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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1931
Page
5
The State Board of Equalization mailed out preliminary organization sheets to all county superintendents as the first step in state take over of the six month school term. The notices sent Tuesday night begin the process across counties with the Enterprise Bureau report filed from Raleigh.
The report asks for enrollment and ADA for six months term 1929-30 and 1930-31 for each white and colored elementary and high school, plus the number of teachers allowed for each school and county under the Hancock act, any additional teachers employed, and the funding source. It requests a county road map and current school bus routes shown on maps. It notes the new school law gives Board of Equalization power to reroute lines, consolidate schools, and cut costs while preserving efficiency. It highlights a provision denying bus transport within 1.5 miles of a school, saving about 750 dollars daily and 50,000 miles of travel, with operating cost around 15 cents per mile. It cites LeRoy Martin on overlaps and a superintendent’s example of two small high schools to be merged for savings.
Citizens urged to call 2089 the Emergency Committee for Employment at City Hall basement to request work or hire help. Mrs W E Price and assistants answer in office to arrange services and assist job seekers.
An Extension Telephone will save steps by placing a second floor line in your home and perhaps another in the office. The piece notes telephones are cheap, with fifty thousand daily calls in High Point and the ability to talk to Jamestown Archdale Mechanicsville Prospect and other neighborhoods within a 5 300 phone system for under a cent.
Grand Rapids furniture makers and decorators report a shift toward formal dignity in home furnishings while informal pieces stay popular for libraries and sunrooms. The trend contrasts Marie Antoinette style elegance with club type comfort and Sunroom French Provincial and early American designs.
Roy Scarlett, a worker at the Knox Furniture plant, was seriously injured Wednesday morning when a shaper kicked him in the side. He fell unconscious and was taken to City Memorial hospital, where he regained consciousness but remains in anxious condition.
Evangelist Rev R McKendree Long conducts a Presbyterian revival in a large tent with Rev J D Barnette assisting. The event gathers local congregants for evening services and inspirational preaching.
A Baptist minister faction leads special Presbyterian revival meetings in a city. Ed Smith of Columbia, DC, was found attempting to break into a filling station on Highway 10 and jailed. he will face a magistrate in Lexington after the incident. Jake Leonard reported the attempted entry.
The Southern Parenthood Institute, part of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers health committee, will hold its third annual session at Black Mountain July 1 to 3. Dr. G. G. Cooper announces the program alters to three days with added afternoon sessions and free registration to broaden attendance. The Women's Club hosts and supports child care at play centers. talks may repeat if crowds require.
A massive 1200 pound stone meteorite discovered near Long Island Kansas is displayed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. The find ranks as the largest meteorite ever located in the region and draws visitors to the museum exhibit.
Figures show 90 pounds of canned foods exported from the United States during 1930, totaling a notable contribution to trade.
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