High Point Ball Team Poised for Strong 1921 Season
The High Point ball club under Manager Bill Pierre shows potential to top the Piedmont league. After spring training at Welchfield and a south trip against Augusta and Spartanburg, Pierre aims to tighten the lineup. Key pitchers include Eldridge and Henderson with Sessions catching, Red Holt at first, Waldron and Hodgin vying for second, and Farrall versus Walters for third.
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High Point
Bill Pierre
Welchfield
Pierre
Augusta
Spartanburg
Rube” Eldridge
Duke of
Spero
Henderson
Woodgie
Olan
N.Y
Miller
McBride
Doc” High
Sessions
Red” Holt
Red
Bill Waldron
Keystone
Hodgin
Jamestown
Mana Pierre
Farrall
Walters
Baltimore
Jack Dunn
Pierre's Outfield Takes Shape as Tryouts Begin
Mike Roman drills at short and adds comic flair as Dur's men audition infield and outfield roles. Brown is favored for centerfield while Trexler, a top hitter last year, remains a strong outfield contender alongside Troutman Moore and Brown from Augusta.
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Mike” Roman
Dur
Roman
Yender
Manny
Pierre
Troutman
Newberry
Moore
Greensboro
Brown
Augusta
High Point
Trexler
Death of Nannie Kilby Noted High Point Resident
Nannie Kilby wife of John Kilby a prominent High Point Black businesswoman died Monday at 5 am at her East Washington street home. A longtime resident she and her husband built wealth and owned the Kilby building an establishment serving Black patrons on Washington street.
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Name Kilby
John Kilby
High Point
East Washington Street
Kilby
Washington Street
Bodies of Buddies Are Brought Home
Five World War I soldiers were returned to High Point on Saturday on train No. 37 from France. The fallen servicemen were Corporal James E. Pegram Sergeant Gilbert B. White Reubin E. Davis Bert Whitehart and Sergeant Omas J. McDowell. Albert Grover Jenkins preceded as military escort. Funeral services were held in High Point Trinity and Ashboro and Marlboro churches and courthouses.
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High Point
France
Uapon
James E. Pegram
W. H. Pegram
501
East Green Street
Gilbert B. White
D. C. White
Trinity
Reubin E. Davis
Alice Davis
Bert Whitehart
Omas J. McDowell
Ashboro
Albert Grover Jenkins
Meade
Pegram
Piteen
WW. Lambeth
Wesley Memorial Church
White
J. E. Woosley
Reubin Davis
Marlboro
Mr. Davis
Belgium
McDowell
Peers Pany K
Funeral for Reubin E. Davis Held in Marlboro
Funeral services for Reubin E. Davis who fell in Belgium on August 31 1918 were held at the Marlboro church Sunday at 3 PM with Rev. T H Williams officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Davis was the son of Mrs. Alice Davis of High Point R F D No 3 and was well known in the area.
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Reubin E. Davis
Belgium
Marlboro
T. H. Williams
Young Davis
Alice Davis
High Point
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Richard Bonelli
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Eee
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Franchini
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al Bernard
Carl Fenton
Strut, Miss Lizzie
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Mecca
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Ernest Hare
Mammy
Sunny Honey
Irene Audrey
Ash Love
Scandinavia
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Italy
Kitten
Zez Confrey
Stamey
Bargain House
North Main and
English Streets
N. Main and
English St
Nannie Kilby
Ruth Smitherson
Winston- Salem
Rachel Wall
Lindsay Street
Madeline Hughes
Lynchburg Va
Virginia Ryan
English Street
James A. Clarke
First Baptist Church
Randleman
Ramseur
Lavalliers
Stamey’s
U. S
Lawless
North Main St
Danville
Allred
Ed Allred
W. G. Brown
Nora Allred
Guilfora
Louise Withers
Charlotte
L. B. Williams
State of
North Carolina
Guilford County
T. C. Barker
L. E. York
M. W. Gant
Superior Court
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A. D
N. C
Hamilton and Elgin Watches
Thomas Pinkney Bowman
Asheboro
Bowman
John Farlowe
Review ‘Office
A. J. Winslow
Efird’s
Brunswick Phonographs and
Main St
el Edisto
Clegg. Cigar Co
Greensboro, N. C
High Point Perpetual Building
Building and Loan Association
Cc. M. Hauser
Dred Peacock V
A. J. Idol Sec. and
Treas
Emercial National Bank
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