Business Girls' Club Holds Final Summer Meeting At YW Hut
The Business and Professional Girls' club met at 6 30 PM at the YWCA Hut with 24 members present including new member Miss Grace Jester and guest Miss Avis Anstey of Cincinnati. The August session closed the summer schedule with plans for September and committee appointments announced.
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Business Girls’ Club
Y.W. Hut
Business and Professional Girls’ Club
Grace Jester
Avis Anstey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Nelle Anstey
Pattie Mason
Ditsy Cash
Kathleen Yonts Roser
Vola Anderson
Martha Sartin
Julia Liles
Blanche
Beasley
Ruth Rus
Bride of Summer Receives Linen Shower for Mrs Howard
Mrs John D Howard formerly Miss Louise Creech was honored at a linen shower hosted by Miss Ruth Hamlin and Miss Louise Thayer at 1124 Monthieu Avenue The party featured summer floral decor contests games and dancing About 25 guests attended and a large linen shower package with gifts was presented to the bride later.
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John Douglas Howard
Louise Creech
Ruth Hamlin
Louise Thayer
Monthieu Avenue
Pete Clifton
Virginia Thayer
Howard
Miss Hill Hosts Informal Party at Fairfield Road Home
Miss Wilma Hill entertained friends at an informal party at her Fairfield road home. Music and refreshments were enjoyed by about 49 guests during the evening. Announce birth of son later notes Jimmy Eugene Hill born August 3 at 296 Tomlinson Street.
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Wilma Hill
Fairfield Road
Mrs. Numa Hill
Jimmy Eugene
Tomlinson Street
Los Angeles Becomes Second Largest Auto Production Hub
Los Angeles rises to the world’s second biggest automotive production center after Detroit, reflecting a shift in industry strength. The ranking underscores LA’s growing manufacturing capacity and regional automotive footprint.
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Los Angeles
Detroit
Lend-A-Hand Meetings Set At Highland YWCA
The Highland Lend-A-Hand club night session meets Thursday at 2 PM at Highland club rooms with Camp Merriwoode update by Miss Hachel Yarborough and a short talk on Introduction by Miss Edith Cribbs. The day section gathers Thursday at 6:15 PM at the YWCA Hut with Miss Avis Ansley of Cincinnati speaking on her work at the Cincinnati Children's Home.
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Highland
Camp Merriwoode
Hachel Yarborough
Edith Cribbs
Delightful Ace-Hi Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Craven
A pleasant Ace-Hi Club gathering occurred yesterday afternoon at Mrs Bruce Craven's Trinity home. Two bridge tables operated on the porch with Mrs Steve Ingram winning the high score novelty service and Mrs Joe Walser taking the honor prize pewter salt and pepper shakers. Guests included Mesdames Silas Casey Harry Culler Robert Ingram Riley Martin Lloyd Sheetz and Ernest Wright who share a salad course prepared by the hostess.
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Braxton Craven
Bruce Craven
Trinity
Steve Ingram
Joe Walser
Mesdames
Silas Casey
Harry Culler
Robert Ingram
Riley Martin
Lloyd Sheetz
Ernest Wright
Household Arts Club Picnic Set for Thursday Evening
The Household Arts club will hold its annual picnic at the city lake Thursday at six o clock, announced this morning. The event invites members to gather for an evening outdoors with food and fellowship.
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Household Arts Club
City Lake
Fourth Man Held In Bank Robbery
The Justice Department announced the arrest near Gainesville Georgia of Ernest Giles Faulkner the fourth man tied to the Bank of Ward South Carolina robbery last Wednesday Faulkner was captured while asleep and will be brought to Atlanta for arraignment before U S Commissioner E S Griffith The three men arraigned at Augusta were Ray mond Red Lewis Grady James and David Garrison all taken into custody July 31 Confessions from Garrison and Lewis linked Faulkner and eyewitnesses identified all four men together.
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Atlanta
Department of Justice
Gainesville
Ernest Giles Faulkner
Bank of Ward
S. C
Hale Watkins
Bureau of Investigation
Faulkner
U. S
E. 8. Griffith
Augusta
Raymond
Red) Lewis
Grady James
David Garrison
Watkins
Garrison
Lewis
Witneses
Convict Dies In Georgia Road Camp Break
George Smith head of Georgia convict camps reports four convicts killed another prisoner and injured a guard in a motor truck break from the Soperton chain gang. Randolph Brown, 22, is dead and guard Aubrey Livingston has both legs fractured as the truck is seized by the fugitives.
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Atlanta
George Smith
Georgia
Soperton
Smith
Randolph Brown
Aubrey Livingston
Wounds Prove Fatal For Guard In Strike Clash
Henry Pierce aged 42, a stove company guard, died after being shot during a strike disturbance in Nashville. He was among three wounded yesterday when workers, escorted to the Allen Manufacturing plant, clashed with pickets.
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Nashville, Tann
Henry Pierce
Stove Company
Allen Manufacturing Company
B N A i Israel Ladies Aid Meet Tonight
The Ladies Aid Society of B N A I Israel Synagogue will hold its regular meeting this evening at 8 30 with Mrs Harry Jacobs on Lindsay Street serving as hostess Mrs A Herman will be associate hostess at the time
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B'Nai Israel
Ladies’ Aid Society
B’nai Israel Synagogue
Harry Jacobs
Lindsay Street
A. Herman
Local Social Notes From High Point Area
Miss Caroline Dalton visits Miss Helen Hall in Moultrie Georgia where they attend Hollins College as school mates. Mrs Scellie Brown returns home from visits in Danville Virginia Reidsville and Ruf fin North Carolina. Fred Snider of the High Point Police remains ill at 507 East Green Street. Kathleen Wall returns from Morehead City. Mrs R L Conrad and daughter Gaynelle were guests of Mrs H A Browne and Miss Clara Sullivan after Kanuga Lake and Spartanburg visits. Mrs Homer Bivens arrives to spend days with J L Welborn family. Everly Sebastian returns to New York City after two weeks with C A Sebastian. Miss Ruby Carden recovers from tonsil operation. Misses Barrer and Lydia Smith visit J W Smith in Thomasville. Fred Sechrest Jr undergoes operation at Garrison General Hospital in Gastonia.
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Fred Snider
High Point
Fast Green Street
R. L. Conrad
Gaynelle
Kanuga Lake
Hendersonville
Spartanburg
H. A. Browne
Clara Sullivan
Roaring’ Gap
Leonore
John Bruce Weathery
Pennsylvania
Laura Weatherly
J. M. Cummings
Betty Lou Williams
Roanoke
Stuart
Melba Winfree
Greensboro
Pete Walker
Jim Walker
Geraldine Hicks
Winston-Salem
Lorna Dean
Marjorie Weathery
Knoxville
Tenn
Maxine Watson
Dillon
S. C
Merlin Fagg
Elzora Cooke Eads
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
New York City
Pennslyvania
Stuart Lee Dance
Stuart, Jr
Bobbie
Tokyo
Japan
Dance
J. R. Stuart
Richmond
J. R. Blackkwell, Jr
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Will Gentry
Robah Kerner
Josephine Mitchell
Durham
Miss Ruth Whaley to Be Honored Before Wedding
Miss Ruth Whaley of Greensboro engaged to Wilbur Groome of High Point announced by her parents Mr and Mrs W W Whaley. She will be honored at a bridge party hosted by Miss Elizabeth Davis and Estelle Hayes at 1108 Briarcliff Road Irving Park Greensboro with more pre nuptial events to come before the early September wedding.
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Ruth Whaley
Greensboro
Wilbur Groome
High Point
W. W. Whaley
Elizabeth Davis
Estelle Hayes
Bridge
Briarcliff Road
Irving Park
Entertaining Children’s Party At Lindsay Street Home
Miss Billie Sue Mason and Miss Lola Bray hosted a children's party Saturday evening at 300 Lindsay Street. About twenty five friends attended with games and contests followed by refreshments in a green and white color scheme.
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Billie Sue Mason
Lola Bray
Lindsay Street
Heavy Casualties Reported in Canton Area Battle
Reports from Canton say heavy casualties occurred in a battle between Kwangsi and Yunnan troops at Yanlam. Central government artillery reportedly shot down a Kwangsi aircraft near Kiyang. A Kwangsi regiment allegedly defected to the Nanking side at Chuenchow. Rebels reportedly offered to leave the country for five million dollars.
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Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Nanking
Kwangsi
Yunnan
Yanlam
Kiyang
South Hunen
Chuenchow
Auto Deaths In State Show Drop
Arthur Falk, director of highway safety, said insurance data place North Carolina eighth among 28 states for death reductions in the first six months. The state shows a nine percent decrease with 439 auto deaths this year versus 480 in the same period in 1935.
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Raleigh
Arthur Falk
North Carolina
Kernersville Y W A Group Entertained
The Kernersville YW A group at the First Baptist church held a meeting at leader Mrs William Fylp s home with 15 members and a visitor present New officers were elected Miss Margaret Heath presiding A weiner roast planned for the Dunlap Springs outing and a plans committee named Miss Virginia Willard chair The program led by Miss Lucille Mitchell included papers on Indian Reservation French Louisiana Lake Wales and Tampa Texas and Mexicans A month s personal service report noted 32 visits trays 2 baskets of flowers and 10 contributions
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Kernersville
First Baptist Church
William Fylp
Margaret Heath
Dunlap Springs
Virginia Williard
Lucille Mitchell
America
Louisiana
Lake Wales
Tampa
Vivian Baker
Texas
Cornelia Snow
J. R. Paddison
Beaufort
N. C
Glendair Corssett
New York City
Virginia Beach
George Whicker
Leaksville
Georgia White
Dillon
Ss. C
Barrymore Case Continued to September 1
Hollywood star John Barrymore, plagued by heart enlargement, is granted a continuance by Superior Judge Goodwin Knight and need not appear in court again until September 1 to prosecute accounting suits filed by two former confidential secretaries. A doctor’s report warned a court session could endanger his life.
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Hollywood
Calif
John Barrymore
Goodwin Knight
Woman Wins Change of Venue in Train Wreck Plot
Mrs. Mary Vann 40-year-old grandmother goes on trial in Milton after a court-ordered venue transfer. She and Earl Travis allegedly conspired to wreck a train driven by her husband L W Vann to collect insurance. Travis has a separate trial and may not testify.
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Helen Wills Moody
Milton, Fla
Mary Vann
L. W. Vann
Vann
Earl Travis
Travis
Georgia 1936 tobacco crop opens with good prices
Prices in Georgia tobacco markets start the 1936 season with favorable early sales. Buyers offer 23 to 30 cents for fair grades. one extra quality leaf sells for 1.45 a pound. Upon drought relief, growers press for warehouse space as jam limits movement across 15 market cities. Live Oak Florida reports opening auction at just over 25 cents a pound.
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Vidalia
Georgia
Live Oak
Fla
Casey Authorized To Convey Tracts
Special master Silas B. Casey at High Point is authorized to convey two High Point tracts to John D. Biggs receiver of Commercial National Bank. The public auction bid of 4500 dollars was the largest, with court approval anticipated for the sale under Judge Hayes order.
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Greensboro
Silas B. Casey
High Point
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank
South Main Street
Wrenn Street
Johnson J. Hayes
Dear Miss Mansfield Advice on love and parental approval
A reader asks how to handle a romance when the girl’s parents oppose dating. Miss Mansfield urges respecting the home, waiting for the girl’s own maturity, and advises against urging her to leave her family. She suggests addressing all questions to Miss Mansfield at The Enterprise.
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Lowley Bar
Baby Mix Up Seventeen Years Ends in Atlanta Court Fight
Louise Madeline Pittman, raised by the Pittmans after a 1919 baby mix up, says the Garners are her true parents and plans to live with them while the Pittmans seek any court action. The Garners sped a visit to Macon and the 1920 court ruling has left the girl torn between families.
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Atlanta
Louise
Madeline Pittman
Macon
Daniel L. Pittman
John C. Garner
Garners
Pittmans
Madeline
Macee
Fragmentary aviation delivery note unclear data
The readable text reports 456 aircraft pred by the United States during three months, with some intended for domestic civil use and 67 delivered to pilots, but the fragment lacks complete details and proper names.
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United States
Ostrich Shown Eating Oranges at High Speed
A curious note describes an ostrich swallowing oranges so fast that six pecks appear in a single motion. The vivid image highlights the bird’s rapid feeding behavior.
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F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Elva Grissom
Jo Wood
Blanche Beasley
Avis Ansley
John D. Howard
Miss Hill
Moffitt’s
North Main
Caroline Dalton
Helen Hall
Moultrie
Miss Dalton
Miss Hall
Hollins College
Scellie Brown
Archdale
Danville
Reidsville
Ruffin, N. C
Kathleen Wall
Morehead City
Homer Bivens
Charlotte
J. L. Welborn
North Main Street
Everly Sebastian
Mrs. C. A. Sebastian
South
Hamilton Street
Ruby Carden
Anderson Street
Barrer
Lydia Smith
J. W. Smith
Thomasville
Fred Sechrest, Jr
Branch Street
Garrison General Hospital
Gastonia
Net Queen
Kernersville Y. W. A
Barrymore
Marilyn
Marilyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
Franklyn Thorpe
Miss Astor
Toluca Lake
Superior Court
Casey
Marjorie Mansfield
Miss Mansfield
Stiss
Martel Mansfield
Negweee
Dep Licic
Stetson Garden
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