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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1928
Page
14
April proved a heavy month for the Board of Public Welfare with 257 family cases and 138 total current cases of ongoing and new care. Mrs. W C Hammond notes one worker and a half time stenographer handle records and interviews, plus 382 phone calls, 440 office interviews, 110 home visits, and 56 permits for child labor.
A called communication of Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 344 A F and A M is scheduled for Monday night at 7 30. The program includes work in the Master Mason degree and all Master Masons are invited to attend.
Evangelist R. Anderson spoke at Welch Memorial in a loaded revival campaign. Morning message urged serving God with a perfect heart and undivided affection. Evening talk on parenting stressed parental influence on a child’s future and urged praying, consistent home life. A final service is set for 7:30 tonight.
A tiny classroom by Praed Street in London educates children who live on canal barges. Each visit to the district brings instruction for these unique pupils.
City councilors must pick successors for City Manager Pilcher and Police Chief Gibson by June 1. Pilcher, now earning 4500 annually, will take over Salisbury's top job at 6000. High Point's reforms include budgeting system, bonds totaling 2.25 million, water and sewer upgrades, street and park improvements, and new city planning and engineering departments.
Four of six High Point College seniors were chosen to speak at commencement for two scholarships the L Davis Essay Medal and Rabinowitz Medal for Oratory. Other speakers include Annie Livengood of Greensboro and Vista Dixon of Liberty. Summer session begins June 4 under Prof C R Hinshaw with courses from the regular year offered and full credit toward education certificates.
Phillip Schuyler of Opportunity in New York City reports the James E. Shepard Art Awards attract entries from many states. Dr. James E. Shepard of North Carolina College created eight monthly awards for merit in water color drawings by Negro children in grammar and high schools.
Richard Whitney Ryan 24, a High Point native and High School graduate, died suddenly in a New Orleans hospital. Sister Julia Ryan departed on the Crescent Limited to bring the body home for burial. the family lives at 501 English Street.
The data indicates February is usually the driest month in London while October is typically the rainiest. July and August follow with lower rainfall, and January s nine days of wet month are noted in the sequence.
The 1927 total electrical power generated in the United States nears 80 billion kilowatt hours.
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