Local operators to take over High Point Sheraton Hotel
The Sheraton hotel will transfer from the Foot and Robinson chain to the Sheraton flag company led by R. T. Amos tomorrow. Ralph Erskine will continue as manager. The new company, chartered in Raleigh with $100,000 authorized capital and $300 paid in, aims to make the hotel a High Point institution and a credit to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheraton Hotel
Foot and Robinson
Sheraton Flag Company
R. T. Amos
John S. Pickett
High Point Hotel Company
Ralph Erskine
Raleigh
Amos
Col
Wescott Roberson
Mr. Pickett
Sheraton
Foot and Robinson Company
Pickett
Change in Airplane Transport Service Of Interest To City
High Point citizens support the newly improved Eastern Air Transport line linking New York Greensboro and Atlanta as facilities double. The company plans 18 passenger Curtiss Condors to replace the five ships, alternating with the old craft. The revised schedule has the new ships leaving Atlanta Monday Wednesday and Friday for the north, with older vessels on the other days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Eastern Air Transport Line
New York
Greensboro
Atlanta
North
City bids opened for new sewage pump station
City council opened bids in special session for erecting a new sewage pump station near East Lexington Avenue to replace an overtaxed facility serving Mechanicsville. All bids were tabled awaiting City Manager Knox's return from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Perry
Lexington Avenue
E. M. Knox
New York
Glammorgan Pipe and Foundry Company
Lynchburg
McClelland Company
Charlotte
Lynchburg Foundry Company
R. D. Wood and Co
Philadelphia
Moser and Burgess Building Co
Greensboro
Wm. C. Olsen
Raleigh
Mechanicsville
Salvation Army appeals for aid to aid homeless winter relief
The Salvation Army post under adjutant John O Beirne asks locals for buck wood buck saws and clothing for the lodge and wood yard serving the unemployed and homeless. They seek a cot blankets quilts winter clothing and shoes to support relief efforts this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
John O’ Beirne
High Point
O’beirne
Police drain 100000 tank after diamond stolen in Mexico Missouri
Mexico Missouri police drain a 100000 water tank to recover a diamond thrown into the tank after a theft. The effort path involved officers from the local force and the investigation remains active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Missouri
City Sees Coldest Night Of The Season
High Point recorded its coldest night of the season as temperatures dropped to 48 degrees, two below Monday and six below Sunday. Furnaces burned throughout the city and chimneys smoked for much of the day, while the morning sun rose over a chill atmosphere. The previous day’s high reached 74 degrees, two above the day prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Mothers sues for 30000 over electric death of boy
Anna Kearns, mother of Robert Kearns, seeks 30000 damages from Duke Power and Southern Public Utilities in municipal court alleging a high voltage line less than 20 feet above wet ground caused her son’s electrocution. She claims lack of proper grounding equipment contributed to the death. Also filed: 10000 claim for James H. Ingram’s death on Old River road. 225 judgment demand against J L and Viola Lowe on a note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
Anna Kearns
Robert Kearns
Power Company
James H. Ingram
Old River Road
Randolph County
Amos Ingram
W. W. Carpenter
J. L. Lowe
Viola Lowe
Thomas Mills, Inc
High Point Dentist Leads Guilford County Society Meeting Report
Dentists from High Point Thomasville Reidsville Burlington Asheboro Durham and Greensboro attended Guilford County Dental Society supper at the King Cotton hotel Greensboro. W R McKaughan of High Point presented a case report with others including Dr O L Presnall Dr J R Meador and Dr Alec R Stanford. A large turnout and high quality program noted. Dr L H Edwards recently moved to Greensboro was elected to membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
Reidsville
Burlington
Asheboro
Durham
Greensboro
Guilford County Dental Society
King Cotton Hotel
R. W. R. McKaughan
O. L. Presnall
J. R. Meador
Alec R. Stanford
S. W. Shaffer
R. L. Underwood
L. H. Edwards
One and Half Percent Tax Discount To Take Effect Tomorrow
Tax Collector T. R. Short said today is the last day the two percent early settlement discount remains available. Beginning tomorrow, the final day of October, the discount drops to one and a half percent. He added that money for the accounts has been coming in regularly, with over $50,000 already collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Short
Mr. Short
Prohibition Cases Dominate Municipal Court Docket
In municipal court a light trial list proceeded with several pleas. Sam Lee denied a prohibition charge while Ben Clay Gannaway remained not prosecuted. Elmer Draughn pleaded not guilty, Tom Draughn took nol pros and was found guilty. Jewel Millikan Herman Leazer and J. R. Coletrane pleaded not guilty to prostitution. Ruby Welborn faced no pros on the same charge. Mrs H G Hogan was sought for appearance. Billie Owens and Jacqueline Owens were judged guilty in a joint case for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, 30 days jail. Mrs R M Williard withdrew a warrant against her husband in a peace bond, settling without sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Lee
Seal
Elmer Draughn
Tom Draughn
Jewel
Teague
R. M. Williard
Williard
Council Has Initial Meeting Of P T A In Brentwood
The High Point Parent Teacher council held the first of its five yearly meetings yesterday afternoon at 3 45 at Brentwood school. Mrs G 8 Coe presided and urged attendance at the district meeting at Guilford College on October 6. Mrs W W Martin of Greensboro announced an outreach visit schedule starting October 12 with meetings at Brentwood Johnson Street Ada Blair Cloverdale Emma Blair and Oak Hill. The council set Brentwood as regular headquarters and Mrs R L Brinson urged city associations to attain standard or superior status, noting Ray Street as the only superior group.
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High Point
Parent-Teacher Council
Brentwoodschool
G. 8. Coe
Guilford College
W. W. Martin
Northwestern Extension Field
Greensboro
Brentwood School
Johnson Street
Johnson, Ray
Elm Street
Ada Blair
Cloverdale
Emma Blair
Oak Hill
R.L. Brinson
Ray Street School
Ray Street Association
Fruit hybrid found in Ecuador by Philadelphia science group
Four scientists from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences report discovering a fruit in Ecuador with traits of an orange peach lime and tomato. The find prompts interest in flavor potential and classification within fruit species.
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Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Ecuador
City Winter Open Golf Course And Playgrounds
W F Bailey city parks superintendent announces the municipal Blair Park course will stay open all fall and winter with extra sod and re turfing planned. A winter grass mix of Kentucky bluegrass white Dutch clover Red Top and domestic rye will keep greens green in bad weather. Waterlogging past rains will be prevented by the new foundation. Since opening on July 4 crowd size rose with 8400 players by Aug 31 and receipts reached 1200 in two months. Eight playgrounds will stay open 3 to 5 pm daily except Saturdays with winter sports replacing summer baseball and tennis. Six white and two colored playgrounds exist with Emma Blair Grimes Oak Hill Ray Johnson Brentwood Fairview and Leonard streets. Supervisors are Mrs M S Hall Mrs Lewis Teague Mamie Roberson Vivian Ward Harvey Curlee Al Hastings and Carl Smith.
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W. FP. Bailey
City Parks and
Plaagrounds
Blair Park
Bailey
Emma Blair
Grimes Street
Oak Hill
Ray Street
Johnson Street
Brentwood
Fairview
Leonard Street
M. S. Hall
Lewis Teague
Mamie Roberson
Vivian Ward
Harvey Curlee
al Hastings
Carl Smith
Miss Willie Welch to direct Alabama libraries
Miss Willie Welch resigns after two years as librarian of the High Point Public Library to become state supervisor of public school libraries in Alabama. Mrs Nancy Kirkman Poston of New York Public Library will succeed her as of November 1, with Welch’s resignation effective November 15 if successor is ready earlier.
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Willie Welch
High Point Public Library
Alabama
Carter Dalton
Library Board
Nancy Kirkman Poston
New York Public Library
Miss Welch
General Education Board of New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Alabama State Department of Education
A. F. Harman
Dalton
Poston
P. V. Kirkman
Duke University
University of Virginia
Columbia University
New York
Aubrey B. Poston
High Point
Atlanta
Albemarle
Democrats Have Business Meeting at Elwood Hotel
The High Point Democratic Executive Committee held a strict business session last night at the Elwood hotel with no notable developments. An English note records an aluminum ladder weighing four ounces supporting a quarter-ton weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Democratic Executive Committee
Elwood Hotel
England
Youth Injured in Collision at Kearns and Park Streets
Howard Voncannon, a Lambeth Grocery driver, suffered a broken ear bone and bruises when his Ford delivery truck collided with a T model Ford driven by J C Cheek of Burlington at a Kearns Street Park Street intersection around 10 am. Both vehicles rolled over. Voncannon was taken to High Point Hospital and charges of reckless driving were filed against both drivers. New Birmingham building costs for the year ending August 31 totaled 2,470,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Voncannon
Lambeth Grocery Company
J. C. Cheek
Burlington
Kearns and
Park Streets
Cheek
Voncannon
High Point Hospital
Kearns Street
Kearns
Parketret
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Ames Inser
Hunter Coal Company
Ward St
Hutchen’s Bakery
East Washington
Dids
Knox
Salvation Army Post
Heatrola
Clinard Electric CO
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
P. U. Co
Guilford Co
Martin
City
Teadhers
Nancy Kirkman
Cardus
Beca
Cardut
Raat
Wilson Motor Company
GEO. G. Scott & CO. Certified Public Accountants
N. C
H. Bass
MAR’ FU
RUG W. Co. Flury
Ne’s Inc. Res Wall Paperers
M. Barker
O’connor
Hamilton Florist
West Broao
Democrats
Birmingham
Ala
United States Depository For Postal Savings Funds
Amme
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
The
Commercial National Bank Vo. A
J. Idol
Vice-Pres. & Treas. Co
BH. Elias
Fact No
Winston-Salem
High Point, Thomasville
Denton Railroad
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