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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1929
Page
24
Councilmen plan to call an election if petitions are verified by midnight. Mayor Davis and supporters urge May 7 as the vote day amid legal doubts after legislature rejected a charter amendment. The fight over the charter amendment heats up as deadlines loom.
Librarian Miss Flossie Foster releases March figures showing 3423 books lent, averaging 3.5 books per pupil over 21 open days. Daily circulation averaged 163 with a high of 206. Only 35 new books added while 146 old volumes were repaired for reuse, and over 50 visitors examined operations and library layout.
Dr J J Wilson a High Point dentist spoke to William Penn high school students during National Negro Health Week about clean teeth as an asset. He outlined dental disease preventions through periodic exams and offered a prize for best answers won by Walter Gaston. Dr Jordan also spoke earlier at the school.
A traffic census shows the High Point Thomasville highway as the district’s busiest with about 5,000 cars in one day. The High Point Greensboro boulevard had just over 3,000. Across 50 stations on a rainy day, 34,492 vehicles were logged, of which 8,660 were foreign.
The Pointer editors and staff were named as candidates for the Quill and Scroll national high school journalist honor. Professor George Gallup accepted all applicants, praising their work. The school paper placed third in a national Columbia Interscholastic Press Association contest.
A 59 voice Guilford college chorus will perform at Central Friends church next Sunday night under Prof. Max Noah. The mixed group includes boys and girls trained by Noah and his wife Mrs. Noah. Audience is promised a fine program.
Five Oakdale youths arrested last Sunday by Sheriff W. Davis face a justice court hearing Monday morning in Oakdale. Justices J. L. Frazier and J. M. Davis will preside. John Ham of Greensboro remains in Guilford General hospital with a throat wound from the fight but is improving and may testify.
The Bank of Blackstock at Blackstock near Chester was burglarized last night. The vault door and two safes were blown open and about $1300 in cash and other securities were taken. Police said professionals did the job and no clues were found.
Engineer J. W. Mills reports paving on Highway No. 10 from West Lexington Ave to the Thomasville highway will begin in two to three weeks. Lassiter Co. holds the contract for a three and a half mile, 18 foot road open by August with favorable weather. Bids April 9 for project 529 in Davidson County. Archdale Thomasville road 61 nearly finished. Archdale Julian road progress good amid weather delays.
Dr. P. E. Lindley dean of High Point College visited Burlington High School and Altamaham Ossippi School urging students to plan for further education. He called college training essential and advised selecting a college to fit future aims while a college quartet performed at both stops.
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Happy Acres Hatchery on the Thomasville road for an Easter Monday egg hunt. Bruce Carraway introduced Prof. D. H. Hall who spoke on hatching and chick care. Visitors toured poultry houses as hundreds of chickens and 1000 colored eggs were displayed and hidden.
A humor note from Tit-Bits, featuring a teacher and Willie contrasting Iceland’s size with a person. The exchange mocks scale by placing the geographic name beside a field of personal reference.
Penelope Morgan guides sewing students at the local high school to create period costumes for the operetta chorus. Juniors and seniors draft patterns while freshmen dye 50 yards of fabric to cut costs. Designs imitate early colonial New England with staged color blends for visual effect.
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