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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1940
Page
21
Once There Was A Princess Chosen For Senior Play
The senior class presents the three act comedy Once There Was A Princess in the high school auditorium on April 12 and 13. Star N L Garn er Jr and Denree Setzer lead a cast including Bill Simmons Irma Sheloff Ruth Koontz Mary Elizabeth Lindsay Stanly Freeman Ella Lou Taylor and others in a tale of a town awaiting its favorite daughter with mistaken identity and romantic twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
Ruth Koontz
Donree Setzer
Irma Sheloff
Carmelo Lambeth
Bessie Silman
Clarice George
Mary Jane Wilson
Mary Elizabeth Lindsay
Sadie Whitley
Ramona Redman
Howard Forrest
N. L. Garner, Jr
Stanley Freeman
Bill Simmons
Denree Setzer
Stanly Freeman
Signor Mironi
Old Princess
Ella Lou Taylor
Carmele Lambeth
Hazel Boyd
Mrs. Purrington
Janey Wilson
Mrs. Seaver
Joe Boyd
Senior play raises funds for school gift
The text notes Josephine, Clarice George, and Bessie Silman as two young girls Jeannie and Ada in a yearly senior play. The show is presented to raise funds for the class gift to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Clarice George
Bessie Silman
Jeannie
Ada
Series Of Liquor Raids Conducted
Police conducted a series of liquor raids starting Friday night and continuing through yesterday. Officers seized 17 pints of tax paid whiskey in a vacant lot off High Street and 43 pints at a woodshed on Ido Street belonging to W D Yakley. Three African American suspects Lois Christian Lola Mingo and Henry Harrison were arrested at 221 Reed Street after a raid found four and a half pints of white whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Main Street
W. D. Yakley
Ido Street
Reed Street
Lois Christian
Lola Mingo
Henry Harrison
Chest Trustees Meet On Friday
The Community Chest board of trustees will meet Friday April 12 at 8 p.m. at the Elwood Hotel. A half year activities report and a summary of the Southern Chest Conference in Atlanta will be presented. Thomas L. Carroll will show the movie Building a Better Charlotte highlighting Chest agency work in Charlotte. Local Chest agency boards are invited. Hospitals Day collections in London rose to 296000, up 150 percent from 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Elwood
Southern Chest
Atlanta
Charlotte
Thomas L. Carroll
The
Charlotte Chest
Chest
Dunlap To Face Superior Trial
Thomasville April 6 Hubert Dunlap a young Thomasville man was tried on a charge of assault with intent to kill Oscar Ridge after a theatre fight. Judge Gilliam bound him over to the May term of superior court with bonds set at 500 dollars. Also noted Sidney Canadore High Point was convicted of drunken driving with 30 day sentence and license revocation for 12 months. Clifford Smith High Point was found guilty of abandonment and non support with 12 month sentence suspended on good behavior and 17 50 monthly payments. bond set at 1000 for May term. Clyde Kendall Negro was ordered to pay half the court costs after disorderly conduct conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Hubert Dunlap
Oscar Ridge
W. Gilliam
Dunlap
Clifford Smith
High Point
Clyde Kendall
Inaugurate Clinic Series In City Today
Grace Sloan Overton, nationally known leader in marriage and Christian home work, will inaugurate a Clinic in Marriage and the Christian Home at Wesley Memorial Church this morning during the 11 o'clock service and speak on Who Is A Good Human Being. She will address a youth gathering afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Sloan Overton
Christian Home
Wesley Memorial Church
Speaker Mrs Overton to lead High Point church services
Mrs Overton brings experience as a college professor director of summer camps and author to High Point services. She has spoken nationally and was invited to the National Preaching Miss event. Her credentials and clear thinking offer strong guidance in human relations and church outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overton
Madeira Increases Exports Surging To United States Market
Madeira ships more goods including embroideries to the United States than to any other country while the Netherlands Indies faces scrutiny as profiteers are pressed to curb activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madeira
United Sta
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