Jamestown City Park Nears July Opening With Vast Facilities
Jamestown prepares to open its new municipal park in July titled The Playground of the Piedmont. The complex includes a large bath house, a 1700-capacity swimming pool with a central filtration system, an adjacent children’s pool, a cafe and drug store with an open roof garden seating, and a large stone barbecue pit. The project features modern structures, dress rooms, and a city-scale water plant to ensure clean, safe water for all pools and facilities.
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North Carolina
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Graduation Speaker and Park Plans for Allen Jay School Area
Rev Roy J Farmer will deliver the bac calaureate at Allen Jay school commencement Tuesday night. The Deep River area project plans include a park with a grove picnic grounds tennis courts an amphitheater a rustic boat house and rides with parking for 800 autos. Dr J H Stallings notes the erosion control work maps air photos evaluates soils and slopes to guide coordinated land use for a balanced, sustained region.
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Roy J. Farmer
Allen Jay School
Deep River
J. H. Stallings
Department of Interior
Fiddlers Convention Planned at Alien Jay School
A fiddlers convention will be held Wednesday night at the Alien Jay school ten miles south of the city under the Parent-Teacher Association. RK P. Smith will preside at the meeting and a program of music and dancing is planned. The public and all musicians are invited to attend. The convention starts at 8 oclock.
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Alien Jay
RK. P. Smith
Daugher
Central Friends Church
Ernestine Miller
Guilford College
June Barker
C. F. Tomlinson
Tom A. Sykes
Mise Blair
Norman Fidler
Bible School
Horace Haworth
Men's Brotherhood
Stallings Urges Woodland Care After Sleets Damage Woodlands
Dr J H Stallings regional director of the soil erosion service urged farmers to act quickly to protect Upper Deep River valley woodlands damaged by the February sleet storm. He warned of fire hazards from broken tops and fallen trees and noted insect damage to trunks and limbs, offering forestry staff assistance to manage timberlands.
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J. H. Stalling
Soil Erosion Service
Upper Deep River Valley
Stallings
Alton Lawrence To Address Socialists Meeting
The Socialist Party will hold a public meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 at the hall 166 4 East Washington Street. Alton Lawrence state secretary will deliver the principal address on How You Can Abolish Poverty.
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Socialist Party
East
Washington Street
Alton Lawrence
New NRA Committee Formed in High Point Monday
A meeting for formation of a new NRA committee in High Point is set for Monday May 14 at 7 30 PM at the Sheraton hotel. The group will promote NRA education and public information with diverse civic and business representation.
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NRA
High Point
Aege
National Recovery Administration
Sheraton
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Safety Parade Closes Safety Week in High Point
Hundreds line Main Street as American Legion Drum Corps and School Boy Patrol lead a safety parade through High Point. Merchants join the procession to show support for safety promotions, featuring a plane piloted by Paul Davis taxied in the march. Safety Week events end with city, the Carolina Motor Club and the High Point Enterprise backing the program.
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Main Street
American Legion
School Boy Patrol
High Point
Paul Davis
City of
Carolina Motor Club
High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry Named Rotary Club Head in High Point
R. B. Terry will become president of the High Point Rotary Club for the coming year after the board elected officers. KR. W. Riggins is vice-president and W. W. Idol remains secretary and treasurer. A new six member board includes Paul W. Casey Fred J. Flagler Tom J. Kearns Dr. A. C. Jones Noble T. Praing. The club also backed Rev. Tom Alderman Sykes for the 57th district governorship.
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R. B. Terry
High Point Rotary Clab
KR. W. Riggins
W.W. C. Idol
Secre
Paul W. Casey
Fred J. Flagler
Tom J. Kearns
A. C. Jones
Noble T. Praing
W. R B. McEwen
C. C. Garrett
Tom Alderman Sykes
Greensboro
High Point Club
Police radio greatly aids High Point crime defense
The High Point police demonstrate the city wide radio system claiming faster response times and easier coordination. An early test led to a shoplifting arrest within minutes, with officers already nearby. Chief Friddle urges public restraint to maximize benefits and warns against unnecessary calls.
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John Dillinger
America
Main
Chamber of Commerce
Wrenn Street
Belk- Stevens
W. G. Friddle
High Point
Ser
Record Smashes as 127 Workers Are Placed
Local reemployment office reports 127 people placed with private firms last week, surpassing all prior records. About 1938 individuals are registered, covering nearly every occupation from laborers to skilled trades, with the National Reemployment Office offering free, government supervised matching and interview scheduling.
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Department of Labor
High Point
I. W. A. Mass Meeting To Be Held Thursday
Sunday school will be held at 9 45 this morning at the I W Afi hall. A general mass meeting of all I W A members is planned for Thursday at 7 o clock at the hall 15 12 South Main street. All members urged to attend.
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I. W. Afi
South Main Street
High Point College
Ecole Lege
G. L Humphreys
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Humphreys
College Drive
Colle
First Methodist Protestant
Sunaan
Ro Hall
J. Norman Wills
Gboro
Oscar Wilde
Keant Eyes Return From Mike Fight as He Plans Croon
Dialog hints at Keant ending a boxing bout and feeling entitled to sing afterward. His partner comments on the potential shift from fighting to singing.
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Keant
Mike
Price candidacy protest filed over clerk of court bid
A formal protest challenges W E Price's candidacy for Guilford clerk and county board of elections alleging improper filing and fee under 1933 statutes. The elections board will meet Monday afternoon to consider the matter with chairman Don MacRae and J W Millikan.
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W. E. Price
Guilford Superior
County Board of
Elecone
Gilbert E. Powell
Civil Division of
Greensboro
High Point
Price
Hampton
Elections Board
Tne Special
J. W. Millikan
Milikan
MacRae
Cooke
Camp Moving From Walnut Cove to High Point Area
The OOO camp at Walnut Cove began moving today to a new base near High Point to assist in a soil erosion project in that area. May 12. Winston-Salem AP report.
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Winston-Salem
OOO
Walnut Cove
Ihs
High Point
High Point VFW post plans Carolina encampment in Charlotte
A large High Point post 619 delegation plans to attend the Carolinas VFW department encampment in Charlotte in May 2022. Speakers include General Smedley Butler and Commander James B. Van Zandt plus Justice Heriot Clarkson. The event, the fourth annual encampment, is billed as among the best in the Carolinas.
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High Point
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carolinas
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Charlotte
Smedley D. Butler
United States Marines
James B. van Zandt
Heriot Clarkson
North Carolina Supreme Court
High Point V. F. W. Post
A. W. Hamilton
Young Josef Hofmann Creates Noted American Tour
The article profiles pianist Josef Hofmann touring America at age 19, highlighting his early rise and acclaim as a world renowned prodigy on a sweeping concert circuit across major cities and venues.
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Josef Hofmann
America
National Junior Merrymakers Convene in High Point
Grand Court number three hosts National Junior Merrymakers convention in High Point with a 4:30 business session at Trophy Junior Hall and a 6:45 banquet at Elm Street School. Rev. B M Crosby is expected to attend as state chaplain. Walter E K Criseman is Senior Merrymaker of the local court.
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Grand Court
National Junior Merrymakers
High Point
Trophy
Merrymakers
Elm Street School
B. M. Crosby
Walter EK. Criseman
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