Christmas Week City Observes Bank and Office Closings
Banks and city offices including the Public Library closed for Christmas with reopening planned tomorrow morning. Municipal court handled heavy traffic while police reported quieter conditions than in previous years. A wind damaged the Sheraton front plate glass window, and a gasoline fire at the Blackwelder station caused no damage. Firemen hosted a Christmas dinner at Station No 2 with city officials attending. Many workers returning to towns after holidays.
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Municipal Court
Judge MacRae
McGhee
English Street
Lass es White All Star Minstrels at American Theatre
The Lass es White All Star Minstrels, a 40 member troupe led by the famed blackface star Lass es, visit the American Theatre on Friday December 31. The bill features four big novelties In Harmony Land A Dixie Plantation The Jazz Synchronized and The Blackville Sanatorium, with Skankton Jones and Skeets Mayo in expanded roles. The 22 piece band is led by Prof. James L. Finping and a roster of vocalists and dancers rounds out the program.
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Harmony Land
Dixie Plantation
Blackville Sanitarium
Blackville
Lasses
Skankton Jones
Billy” Doss
Kari Denton
Eltinge
Jack Bean
Yodler
James L. Finping
Maxwell Gordon
Frank Gilmore
Interporutors
Eddie Allen
Ed O’house
Myron Norris
Tommy Boone
Bob Maupin
Price Jenkins
Chet” Wilson
Chares McFreely
Jiggs Norton
Emmett McAfee
Joe Laney
Roy Francis
Hap” Long
Jack Hayes
Air mail line bids opened for New York to Atlanta route
The High Point post office announced bids for an air mail line from New York to Atlanta via Greensboro and Washington. Stops include Philadelphia and Richmond with Greensboro and Atlanta as key points. Bids due by February 23, 1927 with bonds of 10000 and 50000 dollars. The contract allows route changes and flight schedules dependent on weather and department approval.
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High Point
New York
Atlanta
Greensboro
O. R. York
Washington
Piedmont
Winston-Salem
Sedgefield
Philadelphia
Richmond
Georgia
Clifford Frazier
United States District Court
North Carolina
John A. Holmes
Jake L. Welborn, Inc
High Point Mattress Company
Banner Building
N. C
Rooms sought to host furniture show exhibitors in High Point
Frank J. Sizemore secretary of the chamber of commerce asks citizens to offer rooms in private homes for exhibitors and salesmen during the Mid Winter Furniture Show in January 1731. The event aims to draw record attendance and showcase, with hotels kept for buyers. Salesmen and exhibitors will stay in homes while buyers visit daily.
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Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Sizemore
C. F. Long
High Point
Christmas Vesper Sing Heard at Wesley Memorial
A well received Christmas vesper service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church drew a mixed chorus from area churches. The event featured a children's chorus, solo by Eleanor Stevens, readings by Rev. George T. Stevens, and carols including Hark the Herald Angels Sing Silent Night and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Musical Art Club
Woman’s Club
Eleanor Stevens
Tom Alderman Sykes
Central Friends Church
Bethlehem
Town of
George T. Stevens
Service music directed by Lewis L. Stookey observed
Chimes marked the opening and closing of the service. Lewis L. Stookey directed the singing. Mrs Bascom Whittaker played the organ and Miss Mae Kirkman accompanied on the piano.
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Lewis L. Stookey
Bascom Whittaker
High Point Volunteers Aid Poor on Christmas
Mrs. W. C. Hammond of the Board of Public Welfare and Captain W. J. Barrett of the Salvation Army praised High Point for a record Christmas aid effort. They said no needy family was overlooked, with unprecedented food distribution and broad community support through the High Point Enterprise.
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W. C. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
W. J. Barrett
Salvation Army
High Point
Barrett
Boiling Potatoes Reduces Oven Baking Time
The text explains that baking potatoes consumes a lot of gas and suggests a method to save time: boil the potatoes for 15 minutes before finishing them in the oven.
Few Folk Violate Laws During the Christmas Season
Chief McGhee reported a quiet holiday period in High Point with many arrests only for minor offenses. The main issue was firecrackers despite warnings, and no serious injuries occurred amid a few auto accidents over the holidays. He expected more disturbances New Year’s Eve as revelers welcomed the new year.
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High Point
McGhee
Public astounds post office with Christmas mailing aid
Postmaster O R York praises citizens for following early mailing guidance this Christmas as local and national post offices report lighter excess mail. He credits public education efforts and civic talks, noting the rush peaked two days before Christmas and earlier mailing reduced Monday table clutter.
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O. R. York
High Point
York
Postoffice Department
Training of the Police Dog and Its Notable Abilities
The article explains police dog training requires isolation from strangers, obedience to the trainer, and refusal of food from outsiders. Trained dogs reportedly endure gunfire, jump seven feet, cross streams, ferret out hidden items, and identify criminals in crowds. It notes Rin Tin Tin as a top example and mentions the dog’s screening role in Where the North Begs is showing at the Broadway today and Tuesday.
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Rintintin
Northland
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Sheraton Hotel
Western Union Telegraph Company
Lasses” White
ALL Star Minstrels
Pussy Willows
Sykes Florist, Inc
van Lindley
Wachovia Bank
N. Main
Erwin Dollar
Mgr
G. B
C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
7Ov Commercial
Raleigh
Wesley Memorial
Mrs. Hammond
Captain Barrett
the District Court of the United States
Western District of
John .A. Holmes
Commercial
National Bank
The
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
the Commercial National Bank
H. Ellis
Christmas Savings Club
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
Randleman
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