High Pointe Route Notes and Local News
Weather and crop notes report no frost to speak of with sweet potato vines still green along the creek. Local obituaries mention Mrs. John Hine of Mechanicsville, buried at Pleasant Grove, leaving a husband a daughter two step-daughters a step-son and other relatives. The piece also mentions a health update for Mrs. Beckerdite and a Sunday visit by the Clodfelter party to Winston. Roads from Wallburg to Winston are praised and a Sunday school rally at Friedland is announced with all invited. Charley Weavil buys a Ford from Willie Guyer who had recently bought it himself.
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High Pointe
Mary A. Clodfelter
D. E. Clodfelter
John Hine
Mechanicsville
Pleasant Grove
Beckerdite
Wilmer Clodfelter
Winston
Jacob Clodfelter
Wallburg
Friedland
Charley Weavil
Willie Guyer
Charley
Death of Thomas Hilton and Mild Wedding on Route 1
The route mourns Thomas Hilton died last Thursday at his sister Lorey Hedgecock's home after months of stomach ulcers. Burial was at Deep River church cemetery. At the Cook home last Tuesday Miss Berta Cook married Percy Payne in a simple ceremony officiated by Rev. A G Dixon. The couple then left for a wedding journey to Washington and other cities. Miss Cook is a popular local schoolteacher.
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High Point
Allie Guyer
Thomas Hilton
Lorey Hedgecock
Deep River Church
J. R. Cook
Berta Cook
Percy Payne
A. G. Dixon
Payne
Mechanicsville families and students move between towns
In Mechanicsville the coming term brings changes as Misses Minta and Iona Phillips Ida Guyer and Muriel Cook enter Jamestown High School. Various local residents travel or visit relatives in Newport News High Point Toccoa Columbia Wallburg and Route 2 with multiple short visits and transfers noted among families.
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Mechanicsville School
Minta
Iona Phillips
Ida Guyer
Muriel Cook
Jamestown High School
Emma Kirk
Frankl
Toccoa, Ga
C. M. Nichols
News from Old Trinity local notes and events
Mrs Westfall of Indianapolis visits Will Leach family on North Main Street. Mrs Hagan of Thomasville travels for a Philadelphia clothing house. Will Ellis leaves for duty as a soldier after a few days in town. Capt Parkin to Char aa hospital for treatment. Mrs Fred Ingram visits Trinity. Mr and Mrs Bruce Craven motor to Greensboro. Miss Kate Craven in Trinity briefly. W N Elder travels to Hopewell to bid farewell to son heading for France. Mrs Tindale visits daughter Mrs June Johnson. School opens with full teaching staff. Henry Wall, son of John Wall, dies after a year bedridden. burial in Trinity cemetery. Ice cream supper on College campus. Supt Marr says compulsory school law requires children 8–14 attend school at least six months yearly.
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Westfall
Indianapolis
Ind
Will Leach
North Main Street
Mary Hagan
Thomasville
Trinity
Hagan
Philadelphia
Will Ellis
Capt. Parkin
Charaa Hospital
Fred Ingram
Bruce Craven
Greensboro
Kate Craven
W. N. Elder
Hopewell
France
Tindale
June Johnson
Henry Wall
John Wall
Trinity Cemetery
C Lege
Boy Tommy Helps On Farm Ends In Uncertain Discoveries
Tommy visits a farm and grows fond of the simple work. He milks the cow and feeds pigs each day while helping with shelling corn. An unexpected moment at the corncrib leads to a troubling realization as he explores the yellow ears.
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Tommy
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Arctic Leek
Rabinowitz
Solomon Robinowitz
East Washington St
High Point, N. C
Home Banking Company
Mutual Building & Loan Association
M. C. Crowson
Sec
Treas
W. N. Guyer
Newport News
W. P. Davis
Arthur Jones
Garfield Guyer
Columbia
S. C
Omar Harvel
E. C. Henderson
Allie
Leona Guyer
Rosa May
Myrtle Ingram
Charles Weavil
OLD Trinity
Supt. Marr
J. L. Parrish
Justice of the Peace
Justice of Peace
Richardson
South Main St
DOT Farm
The
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Comemencing
Venetia Smith
SORA
Universal Car
Ford
Fo.b. Detroit
Wilson Motor CO
United States
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
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