High Point Post Office Included in Federal Deficiency Bill
High Point is slated for a new post office building costing over 400000 as part of a deficiency bill approved by Congress and awaiting President Hoover's signature. Bids will be drawn after site selection, with the structure 125 by 60 feet, two stories, and a second floor for offices, funded by sale of the old building. Postmaster R. York led efforts, traveling to Washington and lobbying with other North Carolina cities.
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High Point
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Treasury Department
Indiately
Govement
R. York
York
Ashington
Ork
City Manager Recommends Three Cent Tax Reduction
City Manager E M Knox announced he will recommend a minimum three cent cut in the tax rate for 1930 31 bringing the rate to 1 30, the fourth straight year of reductions. Success depends on cooperation from every department head to trim operating expenses while debt retirements and a new $1 59 million debt are managed. The budget, not ready for council submission until late next month, requires extensive consultation with department heads.
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E. M. Knox
Knox
Presen
Delegates Elected To State Meet At Greensboro
High Point selects a large slate of term elect delegates to the state convention including J. Allen Austin J Ed Kirk man Q O E Mendenhall R B Jerry and others with alternates listed. Greensboro and county delegates also chosen with Bryce Holt re elected as county chairman and O E Mendenhall as township chairman as harmony marks the gathering.
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High Point
J. Allen Austin
J. Ed Kirkman
QO. E. Mendenhall
R. B. Jerry
T. C. Johnson
J. T. Burrus
A. P. Brown
J. E. Millis
C. M. Waynick
Carter Dalton
Garland Daniels
A. E. Tate
Thos. Turner, Jr
E. T. Kearns
S. L. Davis
P. L. Culler
L. E. Teague
D. D. Parsons
H. A. Moffitt
Geo. Wimberly
Frank Hart
W. P. Renfrow
G. T. Royals
Geo. T. Wood
R. K. Stewart
Eugene Parrish
S. L. Davis, Jr
P. V. Kirkman
M. J. Wrenn
Jim
C. F. Tomlinson
G. F. Wood
Thos
Mackey
Greensboro
Bryce R. Holt
D. Newton Farnell, Jr
Mies Louise Alexander
CC. L. Shuping
Charles A. Hines
Julian Price
George A. Younce
T. Bernard Wright
Clem G. Wright
E. S. Parker, Jr
C. S. Lambeth
F. P. Hobgood
George C. Hampton, Jr
Paul C. Lindley
Bascom T. Baynes
Shelley B. Caveness
Norman A. Boren
A. Wayland Cooke
E. G. Sherrill
Frank A. Brooks
E. D. Broadhurst
H. L. Koontz
Tt. DO. Tinnin, Jr
C. M. Bandy
Julius C
Frank Linville
P. V. Carter
W. G. Boon
D. L. Donnell
Lee B. Kennett
W. C. Coble
H. R. Bush
Thomas J. Shaw, Jr
Andrew Joyner, Jr
Travis Callum
J. W. Coleman
Edney Ridge
Max T. Payne
D. B. Stafford
L. W. McCracken
T. C. Hoyle
C. R. Wharton
R. H. Wharton
Willis Booth
William Gant
F. L. Fry
W. S. Lyon
O. W. Duke
Horace Pennington
Front United
Senator Simmons
Josiah William Bailey
Bryce Holt
L. Shuping
Bailey
O. E. Mendenhall
Thomas Turner
Aubrey L. Brooks
Special Services At Cherry Street Church
Special services will be held at the Cherry Street Presbyterian church with a cordial invitation to the public. Rev H. Son of Westminster Presbyterian in Concord will conduct the morning service. At 7 p.m. Miss Clara Cox will speak on missions sponsored by the women's Missionary society. The Vacation Bible School opens tomorrow morning with a strong list of leaders on the administration board.
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Cherry Street
H. Son
Westminster
Decision In Election Fraud Case Expected In Days
Henry Robbins the referee appointed to hear the evidence in the election fraud case against Councilman W A Davis says he is about ready to announce findings. The case has run in court for over a year. Charges were filed soon after the current administration took office. Robbins will not disclose until he reports to the superior court. He was named by the superior court after months in the court.
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Henry Robbins
W. A. Davis
Mr. Davis
Robbins
Superior Court
Williard fined and given suspended term in prohibition case
R. M. Neese Williard, a well known local man, was tried in superior court before Judge Hoyle Sink for violating the prohibition law. He was fined 500 dollars and given a four month suspended sentence with a two year probation on good behavior. Authorities seized whisky and counterfeit bottled in bond credentials at his home after a raid. Earlier local court sentencing had been one year on the county roads after a guilty plea.
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R. M
Neese) Williard
Hoyle Sink
Williard
Lewis E. Teague
City Lake to Open for Public Fishing Monday Morning
The municipal lake will open for public fishing tomorrow morning with four boats in operation, including a motor boat. More boats will be delivered this week and next, bringing total boats to 12 as anglers flock for July 4 vacations. The city must meet State Board of Health rules, including boat fishing only under municipal supervision and sufficient watershed inspectors.
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E. M. Knox
State Board of Health
Mid Summer Furniture Market Set for High Point
Officials announce the Southern Furniture Exposition in High Point running July 21 to August 2. The event expects its largest attendance as over 6,500 invitation letters go out to retailers nationwide. Building renovations and strong dealer interest from the south bolster hopes for record participation.
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Southern Furniture Exposition Building, Inc
High Point
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Adams Named Southern Organizer and Sent Into South Carolina
A laboring organization announced Adams as its southern organizer and dispatched him to South Carolina for work. Fourteen members were elected to oversee the organization in the city under the Central Union banner.
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Adams
South Carolina
City Central Union
Labor Rally To Hear William Green In Winston Salem
Central Labor Union announces a mass meeting with William Green, AFL president, at the Carolina Theater in Winston-Salem. About 200 High Point residents are expected to attend as the union reports rapid membership growth from under 200 to more than 2,900. Officers appoint C. E. Hershey as business representative and form a 14 member organizing committee. J. S. Workman and J. H. Holbrooks are among organizers. J. H. Adams, AFL organizer, will serve as Southern AFL representative focusing on South Carolina. Plans also include organizing upholsterers and barbers with expected visits from Sal. B. Hoffman and W. C. Birthwright.
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Central Labor Union
C. E. Hershey
J. S. Workman
C. E. Deal
J. H. Holbrooks
C. L. Hancock
Z. V. Brown
R. C. Ross
L. A. Blake
R. L. Hilliard
G. M. Allison
G. L. Thompson
C. R. Shook
J. L. Jester
H. E. Warren
K. L. Shipwash
J. H. Adams
American Federation of Labor
South Carolina
Adams
Sal. B. Hoffman
W. C. Birthwright
Nashville
Tenn
National American Federation of Labor Committee
High Point
Winston-Salem
William Green
Green
New Carolina Theater
Piedmont Organizing Council
Winston
Whisky Haul Shown On Screen By Local Police
Local police and Chief appear in a motion picture about last week’s haul of bottled in bond whisky. The film shows officers breaking 81500 worth of whisky in the sewer and a crowd gathering. The American theater will screen it for the first three days of the week, marking a first for High Point’s police department on film.
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High Point
Mrs. Albertson Buried At Prospect Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. P. A. Albertson who died at her home on 809 Union Street were held Saturday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with Rev. O. L. Ruth officiating. Pallbearers included F. E. Jennings G. O. Hayworth A. C. Doddy Troy Dorsett H. W. Rich and A. L. Sink. flower bearers listed many local women. Interment followed at Prospect Cemetery.
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P. A. Albertson
Union Street
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. L. Ruth
Albertson
FE. W. Jennings
G. O. Hayworth
A. C. Dowdy
Troy Dorsett
H. W. Rich
A. L. Sink
Ethel Kennedy
Audrey Ruth
Ida Wofford
Ada Crawford
Vashiia Albertson
Nellie Cross
Paul Byrum
Elwood Embler
Norman McDonald
John Harris
Robert Harrison
Chas. Lane
J. W. Cook
Fitzhugh Robbins
Lucille Cook
Grady Wilson
Robert Hodgin
Effie Hall
Wallie Stacey
Prospect Cemetery
Crowell To Lead Two Baptist Events At Sheraton And Oak Hill
Dr George H Crowell will teach the Owen Bible class at the First Baptist Church at the Sheraton hotel this morning at 10 o clock. He then attends the Oak Hill homecoming service to deliver an address at 1 30 this afternoon.
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George H. Crowell
Owen
First Baptist Church
Sheraton Hotel
Oak Hill
Vacation School At First M. P. Church Proves Successful
The First Methodist Protestant Vacation Church School runs with two departments the primary and kindergarten. Attendance averages seventy five children aged 4 to 9. Workers and pupils show strong enthusiasm through worship music dramatization hand work and play. Sessions continue daily 9 to 11 45 a m this week. An exhibit of hand work is planned for Thursday afternoon.
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First Methodist Protestant Church
Lester Ballard
L. R. Johnston
Laura Thompson
Margaret Neese
Fern Daniel
Alma Andrews
Annette Pickens
Dorothy Bayliff
Marguerite Lamb
Mary Andrews
Joseph Montgomery
E. L. Ballard
Grace Koontz
Margaret Poole
Agnes Byrum
Frances Bodenheimer
Vacation Reading Club Draws 300 Local Youths
Three hundred boys and girls joined the Vacation Reading club at the public library reported by librarian Miss Willie Welch. The program runs all summer with a weekly story hour and a display entry next fall for completing seven books.
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Willie Welch
Councilmen Tackle Hefty City Work In Past Fiscal Year
Review shows city council held 103 meetings totaling 240 hours 20 minutes with weekly sessions and many adjourned meetings. Population rose about 160 percent in 10 years, driving increased municipal service demand and busier council deliberations.
Funeral Conducted For C. S. Ratcliffe
Clarence Seales Ratcliffe died after brief illness at his Jamestown home route No. one. Funeral services were held at the home by Rev. Joseph Peele of Guilford College Friends Church, with interment in Guilford College cemetery. Pallbearers included C. V. Idol G. T. Swing W. W. Stapleton R. C. Edwards W. W. Farrar and Plato Gardner.
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Clarence Seales Ratcliffe
Jamestown
Joseph Peele
Guilford College Friends Church
Guilford College
C. V. Idol
G. T. Swing
W. W. Stapleton
R. C. Edwards
W. W. Farrar
Plato Gardner
Charlie Simpson Dies Here At 66
Charlie Simpson, a well known local citizen, died last week at a local hospital after a brief illness. He was 66. Survived by his wife and two sons Abe of Walburg and Edgar of Oak Ridge. Burial held at Oakwood cemetery.
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Charlie Simpson
Abe Simpson
Wallburg
Edgar Simpson
Oak Ridge
Oakwood Cemetery
Orphans’ Class To Sing In High Point Concert
The orphans from the Odd Fellows home in Goldsboro will perform at the Junior High School auditorium in High Point on Tuesday night July 8, not July 3 as previously reported.
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Odd Fellows Home
Goldsboro
High Point
Taylor Joins Jefferson Standard Life in High Point
Robert Taylor former assistant manager of McCrorys fire and the cent store on South Main street has accepted a position in the High Point office of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company announced last night. Mr Taylor had been with the McCrory store for over a year.
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Robert Taylor
McCrory
Fire and the Cent
South Main Street
High Point
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Mr. Taylor
Community Sing At Cannan Today
A community sing will be held at Cannan this afternoon with special singers from the surrounding territory. The program promises participation from local performers and the public is invited to attend.
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Cannan
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