City Declares Clean-Up Week to Fight Flies
High Point health officer Claude Hussey urges residents to cooperate in a city wide Clean-Up Week from April 16 to 21. Week long removal of refuse targets mosquitoes and flies, with police and sanitation departments ensuring all garbage and junk are cleared. The effort, begun April 16, aims to make High Point cleaner and healthier through lasting civic action.
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High Point
Claude Hussey
Health Department
Hussey
High Point Anti Shingle Roofing Ordinance Enacted
City council adopts a 1923 ordinance requiring roof coverings of specified materials for most buildings. Sections set conditions for dormers, repairs, replacements, inspections, and penalties of 50 dollars per offense with a May 1 1923 effective date.
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High Point
North Carolina
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Chicago
Ill
Fh. i. Rickett
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS AND LOCAL ELECTION DETAILS
Proceedings list precinct polling places for a primary and municipal election in 1928. Names of ward and precinct officers noted. registration books open at 7 a.m. April 2 with closing sunset April 28, 1923, and registrars to be at their precinct polling places, Sundays excluded, through April 28.
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C. Jones
North Side Fire Station
Jarrell Building
Wigh Street
B. and W
South Main Street
South Side Fire Station
W. W. Ellington
Mangum Avenue
City Election Schedule Sets Primary and Municipal Dates
The document lists election dates in April 1923 from 9 a.m. to sunset, stating the primary and municipal elections will follow state town or city election laws. It bears the city manager signature, L Pickett, dated March 19, 1923.
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Ey L. Pickett
Mother Mine Monday Night Auditorium Tickets on Sale
Hart Drug Co sells tickets for the Mother Mine event at the Monday Night Auditorium. Local patrons can purchase in advance to secure seating. Proceeds support community programs and the venue hosts the upcoming performance.
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Hart Drug Co
Parking Ban Ordinance For East High Street Southside
High Point city ordinance dated April 14 1923 forbids parking motor vehicles on the south side of East High Street between Main and Wrenn streets. Violators face 5 dollars for the first offense and 10 dollars for each subsequent offense. Ordinance takes effect immediately and repeals conflicting ordinances. R L Pickett city manager signs.
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East High Street
Clean-Up Week Promotes City Health Effort
Mr. Hussey urges thorough city cleaning to combat diseases including typhoid fever. Residents should place all refuse near the street for pickup during clean-up week. City wagons will collect trash at regular intervals throughout the campaign.
Thomasville Votes Big Sum For New Schools
SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE THOMASVILLE April 14 Mrs. Charles R. Thomas is critically ill at her Main street home. Her father J. T. Perkins a brother Perkins and her sister Miss Cora Perkins of Lenoir are with her. The school bond election for 135000 carried as expected with little opposition. This insures continuation of work on the handsome school building now being erected here.
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Thomasville
Charles R. Thomas
Main Street
J. T. Perkins
Perkins
Cora Perkins
Lenoir
High Point City Call For Primary And City Election
City council adopts a 1923 schedule for primary and municipal elections in four wards. New registration books issued and registrars named for each precinct. Election judges designated for each ward precinct to oversee the primary and general vote.
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Ingram
W. A. Davis
City of
High Point
General Assembly of
North Carolina
General Assembly
Ju. J. Ingram
J. B. Wagner
J. L. Sechrest
Hadwin Gurley
J. A. Coltrane
J. S. Fulton
St. George
C. A. Smith
J. G. Cross
Ordinance Requires Full Stop At Main Street Crossing
City ordinance 1923 enacts a full stop for all motor vehicles at the Southern Railway Main Street crossing in High Point. Any vehicle failing to stop or attempting to pass during downed gates faces a first offense fine of 5 dollars and 10 dollars for subsequent offenses. Effective immediately April 14, 1923, per the City Manager.
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Main Street
City of
High Point
Southern Railway
R. L. Pickett
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Blue and Orange Minstrels
S. Pickett
H. F. Wright
Third Ward
4. M. Silman
N. EB. Russell
J. Wesley Hedrick
P. M. Davis
Fourth Ward
A. G. Burchfield
W. W. Snider
G. 0. Hayworth
D. P. Beck
MR. Duff
Council of the
Wrenn Street
Lincoln
Wilson Motor CO
High Point Lincoln
R.l.loflin
Avid T. Y
Swan
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