The Record Scandal and City News Recounted
FF THE RECORD targets a staff member while Margot R appears in Through The Looking Glass. Clai H Rhodes editor owner and star reporter of The Press uses a pass. vice and cirque intrigue follow with Miss Hauser and Mr Stone amid a chaotic scene. City rumor about a stove heater and electric water heater purchase is clarified by High Point manager E M Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margot R
Ing Glass
Circus
Clai H. Rhodes
Star
Press
Rhodes
Miss Hauseer
Miss
Iid
Mr. Rhodes
Gawdust
High Point
E. M. Knox
Legion Drum Corps to Perform at Reidsville Meeting
Members of Jackson Post No. 87 Ameri Legion are expected at the Eleventh District Legionnaires meeting in Reidsville on September 7. A barbecue dinner at 6:30 pm precedes drills by the drum and bugle corps, with delegations from Burlington and other towns joining. All Legionnaires and wives are invited. there is no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An- Jackson
Ameri- Legion
Eleventh Disk Legionnaires
Reidsville
J. B. Lyon
Pleming
Mander Lyon
Toro
Burlington
Legion
North Carolina Expenditure Study Shows Low City Per Capita BuyinG
A Commerce Department report via Associated Press finds High Point among NC towns with the lowest per capita retail expenditure in 1933. The city’s retail sales reached 7.746 million dollars with a 211 per capita retail spend, against a state average of 115 and national 204.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina
Commerce Department
Associated Press
North
Carolna
Hancock Declares Debt Fight Misleading in Roosevelt Support
Congressman Frank Hancock of Oxford says the national debt is lower now than at the New Deal start and lower than 1929 levels. He argues debt growth trails income and wealth gains and urges re election of President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hancock
Oxford
Roosevelt
Hancock
United States Congress
Charles M. Stedman
City Teachers To Hold First Meeting Friday
The High Point public school system will hold its first 1926 37 meetings Friday with an expanded staff of 236 teachers and principals. White faculty includes 190 members and Negro teachers total 46. Senior High leads with 39 staff, Junior High with 36, Cloverdale tops graded schools with 22. Meetings for white teachers at 10 am and Negro teachers at 2 pm will review vacancies in senior high librarianship and mechanical drawing.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
William Penn High
H. G. Owens
Cloverdale
Emma Blair
Ray Street
Elm Street
Oak Hill
Johnson Street
Brentwood
Ada Blair
Leonard Street
Fairview Street
William
Franklin resigns as assistant clerk to enter UNC law school
Julian C. Franklin resigns after six years as assistant clerk of the municipal court to study law at the University of North Carolina. Claude O. Reitzel Jr. is named his successor effective August 1. Reitzel, UNC alumnus and former partner in the local law firm, will begin law studies this fall and plans to take the bar next summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian C. Franklin
Law School
University of North Carolina
Irvin 5. Ingram
Ingram
Claude 8. Reitzel, Jr
Franklin
Mr. Reitzel
C. E. Reitzel
High Point
Reitzel and Waynick and Reitzel
Guilford Officials Propose Liquor Depository for Confiscated Whisky
Deputy Sheriff C L Gray suggests storing all tax paid whisky confiscated in Guilford County in a bonded warehouse until the 1937 general assembly allows counties to dispose of such liquids. About 3 618 pints were seized as officers worked last week at the Former Plummer home on the Greensboro road. The plan aims to sell the liquor and apply proceeds to county welfare, rather than pouring it out, if a new law is enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
General Assembly
C. L. Gray
Gray
Ceeds
Plummer
Greensboro Road
Lewis E. Teague
Teague
Guiford
Perry to Return to High Point for Residence
Charles W. Perry former president and treasurer of Perry Plywood and longtime Soil Conservation Service official resigns from Spartanburg HQ region two and will return to High Point on September 1 to make his home. He previously served as assistant state administrator and has accepted a new position locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Perry
Perry Plywood Corporation
Soil Conservation Service
Spartanburg
Ss. C
The
Conservation Service
High Point
Perry
Suits For $75 000 To Be Heard Next Court Term
Judge Lewis E Teague will convene a two week court term for civil actions with a jury next Tuesday. Calendars show suits including R B Gantt and Mrs Gantt with Willard Leathers versus H B Stockwell and Brockwell Operating Co for 75000. Also Bechrest administrator sues D M Lewis and James Lewis over a South Carolina auto crash that killed Mrs Inez Justice Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Teague
R. B. Gantt
Willard Leathers
B. Btockwell
Brockwell Operating Company
Durham
R. H. Bechrest
Inez Justice Lewis
D. M. Lewis
James Lewis
South Carolina
Lewis
High Point High School opens amid record registrations
Senior high reports 1360 students signed up for courses by yesterday noon, 100 more than last September. Principal Henry Grady Owens urges quick in person or telephone registrations to avoid delays. Junior high starts registrations Tuesday at 8 30 for sixth graders Bay Elm Emma Ada Blair schools, then seventh graders, then eighth graders. Book fees encouraged at registration with several posted payment windows. Friday teachers meeting at 10 00 with superintendent Dr T Wingate Andrews outlined year plans. Negro teachers gather at 2 00 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Henry Grady Owens
Senior High
R. E. Ranson
Bay Street
Elm Street
Emma Blair
Ada Blair
T. Wingate Andrews
Local school calendar lists early September fee payments
The schedule shows junior high book fee registrations on September 1 for sixth and seventh graders from Bay Street Elm Street Emma Blair and Ada Blair and eighth graders later. high school and junior high teacher meetings on September 4. high school book fees due September 5. and September 7 registration in elementary schools. Fees include 50 to 76 cents for grades 1-2 to 11-12 and shop courses priced as listed.
Campaign Nearing Goal to Save Lake Junaluska Grounds
Dr. W A Lambeth director of the drive to raise 105000 for Lake Junaluska's foreclosure fight says only 10000 remains. With 95000 secured he plans to reach the goal by Tuesday midnight and will tour North Carolina and Virginia to solicit additional contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lambeth
Lake Junaluska
Methodist Episcopal, South
Lambeth
North Carolina
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Dr. Lambeth
High Point
Virginia
Democrats Plan High Point Rally Gathering on Sept 18
High Point Township Democratic executive committee will meet Tuesday night at 7:30 at the Sheraton hotel to discuss High Point’s role in the statewide Democratic rally set for September 18 at Citylake Park Jamestown. Chairman Walter E Crissman notes the event aims to host about 15 000 attendees from across North Carolina and emphasizes citywide civic interest.
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Sheraton Hotel
High Point
City Lake Park
Jamestown
High Point Township
Democratic Executive Committee
Walter E. Crissman
Crissman
Citylake
North Carolina
Guilford
Alamance
Orange
Durham
Blue-Backed Speller Returns in New Red Color at High Point
High Point High School will adopt The Standard High School Spelling Scale by Simmons and Bixler this fall. The book, approved by the State Text Book Commission, will be issued to every classroom with each student receiving one. Spelling bees will be replaced by a focus on spelling as a motor skill for writing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
Henry Grady Owens
Simmons and Bixler
State Text Book Commission
Owens
High Pointers Invited To Attend National Meeting
Five High Point citizens were invited to represent the city at the Washington conference on Mobilization For Human Needs. The event runs September 17 and 18 with over 300 Community Chest representatives, and High Point’s drive is set for October 5 to 9. Gerard Swope heads the national committee. members include T. A. Finch, S. Clay Williams, Howard Bruce, John Stewart Bryan, and Robert F. Maddox. President Roosevelt will address delegates at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Washington
R. T. Amos
Mia
M. J. Wrenn
W. B. Hall
A. Kirkman
David H. Parsons, Jr
Gerard Swope
National Citizens Committee
Citizens Committee
T. A. Finch
Thomasville
Clay Williams
Winston-Salem
Howard Bruce
Baltimore
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond
Robert F. Maddox
Atlanta
Roosevelt
White House
Mass Barbecue to Welcome Farm Families at City Lake Park
About one thousand farmers and their wives from Guilford Randolph and surrounding counties will join Jamestown area civic groups Merchants association and Chamber of Commerce for a barbecue at City Lake Park on October 7. Committees organized to handle invitations tickets program and reception were named with J W Clinard as executive chairman and O V Kester leading the merchants group. Boy Scouts will assist with serving and guests will show tickets on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Poin
Merchants’ation
Chamber of Commerce
City Lake Park
C Clubs
Merchants’ Association
Chaiman
Agricultural and Mcantile Bureaus
Chain of Commerce
O. V. Kester
Randolph
Davidson
Forsyth
J. W. Clinard
D. A Kirkman
Amos R. Kearns
H. M. Taylor
D. A. Dow
J. S. Moffitt
N. L. Garner
W. W. Carroll
A. H Holton
Joe Snider
A Sherrod
H. V. Koonts
R. A. Wison
J. R. Willis
J. T. Ryan
I. Pauw Ingle
R. B. Terry
Lois Welborn
Glenn R. Ward
F. E Harllee
John W. Richardson
J. B. Spencer
L. O. Hutchens
R. R. Ragan
Creighton
J. A. Morris
Civic Club
Chambe of Commerce
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
Scow
Boy Scouts
First 1936 bale sold in Laurinburg Scotland County
Scotland County reports the first bale of cotton for 1936 sold in Laurinburg yesterday bringing 138 3 8 cents per pound. The event mirrors the opening bale sale from the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perss
Laurinburg
Scotland County
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Harry Bolick, Jr
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Mary White Duke
Ruth Goodman
Roger W. Harvell
Grace Henderson
John L. Hodge
Lidie P. Horton
Essie Dale Hunter
Louise Hunter
Leslie Johnson
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Elizabeth Lindsay
Bernice Love
Wade Marl
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Dorothy McNairy
Frances Adams
Elizabeth Weir Beamon
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Lucille Browne
Virginia Calhoun
Maude Carter
Verta Coe
Thelma Connell
Frances Taylor Davis
Helen Dickson
Helen E. Deans
J. J. Ellington
Margaret Farley
Bettie Fleming
Mary Freeman
Bertha Frost
Blanche Hanff
Kalopia Harrison
Juanita Hayworth
Julian Franklin
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