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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1931
Page
2
Sidney B. Hall Virginia state superintendent urges higher salaries for teachers at the Southern Education Conference. He cites Virginia's 25.5 million annual school funding, notes attendance rose in 1930-31 while teacher numbers barely grew, and warns reduced pay lowers service quality.
Speakers at a Chapel Hill meeting warn reduced state funds threaten teachers salaries and term lengths. They urge a readjustment of costs, increased supervision, and a state appropriation to maintain salaries and boost school days, with optimism for Virginia’s coming assembly.
James Hunt acting through his guardian Edward Hunt sues O B Horner in municipal court seeking 5000 damages for the loss of a finger alleged to have occurred September 9 while Hunt was at the defendant's woodyard. W E B Simpson brings a separate suit against Kearns Furniture for 15000 damages after a truck crash July 11 injured his automobile and fractured him.
Fire officials say a gasoline-soaked barber pole at 1200 North Main Street was set ablaze around 11:30 last night. Three fire companies and an aerial unit responded but damage was minor.
South Carolina education progress praised by State Superintendent J. H. Hope at a southern conference in Chapel Hill. He notes teacher pay delays but insists teachers continue work, cites a $66.13 average salary increase and a $7,372,486 rise in school property value over five years, with about 1200 white schools contributing and an 8 1/2 month average term for white schools.
Dr. A. T. Allen stated at the Southern Education Conference that North Carolina met economic conditions by extending state support for the six months term and enlarging the equalization act to ensure complete state funding. He warned that local autonomy often creates uneven schooling and urged a unified state role to guarantee equal educational opportunity for all children.
Mrs. J. H. Bell aged 69 died at her High Point home yesterday after being taken ill around noon. A Franklin County native, she had lived in High Point since September 1930 with her daughter Mrs. E. A. Bruton. Surviving are three daughters Mrs. W. R. Stevenson of Candor Mrs. B. E. Chandler and Mrs. EB. L. Bruton of High Point, and son T. M. Bell of High Point, plus twenty three grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Laurel Hill Church in Montgomery County with the body leaving the home at 9 a.m.
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