Council Aims to Elect City Manager and Police Chief
Council members plan a busy week to elect a city manager to replace P. P. Pilcher and to appoint a permanent police chief. They will also decide on billiard parlors and prize fights, with license tax matters largely settled. Local candidate Robert Brockett has strong backing, while A. E. Taplin has withdrawn. Several out of town contenders are still under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. P. Pilcher
Robert Brockett
A. E. Taplin
Brockett
Sowing Reaping Theme at First Baptist Church
Pastor Dr Lloyd T Wilson will preach at both services on Sowing and Reaping. Morning topic Encouraging Weary Reapers and evening Warning Reckless Sowers. Daily Vacation Bible School June 11 to 30 with 175 pupils registered yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd T. Wilson
First Baptist Church
Maudel L. Davis
J. V. Thompson
T. V. Long
S. R. Matthews
Jesus
Gabriel
Ambrose
Maude L. Davis
Pauline Ausband
A. M. Richardson
Marquette Defeats Michigan State in Central Intercollegiate Meet
Marquette University clinched the central intercollegiate conference track meet in Milwaukee on June 2 by scoring 56 points, six in the final event, to beat Michigan State College which finished second with 53 points, last year's winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Milwaukee
Wis
Marquette University
Michigan State College
Michigan State
Glorious Gospel 3 Subsect at First M. P. Church
Rev. S K Spahr of Greensboro preaches The Glorious Gospel at First M P Church. Special music includes Canzone Amoroso and Not Half Has Ever Been Told. Order of worship lists hymns anthems prayers and offertories throughout morning and evening services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spahr
S. K. Spahr
Greensboro
Nevin
Presberry
Duke Street
Vacation Bible School to Open at First Methodist Protestant
The second summer session of the Vacation Bible School at First Methodist Protestant Church begins Monday morning June 11 at 9 o’clock. The three week program includes kindergarten primary and junior departments with potential teen intermediate class. Instructors are trained and several former teachers return. Enrollment is open to all children not attending other vacation schools, with 115 enrolled last year and another successful run anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P
First Methodist Protestant Church
RE. Lester Ballard
Westward Development Company chartered in High Point
The certificate of incorporation for Westward Development Company Inc to engage in general real estate business in High Point has been filed for recording in Guilford County. Authorized capital is 250000 dollars in 2500 shares of 100 each, beginning with four shares paid in. Incorporators are S. C. Clark Daisy O. Clark W C Jones and W A J Idol all of High Point each subscribing to one share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westward Development Company, Inc
High Point
Mason W. Gant
Guilford Superior Court
S. C. Clark
Daisy O. Clark
W. C. Jones
W. A. J. Idol
High Point Greek Faces Deportation After Extensions Fail
Nicholas J Prappas a Greek cafe owner in High Point since 1921 receives final order to depart America. Entry proves illegal with a 1921 arrival via Philadelphia after deserting a ship. Extensions sought from Senators and Congressmen failed. he plans to sail to Greece via Raleigh and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Raleigh
New York
Greece
Prappas
United States
Piedmont Cafe
Simmons and Overman
Hammer and Stedman
America
Philadelphia
Mitylene
Statesville
Dr Green Preaches At First Presbyterian Church
Dr J B Green delivers a morning sermon titled Jesus the Man and His Mission at the First Presbyterian Church. He plans to speak again tonight with subject to be announced as his week of meetings continues through Wednesday. Large crowds attend daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
J. B. Green
First Presbyterian Church
Green
Woodruffs Return From Richmond Class Reunion Trip
Dr. F. G. Woodruff and his wife returned to High Point after attending end of term exercises and a class reunion at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. They traveled back via the Shenandoah Valley corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. G. Woodruff
Richmond
Funeral Vesper Service At Archdale For Alderman
Friends 10 hold an alderman funeral vesper service at Archdale playground with a 6 30 pm gathering. Rev Tom Alderman Sykes speaks on Ancient Prophets and Modern Problems of Life in the morning and The Ministers of God s Great Out of Doors at night. Special music by Brotherhood orchestra. Gar land Alderman, young business man, dies by his own hand. Burial at Greene Hill cemetery Greensboro. Relatives and friends travel from Greensboro and elsewhere. pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends
Archdale
Sykes
Central Friends Church
Brotherhood Orchestra
Tom Alderman Sykes
Stebbins
Frrml
Divine Redeemer
Gounod
W. H. Stone
L. C. Matton
T. A. Sykes
Dee
Lacey
Garland Alderman
West Green Street
Greene Hill Cemetery
Greensboro
Three High Point Boys Injured in Asheboro Road Collision
A head on crash on Asheboro road near Blair's dairy injured three High Point youths. Kelly Comer and Preston Major, both Mill workers, sustained cuts and minor injuries while Mac McLeod, also of High Point, suffered facial and hand cuts and was later jailed for drunkenness. The Dodge driver Will Royal fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Asheboro
Blair's
Kelly Comer
Anderson Street
Stehli
Preston Major
East Green Street
Stehli Silk Mills
Mac McLeod
South Main Street
Knox
Guilford General Hospital
Yow
Comer
Major
McLeod
Wall, Russell
Method
Bullard
Hodgin
Dodge
Ford
Will Royal
Grimes Street
Grahite monuments of the Egyptians were cut with copper chisel
Readable fragments describe ancient workers shaping Egyptian monuments using copper chisels. The note emphasizes tool choice and stonework technique.
High Point College Readies Summer Session
Prospects for the opening of High Point college summer session are bright says director C. R. Hinshaw. Registration starts at 8 am with classes beginning Tuesday for six weeks. Full credit is offered by High Point and state institutions. noncredit courses are available. The summer faculty includes Hinshaw, Kennett, Lindley, McCanless, Hardy, Mourane, Allred and Johnson. Mrs. Teague of Five Points will be dean of women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
State Department of Education
Teague
Five Points
Cc. R. Hinshaw
P. S&s. Kennett
P. E. Lindley
W. F. McCanless
J. H. Hardy
J. A. Mourane
J. H. Allred
T C. Johnson
North Carolina Optometric Society to Convene at Sheraton
The 1928 North Carolina State Optometric Society plans its annual convention at the Sheraton hotel in Winston-Salem on June 20 and 21. About 150 of 200 members are expected to attend with speakers and equipment displays from firms including S Galeski Optical of Richmond. Dr John D Perry will chair program planning with officers R J Pearce A Rosenstein and other committee members coordinating education publicity and legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina State Optometric Society
Sheraton
John D. Perry
Winston-Salem
S. Galeski Optical Company
Richmond
State Society
American Optometric Association
R. J. Pearce
Leaksville
A. Rosenstein
Durham
Department of Education
W. C. Carr
Greensboro
J. W. Taylor
A. P. Staley
High Point
Department of Publicity and Information
Fred M. Dula
Morganton
J. A. Palmer
Hendersonville
Thomas G. Hays
Asheville
Department of Organization and Legislation
F. E. Starnes
Albemarle
N. Rosenstein
A. G. Spingler
Raleigh
High School Exercises Open Tonight and Annual Sermon
Dr. John W. Moore, pastor of Wesley Memorial, preaches both services tonight after two weeks away. Morning subject Removing Old Landmarks. night The Kingdom Within. Wesley Memorial choir and violin solos by Miss Virginia Frank accompany worship. Commencement events at High Point high school also summarized with prizes, medals, and the 1928 bac calaureate and class day program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Church
Davidson County
Jones
Phillips
Virginia Frank
William Cowper
Joseph H. Gilmore
Clark
Lemare
Chas. Wesley
Protheroe
Mr. Phillips
Miss Frank
Glori Patri
God
High Point High School
John R. Jester
First Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
William Louis Potéat
Wake Forest College
Walter Kester
Margaret Compton
Arthur Fidler
Tschaikowsky
Mendelssohn
E. L. Ballard
M. P
Milton Whitener
J. Elwood Cox
M. J. Wrenn
John Clinard
Elford York
William Jarrell
Ralph Spillman
Catherine Liles
America
Elizabeth Stevens
North Carolina
Iris Welborn
Emma Fritz
Grace Bulla
Sherrod Morrow
Jester Pierce
Eleanor Idol
E. W. Freeze
Helen Reich
Marjorie Warford
C. L. Gray, Jr
Gilbert Bernard
Hazel Shipman
Cee Keen
Poteat
C. F. Tomlinson
L. R. Johnston
H. A. Moffitt
Continential Furniture Company
W. L. Stamey
Lincoln
Illinois Watch Company
Maudeline Wrenn
Leslie D. Johnson
Lacy Elfoms York
Eleanor Louise Harbigson
Ralph Rowland Spillman
Grace Evelyn Bulla
Emma Hages Hayes
James Wilson Southern
Vernon W. Idol, Jr
T. E. Pierce
Former Greensboro Resident Mrs. Walter White Dies
Mrs. Walter White, formerly of 709 Johnson Street, Greensboro, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. W. C. Johnson at 10:50 PM after two years of illness. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 PM at Central Friends Church. burial at Guilford College. She leaves a husband, six children, a brother, a sister, and six grandchildren. A longtime W C T U worker and former local union president, she was known in High Point and the surrounding community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Johnson Street
W. C. Johnson
Greensboro
Central Friends Church
Guilford College
White
Turlington asserts Smith funds a flood in North Carolina
June 2. Zeb V. Turlington state Hull manager issues a statement denying that the $6,000 George Gordon Battle testified sending to North Carolina for Al Smith’s candidacy is the total money involved. He warns residents not to believe all funds are accounted for and cites Tammany effort to override the democratic choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
George Gordon Battle
New York
Senate Campaign Funds
North Carolina
al Smith
Zeb V. Turlington
Cordell Hull
Turlington
Hull
Battle
Real Estate Board to Discuss Tax Law Change
The High Point Real Estate board meets Monday at the country club for luncheon at 12 16. The group considers amending the state tax law to allow sale of a single property free of taxes, even if other holdings remain taxed. A committee led by J E Amos with G Fox Marshall and Joe S Worth pursues state board support and coordination with Greensboro members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Real Estate Board
Country Club
Membes
J. E. Amos
G. Fox Marshall
Joe S&s. Worth
Greensboro
Moth Proof Advice for Closet Care
Moth proofing advice advises scrubbing shelves with turpentine water and packing all clothes in moth proof bags before summer arrives. The guidance emphasizes preventing moth damage by early preparation and protective storage.
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Daily Vacation Bible School
Godard
Berceuse
Harris
Air du Roi
Ghys
High Point Realty Firm
IS Chartered
High Point Greek
Nicholas J. Prappas
Piedmont
West Broad Street
DR. Green
THE
First Presbyterian
DR. Woodruff
Boulder Dam
Senate
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Col. Blease
South Carolina
Henry Ashurst
Ashurst
Trum Tal Aume
J. W. Moore
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
H. Norwood Bowne
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
T. J. Gold
Matt Wall
Kenneth Price
S. Saunders
C. M. Waynick
Wilfred Carr
Ralph Lewis
Francis Hayworth
Donald Headen
John Walker, Jr
Everett Marsh
Capus Waynick
Grattan Foy
O. B. Bonner
C. C. Prince
Willis Slane
John Raper
Jesse Harris
Harry Brockman
T. A. Kay
Charleston
West Va
Joe Morton
Ed Jones
Asheboro Road
Logal College
Uptometrists
North Carolina State Society
Sheraton Hotel
Jester
Friml
Dickson
Jsus
Josiah Scriven
Lamb of God
Daughter
Smith
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