Labor leader attacks Bedaux system amid upholstery strike
Sal B. Hoffman of the International Upholsterers' Union denounces the Bedaux labor-measurement plan as a move to machine work in a skilled trade. He argues wages fall, time standards are set by nonprofessionals, and workers must meet unreal 45 minute No. 1 job targets despite rising effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedaux
Tomlinson
Sal B. Hoffman
International Upholsterers’ Union
Keogh
New York
Mr. Hoffman
Vorhees
Four Uwharrie Scouts Awarded Eagle Badges
In the past week four Uwharrie Boy Scouts earned eagle badges signaling the pinnacle of scouting. The court of honor also awarded 15 first class, 11 second class and 256 merit badges with no cost to recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Boy Scouts’ Court of Honor
Court of Honor
High Point
Herbert Johnson
Greensboro
Toads Demonstrate Acrobatic Stunts at College Exhibit
Six horned toads trained by Prof. Ben H. Hill at High Point College performed headstands tumbles and other acts yesterday. Hill brought the unusual creatures from Texas where they were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Hill
High Point College
Texas
Balloon bursting contest headlines Charles-Kenner air show
At Charles-Kenner Airport the show features a balloon bursting contest between C. L. Amos and Paul Davis with guineas dropped for free airplane rides. Davis versus Amos, plus stunts in the Curtiss-Robin and a Fairchild ship display, highlight an afternoon program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Davis
Charlie Amos
Charles-Kenner
C. L. Amos
Mr. Amos
Pilot Davis
Davis
Doug Davis
Atlanta
Chicago
Doug
Amos
Fairchild
High Point Man Now In Argentina
Mrs. Carrick says son T. Bright Carrick, a civil engineer with Hume Brothers Construction, has been in Buenos Aires since June 27 and reports ongoing railroad work despite the recent coup, with letters arriving by air mail and no mention of turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argentina
Thomas Carrick
North Main Street
T. Bright Carrick
Carrick
Hume Brothers, Construction Company
Or Beunos Aires
Ministers To Meet Tomorrow Morning At Wesley Memorial
The High Point Ministerial association will convene at Wesley Memorial Church tomorrow at 10 30. Agenda includes plans for a simultaneous evangelistic campaign set for the first of October.
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High Point Ministerial Association
Wesley Memorial Church
High Point College to Open Seventh Session Tomorrow
The seventh session of High Point College will begin with first year students registering tomorrow and upperclassmen on Tuesday. Dr. G. I. Humphreys, new president, calls prospects unusually bright as 125 applications were received. Renovations at McCullough Hall and interior repainting accompany preparations.
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High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
R. M. Andrews
P. KE. Lindley
McCullough
R. H. Gunn
Kuarsar
Bonnie Enoch
Greensboro College
Garden Contest Winners Announced Under City Beautiful Campaign
Prize winners named in the yard and garden contest include Mrs. James Tucker Mrs. Jessie Harris Mrs. D. H. Parsons Mrs. R. S. Russell Mrs. Ella Jones Mrs. Hattie Davis Mrs. Sallie Peebles Mrs. Pearl Smith Mrs. Lester Strong and the Ray Street School Fifty dollars in cash prizes awarded by the committee in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Beautiful
James Tucker
Jessie Harris
D. H. Parsons
R. S. Russell
Ella Jones
Hattie Davis
Sallie Peebles
Pearl Smith
Lester Strong
Ray Street School
Six Night Schools Organized Here With 278 Pupils
The second term of High Point night schools opened with six classes and 278 pupils enrolled. White classes met at Green Street Baptist Highland Mills West End Baptist and Mechanicsville. Negro classes at William Penn High and Fairview Street. Initial enrollment totals show 63 52 30 11 40 and 82 respectively with more expected by week’s end.
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High Point
Eva Edgerton
Green Street Baptist Church
Highland Mills
West End Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
William Penn High
Fairview Street
Green Street
Highland
West End
William Penn
New Fourth Ward Public School May Open by October
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews announced the new Springfield avenue elementary school in High Point should be ready for occupancy after October 1 to relieve Emma Blair’s overcrowding. The board aims to have grounds, sidewalks, and equipment completed, with about 500 student capacity and plans for next year to add sixth grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Ward
Emma Blair
T. Wingate Andrews
Springfield Avenue
High Point
Andrews
Free Book Rentals Considered For Needy Families
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews mails application blanks to families with unpaid book rental fees to determine absolute need for free rentals. The process relies on Welfare Board data and neighbor endorsements, with fees reduced to nominal levels this year. Trial notes list Guilford Superior Court cases including Paul Lamb and multiple defendants for various offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wingate Andrews
Welfare Board
Andrews
Art history course to start at Elm Street School
Dr Ernest Derendinger a noted Catawba art professor will open a course in the history of art at Elm Street School Monday at 4 o clock. The fall program covers architecture sculpture and Italian Renaissance paintings and is open to Woman's club members and city teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Ernest Derendinger
Catawba
Elm Street
Warendinger
Woman's Club
Pinehurst
Derendinger
Local Salvation Army Budget Figures Corrected
The advisory board approved a budget of 9 962 69 dollars on Friday afternoon, correcting yesterday’s report which stated 19 292 60 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Sears-Roebuck official visitor attends anniversary events
Alvin E. Dodd of Chicago, aide to Gen. R. E. Wood and Sears-Roebuck president, visited High Point for the 44th anniversary celebration. The event spans 840 Sears stores nationwide this week. Dodd chairs the United States Chamber of Commerce executive council and formerly led the National Research Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin E. Dodd
Chicago
Gen
R. E. Wood
Local Scouts Assist Flower Show Crowd at Displays
Last week the flower show drew steady crowds as 15 scouts in uniform aided the sponsor in arranging displays and crowd management. Notable on duty were Walter Marshall, Robert Allred, Everett Wright, Joe Hamlin, Tom Jones, William Bennett, Alfred Oliver, D. Clark Johnson, Howard Welborn, John Lindsay, Allen Parwer, Wendell Dunbar, Richard Meisky, Allen Austin and Robert Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Marshall
Robert Allred
Everett Wright
Joe Hamlin
Tom Jones
William Bennett
Alfred Oliver
D. Clark Johnson
Howard Welborn
John Lindsay
Allen Parwer
Wendell Dunbar
Richard Meisky
Allen Austin
Robert Cook
Local parties set to open campaign HQs in High Point
High Point districts gear up for a heated 1928 race as Democrats plan early headquarters and a united push led by Wade Renfrow while Republicans outline a focused county-ticket drive. Voter turnout is expected to surge above normal in Guilford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County
Wade P. Renfrow
Horace Haworth
Colored Tourney To Be Held Here
A city wide miniature golf tournament for colored players will be held this week at the Washington Street golf course. John Wood, the manager, announced prizes for winners and runners up. There will be four flights two for men and two for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
John Wood
Tree Here Gives 2 Crops of Peaches
W. Ob. Grissom of Centennial avenue extension announced at the Enterprise office that a single tree on his lot is producing two peach crops this year. He displayed four samples and noted the first crop was picked in July while the second crop is now forming on the same tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ob. Grissom
Centennial Avenue Extension
City Loses Suit Over Land for Sewage Plant
In Davidson County Superior Court the city of High Point lost to E. S. Welborn and others over land needed for a sewage disposal plant in Thomasville Township. Jury award was 16300 dollars, with both sides filing appeals to the supreme court. Land totaled 200 acres, 418 acres taken in July 1929, splitting Welborn farm into three nonadjacent tracts. Welborn homeplace sits on the 128 acre tract near Rich Fork creek. Raper and Raper represented the defendants. Grover H. Jones and H. S. Haworth and Phillips and Bower represented the city.
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High Point
E. S. Welborn
Thomasville Township
Davidson County
Supreme Court
Welborn
Rich Fork Creek
Raper
Grover H. Jones
H. S. Haworth
Phillips and Bower
Julian C Sales Dies at 29 in High Point
Julian C. Sales aged 29 died yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock in a local hospital after a period of poor health. Born in Reidsville on September 30 1901 he moved to High Point as a child and lived at 203 Thurston Street. Survived by parents W D and Mary E Tullock Sales and brother Vester D Sales Jr. He worked as a salesman for E and Hosiery Corp. Funeral services are Monday at 2 PM from Wesley Memorial Church conducted by Rev. John W Moore.
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Julian C. Sales
Mr. Sales
Reidsville
W. D
Mary E. Tullock Sales
High Point
Thurston Street
Vester D. Sales, Jr
Bailey Speaking To Draw Local Crowd
J. W. Bailey democratic candidate for the United States senate will deliver an address in the Trinity High School auditorium Tuesday evening at 7 45 o clock. Over 100 High Point friends have signified intent to attend and Bruce Craven of Trinity is in charge of arrangements. The auditorium seats about 1 500 persons.
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J. W. Bailey
United States Senate
Trinity High School
High Point Friends
Bailey
Bruce Craven
Trinity
High Point Jewry Plans State Campaign Effort
High Point Jews mobilize for the Allied Jewish campaign to run statewide in October with a Raleigh conference set for September 21 at the Sir Walter hotel. Delegates from across North Carolina will attend, with speakers including Josephus Daniels and Morris Rothenberg as national leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Mrs Hedgecock Wins Loving Cup at Flower Show
Mrs Hedgecock takes the Loving Cup at the city flower show while also winning the sweepstakes. Mrs D E Compton, This City, finishes a close second with 24 total points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E. Compton
This City
Flower Show Awards Prize Winners At Southern Exposition
The Third annual Flower and Vegetable show at the Southern Furniture Exposition building awarded Mrs. M L Hedgecock of High Point route two the silver loving cup for most ribbons with 31 points and the sweepstake prize of 25 dollars. D E Compton and W B McEwen won multiple prizes in blooms and arrangements as hundreds of dollars in cash and merchandise were distributed.
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M. L. Hedgecock
High Point
Route Two
Broadhurst
Southern Furniture Exposition
Hedgecock
D. E. Compton
Steele Street
W. B. McEwen
Rufus King
J. F. Hayden
C. S. Grayson
E. Compton
T. R. Zimmerman
Arthur Ridge
J.c. Shaw
China
Mary Mungan
H. A. White
F. M. Holly
Ruth Melton
W. L. Hedgecock
D. B. Compton
Jno. W. Hedrick
D. &E. Compton
R. T. Amos
C. F. Tomlinson
S. H. Tomlinson
L. J. Diffee
Geo. H. Brown
V. A. J. Idol
North Carolina Food Dealers Banquet Planned in Charlotte
High Point merchants in the North Carolina Food Dealers association invite attendees to the annual banquet in Charlotte on October 2. Judge John Cunningham of Dubuque Iowa will speak, noted for national association work and wartime food discussions with President Hoover. He helped push policy support for independent grocers.
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High Point
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Charlotte
High Point Merchants Association
John Cunningham
Dubuque
Iowa
National Association
Dubuque Retail Grocers and Merchants Association
Hoover
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Paul Lamb
Rush Caldwell
Pearl Moore
Cephas Kerr
Worth Moore
Howard Raleigh
John Perry
John L. Smith
Ray Mayfield
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Roy Austin
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John Turner
Clayton Miller
Homer Moore
Alex Inmon
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Henry Dalton
Dannel Irby
Howard McNair
George Oliver
Charles Prevost
Stoney Leonard
Sylvan Palmer
Claud Sechrist
John Thompson
Tom Bell
James Tate
J. E. Pickett
Frank S&s. Woodard
Russell Woods
Lewis Green
Claud Brown
Claud Conrad
Leslie Embler
Gurfein
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Henry Jackson
Fred Chapman
Estel Anderson
D. E
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Friday Lane
Bolding
Harry and Webster Graves
Ernest Troxler
Willie Wallington
Sears-Roebuck Co
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Rites
High Point Jewry
Harry Doctor
Ben L. Herman
Milton Silver
Robert Silver
E. B. Erschler
Sam Lampell
Edward Leyton
Max Bones
S. Rabinowitz
Robert J. Waggler
National
Joint Distribution Committee
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Eastern
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Palestine
Mrs. Hedgecock
Broadhurst Theater
CC. F. Tomlinson
E. T. Harmon
Joe Davis
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