North Carolina High School Enrollment Tops 131 657
Raleigh Jan 22 The state reports 126 176 pupils in public high schools and 5 481 in private high schools for 1930 31, totaling 131 657. White enrollment reaches 109 501 with 103 969 in accredited schools. 16 672 attend colored high schools with 14 657 in accredited ones.
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J. C. Baskervill. U
Sir Walter Hotel Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
J. Henry Highsmith
State Department of Public Instruction
Highsmith
Ate
Dr. Highsmith
North Carolina Faces record 1931 Fire Loss Decline
State bureau reports 1931 fire loss of 5 525 437 from 2 585 fires down 783 115 from 1920. National totals fall 11 895 735 with US loss 451 717 026. December alone hits 846 934 from 232 fires, tobacco warehouses and barns drive much of the damage.
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Boney
United States
North Carolina
Greenville
Winston- Salem
New Bern
Belk
Rocky Mount
Wilmington
Henderson
Mount Tabor
Raleigh
Dunn
Wadesboro
Granville County
Guilford County
Burlington
Albemarle
Mooresville
Waynesville
Concord
Roanoke Rapids
Elkin
Williamston
Louisburg
Spring Hope
Aberdeen
Graham
Siler City
Roxboro
East Spencer
Trustees Set Winter Meeting for UNC February 3
The University of North Carolina Board of Trustees will hold its winter meeting in Raleigh on February 3, announced by secretary Henry London. The brief item notes the scheduled session date for university governance.
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Raleigh
N. C
University of North Carolina Board of Trustees
Henry London
Keepers Of Lighthouses Lead Off North Carolina Coast
A W. W. Anderson feature profiles North Carolina lighthouse keepers. It describes their solitary, demanding lives on the Graveyard of the Atlantic, with shifts aboard lightships and towers from Diamond Shoals to Ocracoke, noting long duties, few retirements before 65, and constant vigilance to prevent shipwrecks.
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N. C. Coast
Cape Hatteras
N. C
North Carolina
Atlantic
Diamond Shoas
Hatteras
Carolina
Ocracoke Station
America
Talles
Virginia
Cape Fear River
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A& P
A&p
Fancy Peas
Yfield
Alaska
Margerine
Swift
Scottissue
LUX
Lux Flakes
Iona
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
U. S
Carolina News Briefs
Legion Post
Winston-Salem
American Legion
Henry L. Stevens
Warsaw
Greensboro
The
North Carolina Railroad
Southern
W. W. Anderson
Sidney Fox
Rialto Mon Tues
Spartanburg
S.C
Pierce Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Quality Bakers
South Main Street
Jacobs
Aso Ik
High
Johnson & Johnson
Durham
Mistol
Borden’s
Vitalis
Williams
Eckerds
Dean
Sloan's Liniment
Feenamini
Mellin's Baby Food
Dodson
Woodbury’s
Eckerd
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