High Point Chamber Proposes Crossing Remedy Drive
Directors of the High Point chamber of commerce pass a resolution to hire an engineer to survey grade crossing conditions and report recommendations as Southern Railway plans two extra main line tracks. They aim to present to the city council soon for swift action before tracks are laid.
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Chamber of Commerce
High Point
R. K. Stewart
Stewart
Ryan
Southern
Southern Railway Company
Greensboro
Salisbury
Brockett’s
Kivett Road
Beeson Hardware Company
Mr. Stewart
W. B. McEwen
Tricity
Greensboro High Point
Baltimore Industrial Corporation
J. Elwood Cox
Chamber of Commerce of
Knight Urges Strong NC School System To End Poverty
Dr. Knight warns that wealth without education breeds poverty and calls for extended school terms and well trained teachers for all North Carolina children. He condemns anti tax rhetoric and urges elimination of backward traditions to lift the state’s weakest school districts. The morning session covered reports and business, with tonight featuring lectures by Ernest Horn and Sigmund Speath and a 500-child Raleigh chorus.
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North Carolina
Knight
Ernest Horn
Iowa University
Sigmund Speath
United States
George E. Duth
George Peabody Teachers College
Raleigh
W. A. Potter
Singing School Opens at Welch Memorial Church
A singing school for several weeks begins at Welch Memorial M P Church with classes on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Rev. T E Pearce sponsors, I B Ridge teaches, and a revival is set for the third Sunday in May led by Rev S W Taylor of Burlington.
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Welch Memorial M. P
T. E. Pearce
I. B. Ridge
Umbrellas Lost and Found in Paris In 1926
Records show during 1926 one person in Paris lost an umbrella in every hundred. The lost and found departments recovered about thirty thousand umbrellas.
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Paris
High Point City Council Sets Municipal Elections Dates
The council decrees a primary on April 19, 1927 and a municipal election on May 8, 1927 to nominate mayor and four ward councilmen. It names registrars for each ward and assigns election judges for the city elections under Chapter 196 of 1917 private laws.
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High Point
General Assembly of
North Carolina
General Assembly
R. T. Stone
J. E. Wagner
R. C. Crouch
Precincts Named for City Primary and Municipal Elections
City appoints election precincts and polling places for the upcoming primary and municipal elections. Precincts 1 through 7 list specific locations from Broadhurst theatre to Mangum street stores. Registration opens March 26 1927 and closes April 16 1927 with book hours 7 am to sunset.
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Broadhurst Theatre
High Point Bat
S. Wrenn Street
C. P. Evans
Mangum Street
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Just
Lady Baltimore
Georgette
Marillyn
Kimoti
Rod
Howerton
Welch Memorial Church
E. J. Edwards
J. W. Hayworth
C. A. Smith
Harold Ryan
A. M. Upshaw
J. O. Connor
W.N. Kinney
G. T. Royals
J. O O. Coletrane
R. L. Spencer
A. G. Burchfield
Howard Steele
F. M. Jarvis
Will Peebies
Tery Co
Corner College
Washington Streets
Wrenn Street
George W. Lowe Motor Co
Commerce
Willowbrook Streets
Elwood
S. Main
Davis Streets
R. L. Pickett
Ripon
Columbia Records
Bill Mosers Ford the Little Black Mustache
Green Mountain
Alonna Kinnie Wagner
Phi
Birmingham Boys
Jordans
Sweet
Swanee River
John Henry Gorgia Railroad
Floyd Collins
Little Mary Phagan
Sydney Allen Frank Dupree
Rugged Cross
Heaven
Bill Casey Jones
Lightning Express
Jessie James
Barbara Allen
Carolina
Billy Wilson Hare
Sweet Maris Lulu Walsh
Isle of Golden Dreams
Pearl Bryan
Sweetheart
Ida Red
Sally Gooden
Betsey Brown Crazy Coon
Columbia
Washington Street
High Point, N. C
Kodak Pictures
File & Son
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