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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1936
Page
5
A look at old City of High Point aldermen records from 1897 reveals humorous and odd regulations once enforced, including bans on pigeons, skating, and other amusements. The piece contrasts early charter powers with modern expectations.
An 1897 to early 1900s High Point ordinance history shows the city regulating goings on morals and public safety. Laws prohibited selling tobacco on Sundays, curfews for children, shoe shines near Main Street, and restrictions on roller skating, bicycles, dogs, and noise. The papers also note taxes on itinerant sellers, vehicle street occupancy rules, and burial location limits.
Fifteen year old Gloria Blaine Carter disappeared from Washington on June 4 and again after a short stay in Hickory North Carolina. She was found in Asheville New York last Wednesday and later located three miles from her parents hotel after an all night drive back home with her panicked parents Mr and Mrs Weldon Carter. Gloria is the daughter of the director of the Washington Musical Institute.
The statement notes a hypothetical where water behaves like most liquids by contracting when freezing, causing ice to sink and ponds and lakes to freeze solid, altering natural cycles and ecosystem behavior.
A copy of the Guterre Bible was sold in 1926 for 275 008 dollars. The sale highlighted the book as the world’s most valuable text.
Guilford county deputies in High Point township began a Saturday round up of residents who have not paid 1935 personal and poll taxes. Deputy collector T. R. Short urged immediate payment to avoid garnishment and penalties up to $1.25.
On Wednesday at 8 pm in the Peacock Bible class room Wesley Memorial church youths present The Valiant a touching play about a hero James Dyke played by John Gurney Briggs Jr Miss Alma Virginia McCain George Crowell John A Eshelman and Richard Short headline the cast Rev E B Wiley Jr and Miss Margaret Andrews coach the production Special music by Mr Wiley Visitors welcomed during the regular Wednesday evening service.
W B Voliva former Smithdeal Realty and Insurance executive becomes secretary treasurer of Barnes Adams corporation announced by W B Barnes He hails from Belhaven where he led the Chamber of Commerce secretaries treasurer of his father’s lumber business Wake Forest graduate and J Fred Voliva’s brother.
In ancient Sybaris inhabitants reportedly enforced quiet rules, attributed to sophisticated Greek customs around 700 B C. The account portrays early civic norms limiting noise to maintain social order.
Five Imperial Life Insurance representatives from the High Point district will attend the annual convention at Wrightsville Beach on August 13 to 15. Attendees include C. Howard White district manager W. B. Chandler superintendent C E McManus R O Starnes and J L Ward Jr of Thomasville. Only one business session has
Carroll Lewis Maxey Morris professor of Rhetoric Emeritus and former Williams College dean died suddenly in Williamsport Mass. at age 71 after a heart attack latent late today. He served as dean and was a prominent scholar in rhetoric at the university.
Historical note suggests Bach's vision deteriorated from years of strenuous night work as a child copying a manuscript denied him entry, implying prolonged strain as a cause rather than illness. The claim frames early tutelage under hardship and potential systemic barriers in access to music.
Fragmentary note indicates arrangements for entertainment programs at a convention. It mentions plans for a program schedule and unspecified speakers or acts. Further specifics are not readable.
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