Schools Begin Preparations for Fall Term at High Point
Hundreds of teachers from across the state descend on High Point for the fall term opening of city schools Monday. Principals meet tomorrow. white teachers gather Tuesday. colored teachers meet Wednesday. Book fees are reduced significantly this year with additional materials for high school pupils.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
William Penn High School
Andrews
Hugh
City Manager E M Knox Plans State Meeting Friday
City managers from across the state plan a Friday gathering to form a state organization for city managers. E M Knox, away under a physician's orders, is expected to return home to finalize arrangements. The Greensboro meeting two weeks ago inspired the event and committees will be named.
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E. M. Knox
Greensboro
Gate
Registration at William Penn High Begins This Week
William Penn High opens class registration with freshman reporting Thursday at 9 30 and upperclassmen Friday at 9 30. The first semester starts Monday at 8 30 with an adult night school Tuesday at 8. The new building is not ready yet, but interior work is complete.
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William Penn High School
EB. FE. Curtright
J Frank Pierce Dies at 80 in High Point Hospital
J Frank Pierce aged eighty died last night at 8 30 at his home 600 Highland Avenue after a ten day illness He lived in High Point thirty years and worked with Southern Chair He was born Randolph County May 15 1850 to Lovett and Lena Mitchell Brown He married three times first Hannah Linthicum 1870 died 1875 second Frances Louisa Small 1877 died 1910 and third Sarah Cates in 1914 Surviving include a daughter in law J R Pierce a High Point Fireman two stepchildren and many relatives Funeral at South Main Street M E Church Monday at 2 50 with interment Springfield church cemetery
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J. Frank Pierce
Highland Avenue
High Point
Southern Chair Company
Randolph County
Lovett
Lena Mitchell Brown
Mr. Pierce
Hannah Linthicum
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. A. Elmore
Southside
Entries Open for High Point Flower Show Exhibits
Entries are coming in for High Point's annual Flower Show to be held Friday and Saturday at the Southern Furniture Exposition building. Schedules, blanks, and class details are available at multiple local outlets. organizers recall the 1928 origins and appeal for widespread citizen cooperation, especially the Black community under Prof. Ossie Davis.
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High Point
Friay
A. Sykes
Theouthern Exposition
Keloff Hardware Company
Beemn Hardware Company
High Pointardware Store
A. E. Alexander
Chamber of Commerce
the Times
Sykes
Ata
Central Friends Church Annex
Ossie Davis
Father and Son Learn 10 Fly at About Same Time
Paul Davis, chief pilot for Charles Kenner Flying Service in Five Points area, reports a father and son solo within a week. Charles Lee Amos Jr and his father Cc. L. Amos have trained under Davis with expectations they will become skilled pilots. Davis notes he has 20 to 25 students as Amos plans a two week business trip visiting multiple southern and midwestern cities.
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Charles Kenner Flying Service
C. L. Amos
Mr. Amos
Paul Davis
Amos
Melrose Hosiery Mills
Mr. Davis
Charles Kenner
Cc. L. Amos
Charles Lee Amos, Jr
Davis
Atlanta
Birmingham
Montgomery
New Orleans
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Little Rock
Memphis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago
Detroit
Buffalo
Rochester
New York
Mrs. R. J. Jenkins Buried In Thomasville Service
Funeral services for Mrs. R. J. Jenkins will be held today at Beulah Reformed Church in Davidson County at 2 o clock. The aged grandmother, aged 94, died in Thomasville last Friday night, with friends Rebecca Jenkins and David and Paul Jenkins among the mourners.
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John Henderson
Rebecca Jenkins
David and
Paul Jenkins
R. J. Jenkins
Thomasville
Jenkins
Beulah Reformed Church
Davidson County
Dual Personality Suits Shaped by Over-Blouse Style
Autumn fashion notes show over-blouses and tuck-ins shaping a suit’s look. A tuck-in blouse and an over-blouse offer distinct silhouettes, giving suits a flexible dual personality for seasonal wear.
High Point holiday crowds flock to trips as trees face infestation
Labor Day plans draw 62 High Pointers on excursions to New York Philadelphia Washington Richmond and Norfolk with a special Asheville train. City officials report White Apris beetle threatening shade trees on Church and Main streets and plan urgent treatment led by City Manager Knox.
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Knox
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Richmond
Norfolk
Asheville
High Point
Labor Leaders Plan Open Air Meeting On Monday Night
Central Labor Union officials announce an open air meeting for laboring people at the city lot corner Church and Main streets Monday at 7 o clock. Two speakers, C W Bolick and Charles Gaskill, are scheduled to address hundreds of union and non union members with about 3000 in attendance expected.
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Central Labor Union
C. W. Bolick
Charles Gaskill
A. F. of L
Fresh Start: Witch Hazel for Boiling Day Refresh
Advice on staying fresh during hot days recommends keeping witch hazel and cotton handy. Wipe the face periodically to feel cooler and keep skin feeling refreshed. The astringent is cited as aiding beauty routines during heat.
Funeral Held For Mrs. Sallie Stoves
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Stoves were held Saturday at 4 p m at the family home near Guilford county sanatorium. Rev. John W. Moore of Wesley Memorial church officiated. Interment was in Oakwood cemetery. Grandsons Marvin Sexton Luthern Turner Burley Bodenheimer John Heilig Charles Norman and Harry Robertson served as pallbearers. Granddaughters Margaret and Helen Jacobs assisted with flowers. Mr and Mrs Gurney Briggs sang Rock of Ages and Shall We Gather at the River after the service. A large crowd attended.
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Sallie Stoves
Guilford County
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Twe
Marvin Sexton
Luthern Turner
Burley Bodenheimer
John Heilig
Charles Norman
Harry Robertson
Kathleen Bodenheimer
Pauline Heilig
Edna Davis
Beatrice Turner
Mozelle Sexton
Margaret
Helen Jacobs
Gurney Briggs
Rock of Ages
C D Cummings Joins Local Business College Faculty
C D Cummings has joined the Success Business College faculty. He graduated from Rider College and the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at Rider College Yonkers High School Burdett College and Eastman School of Music in Poughkeepsie and will direct class work and upgrade the courses.
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C. D. Cummings
Success Business College
Mr. Cummings
Rider College
Trenton
New Jersey
University of Pennsylvania
Yonkers High School
Burdett College of Boston
Eastman School
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cummings
Deaths in Kansas Fall Behind 1928 by Thirteen
The 1929 Kansas death total reached 19,392, about 1,500 fewer than 1928, reflecting a downturn in mortality compared with the previous year.
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Kansas
SIZEMORE PUSHES EASTWEST STREET PLAN FOR HIGH POINT
F J Sizemore secretary of the High Point chamber of commerce urged immediate action to connect dead ends and open an east to west downtown street north of the Southern Railway. He called for cooperation among property owners city officials and the City Planning and Zoning commission to create a through boulevard to improve traffic and city growth.
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High Point
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Inquirer
Bea
Céhort
Montiieu Avenue
Harrison Street
Washington Street
College
English Street
Montlieu Avenue
College Drive
Sherrod Avenue
Mint Street
Howell Street
Chestnut Street
English
Montleu
Centennial
Washington
Sunset Drive
Wedgewood
City
Montlieu
Main
Church
Jones
Forest Avenue
Steele
Harrison
East Washington
Broad
Centennial Avenue
Southern Railway
Infant Murray Morow Dies at Home in Barker Street
Murray Eugene Morow infant son of Mr and Mrs M M Moor row died at their home 311 Barker street at 5 30 yesterday afternoon. Funeral conducted from the residence Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock by Dr J W Moore pastor Wesley Memorial M E church. Interment in Oakwood cemetery.
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Murray Eugene Morow
M. M. Moorrow
Barker Street
J. W. Moore
Wesley Memorial M. E. Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Infant Clarence A. Bishop Jr. Dies at Home in Oakwood Cemetery Funeral
Clarence Alfred Bishop Jr., infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bishop, died at 1120 South Main Street at 7 45 last night. Short funeral services will be held at the grave in Oakwood Cemetery Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock, with interment in the family plot.
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C. A. Bishop, Jr
Clarence Alfred Bishop, Jr
C. A. Bishop
South Main Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Enterprise Cooking School Opens in High Point News
The High Point Enterprise announces a four day Home Making and Cooking school led by Mrs. Dull of Atlanta. The event marks the newspaper’s third similar project for local women, with daily prize drawings including a toaster, Harriett Hubbard Ayers cosmetics, a gas stove auction, and groceries.
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High Point Enterprise Free Gas
High Point
Enterprise
Dull
Atlanta
New York
United States
Saturday Evening Post
J. C. Penney Company
Eckerd’s Drug Stores
Harriett Hubbard Ayers
Clinard Electric Company
Labor Day Quiet in High Point
High Point will observe Labor Day with minimal celebration and largely uninterrupted shopping. Public offices including banks post office city hall except the emergency department and the public library will close. Factories will close to grant workers the holiday.
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High Point
New Assistant At City Library Named
Miss Elizabeth Lassiter, graduate of N C C W Greensbor o, will become High Point Public Library assistant Monday September 1 replacing Miss Lucille Pickens who resigns after four years. Lassiter trained in library work at NCCW. she will live with Mrs Ella S Dallas at 219 South Main Street.
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Lucille Pickens
Blanche Armfield Pickens
West Broad Street
High Point Public Library
Elizabeth Lassiter
Aulander
Greensboro
Miss Pickens
Board of Trustees
Ella S. Dallas
South Main Street
Hedrick Funeral Conducted Here
Funeral services for Samuel A. Hedrick of High Point route 5 were held at 2:30 PM at Lebanon Church. He died at a local hospital from injuries after a collision on the Thomasville highway. Rev. D. E. Cates and Rev. H. O. Miller officiated. pallbearers and flower bearers are named. Interment followed at Lebanon Cemetery.
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Samuel A. Hedrick
High Point
Thomasville
Hilliard Memorial
D. E. Cates
H. O. Miller
Alex Snider
P. A. Kennedy
W. R. Stacey
George Ridgam
E. B. Scott
Car Crash Injures Local Residents at Hawthorne and Centennial
Miss Frances Remfrey of 205 Forest avenue and W I Hooker, a vending operator, were injured at 10 PM when a Ford coach crashed into a telephone pole at Hawthorne street and Centennial avenue. Remfrey sustained a severe cut and facial wounds. Hooker had multiple minor bruises. Both were taken by Yow's ambulance to Guilford General hospital with Remfrey kept overnight. Hooker said a carload of negroes forced him off the street, their auto speeding and rear ending his vehicle.
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Frances Remfrey
Forest Avenue
W. I. Hooker
Ford
Hawthorne Street
Centennial Avenue
Miss Remfrey
Mr. Hooker
Guilford General Hospital
Hooker
Tree Sitter Here Passes 624th Hour On His Perch
Bob Self a 10 year old boy sits in an oak tree on Welborn street for 624 hours since Aug 4 aiming to set a world endurance record in High Point. He plans to stay until the end of the week before school starts and may total 792 hours if he endures through Saturday.
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Bob Self
J. A. Self
Welborn Street
Milton
Bob
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B. R. Lowe
Earl Dowdy
Z QO Dorsett
J. O. Vike
Sizemore
Enterprise Cooking School
AtAmerican Theater
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