Park Service Office Here Will Cooperate In Survey
The local National Park Service district office led by director C. G. Mackintosh will participate in a nationwide survey of park and recreational facilities announced by Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes. The study, lasting about a year in some states, covers federal state and local parks and aims to determine community recreational needs and guide facility improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Service Office
National Park Service District
C. G. Mackintosh
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
United States
High Point
Guilford County
National Park Service
Washington
Reformed Church Holds Holy Week Services
The First Evangelical and Reformed church hosts daily Holy Week services at 7 30 p m this week with special music. Rev Hoy L Fes perman delivers evening messages from Jesus earthly ministry with topics In the Wilderness and On the Mountain. No service Friday night due to joint 3 hour service at First Baptist. Sunday communion will welcome new members and baptisms prior.
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First
Evangelical and Reformed
Hoy L. Fesperman
Jesus
First Baptist Church
Reformed Church
Lutherans To Hold Communion Service At Emmanuel
Communion services are set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Emmanuel Lutheran with Rev F L Conrad in charge. In England insomnia is rising with one in twenty affected, four times the rate from thirty years ago.
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England
City Officials Monitor Raleigh Moves as High Point Prepares for Elections
City Manager E M Knox and Judge Teague plus Prosecuting Attorney Waynick headed to Raleigh to observe general assembly maneuvers affecting High Point. Officials bemoan corporate influence and discuss civil service and police staffing, noting no candidate filings yet and a surge in street traffic as spring politics loom.
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General Assembly
E. M. Knox
Raleigh
Lewis E. Teague
Parker Waynick
Small fires answered by firemen with no damage
Firemen were called twice yesterday afternoon to extinguish a roof blaze at 210 East Russell Street, the home of Lee Myers, and a grass fire beside Alderman's studio on Willowbrook Street. Both incidents caused no significant damage.
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Lee Myers
East Russell Street
Alderman
Willowbrook Street
Plans Set For Scout Camporee Across Districts
Scoutmasters met at B W Hackney Jr office to map the High Point District Camporee May 1 2 for about 200 scouts and the Uwharrie Council Camporee May 7 8 9 for about 300 scouts at Camp Uwharrie near Jamestown H B Newland to serve as district chief judge and a Carolina theatre scouting event is scheduled April 17 at 9 am with registration at the door Attending included O Delk Smith Jimmie Hogg D H Parnell Bruce Thorburn H W Taylor J E Alsebrook Robert Cook Payton Moffitt Ollie Shelton J G Williams and Hackney.
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High Point
Uwharrie Council
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Camp
Uwharrie
Jamestown
H. BE. Newland
First Presbyterian Church
Carolina Theatre
O. Delk Smith
H. B.ee
Jimmie Hogg
D. H. Parnell
D. R Percelle
Bruce Thorburn
H. W. Taylor
J. E. Alsebrook
Robert Cook
Payton Moffitt
Ollie Shelton
J. G. Williams
Mr. Hackney
High Point Schools Ranked No 2 in State Study
High Point city schools placed second in North Carolina in the City Group No 1 for 1935 36 based on enrollment membership attendance and average daily attendance. Greensboro led the division with Durham Forsyth Gaston and Dare also high in the rankings.
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High Point
North Carolina
State Department of Public Instruction
Greensboro
Rocky Mount
Gastonia
Durham
Raleigh
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Guilford County
Forsyth
Gaston
Dare
Hickory
Oxford
Statesville
Hamlet
Bolick Returns To City To Resume Duties At HP High
Harry Bolick Jr high school football coach and faculty member returns to High Point after healing from a Thanksgiving wreck in South Carolina. He and his wife set home on Barbee Street and will resume duties next Tuesday, thanking friends for support during his Kingstree hospital stay.
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Harry Bolick, Jr
High Point High School
South Carolina
Bolick
Harry Bolick III
Barbee Street
Kingstree, D. C
Local Policeman Victim of Thief
Policeman Gay T. Ball reported to fellow officers that prowlers stole two rings one ruby ring another heirloom ring and about $2.50 in old money from his trunk at 802 Carter Street. He could offer no information to identify the thief or thieves.
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Gay T. Ball
Carter Street
Randolph Officers Probe Robinberies
Randolph county officers investigate a string of robberies late Sunday night and Monday morning. The Sapona Store at Cedar Falls reportedly loses cigarettes and supplies valued at 200 to 300 dollars after a window entry. The Central Falls post office, in a filling station, is robbed Sunday night with the safe blown open near noon.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Randolph County
Sapona
Cedar Falls
C. C. Redding
Central Falls
Climax-Gray’s Chapel Road
Mrs. Adeline Dickens Dies at 77 in High Point
Mrs. Adeline Dickens 77 died at home of her daughter Mrs. J H Bridges 109 West Bay Street after a two week illness. She leaves two sons W L Dickens of High Point and W E Dickens of Dur Bridges and Mrs L T Pierce of High Point. A service from 10 West Ray Street will be held Wednesday at 1 pm led by Rev C N Royal with interment at Cedar Grove cemetery at 3 pm.
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Adeline Dickens
J. H. Bridges
West Bay Street
Holloway’s Baptist Church
E. H. Dickens
Ray Street
C. N. Royal
Green Street Baptist Church
Cedar Grove
Break-ins Reported at Franklinville Garage and Greensboro Highway Service
Postmaster Claude Allred said about $10 in stamps and money were taken. A garage at Franklinville was reported broken into for about $31. A service station and a store on the Greensboro highway also reported break-ins. Cigarettes were stolen from the service station.
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Claude Allred
Franklinville
Greensboro
High Point Chamber Names New Chairs for Ten Bureaus
The High Point Chamber of Commerce named chairmen for ten bureaus as Amos R. Kearns begins a second term as president. The list includes John W. Clinard Agricultural. R. B. Terry Mercantile. O. A. Kirkman Publicity. J. Welch Harriss Industrial and New Industry. Ted Barrow Convention. C. C. Garrett Legislative. Tom J. Kearns Highway and Streets. J. T. Ryan Traffic and Transportation. I. Paul Civic. Mrs. M. J. Wrenn Finance and Membership. A full committee roster will be announced soon.
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High Pointer of Commerce
Amos R. K Cently
Iato
Chamber of Commerce
Kearns
Agricultural Bureau
John W. Clinard
Mercantile Bureau
R. B. Terry
Publicity
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Schwartz
N. Wrenn St. High Point
Madam Ardelle
Phrenologist
Medicom
N. Main St
Ring Drug CO
Certified Public Accountants
Seidman & Seidman
Grunow
Spartan Dette
Toute
Stanley
Bam
Perman
Casage St
Main 'S
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
F. L. Conrad
City Shoe Shop West Commerce
Tional Bank
Piedmont
Building & Loan Association Wachovia Bank
Geo
A. Matton
Idol
A. M. Richardson
y.Treas
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Ed H. Smith
Civil Service Commission
Grover H. Jones
Knox
W. G. Friddle
BE. K. Ingram
Camp Uwharrie
Pwlle Aa
HCES
Randolph
Daughter
Chamber Commerce NA
Burea
Legislative Bureau
C. C. Garrett
Highway and Streets Bureau
Tom J. Kearns
Traffic and Transportation
J. T. Ryan
Civic Bureau
I. Paul
M. J. Wrenn
Benjamin Franklin
W. York
Plymouth
Desoto
Chevrolet
Garland
North Main
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