Ten buses planned for High Point streetcar replacement
Chester Hawkins of Southern Utilities announced by phone plans to place ten buses in High Point within 30 days pending April 10 to April 15 completion. He outlined four routes with 35 to 60 stops, 20 minute schedules, and daily mileage between 266 and 438 miles per bus, using two to three buses per route.
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Chester Hawkins
Southern Utilities Company
Columbia
D. C
High Point
Hawkins
Moffitt
Fisher Street
North Main Street
Main Street
Wheeler Sttreet
East Green
Edgedale
Hillcrest
Hardover
Parkway
Woodbrook Court
Sunset Drive
Colonial
West Bay
Lindsay
Church
Main
English
Collegee
Washington
Kivett Drive
Baseball Park
East Circle Drive
Montlieu Avenue
Circle
Montlieu
Green Street
Redding
Ennis
Tryon
Pickett Mill
South Main Street
West English Street
English Street
First to announce J F F bord for fourth ward council seat
J F F bord, a commercial photographer and resident of the fourth ward since summer 1919, announced his candidacy for the upcoming election. He seeks to succeed Joe Worth as councilman representing the ward.
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J. FF. Bord
Joe Worth
Gospel School at Emmanuel Lutheran Church This Week
A gospel school begins Wednesday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church and runs nightly at 7 30 through the week. Theme is Christ and His Way of Salvation taught by the pastor. This morning's subject is Jesus Sending Men as He Was Sent and the next topic Jesus Clashes With His Accusers.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Christ
Jesus
Missing Asheville contractor reported alive and seen
April 2. Alex H. Jones, missing Asheville contractor, is alive per a statement by Captain Fred Jones. Residents near Glen Alpine identified him from newspaper photos and witnesses say a man matching his description sought eye treatment, ate at a local restaurant, and bought a ticket to Charlotte before a nearby train.
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Asheville
Alex H. Jones
Fred Jones
Glen Alpine
Long
Police Department
B. L. Team
Jones
Dr. Long
Brinkley
J. G. Pitt
Hastings
Mr. Jones
W. W. Patton
Atlanta
Local residents attend Greensboro Easy Washer meeting banquet
Mr and Mrs A B Elam and Mr and Mrs J H Steele attended a state meeting and banquet of the Easy Washer company at the O Henry hotel Greensboro yesterday afternoon. The event will become an annual affair. Cope of Richmond district manager spoke. Elam has sold enough machines since coming to High Point to win a free trip to the Syracuse factory. This is the first such trip for a state representative and Elam praises High Point as the best town in North Carolina.
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A. B. Elam
J. H. Steele
Easy Washer Company
O. Henry
Greensboro
Cope
Richmond
Elam
High Point
Syracuse
North Carolina
Sapiro Not Connected With A G Cotton Co Ops
Aaron Sapiro, plaintiff in a libel suit against Henry Ford, is not connected with the North Carolina Cotton Growers Association. F B Webster, assistant manager, said the organization did not use the Sapiro contract and that Sapiro only helped organize the association and served two years as consulting attorney.
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Raleigh
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
North Carolina Cotton Growers Association
Dedication of Springfield Church Set for May Third
The Springfield Friends church dedication is postponed to May 3 to mark the 137th anniversary of the church. Three services will be held that day morning afternoon and night with full details to be announced by Miss Clara I Cox, pastor.
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Springfield Friends Church
Clara I. Cox
Gloria Swanson Sponsors Return of Long Dresses
New York March 21 Gloria Swanson sponsors the return of the long dress at a wedding where she is matron of honor. Her powder blue chiffon gown and blue hat drew attention as she walked with bride Katharine Shirres and groom Pierce Bodard. Other guests included Lois Wilson in lace and fashion notes praise new sunray seaming on day and evening wear.
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NEA
New York
Gloria Swanson
Gloria
Katharine P. Shirres
A. Bodard
Lois Wilson
Miss Swanson
Plaza
Mrs. Havemeyer Butt
Beatrice Pratt
Charles C. Auchincloss
Worth
Vionnét
Maslin Indicted by Forsyth Grand Jury in Forsyth County
Winston Salem April 3 AP Thomas Maslin former president of Merchants Bank and Trust was indicted by a Forsyth County superior court grand jury on three true bills. One embezzlement charge involves 35800 from W F Snipes estate another accuses him of taking deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent and the third alleges concealing entries and abstracting papers to deceive bank officers. The bank closed in April 1926.
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Winston-Salem
Thomas Maslin
Merchants Bank and Trust Company
Forsyth County Superior Court
Maslin
W. F. Snipes
Merchants Bank
Little Log Cabin Gift Establishes Precedent
Mrs Edward MacDowell and the North Carolina Federation of Music clubs praise a unique gift from High Point schoolchildren to Mrs MacDowell and the Peterboro Colony. The little log cabin contains 20000 pennies made by Charles Coble and symbolizes artists’ cabins at Peterboro. Mrs MacDowell asks for a penny from all Americans to aid artists’ expenses.
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Edward MacDowell
North Carolina
Public Auction Aims City Block Removal 1927
High Point plans an April 2 1927 public auction at City Hall for the Tomlinson Building on East Commerce Street to clear the site for widening work. Bids must be cash with the winner removing the structure by April 30 1927 and posting a $1000 bond. Sale subject to council confirmation February 25 1927.
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High Point
Tomlinson
East Commerce Street
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Sapiro
A. G. Cotton
Springfield
Gloria Swansen
Return OF
Carroll Wainwright
Edith Gould
Europe
Park Avenue
Charlotte Littlejohn
Mrs. Carroll Walinwricht
Charlotte Litthejohno
Forsyth County
Merchants Bank and Trust Company of
Winston
R. J. Pickett
Japan
Osaka
San Francisco
Enterprise
A.W.O.L. Victims
Plainfield
V. J
Joseph Dever
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St. Augustine
Fla
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la Havana
CS High Point
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Mississippi
Bowie
Southern Railway
H. D. Saunders
T. A. High Point
N.C
M. H. Graham
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Southern Railway System
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Middleton Place Gardens
Charlotte
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Gastonia
Hickory
Marion
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Shelby
Statesville
Charleston
H. PD. Saunders
High Point, N.C
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