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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1922
Page
6
Miss Eona Almond, 18, a summer school student at Murphy, daughter of Joe Almond of Unaka, drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in Valley River near Murphy.
About 20 teachers were elected by the school board to teach in the public schools next year. Florine Rawlins of Greensboro will become music supervisor, filling a previously vacant position. Other elected teachers include Nancy Stacy Hamlet first grade, Wille Choate Huntersville high school, Miriiama Norris Wakehell third grade, Ida Mae Paniette Farmville first and second grade, Isa dora Kinsman Tampa fourth grade, Lena Barrow Raleigh third grade, Lilian E. Maislip city third grade, Jennie Lavinia Galant Charlotte fourth grade, Estelle Jones Whitsett second grade, D. M. Lewis city first grade, Pattie D. Thorne Ablee third grade, Mary Lee Bowie Abbeville, Annie Bernard Benson Monroe seventh grade, Leafy Spear Ninston first grade, Florine Rucker Darl ington Heights first grade, Pearl Niblock Cleveland fifth grade, Oma Gray city fourth grade.
Five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. McLain severely scalded at home when she knocked a pan of hot water from her elder sister while dishwashing. Initial reports said serious injuries, but condition slightly improved by the next day.
The executive committee of the Methodist Children's Home board met to review routine business. Superintendent C A Woods reported gratifying progress while committee members discussed building a hospital for the home with possible action at the September trustees meeting.
Tom Hickman lies in a local hospital with a serious gunshot wound to the back. James Hickman, alleged shooter and brother, is jailed pending further word on the injured man’s condition. County officers believe drinking sparked the incident.
The funeral of W. T. Parker a well known High Point citizen was held Sunday at Guilford College with Rev. Samuel Haworth officiating assisted by Rev. Charles P. Cobie and Dr. L. L. Hobbs. A quartet provided music and floral tributes came from across the state.
Four men in white robes and masks entered Central Methodist Church in Spencer during evening services and handed a letter to Pastor Rev Tom Jimison containing two dollars. The uplifted figures departed quietly as the packed congregation watched. the missive praised a minister's plan to take the Ranger club camping in the mountains and offered financial help.
Delegates from four states North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia attend the Virginia Carolina Brick Manufacturers association meeting in Statesville at the Vance hotel after a 1 PM start. The group plans a tour of the Statesville Brick company plant.
The High Point Civitan club met at the Sheraton hotel for a business luncheon. President Horace Haworth outlined the constitution and by laws to be presented for approval, and meetings were set for the second and fourth Tuesdays each month with business on the first meeting and social time on the fourth.
The murder trial of Mrs. Effie Hudgins and Albert Zimmerman for the death of Pink Hudgins is scheduled to begin tomorrow in York South Carolina. Mrs Hudgins would be the first white woman tried for murder in York county in 30 years.
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