Welfare workers submit August report to board officials
The August welfare board report shows 179 total cases with 13 girls, 23 boys, and 143 families assisted. Mrs Munn, new to High Point, handles girls. Mr Shuford oversees boys. Mrs Hammond manages families. 51 cases needed material aid. 17 out of town trips. detailed monthly counts follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Welfare
Cliva I. Cox
Logan Porter
C. C. Muse
Harry Brockman
P. E. Lindley
M. B. Munn
High Point
Hammond
Shuford
Welfare Department
Idaho 1927 law makes poultry theft a felony
By an act the Idaho legislature in 1927 stealing poultry was made a felony punishable by a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
High Point College Expands Commerce Faculty
Announcement by President R M Andrews states the department of commerce will gain Miss Gladys L Barrett to teach shorthand and commercial subjects. Barrett comes from Columbus Ohio, a former employee with a major law firm, and is a Bliss Normal and Muskingum graduate. The program, directed by Prof Stanley Pugh, offers a one year stenography and bookkeeping course and a four year secretarial track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
R. M. Andrews
Department of Commerce
Gladys L. Barrett
Bliss Normal School
Muskingum College
Stanley Pugh
Smithsonian Unearths Oddities From Expeditions
Smithsonian finds include a chestnut sided robin in Formosa where builders used human skulls for homes and a fish capable of climbing riverbanks and traveling on land at a slow pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Formosa
Regular Communication of High Point Chapter No 70 R A M
Fraternal notice announces a Friday night meeting on September 7 at 8 00 o clock with all visiting Chapter Masons invited. By order J M Thomas Sr High Priest W E Herndon Secretary.
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High Point
Youth travels 100 miles to hear Hoey speech
Milton Abernethy a 17 year old Hickory youth and unofficial representative of the democratic national committee journeyed 100 miles from Hickory to High Point to hear Clyde R Hoey speak at the American theatre in the third rally of the High Point Democratic club. He has distributed thousands of Smith literature and buttons across the Carolinas and Virginia while promoting Governor Al Smith as the Democratic nominee. He plans further travels to Winston-Salem and eastern North Carolina to spread Democratic materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
High Point
Democratic Club
Milton Abernethy
Hickory
North Carolina
Alfred E. Smith
Abernethy
Morganton
Newton
Rutherfordton
Charleston
S. C
Democratic National Committee
Smith
Houston
al Smith
Young Abernethy
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Galax
Murphy
N. C
Wilmington
Palmetto Building
Columbia
New York
Hickory High School
Asheville
Mr. Hoey
Cam Morrison
Charlotte
George Gordon Pattle
Raleigh
Josiah William Bailey
Greensboro
Charles A. Jonas
Hoey
Mr. Jonas
Hoover
Governor Smith
Winston-Salem
Whitsett 10 Talk at Raper Reunion
A Raper family reunion will be held at Abbotts Creek Baptist Church near High Point on Sunday with an 11 a m service featuring welcomes, prayers, historical address by Dr W T Whitsett and music by Eleanor Idol Chase Idol Jr and others. An old-time picnic lunch will be served between services and an afternoon meeting follows at 2 p m with more songs and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raper
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
High Point
Power of Jesus
D. L. Hayworth
C. A Smith
Eleanor Idol
Chase Idol, Jr
W. T. Whitsett
Mr. Peterson
O. A. Kirkman, Jr
Lloyd T. Wilson
Warning to boys on sidewalk bicycle riding
Police issue a warning against riding bicycles on sidewalks by schoolboys. They threaten fines for violators, but urge parents to stop the misuse before formal action is needed.
Boxing commission funds aid for High Point children
Mrs. W. Hammond executive secretary of the Board of Public Welfare received a 25 check from Harry Raymond chair of the High Point Boxing Commission to buy clothing for needy children to enter school next week. The letter explains the donation as a charity purse from boxing funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. ©. Hammond
Board of Public Welfare
Hammond
Harry Raymond
High Point Boxing Commission
High Point
Souh Main M. E. Revival Opens With Favorable Start
The revival at South Main Street Methodist church began well despite bad weather. The large congregation was engaged with excellent singing led by J. Frank Harbin of Statesville, whose solos pleased the audience. Services run nightly at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Harbin
Statesville
South Main Street
M. E. Church
South Main Street Methodist Church
Ohio River Booms as Barges Supplant Steamers
Ohio River commerce shifts from grand steamboats to utilitarian barges carrying ore coal oil and sand. Last year the river's tonnage surpassed the Panama Canal's, reaching about 2,600,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
Panama Canal
High Point Enterprise Plans Free Cooking School with Mrs S R Dull
The High Point Enterprise announces a four day free gas cooking school at the American Theater starting Tuesday September 18. Mrs S R Dull nationally known home economist will lecture on nutritive values time saving methods and delicious menus. Sessions run 3 to 5 pm daily with ample seating for 1100 in a city eager for expert culinary instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
American Theater
S. R. Dull
High Point
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Whitsett
Abbotts Creek Church
Boxing Commission
High Point Boxing Com
Carter
Stamey
Trhasaware
Enterprise
Caroline
Carolina Bonded Warehouse CO
Hamilton
Dayton
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W. E. Siler
Greensboro Bond & Mortgage CO
S. E. Walters
Commercial National Bank Bldg
Globe Mortgage & Realty Co
Clodfelter and Miller
J. Collins Horney
W.C. Rowe
Burlington, N. C
Commercial National Bank
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
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Treas
C. H. Ellis
Southern Mortgage Loan
Wachovia Bank Bldg
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Roy O Welborn, V. Pres
H. E. Johnson
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Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
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