Quarantine Lifted at Mills Home Orphanage
Phomasville August 21 J I G Greer Mills Home superintendent announced the infantile paralysis quarantine at the orphanage has ended after three weeks with one initial case and no new infections The homecoming date for former Mills Home boys and girls will be announced early next week by Greer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Enterprise
Phomasville
J. I. G. Greer
Mills
Omasville
R. V. Yakeley
Fils
Mills Home Boys
Ated
Greer
High Point Boiler Man Keeps Hot Work Steady
Henry I. Goins, 71, long time Tate Furniture plant fireman and engineer, tends a 150 horsepower boiler feeding hot rooms with scraps and shavings. He recalls forty years on the job while keeping pressure near 120 on the meter and reflecting on the plant’s rise from a small outfit to a furniture capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Smith Hale
Henry I. Goins
Tate Furniture Company
High Point
Mr. Goins
Goins
Tate Company
Engineer Goins
Lynching at Covington Tied to Anti Lynching Bill Debate
On Beaver Creek near Covington Tennessee Sheriff Vaughn and aides recovered the body of Albert Gooden after a lynching by six masked men who shot him and hanged him from an iron bridge. Gooden had been indicted for murdering white Marshal Chester Doyle, and his death becomes part of the national debate on the federal anti lynching bill as Congress races to a closing vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Tenn
W. J. Vaughn
Beaver Creek
Albert Gooden
Vaughn
Gooden
Chester Doyle
Washington
High Point Man Fined in Court
V G Morgan of High Point was found guilty of reckless driving and hit-and-run in Thomasville municipal court. He must pay $75 fine plus court costs and $10 damages for Billy Leonard’s car, and his license is revoked for 12 months. Clinton Black was found guilty of speeding and driving without a license and must pay costs and secure a license. Paul Payne was acquitted of reckless driving and hit-and-run after a wreck with Dr. Robert H. Mitchell of Gastonia on August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
V. G. Morgan
High Point
C. W. Gilliam
Morgan
Billy Leonard
Clinton Black
Paul Payne
Payne
Robert H. Mitchell
Gastonia
Tornado track described as one-fifth mile wide and twenty miles long
The article notes the average tornado path spans about one-fifth of a mile in width and up to twenty miles in length, with such sharp delineation that homes on one street edge can be destroyed while houses on the opposite side remain intact.
Longtime High Point Worker Remembers Tate Furniture Roots
Goins, who moved to High Point with his family in 1898, rose from night watchman to boiler engineer at Tate Furniture Co. He credits A. B. and John Tate for early industry leadership and praises High Point’s growth and the Tate firm. He has spent about 40 years with the company and notes how well he knows the city and its people. He also recalls his two marriages and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Johnson
High Point
Colan Crawford
Lala Gallimore
Charles Hedrick
H. P. Sexton
C. EB. Clyatt
C. A. Hoover
Denton
Walter Walker
Morehead City
Minnie Morris
Naomi Tranthan
Miss Morris
Ruth Morris
Jack Hardy
Lexington
H P. Sexton
Howard Short
Charlotte Arfave
Dexterhort
T. D. Ector
Lois
Florence
Outh Carolina
B. Clyatt
Evelyn Morris
Salisbury
Virginia Lanier
Olden
Edna Morris
Mary Marshall Griffis
Chicago
W. Griffis
Inza Hill
High Point College
N. Morrison
Greensboro
Henry I. Goins
Tate Furniture Company
Smith
Tates
Goins
Tate
A. B
John
Sam Tate
Goines
Goina
Mr. Goins
Irane Pierce
Frederick and
Jane Pierce
Randolph County
Jasper Goins
Moffitt Furniture Company
Misha Lenoir
Martha Hinshaw
Steven
Emily Hinshaw
Mr. Tate
Public utility critique urges lower taxes and electric rates
Letter from John H. Kalte endorses Bartlett and Tate arguing High Point citizens pay higher taxes and electric rates than Greensboro. He questions a 7 million dollar hydro plant proposal and urges economy, device for lower Duke Energy charges, and possible tax relief if lines were sold or alternative plants built.
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Bartlett
High Point
Greensboro
Fred N. Tate
Knox
Mr. Bartlett
Duke
State Utility Commission
Duke Power Company
Jamestown
John H. Kalte
License Plates For State Now Being Shipped
North Carolina will issue orange background plates with black figures next year. Central prison tags are already being shipped to district offices for sale on December 1. Year to date sales reach 547,954 sets versus 606,726 last year, with a 1936 total of 560,073 a record.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Central Prison
North Carolina Educators Plan Annual Meeting at Wrightsville
North Carolina's 160 school superintendents will gather at Wrightsville Beach for a three day annual conference starting Monday. Governor Clyde R. Hoey will address a banquet Tuesday night.
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North Carolina Educators Plan
Wrightsville
Wilmington
North Carolina
Wrightsville Beach
Night Flying Gains Popularity at Greensboro Airport
Since the Greensboro High Point airport began night flights a large number of High Point residents have taken opportunities to fly over Greensboro and High Point after dark, according to airport management in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Greensboro-High Point
High Point
Sidney O'Brien Injured In City Car Crash
Sidney O'Brien of 321 South Hamilton Street suffered bruises and lacerations when the car he rode in overturned at Commerce and Park Streets around 7:30 last night. He was taken by Sechrest's ambulance to Burrus Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Sidney O’brien
Hamilton Street
Commerce and
Park Streets
Sechrest
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Mrs. Pennington New President Of Young Democrats
Mrs Kitty Kyser Pennington of Thomasville was elected president of the Davidson county Young Democrats at the Davidson county court house session in Lexington J Lee Wilson was named vice president and John E Raper secretary Delegates to the state convention in Winston Salem September 10 were chosen including Dwight Pickens Lopp Beck Stokes Newsom Elizabeth Terry Hilliard Pennington Hinkle Wilson File and Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Kitty Kyser Pennington
Young Democrats
Davidson County
Lexington
J. Lee Wilson
John E. Raper
Winston-Salem
Dwight L. Pickens
Curry F. Lopp
Kelvin Beck
Dwight Stokes
Thayer Newsom
Elizabeth Terry
Wade Hilliard
David Hinkle
Frank File c
Sam Myers
Equatorial Earth Spin Affects Water Flow
Equatorial regions rotate faster than other earth areas causing centrifugal force to assist water moving toward the equator.
Injury Report: Athlete Cleared After Medical Exam
A medical evaluation found no broken bones after an incident. The athlete received treatment on site and was later released with clearance to return.
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Denton News
Randolph
Hoover Hill
Henry Goins
Young Goins
Wer Cleaners
High Point Qod Place AG Home
Henry J. Goins
Sartin Dry Cleaning CO
Master Cleaners
ASD Dyers
South Main Street
Association
Pittsburgh
Vatican
MR. Kalte
Enterprise
Clyde R. Hoey
H. M. Roland
New Hanover County
Roland
Clyde A Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. A. F. Seawell
Lloyd Griffin
State School Commission
Commission
J. Henry Highsmith
James E. Hilman
N. C. Newbold
State Department
C. D. Douglas
T. E. Browne
W. F. Cradle
B. N. Peeler
Mrs. Pennington
Sunny Tucker
Children’s School
Oxfords
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