School Budget Adopted by City Board in Regular Meeting
City school board in a regular monthly session adopted the annual budget based on county and city estimates tied to last year’s receipts and this year’s tax rate. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews said the board aims to fix a definite budget and keep expenditures within that limit while investing about $10,000 in permanent improvements and funding new equipment in old schools.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Andrews
Welfare board reports October activity in town
The October report from the board of public welfare shows 123 homes visited and 60 cases handled. It records 404 incoming calls, 9 out-of-town visits, 14 families given groceries, 13 given fuel, 2 rent payments, 2 long distance calls, and 4 charity railroad tickets issued. White cases total 6 and colored cases 4.
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Board of Public Welfare
Banks of High Point To Close Wednesday
All banks of High Point will be closed on Wednesday November 11 for Armistice Day. No formal observance was learned, but the American Legion is expected to stage a local celebration.
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High Point
American Legion
State Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Conviction
In Phoenix Arizona November 7 the state supreme court upheld the lower court’s judgment against William Law. The ruling concerns the conviction and sentence linked to a Muskogee Oklahoma case context.
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Phoenix
Ariz
William Law
State Supreme Court
Rence
Muskogee
Okla
Nail‑less house in Coral Gables signals new era in Florida
A Coral Gables home built without nails or wood uses 18 inch concrete exterior walls and six inch inner walls with interlocking cement joints. Architect J Mack Sawyer designed the Mediterranean style dwelling for J F Bennet of El mira NY. The $75,000, 14 room house features magnesite window trim, plate glass windows, and a tiled cement floor. Time will tell if this marks a lasting shift in American tropical housing or a mere novelty.
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Coral Gables
J. F. Bennet
Elmira
N. Y
J. Mack Sawyer
North Carolina
Miami
Bennet
America
South
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Florida Seacoast
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MeWish Book
Grace Smith
Aladdin
Wonder Lamp
Mecca
Stamney’s Jewelry Store
Hill Roofing Company
G. C. Hill
North Wrenn Street
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