High Point College Prepares for Record Enrollment
The sixth session will start tomorrow with new students registering. Most of last year’s students return and freshmen may total 125 to 150. The college anticipates its largest enrollment, with 304 students last year and plans minor faculty and curriculum reorganizations. The Latin Greek department merges into Ancient Languages headed by Mrs. H A White, new courses added to boost cultural language study.
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High Point College
Stanley Pugh
High Point
Ohio
R. H. Gunn
Elon College
G. C. Haltom
H. A. White
City Council Likely to Fix High Point Tax Rate Tuesday
Council members and City Manager Knox plan to set the current fiscal year tax rate at either 1.35 or 1.30 replacing the present 1.40. A Tuesday night hearing is expected with debate over the amount of reduction as officials weigh revenue needs for expenses and bond retirements. Some argue for two consecutive five cent cuts, while others press for a single ten cent cut this year and a possible increase next year.
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Knox
Nurse Miss Dora Cornelison to Speak in High Point
Miss Dora Cornelison of the American Nurses Association will deliver three talks on nursing in High Point on Saturday September 14. She will address the training school at the High Point hospital at 2 pm the High Point Graduate Nurses' club at the YWCA at 3 pm and Guilford General hospital training school at 4 pm. The High Point Graduate Nurses' club meeting for Wednesday is cancelled due to her visit.
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American Nurses’ Association
High Point
Dora Cornelison
New York City
High Point Hospital
Graduate Nurses’ Club
Guilford General Hospital
Miss Cornelisen
High Point Graduate Nurses’ Club
Cornelisen
National
Quick Work Prevents Explosion of Gasoline Tank
An employee H Fred Watson avoided a major blast at Cecil service station by cutting off the draft and extinguishing a fire that started from a loading valve on a 32000 gallon gasoline storage tank. The blaze began when a truck Watson was driving heated a loading valve and a shorted trouble light set the truck on fire.
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Tygon Street
D. O. Cecil
Cecil
H. Fred Watson
Watson
Millis Cup Open to All Florists at Flower Show
The J E Millis cup will be awarded at the Second Annual Flower Show at the Southern Exposition building Friday and Saturday. Rev Tom Alderman Sykes announces open entry to florists and professional gardeners with free public viewing from 2 pm Friday to 4 pm Saturday. Entries close Thursday. exhibits must be in by 1 30 pm Friday. no fees. prizes include $400 in cash.
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Southern Exposition Building
Tom Alderman Sykes
Beavan’s Ladies’ Store
Beeson Hardware Company
Alexander's Department Store
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
Sykes
High Point
Miss Yarnall to Return to Y Work This Week
Miss Irene Yarnall, industrial girls' secretary of the High Point Young Women’s Christian Association, will return here in the middle of this week to resume her work after a month’s vacation spent in New York.
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Irene Yarnall
High Point Young Women’s Christian Association
New York
City Officials In State Observe Electro-Matic Traffic Lights
A large number of city officials from across the state gathered at Washington and Main to observe the Electro-Matic traffic lights in operation at 3 PM. City Manager Knox threw the switch marking the start. Officials from Charlotte Greensboro Winston-Salem Asheville Salisbury Durham Asheboro Concord Gastonia Raleigh High Point Wilmington and other cities attended. High Point leads as the first Southern city to install the system, with expectations others will follow.
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State
Washington
Main
Commerce
Knox
R. W. Rigsby
Charlotte
C. Painter
Greensboro
George Coan
Winston-Salem
G. Thomas
H. L. Bartlett
Asheville
P. P. Pilcher
City Manger
Salisbury
A. A L. Brown
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
Doby
Durham
C. C. Crawford
Asheboro
G. L. Barrier
Concord
High Point
Oper
Subpoenas Issued Again in Davis Councilman Case
The Davis ouster suit renews with subpoenas served on more than 100 state witnesses. Hearing begins September 16 at 9 30 in the municipal court room with over 200 witnesses likely to testify.
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W. A. Davis
Davis
Henry M. Robbins
Asheboro
Moore
T. C. Johnson
Diphtheria and illness rates rise in city August report
City health department August summary shows ten diphtheria cases and eleven pertussis cases. one infantile paralysis, one scarlet fever, and one typhoid fever also recorded. The Princess Cafe earned the top eating-house rating at 99.5 percent amid a lengthy local rating list.
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Health Department
Princess Cafe
Y W C A Directors Plan All Day Church Program
Downtown services align with fall winter hours. An all day Y W C A meeting at High Point association building runs 11:30 A M to 4 30 P M with an address by Mrs Owen Moon of Winston Salem and a noon lunch program.
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First Baptist
CC. P. Coble
First Presbyterian
High Point Y. W. C. A
Association
Vivian Matson
Owen Moon
Winston-Salem
Miss Carrier
Mrs. Walker
Evening Service Includes Anthems and Hymns
The program lists a 7:30 evening service with a choral prelude on Dundee by Mackinnon, Hymn 49 Softly Now the Light of Day by Doane, Scripture lesson, an anthem O Taste and See by Rogers, and Hymn 138 My Dear Redeemer and My Lord by Watts.
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Middlesboro
E”Vincent
Dundee
Mackinnon
Doane
Rogers
Dear Redeemer
Lord’ — Watts
Y W C A Committees Schedule Meetings This Week
Three committees of the High Point Y W C A will meet this week to plan full work. The recreation committee meets Monday at 7 30 p m the finance committee Tuesday at 7 o clock and the membership committee Wednesday at 10 a m. Service and education committee meetings were held last week.
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High Point Y. W. C. A
Service
Readiness for High Point Cooking School Opening
The High Point Enterprise Free Cooking School opens Tuesday September 24 at the American theatre from 2 to 4 pm for four afternoons. Mrs. S. R. Dull, noted home economist and former dean, leads with lectures shaped by attendee requests. Local merchants sponsor prizes including an Oriole Gas Stove and baking goods.
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High Point Enterprise Free Cooking School
S. R. Dull
Dull
Bessie Tift College
Atlanta Journal
High Point
North Carolina Public Service Company
Stamey’s Jewelry Store
American Bakeries, Inc
Smith Supply Company
National Bellas Hess Company
Clinard Milling Company
Beeson Hardware Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Snowdrift and Wesson Oil
Hutchens Grocery
Enterprise
American Bakeries
Woman's Club Opens First Night School Tomorrow
Miss Eva Edgerton of Asheville will direct the program for six weeks at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Green Street Baptist church. Public school teachers will assist. courses cover health civics and education with Mrs Morris primers. Over 5 900 Buncombe residents have been enrolled in mountain schools, part of a six year $12 000 annual county program.
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High Point Woman’s Club
Green Street Baptist Church
Eva Edgerton
Asheville
Elizabeth C. Morris
Buncombe County
Morris
Miss Edgerton
Highland Mill
Edgerton
Commerce Street
Springfield play to be repeated at Allen Jay Schoolhouse
The comedy drama of American life will be staged again at the Allen Jay schoolhouse Monday night September 9 at 7 45 under the Springfield PTA. The cast includes Septimus Green Chester Massey Ocey Grump W W Ellington George Chiggerson Lloyd Hancock Mrs Chiggerson Boggs Iris Welborn Julietta Bean Hallie Hayworth Charmain Carter Jennie Lee Welbern and Judy Elliott Louise Thurber.
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Allen Jay School
Springfield
Septimus Green
Chester Massey
Ocey Grump
W. W. Ellington
George Chiggerson
Lloyd Hancock
Friends to Hold Camp Meeting at Archdale
Central Friends church members plan an afternoon of games and a campfire at Archdale playground with relay races and contests. The event is the last meeting before recreation leaders Mr and Mrs Marvin Shore depart, drawing a large crowd. A Monday 8 pm talk titled The Relation of Food to Health is on the church calendar under the woman's auxiliary, which will collect $1000 in kitchen equipment if 100 married couples attend.
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Central Friends Church
Archdale Playground
Marvin Shore
Woman's Auxiliary
Legion to Elect New Officers on Tuesday
Local American Legion post will meet Tuesday night at Legion headquarters on East Washington Street to elect 1930 officers. All members urged to attend and participate in the election. Delegates to the Raleigh state convention on August 25 26 and 27 will report at this session.
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The
American Legion
Legion
East Washington Street
Raleigh
Navy petty officer to resume ship duty after three-year leave
Guy B. Stovall former petty officer in charge of the local navy recruiting station will leave High Point October 1 to rejoin the U S scouting fleet after a three year shore leave. He reports to the U S S Wyoming at Hampton Roads for instructions on resuming his duties as a first class signalman.
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Guy B. Stovall
High Point
U. S
U. S. S. Wyoming
Hampton Roads
Stovall
Navy
New York
Texas
Barker
Simpson
Bainbridge
Mr. Stovall
G. L. Stovall
Park Street
North Main Street
Funeral of Mrs. Doss Held at Home Near Here
Funeral services for Mrs. B. H. Doss of High Point route 3 were conducted at her home by Rev. J. Walter Wolff of the Church of Christ Asheboro. Pallbearers were E. A. Frazier Grady Newton Luther Swaim C. R. Stone M. M. Bouldin and Jack Aldridge. Interment followed at Springfield cemetery with flowers carried by Beulah Bouldin Lelia Bouldin Lorene Smith Ethel Boyles Myrtle Evans and Mrs. L. H. Kinney.
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B. H. Doss
High Point
J. Walter Wolff
Church of Christ
Asheboro
E. A. Frazier
Grady Newton
Luther Swaim
C. R. Stone
M. M. Bouldin
Jack Aldridge
Beulah Bouldin
Lelia Bouldin
Lorene Smith
Ethel Boyles
Myrtle Evans
L. H. Kinney
Springfield Cemetery
Opening of High Point Public Schools Sets 1929 30 Term
Doors will open at 8:30 for 10000 pupils as 1929 30 term begins. Superintendent Andrews expects record efficiency with new book rental in white schools and building improvements. Teachers return and plan assemblies, with late registrants to pay fees and start work.
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High Point
Andrews
Parent- Teachers Association
Ada Blair
Ten Great Falls of the Bible sermon series begins tonight
Dr H T Stevens pastor of Green Street Baptist will start a ten week sermon series titled Ten Great Falls of the Bible with The Fall of a Gardener from Genesis 3. Each Sunday night through November 10 features a new主题 with scripture references for September to November.
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H. T. Stevens
Green Street Baptist Church
Joshua
Profits From American Theater To Fund City Park
City to use all revenue from the American theatre for a municipal park and playground on Blair family donated land in the southern part of town. The theatre to reopen Sept 16 with talking pictures, road shows planned, and a nine hole golf course with tennis courts included in the park project.
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American Theatre
Blair
Gome
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George Washington Cafe
Elwood Hotel
Charles Cafe
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Carolin
Seeee Ee
White House Cafe
Sheraton Hotel
Oh Cis
Coleman
Five Point
Lanehi
Crittith
West End Cafe
Blacks Cafe
Éeeheees
Silver Moon Cafe
Green St
Ee Rois
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Ccceceere
East End Cafe
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Woman's Club
S&a
Allen Jay Schoolhouse
Archdale
Scouting Fleet
DR. Stevens
American Theater
Municipal Park
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