Poetry and notices from a 1920s local paper
A collage of verse lines by Louis Golding and Doris Gold plus multiple society items. Doris Gold, daughter of Mrs J O Gold, is improved after tonsillitis. Mrs O C Durland hosts bridge. Miss Elizabeth Snow Welborn hosts guests 6 to 9. Mrs BP MR Taylor hosts Cornelian club. Emmanuel Lutheran Women meet at Mrs C E Harbison 217 Kennedy. Trinity juniors stage The Bashful Mr Bob 8 pm. D A R Alexander Martin chapter meets. Mrs J J Parriss presides. Mrs Henry Kearns named delegate to Washington. North Carolina flag proposal and essay contest noted.
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Womah's
Missionary
Alexander Martin
D. A.R
J. J. Parriss
Roland Park
Henry Kearns
Washington
Mary Mungan
North Carolina
Girl Reserves prize speaking entrants named for April 27
Senior club of Girl Reserves completes entrants for the prize speaking contest at the high school auditorium. Contestants include Helen Klemme Annie Lee Jarrell Dennis MecAddams Aline Jones Nell Clinard Aline Kaneer Ruth Clinard Rada Coston Glennie Anderson and Mary Muse. The program will feature recitations music and readings with a $5 prize. A separate Big event titled Twelve Old Maids will be shown at the high school Friday April 18 by the Freshman Club of Live Wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ender
Helen Klemme
Annie Lee Jarrell
Dennis MecAddams
Aline Jones
Nell Clinard
Aline Kaneer
Ruth Clinard
Rada Coston
Glennie Anderson
Mary Muse
Grimes Street Corps of Girl Reserves
The
Hat
Local residents leave on trips and visits across state lines
Mrs J G Scruggs and Frances Durham Scruggs return home after visiting Winston Salem friends and relatives. Mrs S N Davis returns after weeks with her sister in Savannah Georgia. Mrs W S Ellis returns to Salisbury from Noland Park. Mrs George W Dick of Sumter leaves for Rock Hill South Carolina with Caroline Dick and Alice Caldwell. Henri Turner leaves for Wilmington to visit friends. Mrs Dowd and Charles Earner attend the Confederate reunion in New Orleans. Mrs Giffan Turner of Baltimore visits Mrs Woo Tabb in Salisbury. Mrs Carter Dalton and Mrs P J Gold visit Greensboro. Mrs Stephen Clark and others visit Greensboro and Winston Salem. Mrs Henry Kearns hosts Inez at home. Miss Lizzie HeR visits Kernersville. Mrs J R Stuart of Kernersville visits her daughter and others in Greensboro. Mrs B B Lyon of New York spends days in the city. Miss Hattie Millner of Raleigh visits activists in Knightsville at the Elwood apartment.
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J. G. Scruggs
Frances ‘Durham Scruggs
City
Winston-Salem
George Ww. Dick
Sumter
Caldwell
Tor Tock Hill
S.C
Caroline Dick
City Schools
Alica MacRae Caldwell
Wednesday club meetings with Mrs Sears and others
Wednesday schedule lists the Literature Music Department meeting at 3 30 pm at Mrs H B Sears residence Johnson street and the Fortnightly Bridge Club hosted by Mrs Chase Idol at Hamilton street at 3 pm. Thursday events include Archdale Woman's club at 2 30 pm with Mrs Merley English and Mrs D M Pollock hosting Over-the-Teacups at 8 o'clock. Friday notes the Cornelian club meeting with hostess to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
H. BP. Sears
Johnson Street
Bridge Club
Chase Idol
Heme
Hamilton Street
Archdale Woman's Club
Merley English
D. M. Pollock
Ordinary pianos and radio aerials compared in wire count
A historical note explains that ordinary pianos contain about a night of wire, which could be repurposed to make around 17 radio aerials. This quirky comparison highlights the copper content and practical reuse of piano wire for communications devices.
High Point Anti Shingle Ordinance Text Extract
City of High Point North Carolina enacts an ordinance regulating roof coverings for buildings. Section 1 requires red coverings of specified durable materials unless exempted by Section 11. Section 11 allows various buildings to use alternative fire resistant coverings approved by Underwriters Laboratories with conditions for dwellings frame buildings and small nonresidential structures.
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High Point
North Carolina
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
Chicago
Roof Replacement Provisions in City Ordinance 1928
The ordinance requires dormer and roof coverings to meet fire resistance standards. If a combustible roof is damaged beyond twenty percent, or repair work exceeds 140 percent in a year, the roof must be entirely replaced with approved materials. The building inspector may condemn heavily deteriorated roofs. All combustible roofs must be replaced within twelve years by May 1, 1935. Penalty set at fifty dollars per offense.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis Golding
Doris
Doris Gold
J. 0. Gold
Masonic Hall
Miss Welborn
Elizabeth Snow Welborn
Parkway
Cornelian Club
Mrs. Taylor
Bashtiul
Bob
Trinity High School
Lula Caffey
Anda
Capes
Coats
Moffitt’s
G. W. Sadler Ars
W. S., Ellis
Noland Park
Salisbury
Henri Turner
Wilmington
Mas. Dowd
Charles "Earner Bere
New Orleans
Giffan Turner
Baltimore
Woo. Tabb
Carter Dalton
Pt. J. Gold
Greengboro
Stephen Clark
O. A. Pollock
W. Kr. Prise
Robert ‘Shelott
P. J. Sinclith
Marion
R. 7K. Strickland
Mrs
John Best
Coldsboro
Callie Burton
Pierce
Deb Pierce
Lizzie
J. R. Stuart
Kernersville
Mack Hiatt
Basil Hedgecock
Greensboro
B. BR. Lyon
New
Sheelwood
York
C. BR. Patrin
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte
Hattie Millner
W. ‘Atler
Kidsville
Jrer H. Plummer
Elwod
Klub Kalendar
Sloan
R. L. Kckett
QuickLand
Blome
Officers Fountains
RishMie
First Baptist Church
Young Guilford
Turkey
First Baptist
Jacobs
Erererer
Beavans
the Ladies’ Store
Gage
Peggy Page
Wagger’s Ladies Shop
New Spring
Oxfords
Milady
Red Bell Shoe Store
N. Main Street
R.A. Wilson, Mer
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