Social items and club gatherings in Archdale area
Mr. Pless returns home from High Point hospital to Archdale. Ladies Aid at Main Street Methodist church to meet at 3 PM Monday at Mrs. J O Connor’s home. Missionary Circle 2 of First Baptist to meet 3 PM Monday at Mrs S L Davis’s South Main street home. Little Lilian Smith ill at East Green street home. Character Builders class of South Main Street Methodist entertained by Miss Pauline Hicks with games, ice, and music. W C T U meeting Tuesday at 3:30 PM with Mrs J E Kirkman. state president expected to address. Priscilla Club meets at Mrs R H Waller’s. sewing and tea. Philomathean club hosts at Sheraton. study of southern literature and McNeill life. tea served. Gamma Zeta club hosted by Mrs Randall Mann with spring flowers and mints. many guests listed. Master Oscar Stewart celebrates tenth birthday with lawn games. ice cream and cake served. Mrs C T Ingram of Atlanta honored with elaborate bridge by Mrs Phil Warner and Mrs J A Hart. prizes awarded to Ruth Cox and Adolph Getz. Mrs Yow presented recipe calendar. light refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Street Methodist Church
Pauline Hicks
W. Russell Street
Philomathean Club
Ss. H. Tomlinson
Sheraton
John Charles McNeil
O. P. Moffitt
the Sheraton
Mann
Gamma Zetas
Gamma Zeta Club
Randall Mann
Fred Tate
Mesdames St. T. Amos
Bruce Carraway
Carter Dalton
Forrest Murray
H. S. Coffield
C. C. Prince
Lawrence Mullon
Kathleen Petty Baxter
T. D. Gilliam
K. C. Denny
John Peacock
Bert Kirkman
G. C. Durland
A. D. Brockett
Miss Kitty Mann
Oscar Stewart
Helen Snider
Robert Smith
Fred Walther
William Bennett
Mabal Helen
Mary Deen Caldwell
Elva Grissom
C. ST. Ingram
Atlanta
Phil Warner
J. A. Hart
Ruth Cox
Asheboro
Adolph Getz
David Yow
Warner
Ifart
Thomasville society attends missionary conference in High Point
Thomasville notes report a group including Mrs J W Boyles Mrs J H Morton and others traveling to High Point for a Methodist Protestant church missionary conference. Various locals visit, return home, or travel, including nursing trainee Evelyn Peacock returning home and opera plans for F S Lambeth family. Wolves terrorize Simbirsk region with 650 packs devouring over 20 humans. Soviet forces deploy machine guns on sleds. Police link a Milwaukee man La Piana leaving 29 notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
J. W. Boyles
J. H. Morton
Horner Ragan
Kathleen Hall
High Point
Riga
Simbirsk
Russia
People and social notes from Greensboro and beyond
Miss Nellie Muse spends the weekend in Greensboro hosted by Miss Katharine Hylton and Miss Emily Gault of Sanford visits Miss Margaret Rankin. Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Bentley of Camden N J return from Miami after wintering there and visit Mr. and Mrs. D H Parsons. Mr. and Mrs. J Elwood Cox travel to New York for the American Bankers Association executive council sessions at Rye NY. Mrs. Kathleen Petty Baxter returns from a Macon and Atlanta trip. Mrs. Lyda Horton spends the weekend with family in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Bentley
Camden
N. J
D. H. Parsons
Miami, Fla
J. Elwood Cox
New York
American Bankers Association
Westchester Biltmore Country Club
Rye
Cox
Wake County Convict Scandal Prompts Inquiry
Raleigh April 20 investigation into charges of cruelty against M. M. Smith Garner convict camp supervisor follows the killing of Robert Burnett a black prisoner and wide ranging allegations by white inmates. The inquiry by Wake County commissioners and state welfare boards ends Monday with evidence by Charles H. Anderson to be released. This is the fourth Garner inquiry in six months. past grand juries ruled against cruelty and exonerated Smith in Burnett shooting. The Chinese roast eggs note appears as a separate oddity in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
M. Smith
Garner
Robert Burnett
Wake County Commissioners
State Boards of Charities and Public Welfare
Charles H. Anderson
Smith
Burnett
Turtle linked to Tongi island king since 1773
In Mua of the Tongi group Fiji, Roman Catholic nuns keep a turtle with a storied past dating back to 1773 when it was allegedly presented to the island king. The reptile’s age prompted local interest and historical curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metitselali
Suva
Fiji
Mua
Also Mentioned on This Page
MR. Pless
Sulness
Jim R. Pless
High Point Hospital
Archdale
Ladies' Aid “Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
Main Street Methodist Church
J. O. Connor
Washington Street
The
First Baptist Church Missionary Society
S. L. Davis
South Main Street
Miss Smith
Lilian Smith
G. A. Smith
East Green Street
W. C
J. AL
Adelaide Goodno
Greensboro
J. E. Kirkman
Priscilla Club
Walker
R. H. Waller
Johnson Street
A. B. Huff
Logan Porter
EH. N. Allen
James A. Clarke
Master Stewart
Mrs
C. T. Ingram
Thomasville Society
Iy. C. Jones
Fr. W. Cates
Luther Grimes
Eewin Searles
Uwharrie Farm
Furniture City
Marie Jones
Emma Leigh
Madaline Hoover
Aline Webb
Washington, D. C
E. B. Webb
Salem Street
Elia Williamson
Lexington
W. T. Green
KE. Taplin
F. S. Lambeth
Decatur
W. W. Rankin, Jr
Evelyn Peacock
Durham
la Piana
Milwaukee
Wis
Miss Elsie Gates
Monmouth Illinois
College Conservatory of Music
South Main St
Grove
Moffitt’s
Nellie Muse
Katharine Hylton
Emily. Gault
Sanford
Margaret Rankin
Macon
Mrs. Lyda Horton
H. J. Culclasure
Mr. Culclasure
Stamey’s Jewelry Store
Wake County
B. P. Schulberg
Paw Paw
Richmond
Munyon
W. E. Moore
Munyon’s
Homoeopathic Home Remedy Co
Scranton
J. A. Wart Ding Co
North Main Street
Peep Shoe
Krodaking
ATG
All Grocers
Wagger’s Ladies Shop
Dame Fashion
Milady
Red Bell Shoe Store
N. Main Street
R.A. Wilson
Mgr
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