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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1926

Page

12

Fire Chief Horney Wins $25 Raise For City Fire Dept

City council last night approved a $25 monthly raise for Fire Chief A B Horney raising his pay to 200 dollars. Other firefighters receive $10 raises bringing them to 120 dollars monthly. Council also approved two suits per member annually replacing one. Horney had urged stepped wage scale with initial 90 dollars, then 100, 110, and 135 by later years but the final adopted figure capped at 125 for the last period.

Fire Department A. B. Horney Horney Department Joe Worth Chief Horney

Funeral Services for Mrs Mary Jane Kennedy

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Jane Kennedy who died yesterday at her residence in Davidson County will be held tomorrow at 10 oclock at Pleasant Grove Methodist Protestant church. Rev G L Reynolds officiated. Burial was in the church family plot beside her husband. Flowerbearers were Kennedy women and pallbearers Kennedy men.

Mary Jane Kennedy Davidson County Pleasant Grove Mary Kennedy Fay Kennedy Ruth Kennedy Ed Kennedy Tom Kennedy Will Kennedy Walker Kennedy Vernie Avery Kennedy

Comedy Marks Semi Monthly City Council Meet

The city council meeting stretched to the early hours as jokes from C. C. Muse and others livened proceedings. Mayor Moffitt cited time constraints and postponed the proposed lowering of the Southern tracks, saying it would be addressed soon.

Council Moffitt C. C. Muse Muse Dalton Mr. Muse Mr. Dalton Keith

High Point Forms American Business Club Chapter

The initial session of the American Business Club in High Point was held at the Sheraton hotel with about 25 charter members. W. E. Fitch and J. Maxwell Poice led the meeting, and plans for the club’s national ties and local activities were outlined including a weekly luncheon and a Florida relief fund.

American Business Club High Point Sheraton Hotel W. E. Fitch J. Maxwell Poice Fitch Civic Club High Point American Business Club Florida the Sheraton

State Board of Y M C A Meets Here Wednesday

North Carolina Youth leaders gather at the Sheraton to discuss key issues for the state youth with the Physical Education committee and the state Y M C A board to follow. The meeting will cover a permanent state camp for older high school boys and a central meeting place for the fall conference.

North Carolina Physical Education Committee Sheraton Hotel State Board of North Carolina Young Men’s Christian Associations W. B. Weaver Kay Patterson Tee A. C. Roberts Arthur Spaugh Carl W. Link A. S. Arnold Harry W. Long State Association of the F. C. Abbott Charlotte S. Parks Alexander Durham G. G. Allen Kannapolis R. C. Ainspaugh Raleigh Dr. E. C. Brooks W. E. Blair Greensboro J. M. Broughton W. A. Bullock Rocky Mount S. P. Burton Asheville Harry F. Comer Co. A. Cannon Concord W. N. Everett Rockingham William Garson J. P. Gibbons Hamlet P. S. Gilchrist Wilson N. W. Stockton Winston-Salem J. J. Stone Fred N. Tate High Point C. H. Turner Statesville C. van Leuven Wilmington Gilbert C. White J. A. Vache New Bern Heriot Clarkson C. H. Hobbs W. J. Martin Davidson

List of Casualties Continued From Page One

The report lists numerous injured individuals by name and by specific injuries across Hialeah Lemon City Cocoanut Grove Miami Beach and nearby areas. Among those affected are John H Bradford Fannie Bauer Marion Anderson Herbert Clark Clyatt Taylor Mrs Cobleigh Bert Cobleigh Jack Conners and many others with broken bones sprains internal injuries and shock.

Fannie Bauer Albert Brown Marion Anderson Lemon City Herbert Clark Clyatt Taylor Mrs. Cobleigh Cocoanut Grove Bert Cobleigh John Coleman W. N. Collins Miami Beach Ray Clint Margaret Conner Hialeah Jack Conners W. Cox Child H. W. Crawford Raymond Crulman Floyd Delaney Jack Dolan Phyllis Dolan Hi. L. Dozier Helen Ely John Enright Mary Josephine Svick A. L. Fountain Paul Garrison E. C. Gentry Miss Gill K. H. Gillespie Glaes J. M. Goodson Mary Goodson Frances Greek S. David Godman Iva Gerber Ari Agnes Johnson Frank C. Jones Charles Kiroy I. ©. Kirkland John V. Kloeber Silver Bluff W. L. Larson Russell Laviolette Florence Lawrence Edith Lowell Don Lawrence A. M. Murray Fatfael Mays Martin D. Marrs James J. Martin Henry Mason Richman Frank Miller William Miller Arthur Mooney W. G G. Moore Dania

Four Miles of Base Work Complete on Greensboro Road

Hagedorn Construction reports about four miles of concrete base on the High Point Greensboro highway and Atlantic Paving laid three quarters of a mile of asphalt. J W Mills says the model roadway could reach Bowmans store by early October with a new detour to Gate City opening to traffic. Deep River bridge work advances with a 130 foot span and culvert completion except Buffalo creek.

Hagedorn Construction Company High Point-Greensboro Atlantic Paving Company J. W. Mills Bowman's Greensboro Bowman’s Lewis and Sons Buffalo Creek Deep River

Infant of E. C. Leonard Buried This Afternoon

Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs E C Leonard died at 2107 English Street shortly after 3 this morning. After a brief home service the remains were taken to Oakwood Cemetery and buried at 2 this afternoon.

E. CC. Leonard English Street Oakwood Cemetery

City will pay hospital funds for charity beds

Dr. J. T. Burrus of High Point hospital urged the city council to pay 9 daily for charity work. Council had earlier approved 3 daily for beds at High Point and Guilford General hospitals by charity patients, with a monthly cap, and Burrus asked for a fixed monthly amount for predictability.

J. T. Burrus High Point Hospital Guilford General Hospital Burrus

Navy experiments in radio vision toward new naval communications

Washington Sept 22 AP substitution of visual forms for telegraphic dots and dashes is the navy's aim in experiments. C Francis Jenkins of Washington developed the weather map transmission method already used over long distances. The system would reduce garbling and restrict reception to ships with proper receivers. A negative of the map is made and light through the map is detected to convert light and dark areas into electric signals.

Washington Navy Department C. Francis Jenkins

Rachel Resident Cynthia Thornburg Dies After Illness

Miss Cynthia Thornburg 45 of Rachel North Carolina died in a local hospital last night after two weeks of illness. She was born in Randolph County to J T and Eliza Thornburg and is survived by seven brothers. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 3 PM at Union Methodist Episcopal Church near Farmers with burial in the church cemetery.

Cynthia Thornburg Rachel N. C Miss Thornburg Randolph County J. T Eliza Hardister Thornburg Thomas H. Thornpure Frike Wi. Thornburg N. R. Thornburg Arthur Thornburg Lanesburg Mich M. Y. Thornburg Bombay G. L. Thornburg Candor O. D. Thornburg Union Methodist Episcopal Church Farmers, N. C Church

Prayer Meetings Continue This Week Across Town

Cottage prayer meeting will be held at the residence of Sam Hedrick on the Thimarville highway Saturday night officials of the Hag gard Evangelistic club announced. The Hag gard club regular meeting is Sunday at 2 PM at 411 Lake street and another prayer gathering is planned Friday night at 603 Mallory street at 7 30.

Sam Hedrick Thimarville Haggard Evangelistic Club Haggard Club Lake Street Mallory Street

Wanted Clean White Rags

The High Point Enterprise advertises payment of five cents per pound for clean white rags.

High Point Enterprise

Maya's a Remedy for Digestive Ailments in 1900s Ad

Testimonial letter praises Maya's as a simple harmless preparation that relieves gases and colic by removing tarrrhal mucus and reducing inflammation. Claims cure after three years with no symptoms and offers money back. Advertises Hart Drug and other druggists.

Philadelphia Maya Hart Drug Company

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Ui Fulk Vuutiuir Kennedy Plesant Grove Fant C. A. Ring & Sons Druggists English St Rose Furniture Co Young Men's Elvi Organization State Board OF Y. M.C. A John H. Bradford J. P. Gufford Lillie Herring Sinleah Aaron Homer Joseph Hopper William Howardston Tom Hagood T. C. Harless Thelma Harris Effie Hayes Floyd Halebaker Henry McKennnel C. H. McLaughlin Alvin L. McNally Elizabeth Olson Albert Pufford William Parnell John Peters Anthony Valombo RK. J. Pattee Hi. BE. Payne Freeman Niley Genevieve Roquemore Charles Reese Hialeah Ethel Roehill Louis Roach Bezra Schine Ezra Tessie Schurn Musskhitemorce Mre Frank Julia Stearns Lila Mae Stevens Mamie Lou Tellell Shirley Thorn H. F. Thomas K. Thorsteinson Carroll Tong Lucy Nell Warrick E. C. Leonard BUICK Fisher Duco GEO. W. Lowe, Inc. Cor. Commerce and Willowbrook Streets NAVY Ole Cpa Starr Motor Co Hamilton Street Ord The High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association Commercial National Bank Co H. Ellis V. A. J. Idol, Vice Pres. and Treas Atlantic Bank & Trust Co G. B C. E. Miller Carolina Mortgage Co Commercial Bank RED Bell Shoe Store North Main Street
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