Special Council Session To Address Hydro Plant Plan
High Point officials plan an extra city council session this week to decide how to proceed in the legal fight over building a hydro electric plant on the Yadkin River. The session may be followed by informal talks as lawyers assess procedures and potential next steps after the North Carolina Supreme Court denied a rehearing.
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High Point
Yadkin
Councilmn
North Carolina Supreme Court
J. Paul Williamson
Duke Power Company
B. M. Knox
Grover H. Jones
J. Wallace Winborne
Duke Company
Army Engineers
War Department
Toto
Army
5 Supreme Court
City Beautiful Drive Sees Large Canvass for Entrants
The Boy Scouts canvassed for entrants in the Home and Grounds and Vegetable Garden contests as part of the City Beautiful campaign. Mrs. R. R. Blackburn reported 1300 entries, a city record, and announced that entry blanks are available through April 15 at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Boy Scouts
High Point City
R. R. Blackburn
Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church Growth Traced to 1832 Inception
The article notes rapid growth of the First Baptist Church since its 1832 founding. It also covers a Labor's Non-Partisan League meeting in Durham with a report from Greensboro on endorsements for the Sixth Congressional District race, detailing interviews with candidates and expected endorsement decisions.
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First Baptist Church
Labor
Sixth
Durham
Congress
League
Greensboro
Congressional Post
Moose Hall
High Point
Burlington
Sixth District
Henry I. Adams
Wes
Utica Jubilee Singers to Perform at 1st M Church
The Utica Jubilee Singers will appear at the First Methodist Protestant Church tonight at 7 30 led by Rev J Clay Madison. Presented by the Normal and Industrial Institute Utica Mississippi the group is known for rhythm harmony and spirituals. No admission fee.
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Utica
Normal and Industrial Institute
Mississippi
United States
Canada
Moses
Deep River
J. Clay Madison
Graduates Favor Broadening of High School's Curriculum
High Point Senior High graduates favor expanding the curriculum with stronger commercial courses and typing and shorthand. A survey of 700 letters yielded about 44 percent responses, with 70 graduates recognizing need for complete commercial courses and 150 plus noting typing and shorthand as essential.
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High Point
Makime «A Tivalihand
First Baptist Church History of High Point Moves from Jamestown
An article traces the First Baptist church origins in Jamestown to 1832 and its 1859 move to High Point. It details property purchase, early trustees, name changes, growth through the Civil War era, salary increases, key pastors, and the 1912 dedication of a new building plus a 1936 three story Sunday school wing.
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First Baptist Church
Old Jamestown
High Point
Francis Fries
High Point Missionary
J. B. Jackson
Salem Street Baptist Church
Rufus W. Weaver
Greensboro
M. IL. Kesler
J. O. Alderman
R. Ll
Dr Henry Leiper to Speak at Wesley Memorial Church
Dr Henry Smith Leiper world renowned religious leader will preach at Wesley Memorial Methodist church at 7 30 tonight on Christians Confronting a World Crisis. He is executive secretary of the American Section of the Universal Christian council and a former Presbyterian who now serves as a Congregationalist.
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Henry Smith Leiper
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Leiper
Universal Christian Council
Church of Rome
Scout Court of Honor to be Held at County Building
Boy Scouts in the High Point district will hold a Court of Honor Monday night at 7 30 in the county building courtroom. About 100 Scouts will receive awards, announced by B W Hackney Jr executive. A Junior Court of Honor will be held Monday afternoon from 30 to 6 for those who did not attend Saturday.
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Boy Scouts
High Point District
New County
B. W. Hackney
Beb. Diffendale
J. W. Poole
Hal Davis
George Covington
O. Delk Smith
Hugh J. Smart
H Albion Millis Improves at Eye Institute NY
The many friends of H Albion Millis report his steady improvement at the Eye Institute on West 165th Street in New York City where he is receiving treatment.
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H. Albion Millis
Eye Institute
West 165Th Street
New York City
Clarification Of Parking Ordinance To Be Sought
High Point council plans extra or regular session to refine parking rules on streets after midnight. Public safety committee may propose compromise between strict enforcement and leniency while designating uptown thoroughfares as no parking for street cleaning and preserving main arteries for traffic safety. The old ordinance uses archaic wording not mentioning automobiles.
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High Point
Committee On Public Safety
Police Department
R. H. Sechrest
Public Safety Committee
Hospitals as community insurance and care centers
Dr Charles Gordon Heyd states a community can choose its own death rate while S S Van Dine and Ralph de Palma urging support for voluntary hospitals. The modern hospital serves healing, teaching, and economical care funded by philanthropy, benefiting the ill and indigent with societal gains.
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Charles Gordon Heyd
The
American Medical Association
S. S. van Dine
Ralph de Palma
Gilbert Muse
Burrus Memorial Hospital
New Post Office Under Construction in Archdale
The United States post office at Archdale will move into a new one story wood building soon. It sits beside the Hassel store at Trinity road and Main street, with Mrs. R. C. Hassel as postmistress. The new addition should increase convenience for local patrons.
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United States Post Office
Archdale
Hassel
Trinity Road
R. C. Hassel
Archdale Poast
Building Permits Rise Sharply In Local Week
Building activity expanded with permits totaling nearly 13 000, up from 3 000 the prior week. Sixteen permits issued include Donald Mackintosh project on Rotary Drive a 6000 brick veneer nine room home and Hedgecock Lumber ironclad building on Ward Street for 1300. Other approvals include two family apartments on Harrison Street and various repairs and additions across several addresses.
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Donald Mackintosh
Rotary Drive
Jones and
Westwood
R. B. Gantt
Harrison Street
Tudor and
Brooks
Hedgecock Lumber Company
Ward Street
Silk Street
Prospect Road
Co. C. Crawford
Barker
Hedrick Streets
C. Q. Moffitt
Beat Street
J. P. Rawley
English Street
W. C. Lewis
Highland
J. D. Cox and Son
South Hamilton Street
G. Carmichael
Winners Named At Emerywood Kid Party Costume Contest
Mrs. I Groome and Tom J Kearns won prizes for best costumes at the Emerywood Country Club kid party held during the club March dance. Mrs Groome wore a pickaninny infant outfit with a milk bottle accessory while Horace Haworth earned an ovation as Huckleberry Finn. Bernard Fowler and his orchestra provided music as guests in children's attire filled the hall for the event.
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I. Groome
Tom J. Kearns
Emerywood Country Club
Erill
Bernard Fowler
Horace Haworth
Huckleberry Finn
Turner Launches Late Bid For Twelfth District Judge
High Point candidates join 114 hopefuls as Turner files last minute entry for the twelfth district judgeship. He pledges a nonpartisan, fair judiciary and aims to boost public respect for the courts amid a vigorous campaign.
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Turner
Superior Court
Johnson
Capt. Carraway
William B. Umstead
Cines
High Point
General Assembly
House
Twelfth Judicial District
Scouts Camp at Uwharrie Prepares for Camporee Weekend
About 120 Boy Scouts from seven troops gather at Scout Camp Uwharrie for a weekend campout in anticipation of the annual Camporee. Troops include No. 1 Weasley Memorial Methodist church No. 6 Green Street Baptist church No. 60 Thomasville No. 23 Pickett Cotton Milla No. 7 St. Marys Episcopal church and No. 20 First Presbyterian church. All Troop 20 boys come with fathers. Break camp scheduled for noon today.
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Uwharrie
Weasley Memorial Methodist Church
Green Street Baptist Church
Thomasville
Pickett Cotton Milla
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
Grass Fire on Montlieu Avenue Extinguished
Firefighters responded shortly after 4 o'clock to a grass fire on Montlieu avenue and extinguished it with no damage reported.
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Montlieu Avenue
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