Johnson’s Rise From Trinity to High Point Business Leader
Dick Johnson, president of the Mercury Athletic club, leads three companies in High Point after a hard climb from Trinity high school. Born 1908 in Thomasville, he built Johnson Frame Works, Johnson Hinge Company, and Carolina Machine Works. He favored basketball and baseball, worked at Stehli Silk Mills, then government service in Washington, started a furniture plant in West Virginia, and returned to found his High Point ventures in 1937. He credits Truman’s election with a major upset and urges cross party support, while advocating a municipal auditorium to host sports and events.
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Dick Johnson
Mercury Athletic Club
Johnson
Trinity High School
High Point
Theohnson Frame Works
Johnson Hinge Company
Carolina Machine Works
Thomasville
Trinity
Stehli Silk Mills
Burlington Mills
Washington
West Virginia
Johnson Frame Company
Dewey
Truman
Grammar School YMCA Programs Build Good Citizens
The High Point YMCA under Edgar Hartley runs Gra Y clubs in eight graded schools to foster good citizenship. Inter school competitions in tag football, basketball and softball award trophies and banquets to champions. Additional projects include first aid knot tying and group activities to develop health and civic values. Morning physical education aims for good posture, alertness and quick responsiveness, with plans to hand over the program to schools.
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High Point
Edgar Hartley
YMCA
Johnson Street
Brentwood
Oak Hill
Ada Blair
Elm Street
Emma Blair
Ray Street
Cloverdale
Hartley
Thomasville man charged with murder of nephew
Thomasville Robert County officers hold Tom Byerly for the shotgun killing of Crawford Byerly at his Mt Zion area home. Byerly admitted the shooting claiming self defense after Crawford reportedly broke a window to enter. Crawford Byerly, born November 1 1907, was married to Clarrence Hill and survived by a wife, son, three daughters, six brothers and three sisters. Funeral services expected at First Pilgrim Holiness church with interment Mt Zion cemetery.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Tom Byerly
Thomasville Rt. 6
Crawford Byerly
Crawford
Mt. Zion Church
Here
Thomasville Chair Company
Clarrence Hill
High Point
Will
Lou
Zine Medlin Byerly
Near Here
Ray
Homer Woodle
Greensboro
Clara Mae
Willa Faye
Ernest
Howard
Carl
Roy
Thurmond
Austin
Ulysses Yates
Clarence Beck
Ola ‘Byerly
Walker Funeral Home
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mt Zion Church
Looking Backwad: 1928 Election From Greensboro
In early returns Hoover leads with 444 electoral votes while Smith trails in eight states. North Carolina and Guilford County swing GOP. rumors of Dempsey comeback denied. Tunney endorses Najol. Armenia relief drives start in schools. Local antics include a barber bet wheelbarrow stunt and car ads tout six cylinder Whippet sedans at $770.
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al Smith
North Carolina
Guilford County
Ledger
Smith
New York
Gene’ ‘Tunney
Armenia
Nnational
Near East
Chamber of Commerce
Post Office
Phillips Not To Run Again For City Post
High Point mayor Phillips announces he will not seek re election next spring. With O A Kirkman elected to the General Assembly two municipal leaders will depart city government next summer. Council vacancy plans for Ward 3 unclear as the city prepares for spring elections.
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Ebn. Phillips
High Point
Phillips
Phillip
O. A. Kirkman
General Assembly
Kirkman
Council
Democratic Executive Committee
Public Library Displays World Views on United States
High Point's public library features a week long exhibit titled The World Looks at the United States and the United States Looks Within. The neutral display presents diverse views on national issues including immigration race the South economy inflation labor and conservation with works like This Man Truman and The Roosevelt Myth highlighted.
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High Point
United States
Man Truman
Frank McNaughton
Walter Hehmeyer
Roosevelt
J. T. Flynn
Fdr
Four High Point Doctors Lead Guilford County Society
Four High Point physicians were named to official positions in the Guilford County Medical Society. Dr K B Geddie is president, Dr Walter T Tice is vice president, Dr C R Gray is secretary, and Dr A B Croom is treasurer.
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High Point
Guilford County Medical Society
K. B. Geddie
Walter T. Tice
C. R. Gray
A. B. Croom
Education Week To Be Observed In High Point
American Education Week will be observed throughout the High Point city school system this week. Teachers principals and students aim to focus public attention especially on parents of school children and on what the schools are doing.
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High Point
Parent
E. N. Phillips
Amon
America
Parent-Teacher Association
Elm Street
Mary Grace Clark
P.T. A
A. S. Hale
Grover Jones
P.A
Jaycee Leader To Visit High Point On Wednesday
Beverly S. Burbage of Knoxville Tennessee national vice president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce will be guest of honor at a Wednesday luncheon at the Sheraton hotel. Represented will be Jaycees from Thomasville Asheboro and High Point. Burbage will speak briefly and continue to North Carolina clubs. American Education Week activities join with schools as Mayor E N Phillips proclaims November 7 13.
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United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton
Thomasville
Asheboro
High Point Jaycees
Beverly S. Burbage
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
Burbage
Knoxville Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tennessee
North Carolina
Asheville
High Point Adopts Bull Clam Method At City Dump
The city installs a bull clam machine at the High Point dump to grind and backfill trash into the ground. Operators George Versey and Ike Beamon say the method yields a cleaner, smokeless, and safer disposal system and may end incineration in the near future.
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Beamon
High Point
George Versey
Ike Beamon
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Rabaul
Dency
Teleam
Memphis
Tenn
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PTA
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Jaycee
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