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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1927
Page
16
Registration shows 11 lettermen to return for the High 1 High football squad with many veterans. Three from last year’s line will be back. Team heads to Camp Uwharrie for a week of training under Coach W E Marte and assistant Bunn W Hackney Jr from UNC.
The first general teachers meeting for 1927 28 will be held at the new high school on Tuesday September 6 at 10 AM. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews will welcome 189 teachers principals and supervisors. Arrivals begin tomorrow with principals arriving a week early to prepare for the September 12 opening.
Rev Dwight Ware of First Methodist spoke to the Lexington Rotary Club in Thomasville on saving the individual from society. He argued most great feats come from individuals acting on their own initiative and that social pressure challenges personal conviction and time.
G B Stovall in charge of the local naval recruiting station reports a Boston archery event. Lieutenant G H Millis notes 22 men sent to Raleigh since February 15 1927 with only one rejected by the medical officer. Sub stations like High Point must pre screen. high rejection rates occur before Raleigh examination. High Point area candidates are noted as fortunate.
Wesley Memorial Church invites morning service with Rev John W Moore returning to the pulpit after a break. He will preach A Continuing City from Hebrews 13 12 16. Evening sermon on A Personally Conducted Highway with special music and a program of hymns and readings.
Freshmen will begin registration at High Point College on Monday in preparation for the fourth annual term opening Wednesday. Nearly 100 freshmen and about 200 upperclassmen are expected, with total enrollment around 300, marking a significant rise from last year.
W R Poole of Bear Creek, longtime Randolph county fair curator, brought a small wood piece with a hand made minnie ball imbedded. He believes the lead ball was fired by English soldiers and located in a hollow tree on Tory Hill, a David Fanning camp site. Poole will head the relics display again this year.
L W McFarland, field secretary of the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends, will preach at Central Friends church this morning at 11 o clock. He is a former pastor and will address attendees on church affairs.
A church leader known in High Point is described as a prominent figure within the local religious community and is recognized for his long service and public engagement in city life.
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