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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1929
Page
3
City ordinance defines master and certified electricians, inspection fees, permits, and safety rules for wiring in High Point. It covers appliances, inspections, bonds, appeals, and penalties, with detailed sections on outlets, motors, underground wiring, clearances, and moving picture operator licensing.
Claresce De Mar, renowned marathon runner, married Margaret Liley a social worker in Melrose Massachusetts. Bride and groom pictured after the ceremony.
President Harry Woodburn Chase addressed UNC students urging education as the core mission of college life. He warned that heavy participation in extra curriculars should not overshadow studies and emphasized personal development through learning and active use of opportunities. He urged students to avoid a compartmentalized life and to seek a true college education.
The statement claims Japan lacked a written language until around 286 A.D. It suggests a historical transition from oral tradition to writing with early records emerging in the late third century.
Four special entertainment features are booked for Duke University this fall. Isadora Duncan dancers arrive October 17, followed by Smallman’s Capela choir on October 30. The Theatre Guild presents Marco Millions on November 27. Count Luckner will lecture January 10 to the student body.
A brief remark explains how German readers struggle with English sports and holiday words. It notes the tendency to import terms like week-end and dirt-track literally rather than translate them. The observation highlights language borrowing in media.
Public auction on Hilltop Street in High Point NC for a Guilford County Lot 31 on C T Willis Land map. The tract fronts Hilltop Street 50 feet and 150 feet deep and is described in Book 4 page 227 with various referenced records. Cash terms. Sale date October 14 1929 at 2:00 PM.
At Raleigh's 1929 state fair visitors will hear speakers and acts clearly from all grandstand sections thanks to a new loud speaker system. The setup can broadcast speeches over WPTF and includes a renovated grandstand with windproofing, a press box, and improved race view.
The U S Department of Agriculture identifies syanamid as a suitable nitrogen fertilizer, already used in Europe and potentially adaptable in America. It is made from coal coke limestone and nitrogen from the air during production.
London reports show electric signs draw about 109000 dollars worth of electricity each week. The city council notes escalating energy use tied to advertising displays and street illumination.
Public auction to be held in High Point on October 10 1929 at 11 o clock A M sale of two lots in the John Wade and J A Newton subdivision plus a Ford model AA truck all to satisfy a deed of trust dated March 8 1929 default on note. Purchaser to pay 10 percent cash at sale and property subject to unpaid taxes and street assessments. Trustee Owen Reese Roberson Haworth Reese Attorneys.
Public auction will sell the parcel at 12 noon on October 7 at the Greensboro courthouse door. The land lies in High Point, Guilford County, described as Lot No. 11 on the Thomas Carrick property map, with Cary Street Sunset Drive corners and a 50 to 60 foot depth.
Public auction to be held in front of High Point Municipal Building on October 1 1929 at 11 a m for real estate secured by a 1927 deed of trust from B P Pitts Viola Pitts R L Deal Ellen F E Deal to Owen Reese trustee The sale is subject to 1929 taxes and street assessments and requires a 10 percent deposit.
The notice states J C Havener and Lucy Havener defaulted on a deed of trust from August 6 1927 and R F Jones as Trustee will sell on October 10 1929 at 12 noon at the East door of the County Courthouse Greensboro NC for cash. The two and five tenth acre High Point Township parcel is described with boundaries touching Salong Gannaway Gurney Bundy Charlie Snider George Jenkins and others. The deed records are cited and taxes are due.
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