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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1927

Page

2

Cloverdale School News Highlights PTA Meeting and Class Activities

Cloverdale School pupils and staff report a busy period. Mrs. J N McCrary will represent the PTA at the Northwestern convention in North Wilkesboro. Miss Edwards class won the parents banner. Seventh grade organized as a class to boost school spirit. Officers elected include Winifred Brown and Elbert Culler. Grades across the school show strong scores. The health survey featured posture film from the Children’s Bureau and a Grantland Rice Sportslight Reel. St Patrick program and Baystreet Girl Reserves activities noted. Ray Street principal Mrs. R E Ranson visits Shelby for the weekend.

Parent-Teacher Association of Cloverdale J. N. McCrary Northwestern North Wilkesboro Edwards Thomas Parish Pony Renzel Gaddis Florence Osman Grace Young Gentle Bee Margaret Underwood Lucy Ridge Ruth Hayworth Frances McCrary R. J. Goins Winifred Brown Elbert Culler Herman Gaddis Reitzel Gaddis Robert Samuels Edna Bigham C. E. Sullivan Dan Shroder E. M. Shipman Children’s Bureau of The United States Department of Labor Grantland Rice Helen Wills Walter Johnson Baystreet St. Patrick's Margaret Long Hamlin Jane Hess Weaver St. Patrick Nancy Myatt Adelaide Williamson Rebecca Kearns Dora Lamet Dorothy Crawley Mary Drew Dalton Martha Taylor Ray Street Corps Dorothy Gardyne R. E. Ranson Ray Street Shelby

Grimes Street School Girl Reserve Chooses Cheerleaders

The Grimes Street School Girl Reserve held a Monday meeting to approve Dorothy Fritz and Lois Stout as cheerleaders. The program featured Echoes of great lives and life stories of presidents, with songs and a BENS stylized close.

Grimes Street School Grimes Street Dorothy Fritz Lois Stout Little Sir Echo Clara Burton Dixzie Thomas Mary E. Bennett Grover Cleveland Effie Osborne Emma Blair Irene Smith United States

Health survey at Ray Street School grades health habits

Miss Veigh Hutchinson conducted a health survey at Ray Street School using charts titled Is Your Grade 100 per cent for Health Each child marked items showing where they could improve on essentials like fresh air exercise water sunshine proper food dental care bedroom ventilation sleep posture and daily drinking glass Health grades ranged across the class and stressed youth health during formative years.

Kay Street School Veigh Hutchinson Ray Street School Hutchinson

Ray Street Band Practice At School Auditorium

The Ray Street band held a worthwhile practice Friday afternoon in the auditorium under director Andrew Butler. After the school day closed pupils gathered at the front of the building and the band played during their march out.

Ray Street Andrew Butler

Seventh grade geography class debate on world power China

Friday a debate in Mrs. E. M. Shipman’s 7th A geography class centered on the resolution that China will become a world power. Margaret Hedrick and Margaret Drew Dalton spoke for the affirmative, while Chase Idol and Dora Samet argued the negative. the judges ruled in favor of the negative.

E. M. Shipman China Margaret Hedrick Margaret Drew Dalton Chase Idol Dora Samet

Fourth Grade Hyacinth Gift At Kiwanis Luncheon

Miss Myrtle Titman received hyacinths from classmate Virgie May Perkins. A singing quartet from Mrs. Dan Schroeder's seventh grade—Margaret Hedrick Mildred Letts Chase Idol and Walter Murray—appeared at the Kiwanis luncheon at the country club on Friday. Mrs. R. E. Ranson accompanied the group at the piano.

Myrtle Titman Virgie May Perkins Margaret Hedrick Mildred Letts Chase Idol Walter Murray Dan Schroeder Kiwanis Country Club R. E. Ranson

Chapel program a Geographical Squabble staged by seventh graders

The seventh grade under Mrs. E. M. Shipman presented a geography class drama on South American life. Costumes and a balcony scene with Spanish ladies and cavaliers featured tambourines and guitars while Spanish songs played, with named student roles and country jurors.

E. M. Shipman South America Harford Smith Ted Thomas Irvin Craven Gladys Richardson Billie Ferree Chile Ruth Brown Colombia Eleanor Paul Venezuela James Montgomery Ecuador Eugene Hanser Bolivia Arthur Dickens Peru Claude Ellington Paraguay Clark Hubbard Uruguay Vinson Allen Canada Hazel Stewart Mexico Alex Wrenn Central America Ruth Coffield

Bay Street Baseball Team Opens Season Under Mrs Shipman

Baseball season opens at Ray Street School with strong turnout from upper grades. Tryouts near for varsity and second team while Bay Street team, under manager Mrs E M Shipman, expects a successful season.

Ray Street Bay Street E. M. Shipman

Mechanicsville School Chapel Concert By Ray Street Orchestra

The Ray street school orchestra performed at Mechanicsville school chapel exercises on Thursday morning. Accompanied by Virginia Frank, orchestra director, and R. E. Ranson, Ray street principal, they played several advanced violin pieces.

Ray Street Mechanicsville Virginia Frank R. E. Ranson Ray Street School

Ray Street P T A Meets. Discusses Discipline and Education

The Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association held a Thursday meeting where Rev C P Cobl urged guardians to prioritize good parenting over punishment. Prof L R Johnson called for a stronger high school association next year and Wingate Andrews praised the library Parent Book Shelf. Delegates were chosen for the District meeting in North Wilkesboro on March 31.

Ray Street Parent- Teacher Association C. P. Cobl Presbyterian Church L. R. Johnson Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association Wingate Andrews Ray Street Association Dorothy Canfield Fisher Groves and Groves

Delegates Named for Second District P T A Convention

Appointed delegates from Emma Blair Clovedale Ada Blair Mechanicsville Ray Street and Elm Street schools will attend the North Wilkesboro convention of the Second District North Carolina Parent Teacher Congress meeting March 31. Included are Mrs Grady Culler Mrs E W Tranklin Mr and Mrs E W Tranklin noted along with others.

North Carolina North Wilkesboro Emma Blair Grady Culler E. W. Tranklin Will Long Clovedale B. H. Bradner J. N. McCrary Ada Blair M. T. Hicks T. B. Bennett Mechanicsville Sam Best W. M. Bailey Ray Street J. W. Hedrick Joseph Weaver F. R. Taylor Elm Street G. W. Clark W. €. Tt. Carter

Elm Street School Par-ent Teacher Association Meeting Report

The Elm Street School PTA met Tuesday evening with president Mrs. W. C. T. Carter presiding. Principal Smith reported on the library and the Bison Art Exhibit, followed by a program of songs and short plays from grades four through seven. Reverend Herman Stevens spoke to the primary group and T Wingate Andrews addressed the assembly on education.

Elm Street Parent-Teacher Association of Elm Street School W. C. T. Carter E. C. Holden Robin Hood George Blair Spencer Nat Brown Ale Maid Marian Helen Johnson Chapel Herman Stevens Andrews

Orpheum to Present Oh Boy Comedy Company

The Orpheum booked Jack Burke's Oh Boy company for the week starting tomorrow. The cast of fifteen features Lucas and Benton dancing, Plemmons and Whittemore acrobats, Bebe Jolly the top soubrette, Olive Castle a prima donna, and Jake Rose the eccentric comedian. The troupe brings special scenery and a fashionable chorus with a full program change on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.

The Orpheum Jack Burke Oh Boy Chuck Lucas and Benton Plemmons Whittemore Bebe~Jolly Hilled Soubrette Olive Castle Jake Rose

Tramps Offer Expert Advice In Movie Heckling Incident

Six known tramps, described as Knights of the Road, and labeled as ordinary bums by police, disrupted a film set after Lambert Hillyer finished Miss Nobody prompting authorities to seek quotes from the group.

Lambert Hillyer

Miss Nobody Brings Tramps to Broadway Screen

Anna Q Nilsson and four male stars portray tramp life in Miss Nobody a First National picture at Broadway. The drama uses Mannish outfits and a Tiffany Wall story Sheba as its source with director Hillyer integrating authentic road life details from real tramps into the film.

Anna Q. Nilsson Miss Nobody Walter Pidgeon Arthur Stone Mitchell Lewis Clyde Cooke Miss Nilsson Tramps Tiffany Wall Eih Hillyer

Return of Peter Grimm at Fox Films

B. Francis played the lead in The Return of Peter Grimm a Fox Films adaptation of David Belasco's play. The production presented a polished stage to screen transfer with Francis delivering the title role.

Ec B. Francis Peter Grimm Fox David Belasco

Gaynor and Walling Lead Broadhurst Play Debut

The Broadhurst theatre announces an early showing of a stage play with Janet Gaynor and Richard Walling in leading romantic roles. Director Vic tor Schertzinger explains he will not imitate David Warfield but create his own Peter Grimm interpretation. The cast includes John St. Polis Bodil Rosing John Roche Elizabeth Patterson and others with screenplay by Bradley King.

Broadhurst Theatre Janet Gaynor Richard Walling David Warfield Mr. Francis Victor Schertainger Belasco Dave Mr. Warfield Peter Grimm Schertzinger John St. Polis Bodil Rosing John Roche Elizabeth Patterson Lionel Belmore Mickey McBan Virginia Marshall Sammy Cohen Florence

Wildcats Tennis to Tour Eastern Circuit in 1927

Davidson college announces a 1927 tennis schedule taking the Wildcats on an eastern trip through Pennsylvania and New York. Authorities say Davidson’s chances for a championship team appear bright as the program continues its recent expansion.

Davidson Davidson College Wildcat America Pennsylvania New York

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Inews OF Schools Cloverdale School News Stuckey Wannamaker Deaton Miss Pierce Miss Kerr Frances Turner Carmel Mangum Irene Holton Louise Cook Blue Bell of Scotland Chase Ido Eccles Huff Helen Stevens Charlotte Hubbard Charles Tomlinson William Vance Thomas Gordy Billy Fraley Garland Ridge Kelman Gomo Frances Sloan Bloom's Furniture Exchange Washington Street the Orpheum Broadhurst Broadway Reynolds Ethel Clayton Kenneth Thompson Tan Pier Louise Fazenda Eli Lucas and Billie Benton Bebe Jolly William Fox Fox News Lon Chaney William Haines Eleanor Boardman Gilbert and Others Bradley King Plemmons and Will Jeffries Crystal Queen Tadu Sue Everhart Shaw Renee Yor
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