City council to push grade crossing removal in High Point
The High Point city council plans to pass an ordinance requiring the Southern to lower its tracks to remove grade crossings. Mayor Moffitt and Councilman Worth back immediate action, despite a pending court fight and the need for city funds after next year’s assessment. The measure is expected to be finally voted on at the next regular meeting in two weeks.
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High Point
H. A. Moffitt
Joe Worth
Worth
Thomas J. Gold
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Sizemore
Moffitt
Nofitt
The
Southern Railway
High Point College Opens With Largest Freshman Class
The 1926-27 session at High Point College began with 85 freshmen matriculating, pushing total enrollment toward 250. Orientation Day featured welcomes from three presidents and talks on life work and college meaning, plus a special music program and forthcoming chapels led by Mayor H. A. Moffitt.
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High Point College
R. M. Andrews
Paul S. Kennett
T. C., Johnson
P. E. Lindley
H. A. Moffitt
Boylon
High Point Prepares For Circus Opening And Civic Events
High Point gets ready for circus day with Sparks circus arriving Saturday for two performances and more than 500 horses and 700 people. Local officials report meetings, school group sessions, and municipal plans as residents anticipate a busy weekend.
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High Point
Sparks Circus
Fowler Named Police Officer After City Council Vote
D A Fowler won the police vacancy over C H Whitlow in a secret council vote, receiving three of five ballots. Chief McGhee praised Fowler for his Christmas period service and value to the force. Whitlow did not work extra Saturdays and Sundays. Rickert resigned to run a grocery, and Mayor Moffitt anticipated additional applications soon.
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D A. Fowler
Police Department
C. H. Whitlow
McGhee
Fowler
Whitlow
J. M. Rickert
Rickert
Moffitt
American Legion Post Elects Officers at Night Meeting
Judge Don C. MacRae announces he will not seek another term as commander of the Andrew Jackson Post American Legion. The 8 o clock meeting will elect the next year’s officers and discuss other important post matters.
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Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Legion
Judge MacRae
Don. MacRae
Don C. MacRae
Andrew Jackson
Free sightseeing bus to Asheville announced for weekend
J T Horney Developments led by L Sacks announces a free bus trip from High Point to Asheville for a two night stay. A deluxe parlor car bus will operate and participants must cover hotel costs. The trip aims to showcase Asheville real estate growth and new homes under construction.
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L. Sacks
J. T. Horney Developments
Asheville
High Point
Mountain City
Mr. Sacks
Elwood Hotel
J. T. Horney
Hubert Holloway
R. L. Lewis
Frank Mitchum
Ben Strom
The Other Side You Look Tired Have a Rest
A fragment shows a speaker urging a rest as she jokes about her husband planning a meeting on women’s rights and threatening a “terrible time” if supper is not ready when he returns. The quote hints at domestic tension and gender role debates in a Moscow setting.
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Drokodi
Moscow
Jewel thief husband deserts wife, court hears
Mrs. Josephine Grose testified in New York court that her husband, a prosperous jeweler, deserted her. She could not recall his name when asked, saying he had left before she learned how to spell it.
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New York
Josephine Grose
Women’s Club proposes cemetery improvements in High Point
A three woman committee led by Mrs. Dr. Owen Smith presented a list of cemetery recommendations to the city council. Proposals include brick veneer chapel near Montlieu entrance, tiled drainage, a new gate at Steele Street, road and sidewalk work, tree and hedge improvements, and stricter adherence to city regulations for private monuments. The council will report back at the next meeting two weeks later.
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High Point
Tomlinson Manufacturing Company
Thomas R. Turner
East Green Street
Dr. Owen- Smith
Woman's Club of
Woman's Club
Steele Street
Montlieu Avenue
Montlieu
Historic Sparks Circus Pageant The Flag of America
The Sparks Circus closes its season with the 1926 pageant The Flag of America featuring 700 people and 500 horses. J H Del Vecho wrote the music and core sequence includes Sioux Indians led by Chief Iron Shell, and impersonations of Washington Jackson Crockett Grant Lee and Roosevelt. The world war scene shows a Red Cross nurse and Salvation Army lassie as English speaking America allies with Britain, and the sun never sets flag unfurled with Canada. Performances in High Point on Sept 11 with a downtown ticket office at Randall Drug Store for tickets at circus ground price.
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Sparks Circus
America
J. H. del Vecho
West
Iron Shell
United States
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Davy Crockett
A. S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Theodore Roosevelt
Red Cross
Salvation Army
No Man's Land
High Point
Randall Drug Store
Councilmen Donate Water To YMCA Pool Support
Fred N. Tate asked the city to donate water used in filling the Commercial club swimming pool in August. The council voted to grant the request after Tate said YWCA officials requested the donation because the pool operations had lost money that month.
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Fred N. Tate
Young Woman's Christian Association
Commercial Club
Tate
Councilmen Approve Monthly Wage for City Nurse
Miss Clara Cox urged the Board of Public Welfare to allot 75 dollars monthly for a white nurse in High Point. Councilmen, after lengthy discussion, voted to renew the payment noting it had been due this year through an earlier oversight.
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Miss Clara Cox
Board of Public Welfare
High Point
Miss Cox
DIRT DEALS IN THE COUNTY
Property transfers listed across multiple towns show purchases by numerous buyers including Friendship J. Van Lindley Nur sery to James T. Bow man and Hattie Thacker to James R. Callum. Values range from 10 dollars to 5,250 dollars for Hamilton Lakes parcels.
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Friendship
J. van Lindley Nursery Company
James T. Bowman
Jamestown
J. S. Dempsey
T. O. Patterson
June Willard
Gilmer
H. C. Simpson
C. M. Glass
Bessemer Park
Hattie Thacker
James R. Callum
Walker’s Alley
Greene
J. H. Bowman
High Point
Farlow Insurance and Realty Company
E. H. Holton
Lake Triangle Park
W. W. Gordon
Elizabeth Gordon
East Green Street
W. E. Burgey
Owen Reese
Brentwood
Barber-Hall Printing Company
Lillie L. Fergurson
Own-A-Home Company
J. Allen Austin
E. O. Wall
Tuttle and Worth
C. D. Smith
C. ©. Davis
Sunset Drive
A. E. Futrell
S. E. Farlow
Moffitt Farm
Ford Ecker
Ford Kecker Company
Hamilton Street
Morehead
L. B. Leftwich
E. C. Watlington
Lindhurst
J. D. Franks
R. B. Wright
Hazel Huffine
G. W. Norman
J. S. Moore
W. S. Dickson
Norman
H. T. Ireland
Eugene Street
T. M. McConnell
Annie M
Josephine Norwood
L. B. Owens
Lovett Avenue
S. W. Dawson
J. W. Nethernd
Northfield Street
C. Gadsen Sayre
Harry Pembleton
Hamilton Lakes
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T. G. Scott
South Main Street
Johnson
Florise
Local College 9
Thomas Turner, Jr
Georgia
Forest H. Shufford
Spindale
Mr. Shufford
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Sunday School
R. F. J. Johnson
Hdna Morgenthaler
Saint Mary's Sunday School
Ritter’s Lake
Greensboro
H. S. Coffield
North Carolina
Guilford County
R. B. Parker
de Molay
Shérator Hotel
Winston- Salem
Lexington
Durham
Thomasville
Asheboro
Hal Kemp
C. M. Hauser
R. L. Waynick
Horney
STARS
NEW Bus Servist
Council
Sparks
Girgus
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
V. A. J. Idol
Treas
Commercial National Bank
C. H. Ellis
G. B. & C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
Commercial Bank
Raleigh
Avel
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
RED Bell Shoe Store
North Main Street
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