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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1931
Page
6
The Live Y'ers will gather at the Y W C A at 6 30 this evening and proceed to Friends' Playground for a planned picnic supper. Other items include Bible class meetings at homes, hospital news, theater candy sale, and various club gatherings.
The article records a meeting led by Mrs J A Morris with reports from the Woman's Home and veterans committees, a Charlotte convention report, and a Raphael Simms paper followed by vocal duets. Elm Street PTA and Art Department gatherings are announced, and a Country Club party is described with fall floral decorations.
Autumn arrived suddenly in North Carolina with a 40 degree swing from near 100 to the 50s, turning linen suits and straw hats into unlikely fall attire. Winter wear remained hidden as temperatures rose and fell, leaving citizens torn between football season and lingering summer habits while expecting the first hints of real winter.
Guests enjoyed a party highlighting dahlias and zinnias with anagrams, auction and bridge at twenty one tables. Mrs R K Stewart won a kitchen wall clock for best anagrams while Mrs Phil Warner and BE Holbrook claimed top honors in contract and auction. Prizes included orange juice glasses and a cloisonne smoking set. A chocolate ice course followed for ninety two attendees.
Mrs Roland Holton and Mrs L C Matton spent the morning in Greensboro. Friends of Miss Marian Black will be glad to learn she has recovered enough from tonsil removal to be out. Miss Minnie Hatley has returned home from Duke Hospital Durham. Mr and Mrs A J Stabler of Washington DC are visiting their son in law and daughter at Hardee apartments North Main Street.
A 1931 NEA Service essay offers at home hair care tips. Mix half a glass of liquid shampoo with half a glass of warm olive oil for a makeshift shampoo and rinse thrice. Lemon juice can soften color but avoid overuse. Massage the scalp vigorously, dry in sun or open window, and wash more often in polluted cities. Consult a beauty specialist for dry scalp or dandruff.
From a Chamber of Commerce recollection, Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. began as Wachovia Loan and Trust in 1893 amid the Cleveland Panic. Col. Fries led as president. H. F. Shaffer recalls stock reissuance, initial paid-in capital of 150000 dollars, a six percent dividend, and later branch openings in High Point Salisbury and Asheville as the institution evolved in a tight currency era.
The Raleigh office opened in 1922 and Wachovia began during the Cleveland Panic with under 200000 capital stock and deposits for that year at 98000. Now in a low mood the institution reports assets of 48836050.21, capital stock 2500000 and deposits 42550318.58.
Congressman A L Bulwinkle, who had been suffering from kidney stones, shows notable improvement and has returned to his office for short periods, after a period of illness in Gastonia.
A Minnesota police chief reports a man surrendered in Albertlea claiming he was wanted in High Point for a filling station robbery. Sheriff D B Stafford notes the authorities will verify the accusation and pursue confirmation of the warrant.
Mrs H P Guffy sustained lacerations and a sprained back when her auto overturned six miles from Albemarle.
W H Foster was found not guilty in the shooting of Miss Georgianna Tickle and Andrew Ingle in Charlotte on September 13. The verdict ends the gun incident case with Foster cleared of all charges.
The Universalist church state convention will be held at Outlaw's Bridge in Duplin County from October 1 to 4.
Whiteville report notes J. D. Faulk drowned at Seaside after being seized by cramps while in the surf. Lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful. the death is reported as accidental.
Full time operations have been inaugurated at Henderson and Harriet Cotton Mills, marking a shift in production schedule. Local workers prepare for extended hours as management implements the new plan in the plant.
George Gilford was instantly killed when struck by a passenger train near the Pine Level station. The incident occurred adjacent to the rail line, with authorities notifying local officials and launching a routine investigation into the fatal railway accident.
Lumberton's current tax levy stands at $1.50 per rate, down by ten cents from last year and twenty cents from two years ago, sparking discussion on the town budget and services.
Four sisters aging from 75 to 77 years and others in their seventies live in New England towns. Mrs G H Wright of Gales Ferry Conn Mrs Charles A Chesley of Swampscott Mass Mrs Harriet J Gustin age 71 from Vers Done ver and Miss Mary E Clarke 77 of Lynn provide the quartet whose combined ages approach three centuries.
E H Vedder, a Mexico Missouri farmer, reports a turkey gobbler that acts like a hen and sits on a setting of turkey and guinea eggs, hatched 16. The gobbler’s brood was killed after three eggs were finished due to his heavy awkwardness.
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