Mrs J S Welborn Tops Piedmont Meet Golf Round
The fourth Women s Piedmont Golf Association tourney at Greensboro Country Club drew a hot crowd for a blind bogies format. Mrs J S Welborn of High Point posted a net 89 to win while Mrs C E Stone and Mrs W E Phipps tied for second with 90. Mrs W D Irvin won the five hidden hole prize with 19 and had best net of 76. Helen Waring injuring a finger left her card invalid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Golf Association
Greensboro
C. &. Stone
W. E. Phipps
W. D. Irvin
W. N. Crawford
C. E. Stone
J. S. Welborn
High Point
S.S. Sanders
E. D. Bloomfield
J. W. Henry
Homer Wheeler
F. K K. Sims
Obituary Snippets Mentioning Mrs Parran Jarboe and Mrs Wall
Short notes list Helen Waring and two ages 87 and 94 tied to Mrs Parran Jarboe of High Point and Mrs Matt Wall with no obituary cards attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Waring
Parran Jarboe
Matt Wall
High Point
Permanent Prison Camp at Welcome Opened Today
Davidson county opens its second permanent prison camp at Welcome with first occupation today. Construction began last summer under the late C H Leonard in Thomasville Lexington district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welcome
Enterprise
Davidson Bureau
Tamyheth
Thomasville
Lexington
Davidson County
C H. Leonard
County Opens Two Modern Prison Camps
The county completes new facilities with two 75 prisoner camps at Denton and Welcome. Prisoners stationed at Tyre are being transferred today to these permanent sites where county roads work will be carried from the camps, end of roaming cages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Denton
Welcome
Senate races heat up in Tennessee contests
Hull notes senatorial candidates William Brock Chattanoogan John R Neal Knoxville face Democratic primary rivals while Paul Divine and F Todd Meacham run unopposed for long and short term seats. Governor Henry Horton seeks renomination against L E Gwinn with C Arthur Bruce and Harry T Burn as Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Woodson
Nashville
Wiliam E. Brock Chattanooga
Lawrence D. Tyson
Senate
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Paul E. Divine
Johnson City
F. Todd Meacham
Chattanooga
Henry Horton
L. E. Gwinn
Memphis
C. Arthur Bruce
Harry T. Burn
Sweetwater
Water At Constant Heat Engine Test
A widely used anti knock testing engine is kept at constant temperature by boiling water in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italy grants monopoly to match industry for lighters
The Italian government assigns a complete monopoly to the match industry covering manufacture, importation, and sale of automatic lighters.
New Slant Given to Farmers Ills
Henry C. Taylor, director of Vermont’s country life commission, told the Virginia Institute of Public Affairs that farmers suffer from high prices on purchases rather than low prices for products sold. He blamed limited competition theories and middlemen control, urging government action or new farming institutions beyond cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
Henry C. Taylor
Vermont Commission On Country Life
Virginia Institute of Public Affairs
Mr. Taylor
Drought Strains Farmers As Heat Lingers Across Midwest
Reports describe a severe drought with wells and rivers dry and farmers hauling water. Rain arrives unevenly across the Midwest improving conditions in parts while Ohio Valley hot spell continues and West Virginia seeks three months off school funds to aid families.
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Chicago
Illinois
Midwest
Aberdeen
S. D
South Dakota
North Dakota
St. Paul
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Iowa
Southwest
Ohio
New York
Washington
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
L. W. Humphreys
William J. Humphreys
Humphreys
Logan
West Virginia
Three Local Men Arrested On Prohibition Charge
Jim Allen Ray Gurley and J W Long long prominent in police circles were arrested here by Deputy W R Futrelle after noon yesterday on violation of the prohibition law. Allen and Long posted 500 bond each Gurley 200 bond and all appeared before Judge W G Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Allen
Ray Gurley
J. W. Long
High Point
W. R. Futrelle
Allen
Johnson J. Hayes
Long
Gurley
W. G. Brown
European fungus destroys elm trees found in Ohio
A European fungus that destroys elm trees has been discovered and identified in Ohio, indicating a new plant disease concern for local forests and urban elm populations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Riggins Elevated To J C Penny Store Manager
Richard W. Riggins, former assistant manager at the J C Penney store 130 132 South Main Street, becomes manager succeeding A J Elke who departed August 1 for Kenosha Wisconsin to head the Penney company store there. Riggins, Charlotte native, previously ran McGill Riggins stores in Mooresville and Taylorsville before retirement as an independent merchant in High Point. Elke came from Waterloo Iowa about a year ago. he now moves to a new Penney post.
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Richard W. Riggins
J. C. Penney
South Main Street
A. J. Elke
Elke
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Penney Company
Riggins
Charlotte
Mooresville
Taylorsville
McGill-Riggins Company, Ince
High Point
F. F. Hummeston
Waterloo
Iowa
Woman's body thrown from car into Savannah River
Abbeville South Carolina August 7 authorities dragged the Savannah River for a woman's body believed to have been thrown from an automobile on the bridge between Abbeville and Elberton Georgia last night as investigators pursued the missing person case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Abbeville
S. C
Elberton
Ashcraft Addresses the Rotary Club Meeting
Tom Ashcraft of Waterville Maine spoke at a Rotary Club meeting about his three months tour of Europe. He described traveling by car from Quebec to Southampton and visiting most European countries, praising car touring as satisfactory and economical. Claiborne Rhodes introduced him as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ashcraft
Waterville
Maine
Rotary Club
Europe
Quebec
Southampton
Claiborne Rhodes
Famed Baltimore Architect Dies at 76
Joseph Evans Sperry, noted Baltimore architect who designed key hospital and university buildings, died last night at 76. Born in Georgetown South Carolina he moved to Baltimore in 1868 and shaped Johns Hopkins Hospital University and Union Memorial Hospital structures. Survived by widow Miss Les Wilson of Virginia, married in 1888.
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Baltimore
Joseph Evans Sperry
Mr. Sperry
Georgetown
S. C
Johns Hopkins Hospital and University
Union Memorial Hospital
Les Wilson
Virginia
Mrs Shore Is Hospitalized In Knoxville For Appendectomy
Mrs Marvin Shore, summer recreational leader of Central Friends church in this city, is hospitalized at St Marys hospital in Knoxville Tennessee after an appendectomy. Friends report she is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore
Knoxville Hospital
Marvin Shore
Central Friends Church
St. Mary's Hospital
Knoxville
Tenn
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Welborn
Piedmont
Georgia
U. S. Senate
William J. Harris
World Court
John M. Slaton
Hull
Vermont
National Bellas Esso
EEE
High Point, N. C
Windows
Legge
Northwest
JC. Penny Store
A J. Elke
Ashcraft
Rexall Drug
North Carolina
Bayers
Norwich
Lucky Tiger Hair
Bromo Seltzer
Perfume
Woodbury’s
Cecil’s Drug and Stationery Store
Nural-glene
Vicks
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