe its annual Promotion Day in the church auditorium at 10 15 AM with the 11 o'clock worship to follow. Bible school members should assemble by 9 45 AM for the 10 15 AM program featuring Bibles gifted by Mrs M J Wrenn to each child advancing from Primary to Junior. Dr Conrad will preach at the evening service on Hindering Weights and Besetting Sins.

Bible School M. J. Wrenn Wrenn Conrad

Sunday School Promotion Day and Evening Sermon at Local Church

Sunday school Promotion Day to be observed during the morning service with brief department programs. The pastor C. N. Royal will preach at the evening service on the topic Gods Guest For Love. Sunday school begins at 9 30 a m and Baptist Training Union at 6 30 p m.

C. N. Royal Baptist Training Union

Some Searching Questions at Morning Service

Services of worship are set for tomorrow at 11 a m and 7 30 p m The pastor will preach the morning message on Some Searching Questions and in the evening on The Sin of Self-Pity The public is invited to attend.

Methodist Wesley Memorial Church Service Schedule

The Wesley Memorial Methodist Church offers 9:45 a.m. church school with age divided departments. Promotion day presents certificates and Millis Bibles. An 11:00 a.m. worship features Dr. W. A. Lambeth on Unseen Realities. Evening services at 7:30 follow Is More Expected of a Christian. Week events include Monday Junior Board meeting, Wednesday prayer meeting on Green Lights, Friday choir and dramatic club.

Wesley Memorial W. A. Lambeth Lambeth Missionary Volunteers Hollgins W. L. Kille

Christian church services listed for Asheboro street

Rev. E Earl Wells pastor conducts Sunday school at 10 a m morning worship at 11 a m with a sermon Spiritual Living Children's meeting at 5 30 p m Christian Crusaders at 6 30 p m Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m with sermon The Sin of Neglect All are welcome

Asheboro Street E. Earl Wells Christian Crusaders

Program at Children’s Home and church services schedule

The Children’s Home children will present a program at 11 a.m. under Mrs. A. G. Dixon. At 7:46 p.m. Rev. J. E. Garlington of Midway M. P. Church will preach. A prayer service is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. and C. E. at 6:45 p.m. Sunday.

A. G. Dixon J. E. Garlington Midway M. P C. E

What Is Your Name Sermon at Local Church

Rev Hoy L Fes perman delivers the 11 oclock Sunday sermon on What Is Your Name with special choir music and a junior service. Evening service at 730 features Why I Believe in the Church. Young people meet at 630, Sunday school at 945, prayer meeting Wednesday at 730. Rally Day and Promotion Day next Sunday. Everyone welcome.

Hoy L. Fesperman

Ten New Relief Projects Approved in North Carolina

Raleigh Sept. 26. State WPA Director George W. Coan Jr said ten new relief projects costing 234 92.58 thousand dollars were approved for North Carolina. Projects include school buildings warehouses sanitary sewers repairs to public buildings free school lunches and the construction of five additional guard armories.

Raleigh WPA George W. Coan, Jr North Carolina Coan

Sunday School and Evening Service at Rankin Memorial M. P.

Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with A L McBride superintendent in charge. At 11 00 a m Rev Edward Suits will occupy the pulpit. Bible study in Philathea room at 6 30 p m. Evening message at 7 30 p m by the pastor.

Rankin Memorial M. P L. McBride Edw. Suits Philathea Room

Protests Grow Over Louisiana Luxury Sales Tax

In New Orleans protests spread among various groups against Louisiana’s two percent luxury sales tax on all nonessential retail goods. Reports say a special legislative session may be called to amend the law before its October 1 start, with talks of replacing it with a flat two percent general sales tax.

New Orleans Louisiana

Welch Memorial Revival Services Continue This Week

Dr. A. G. Dixon will conduct revival services through Sunday at Welch Memorial. He will preach at 11 A.M. and 7 30 P.M. with Sunday school at 9 45 A.M. and Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P.M.

Welch Memorial A. G. Dixon Christian Endeavor

Church notices brief Bible school and worship times

The Church of Christ on North Hamilton Street lists Bible school at 9 45 A M morning worship at 11 A M with a sermon titled Christians Preach Christ The Christian Endeavor meets at 6 30 P M and the evening worship topic is Bearing Glad Tidings

Church OF Christ North Hamilton Street

Realty as subject of Christian Science Sunday lesson

The Realty topic will be the lesson sermon in all Churches of Christ Scientist this Sunday. Services start at 11 o clock Sunday morning at 309 12 North Main Street. Sunday school gathers at 9 45 a.m. The reading room is open as usual and the public is invited to visit and attend.

Christian Science “Realty Churches of Christ Peoplworth League of the Lee Spencer

Lowdermilk Clan To Hold Reunion At Pleasant Hill Church

Charles W. Phillips will speak at the Lowdermilk reunion beginning 10 30 Sunday morning at Pleasant Hill Methodist Protestant church five miles east of Seagrove. Mrs S L Hayworth will lead devotionals with N M Harrison and Emsley Lowdermilk delivering responses. Memorials by Mrs Amelia Lynch and a family history by Iola Lowdermilk Carl Cox and A C Lowdermilk. Special music and a church grounds picnic follow.

Charles W. Phillips Woman’s College Greensboro Lowdermilk Pleasant Hill Methodist Protestant Church Seagrove S. L. Hayworth Asheboro N. M. Harrison High Point College Ems

Wesleyan Church Sermons On Christian Experience And Second Coming

The Wesleyan church schedules Sunday school at 9 45 A M and worship at 11 A M with Rev Charles K Gentry speaking on The Best Things in Christian Experience The evening service at 7 15 features the third message on The Results of Christ's Second Coming and will include a large chart Senior M W Bt bP.

Charles K. Gentry M. W

State Patrolman Hurt in Landis Motorcycle Wreck

Concord patrolman G. L. Allison of the State Highway Patrol suffered a fractured leg army injury and head and face lacerations when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by Carruthers at Landis Friday morning. He is in a Salisbury hospital. Carruthers was not hurt.

Salisbury G. L. Allison Concord State Highway Patrol Carruthers Landis Allison Carrithers

Goulash garden idea teased by Clarksville cook

In Clarksville Arkansas C D Conway touts a cafe ter ia garden concept and jokes that a goulash garden may fit better He describes a recipe of mixing garden seeds and sowing broadcast to avoid cultivation Then he notes plants grow densely so harvesting is done by random picking for soup purposes

Clarksville Ark C. D Conway

Mystery solved as bullet found after 50 years

Warren Ohio resident Andy Marshall of Bristolville recalls being shot in the arm by a playmate decades ago. A doctor removed a lump behind his ear which turned out to be the missing bullet from that incident, discovered after half a century.

Warren, O Andy Marshall Bristolville Marshall

Chicago Produce Prices Hold Steady

Chicago market update shows butter at 10,079 quantity and eggs at 7,137 with steady, unchanged prices as of September 26.

Chicago

Licenses Revoked in Raleigh Total 5655 Since November

The motor vehicle division reports revocation of 5655 drivers licenses since the law took effect last November. It announced 20 licenses were revoked yesterday.

Raleigh

Educational Sunday at Allen Jay School events planned

Tomorrow the Allen Jay School faculty, school board, parents and children will gather at 11 for morning exercises led by the pastor. Program includes songs, talks on school responsibilities, a solo by Ruth Sykes, and remarks by J M Thomas and E C Glasgow. Tonight a joint session of three societies features M L Patrick. A cottage prayer meeting is set for Wednesday at the Cox home on Springfield Road.

Allen Jay School Chester C. Haworth God of the Earth Helen Cox J. M. Thomas Jesus Galilee Ruth Sykes Allen Jay Glasgow Lord Miss Sykes Owen

Promotion Day and services at Central Friends Church

Central Friends Church observes Promotion Day with worship at 9 45 a m and 11 o'clock led by Miss Dorothy Gardyne former YWCA secretary in High Point and longtime YWCA staffer in Worcester Mass She is noted for her gracious manner and thought provoking messages The 7 30 p m service led by Tom A Sykes will install new Christian Endeavor officers with the topic Shaping the Things to Come Visitation week runs Sept 27 to Oct 4 by Central Friends Church and its auxiliary agencies.

Dorothy Gardyne High Point Worcester Mass Gardyne Tom A. Sykes Christian Endeavor Bible School Central Friends Church

UNC Instructor Resigns for South Carolina Post

Dr. W. M. McCleod, a French instructor at the University of North Carolina since 1928, announced his resignation to take an adjunct professorship in French at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

Chapel Hill University of North Carolina W. M. McCleod University of South Carolina, Columbia 8. C

Negro Will Face Assault Charges

James Webster a 25 year old Negro will be tried in superior court on robbery and assault with intent to kill in an incident near Winston Salem on September 10. Mrs. Clara Overton testified that Webster jumped on their car, ordered them out demanded money and fired. Deputy Sheriff Morris said Webster admitted firing when Seagraves threw a rock. Webster did not testify.

Winston-Salem James Webster Here John Seagraves Clara Overton Overton M. A. Morris Webster Seagraves

Drunken Drivers Warned Hard By Judge Warlick

Superior Court Judge Wilson Warlick warned Greensboro motorists that drunken driving will lead to harsh road sentences. He cited only two exceptions in three years, both for teenaged college students allowed to return to school. He emphasized penalties to make defendants work on highways and noted no female defendants have faced the charge.

Greensboro Superior Court Wilson Warlick Issu

Asheboro Car Struck By Train At Academy Street Crossing

Asheboro on September 26 a car driven by James Winningham of South Fayetteville street was struck by a Norfolk and Southern train at the Academy street crossing. The midsection wrecked the car but Winningham escaped with no serious injuries. It was the second train related wreck this summer in Asheboro following a fatal crash on the Asheboro High Point highway. No charges have been filed yet.

Asheboro James Winningham Fayetteville Street Norfolk and Southern” Railroad Academy Street Winningham Asheboro High Point

Tobacco sales total at Rocky Mount market

A tobacco report from Rocky Mount market officials shows 12,462,880 pounds sold this season for $2,770,490.62, averaging $22.22 per hundred. Yesterday's sales totaled 725,080 pounds for $142,426.67, or $19.64 per hundred.

Rocky Mount

Oxford Tobacco Market Sells 1.36 Million Pounds This Season

Oxford tobacco market officials report 1,359,970 pounds sold so far this season bringing in $327,211.29 at an average of 24.08 dollars per hundredweight.

Oxford

Man Kills Moccasin After Light Reveals Danger

Richmond Virginia resident John Campbell felt a light strike in a dark room. He turned on the light and found a moccasin snake. Campbell killed the snake and has recovered enough to move about on crutches.

Richmond John Campbell Campbell

Harvest Home Service Planned at Heidelberg Church

The Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed church in Thomasville will hold its annual Harvest Home service this Sunday with Sunday school and church services. The church will be decorated with flowers fruits and garden products to represent the autumn harvest.

Thomasville Heidelberg Evangelical and Reformed Church

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