School Writers Earn Honors In 1931 High Point Class
The class of 1931 at High Point High School shows strong literary talent with work featured in The Pointer and The Enterprise. Seniors publish prose and verse, some printed in state and national outlets, highlighting ongoing teaching influence and future promise. New Delhi becomes India’s capital, and a buoy mounted hose nozzle assists firemen under wharves. Britain reports 1 050 000 motor cars on roads.
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High Point High School
Pointer
Britain
Bride builds her own home as example to London brides
London would be brides urged to copy Marion Duckham daughter of Sir Arthur Duckham president elect of British Industries. Marion has built her own home starting with laying bricks for the foundation. Alt her she has laid 4000 bricks weighing ten tons and helps with carpentry and electrical work.
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London
Marion Duckham
Sir Arthur Duckham
British Industries
Marion
His Only Chance in Burg Hamlet Quip
A fragment from a Hamburg page features a whispered exchange about a kiss and the retort chioroform quoted as a jab. The odd pairing hints at a dramatic or humorous street scene quoted in local notes.
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Chioroform
Hummel
Hamburg
Wingate Andrews Praised for High Point School Progress
The statement credits Superintendent T. Wingate Andrews with raising High Point's school system to an outstanding and enviable position within the state during seven years of leadership.
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T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Scientist Tells of 10 Mile High Flight
Ober Gurgl Austria May 30 Prof August Piccard announced via radio his goal of practical aviation and rocket-motor progress from a 10 mile high balloon ascent last Wednesday. He said it showed man can reach the stratosphere and survive and thanked rescuers who helped locate and recover the balloon.
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Ober Gurgl
Austria
August Piccard
Europe
Tyrolean
Alps
Tar Heel Track Names Lionel Weil 1932 Captain
Lionel Weil of Goldsboro was chosen captain for UNC track for 1932. The Tar Heels won their 10th straight state title and were within five points of the Southern crown. Sandy Cameron is named honorary captain for 1931 after a record discus throw and versatile Carolina career.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Lionel Weil
Goldaeboro
Tar Heels
Farmer
Jensen
Weil
Sandy Cameron
Cameron
Carolina
New York Policeman Uses Court For Family Dispute Over Dog
Police officer Stephen Hennessey sought a court ruling after his sister’s dog roamed without a muzzle. The judge dismissed the motion as silly but paused the case to allow relatives to mend relations. The officer then faced a separate case against his brother for violent language, which the judge also tabled as the families attempted a reconciliation.
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New York
Stephen Hennessey
Hennessey
Oregon Raises Workmen’s Compensation Rates
SALEM Ore UP The Oregon Industrial Commission announced rate increases under the state workmen's compensation act rising from five to twenty percent. Principal industries affected include logging agriculture sawmills building erection canneries longshoring and paper manufacturing.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon Industrial Commission
Enviable Record Established by Henry G Owens
Henry Grady Owens, assistant principal and head of English, completes eleven and a half years at the local senior high school. He organized the library, expanded the English department from one to nine teachers, and supervised all English work. He has chaired state and national English committees, led summer courses, and contributed articles while directing the school paper The Pointer.
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Schoul Masters Club
Penn
Piedmont North Carolina
Owens
M. L. Patrick
Henry Grady Owens
North Carolina
Owen
Pointer
Department of English
State Department of Public Instruction
Curriculum Commission
The
National Council
Baltimore
Kansas City
Miss
Cleveland
Ohio
High Point High School honors retiring Student Council Head
Frank Sizemore, retiring president of the High Point High School student council, boasts a standout career with a state record in the 220 yard dash, membership in an athletic honorary, a Harmon Foundation scholarship, and letters in track football and basketball along with a national honor society services award.
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Frank Sizemore
High Point High School
National Athletic Honorary Society
Harmon Foundation
National Honor Society
Homage to St Joan of Arc Observed in Rouen France
On May 30 Rouen marked five centuries since St. Joan of Arc's execution with a solemn tribute. Hydroplanes and airplanes over the city joined church bells and a 21 gun salute from France's 75s while bugles drums and sirens sounded at noon. An imposing procession of ecclesiastical and civic dignitaries passed the martyrdom site as bells rang nationwide.
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Rouen
France
St. Joan of Arc
Orleans
Ambulance Court Sentences Paralyzed Man in Somerville
In Somerville Massachusetts an ambulance served as a courtroom when 52 year old Timothy O Connor charged with drunkenness was sentenced by Judge M B Sturtevant to 40 days in jail as he lay on a stretcher.
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Somerville
Mass
Timothy O’connor
M. B&b. Sturtevant
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India
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Washington, D. C
Old Delhi
Princess Cafe
North Main Street
Tar Heel
PARTY
J. C. Penney CO
Henry G. Owens
State College
Raleigh
Wagger’s
Wagger Jewelry Company
South Main Street
Cal
Dad
Italy
Stephen’s
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