Modern German Discussed At Meeting Of Canterbury Club
Mrs. Charles Perry led a Canterbury club program on modern Germany tracing its postwar leaders Ebert Hindenburg and Hitler. She described Hitler's rise from Austria with the Nazi movement and the 1933 dictatorship, noting Jewish suppression and its effects.
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Canterbury Club
Germany
Charles Perry
E. R. Lyon
George T. Wood
Boulevard
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Austria
Miss Greene Bride Elect Entertained At Bridge Party
Katherine Greene hosted a bridge party Thursday evening for her sister Ethel Greene, whose engagement to James Edgar Burton was announced. Three tables played with spring flowers in the living room, high score went to Mrs. S J Best Jr, consolation to Mrs. Cecil Burton, and gifts showered the honoree.
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Katherine Greene
Ethel
James Edgar Burton
J. Best, Jr
Cecil Burton
J. D. Greene
Marie Heath
Loss Yokely
Elizabeth Goodman
Jewel Williams
Lola
Jennie Burton
Meedames
S. J. Best, Jr
C. C. Goodman
Business Women’s Club To Fete Girl Reserves Tuesday
The High Point Business and Professional Women's Club will host a Vocational Guidance banquet Tuesday evening at six at Mrs. Oscar Smith’s home, 405 Howell Street. Guest speakers include Mrs. G. E. Crowell of Thomasville, district director of the North Carolina Employment Service, with a musical program by Iria Welch and Beulah Moton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Business and Professional Women’s Club
Oscar Smith
Howell Street
Smith
Kemp House
Mildred Wessinger
Virginia Calhoun
Nell Stallings
G. E. Crowell
Thomasville
North Carolina Employment Service
Iria Welch
Beulah Moton
Emerywood Country Club
Ladies Golf Association
Wayside Garden Club
R. A. Sheroff
Johnson Street
R. T. Amos
Virginia Gardens
James Armstrong
John C. Abels
G. W. Clark
Alberta
Business
G. EB. Crowell
N. C. Employment Service
Business and Professional Girls Club
W. O. T. Club Set to Meet at Alberta Apartment
The W. O. T. club will meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. G. W. Clark, Alberta apartment No 7. Mr. and Mrs. Cramer Agner announce the birth of their son Fred Douglas on March 29 in Lexington.
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W. O. T. Club
G. W. Clark
Alberta
Cramer Agner
Fred Douglas
Lexington
Mozart Club Meeting Elects Delegates and Presents Program
The Mozart Music club met at Mrs. Hyman's home on 4th Street for its regular monthly gathering. Virginia Snyder was chosen as delegate to the State Federation of Music Clubs in Hickory with Margaret Short as alternate. Mamie Malpass will also serve as representative. The program featured multiple piano and vocal solos by Betty Short, Louise Wright, Kathleen Malpass, Margaret Short, Mamie Malpass, Dot Magnin, Lourete Snyder, Virginia Snyder, and Gloria Foust. Refreshments followed and club photos were taken.
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Mozart Music Club
J. M. Baldwin
Betty Short
Louise Wright
Virginia Snyder
James H. Rogers
Kathleen Malpass
Morrison
Margaret Short
Clara Edwards
Mamie Malpass
Caudle Daughter Weds Wesley Griffith Jones in Danville
Miss Iris Caudle marries Wesley Griffith Jones in a Danville Virginia ceremony conducted by Rev Joseph Dunglinson. The bride, daughter of P M Caudle, wore powder blue with navy accessories and will reside in Greensboro with her new husband, who works at Carolina Bakery Company.
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P. M. Caudle
Iris Jone
Wesley Griffith Jones
Danville
Joesph Dunglinson
First Presbyterian Church
C. P. Hauser
J. EB. Hodges
Jones
Licenses Issued To Local Couples In Greensboro
Marriage licenses were issued by the register of deeds to two High Point couples. Allen Stafford Hicks, 28, and Daisy Bell Diggs, 23, received a license to wed. Ernest T. Jones, 24, and Dorothy Jean Walton, 19, also secured a license to wed.
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Greensboro
Register of Deeds
High Point
Allen Stafford Hicks
Lcense
Daisy Bell Diggs
Ernest T. Jones
Dorothy Jean Walton
Golf Association Will Meet Monday
The Emerywood Ladies Golf Association will hold its regular meeting Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Country Club. All members are urged to attend.
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Emerywood Ladies’ Golf Association
Miss Maurine Perryman to Wed Charlies Lee White Jr
Mrs. O. C. Perryman hosted a May engagement party for daughter Miss Maurine Perryman at her Winston-Salem home. Attendees enjoyed bridge. prizes included a crystal cigarette box and a double deck of cards. The announced wedding with Charlies Lee White Jr of Thomasville is set for May 8 1937 at 6 o clock in Home Moravian Church.
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O. C. Perryman
Maurine Perryman
West Street
Winston-Salem
Miss Mary Lee Lax Weds H. S. Crawford
Miss Mary Lee Lax and H. S. Crawford were married in a simple ceremony on Saturday March 27 1937. Rev Ruth officiated at Pilgrim Holiness Church witnesses were Mr and Mrs B A Lax and Mr and Mrs H O Smith. The bride is Mae Lax’s daughter. the groom son of L C Crawford of Utah and an employee of Peerless Veneer. They reside with the bride’s mother at 306 Ennis Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Lax
Herbert Sherrill Crawford
Co. L Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
B. A. Lax
H. O. Smith
Mae Lax
C. W. Lax
Mr. Cranford
L. C. Crawford
Utah
Peerless Veneer Company
Ennis Street
Batchelor Kersey unions Revealed in Simple Ceremony
Miss Lula Batchelor and George A. Kersey were married Sunday afternoon March 25 at Miss Batchelor's home with Rev. P B Upchurch officiating. The bride wore a spring gray suit with blue accessories and a corsage of Talisman roses and valley lilies. Mrs. Kersey is the daughter of Mrs. J R Batchelor of Nashville and Mr. Kersey is the son of Mrs. G A Kersey of this city. They will reside at 80a South Main Street.
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Lula Batchelor
George A. Kersey
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Activities
A busy week lists meetings and events across Emerywood and nearby areas. Ladies Golf and bridge gatherings at Emerywood Country Club, Wayside Garden Club guest speaker on Virginia Gardens, W O T club host, vocational guidance banquet with Mrs Crowell as speaker, and multiple study and nursing groups. Evening dances and Priscilla club meetups complete the week.
Daughters Of Confederacy Entertained In Thomasville
The Brierfield chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met at Mrs. John R. Myers home with Miss Sallie McCracken as president. Papers discussed included Christ In the Camp and The Religious Life of Jefferson Davis. Refreshments were served to members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Harris
J. A. Palmer
James E. Lambeth
Mesdames
G. W. Lyles
C. M. Hoover
Dr Lindley Speaks To Ada Blair PTA Meeting
The Ada Blair PTA held its regular monthly meeting in the school auditorium with Mrs. F. L. Hedrick presiding. Dr. P. B. Lindley was the guest speaker on Individual Responsibility, and Miss Carrie Lowes' second grade provided the devotional and sang. Carrie Lowes' group won the attendance banner.
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Ada Blair
Parent-Teacher Association
Mra
F. L. Hedrick
Carrie Lowes
P. BE. Lindley
Carrie Lowe
Party Given To Honor Miss Taylor In Wadesboro Event
Miss Ruth Taylor of Wadesboro along with Miss Jessie Smith was honored at a party hosted by Mrs. Martha Brown and John Smith on Friday evening. About 45 guests attended enjoyed games followed by dancing and refreshments. Chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Strickland and Mrs. J. B. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Taylor
Wadesboro
Jessie Smith
Martha Brown
John Smith
C. P. Strickland
J. B. Smith
Misses Long And Vaughn Entertain For 18th Birthday
Misses Fay Long and Evelyn Vaughn hosted a gathering at 108 Briggs Avenue for Clyde Vaughn’s 18th birthday. The evening featured games and dancing followed by refreshments for about 16 guests.
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Fay Long
Evelyn Vaughn
Briggs Avenue
Clyde Vaughn
Flagler Family Returns From Florida Trip
Mr and Mrs Fred J Flagler and Elizabeth Edith and Fred J Flagler Jr returned home after a several day trip visiting Miami the Everglades Naples Fort Myers and other Florida coast resorts
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Fred J. Flagler
Elizabeth
Edith
Fred J. Flagler, Jr
Florida
Miami
Everglades
Naples
Fort Myers
College Junior Senior Banquet At Sheraton
The Junior-Senior banquet at the Sheraton hotel honored High Point College juniors and seniors. Alson Gray presided as toastmaster with Paul Owens responding, and Miss Ann Ross toasted the senior mascot Joan Crowder. Dr. G I Humphreys spoke as president, Guilford College Orchestra provided music, and class officers led intermission activities.
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High Point College
Sheraton
Alson Gray
Paul Owens
Ann Ross
Joan Crowder
G. I. Humphreys
Howard Newkirk
Fordians
Guilford College
Clas
Inza_ Hill
Ohiber Lane
Vesta Troxler
Robert Rankin
Margie Ekins
Emory Bencini
Serelda Lackey
Wayne Harris
Paul Owen
Agnes Louise
Topsy Turvy Club Holds Friday Meeting
The Topsy Turvy club met with Miss Winnie Williams Friday evening for a short business session followed by games and dancing. Miss May Williams performed a tap number with Miss Winnie Williams at the piano, and refreshments were served. The next meeting is set for April 16 at the club house.
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Winnie Williams
May Williams
UNC Freshmen Dance in Tin Can at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina freshmen held their annual Tin Can dance in Chapel Hill on Friday night. Grady Mullins and his Southern Gentlemen provided the music, with dance committee members Gilly Nicholson Tarboro Billy Hines Kinston Bud Dillion Ithaca NY Julian Coghill Charleston WV Fitzhugh Wallace Jr Kinston Bob Gordon Brooklyn Willis Hackney Wilson listed among the organizers.
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Chapel Hill
University
Grady Mullins
Gilly Nicholson
Tarboro
Billy Hines
Kinston
Bud Dillion
Ithaca
N. Y
Julian Coghill
Charleston
W. Va
Fitzhugh Wallace, Jr
Bob Gordon
Brooklyn
Willis Hackney
Wilson
Ray Street PTA Executive Board Meets Tuesday
The Ray Street Parent Teacher Association executive board will meet Tuesday at 1 30 PM. Officers and committee chairmen should attend as the session will last about one hour.
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Ray Street Executive Board
Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association
First tape measure patent granted to Alvin Fellows in 1868
The first patent for a tape measure was issued to Alvin J. Fellows in 1868. The device featured a circular case and a spring clock mechanism to lock the tape at a chosen length.
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Alvin J. Fellows
Deep River Social Roundup Highlights Local Events
Friday Home Talent Night at River church drew a good crowd with prizes for top acts. Mrs. Wheeler hosted an all day quilting. Frances Williams and brother Edward left for Florida after a brief visit. Attendees from Deep River joined events in Eagle Hill and Winston-Salem. High Point visitors attended a Saturday party hosted by Pauline and Frances Thornton.
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River Church
Frances Williams
Edward
Florida
Eagle Hill
Davidson County
Winston-Salem
Pauline
Frances Thornton
High Point
W. J. Little
Deep River Church
Marjorie Hughes
Arthur Jones
Hickory Grove
Clarence Jordan
Bobby
T. J. Jones
Otis Thrift, Jr
Greensboro
First U.S. Corporate Tax Enacted in 1909
Congress approved the first corporate tax in America in 1909 targeting companies with more than 5000 dollars in earnings. The measure preceded the adoption of the income tax amendment.
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America
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Harry Brockmann
Hoke Bullard
W. F. Ellis
Everett Marsh
B. Craven Page
V. D. Ae
OP Voorhees
Roy J. Spearman
Owen Reese
Braxton Craven
J. B. Latham
Garden Club of North Carolina
Page
B. Forbus
Jacob Levin
Durham
Miss Greene
Business Women's Club
Mozart Club
Iris Caudle
W. G. Jones
Golf Association
Miss Perryman
C. L. White, Jr
H. S. Crawford
PEPT
B. S. Cummings
Hamilton Street
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Burrus Memorial Nurses Home
J. M.S. Salsbury
Roland Park
Pentagon Club
Sedgefield Manor
Les Brown
Priscilla Club
Fred Ingram
English Street
Roby Lester Pope
Mildred
Joseph Roy Proctor
Daughters of Confederacy
Parent-Teacher Association of
Main Street School
C. W. Gilliam
C. Wall
Sarah Elizabeth Vernon
Eunice Kneece
New
Kern Street School
Lillian Yow
Nell Parkin
T. J. Covington
Rempson
O. ©. Wall
Sim Pollock
Rebecca
Eleanor
Eleanoran
James B. Lamb
Ralph Lambeth
Duke University
J. EB. Lambeth
Robert Williams
Stuart Burton
Missionary S&societies
M. FB
Prospect M. EF
Dr. Lindley
Miss Taylor
Misses Long and
Vaughn
Dandruff
Parker
Beauty Shoppe
Security Bank
Loune Peane
Ann Watson
Topsy Turvy Club
UNC
News of
Deep River Section
W. F. Wheeler
Guilford Memorial Park
Lizzie Gooch
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