Southern Railway to add chair cars on Danville line
The Southern Railway will place new chair cars in service between Danville and Westminster on trains 45 and 46 starting Wednesday May 2. Each train will have two cars one for white and one for colored travelers. The cars feature wicker and leather chairs lavatory sanitary towels and drinking cups with no extra passenger charge. The cars are steel with screen windows and will be on display at the passenger station today and tomorrow for public inspection.
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Southern Railway
Danvill
Westminster
Jamestown High School 1928 Commencement Schedule
Jamestown on April 28 reports the 1928 commencement events begin Wednesday at 8 p.m. with a light opera The Beach staged by the music department. The baccalaureate sermon is Sunday by Mr Hunt of Jamestown Methodist church. Graduation is Tuesday May 8 at 10 a.m. with H B Livers of North Carolina College for Women delivering the address. Class day is Monday night and the school play The Adventures of Grandpa is Tuesday night.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
Hunt
Jamestown Methodist Church
H. B. Livers
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Grandpa
Germans Favor America Immigrants in 1927 Survey
Berlin reports that three quarters of Germany's 1927 emigrants chose the United States, totaling 45,846 persons. The data highlights the strong push and pull between Germany and the United States during the late 1920s.
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America
Berlin
Germany
United States
U S Chamber Studies Local Tax Problems
The U S Chamber of Commerce classifies local taxation and expenditure as an immediate national concern. It cites about 500000 agencies spending nearly 6.9 billion dollars yearly for local government purposes, a toll atop federal and state levies.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Dawes Payments Stir French Attitudes Over Germany
French farmers who opposed accepting German agricultural products as part of the Dawes payments now shift to a differing view as Paris considers the issue. The report notes a change in stance amid ongoing discussions.
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Paris
Germany
Ervin B Taylor Joins Currie at O Henry Agency High Point
Ervin B Taylor will join W H Currie at the Commercial National Bank building as district associate for Pilot Life Insurance and O Henry agency. He arrives after three years with Metropolitan Life in High Point and earlier Burlington transfer, having helped organize the Burlington life underwriters and served as their secretary.
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W. H. Currie
High Point
O. Henry Insurance Agency
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
Ervin B. Taylor
Currie
Commercial National Bank
Mr. Taylor
Metropolitan
Burlington
J. F. Marshall
Taylor
O. Henry
Churches Invite 10 Choirs to Sing at Highland Christian
City and surrounding choirs are invited to participate in a community singing at Highland Christian Church on the first Sunday afternoon in May. Program starts 2:30 PM and runs through the afternoon. M. C. Dry and Z. H. Brady announced the plan. Each choir must provide its own pianist and choir leader. A special program is arranged in addition to the singing.
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Highland Christian Church
M. C. Dry
Z. H. Brady
Oak Hill Teachers Hold Work Period Discussion
Oak Hill school hosts the High Point Chapter of the National Council of Teachers workshop on work activity periods. Miss Pattie Jordan presided. Miss Ellis, Miss Hughes, and Miss Wannamaker led first to third grade discussions with supervisor Miss Morgenthaler guiding a round table.
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Oak Hill
High Point
National Council of Teachers
Pattie Jordan
Johnson Street School
Ellis
Cloverdale
Hughes
Elim Street
Wannamaker
Ray Street
Elsie Silman
Earl Haig Pope
Elsie Siman
Howard Henderson
Carleen Welch
Natalie Cashatt
Cloverdale School Programs Highlight Fifth Grade Chapel
Cloverdale school hosted a series of chapel programs led by Miss Parson and Miss Pierce with fifth and grammar grades. The events featured music ensembles, a Robin Hood dramatization set in Sherwood Forest, and a Forest Week themed Bible lesson narrated by Ruth Thomas. Newlin Hayworth played James in a play about trees and ecology.
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Cloverdale News
Cloverdale School
Robin
Howard Bradner
Mack Gordy
Robin Hood
Pauline White
Maid Marion
Clover Club
Girl Reserve
Miss Bell
Margaret Underwood
Evonia Warner
Ruth Perdue
Pauline Wall
Curem
Grace Young
Miss Pierce
Ruth Thomas
James
Newlin Hayworth
High School Singers Entertain Elementary Students
Emma Blair Fourth and fifth graders enjoyed a chapel program by high school performers from Miss Cherry blossom. Soprano Helen Reich tenor C Lt Gray Jr and violinist Margaret Compton with pianist Virginia Ashlin accompanied by Mrs Reich visited.
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Emma Blair
Conservation and Flower Week Focus at School Chapel
Chapel programs aligned with American Forestry Week and National Wild Flower Day on April 24. Miss Blair led devotional and pledge activities while Dorothy Gardine told three tree stories to upper grades. Students participated in clean up week and two Emma Blair versus Ada Blair baseball games with mixed results.
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Miss Blair
Dorothy Gardine
Japan
Emma Blair
Ada Blair
Johnson Street School Programs And First Baseball Victory
Primary chapel exercises featured third grade shows supervised by Miss Lettie Smith with poems songs and bird-themed pieces. Rev. Herman Stevens spoke to upper elementary students about knives including a love knife from Sweden and a deckhouse key from the Merrimac. Johnson Street boys won their first on campus game 12 to 5 over Junior High. Girl Reserves met and elected officers led by President Lucile Smith and Secretary Doris Welbourn.
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Johnson Street
Lettie Smith
America
Annie May Jeeves
Bob-o-Link
Enola Jackson
Herman Stevens
Green Street Baptist Church
Sweden
Wright Brothers
Lucile Smith
Doris Welbourn
Ray Street Primary Students Win Thrifty Lesson Trim
Ray Street primary grades show strong thrift with a 100 percent record across Mrs Schroder and Miss Nelson fifth grades and Miss Creighton fourth grade. Oak Hill hosts the primary council meeting with High Point teachers. Ray Street teachers and Mr Hartley start track season with enthusiasm. Mrs Arthur Ellison hosted Miss Creighton’s fourth grade with a surprise party serving Dixie cups and kisses.
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Ray Street
Schroder
Miss Nelson
Miss Creighton
Oak Hill
High Point
Hartley
Arthur Ellison
Tired Of Mother Becomes A Victor Recording Tale
A North Carolina tale of an elderly mother abandoned by kin becomes the basis for a ballad and a Victor recording. The poem and song recount the woman’s lonely hospital stay and final peaceful death, leading to a proposed release on Victor Records with Vernon Dalhart.
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Camden
N. J
Victor
Talking Machine Company
Mr. Bland
H. D. Smith
Smith
Vernon Dalhart
New York
Victor Records
Columbia
Brunswick
Harvey
Guilford General Hospital
Board of Public Welfare
South Carolina
North Carolina
High Point
Dairyman Boosts Milk by Adjusting Grain Ration
Burlington Vermont reports dairy farmer George Allen of Windham County raised milk from six cows from 84 to 110 pounds daily by feeding one pound of grain per three pounds of milk produced. The extra grain cost 34 cents daily, while the milk gain earned 47 cents, yielding a net profit of 13 cents.
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Burlington, Vt
George Allen
Windham
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