Statesville to vote on 10 cent tax for ninth school month
Statesville voters will cast ballots on March 20 regarding a proposed 10 cent tax to extend the city school term by a ninth month.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1937
Page
3
Statesville voters will cast ballots on March 20 regarding a proposed 10 cent tax to extend the city school term by a ninth month.
The Sandhills Sixteen, a long standing civic chorus from this area, has been reorganized after years of inactivity, announced in Southern Pines on February 8.
Editor notes a recurring Enterprise feature on High Point businesses and industries. The column highlights Stone Works Inc as part of a series exploring local commerce and craftsmanship in monuments and related work.
The article profiles Forrest a stone carver with 34 years in the trade and O W. Crissman of Central Stone Inc. detailing his early wages as an apprentice, his rise to master craftsman, and the firm’s operation. It describes quarry sources at Tate Ga and Winnsboro S C, the marble cutting and finishing process, and production steps from gang saws to sand blasting and lettering.
A sequence of photos shows new monuments at Central Stone Works on Tryon Street. The rear image captures rough granite awaiting skilled carving, and the final image depicts completed monuments destined for a local cemetery.
Changes by the joint committee place old age pensions and aid to dependent children under the state board of charities and public welfare with the public welfare commissioner as chief executive. The plan keeps oversight by the board and alters county board selection and appeals while aiming for swift passage by Wednesday.
Henry Branson Presnell, 84, died at his Cedar Falls area home Sunday at 4 PM. Survived by wife Rosseanna, four daughters Della Scott, Elma Vincannon, Cora Lamb, Marie Sanders, and sons Essay, William A., Alton. Funeral held Monday at Giles Chapel at 3 PM with Rev. Joel B. Trogdon officiating.
Mrs Margaret E Moody age 74 of Waynesville widow of James M Moody who served in Congress in the early 1900s died at her home yesterday after a long illness.
Reverend Peter Mc Intyre aged 76 and longtime pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Goldsboro died after a stroke. Funeral services were held Sunday in Goldsboro.
Statesville man George E. Woodard aged 76 died of a heart attack during services at Western Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday. Funeral arrangements were not listed in the fragment.
Winston Salem February 8. William Harrison Teague sixty three fell or jumped from the rear of a moving truck and was fatally injured.
Tax Collector Robert C. Collins reports Asheville and Buncombe county property owners paid 1936 taxes totaling $1,021,707.22, about 60 percent of the total levy.
Rotary officials announced the 57th Rotary district is divided into divisions A and B and enlarged to include a few clubs in South Carolina, with the change affecting central and eastern North Carolina.
Chicago butter prices show unsettled creamery specials and extras with 93 and 92 scores. Reports list specific grade ranges and carriage numbers while noting firmer demand on ewes and local extra firsts.
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