Condition Of Thomasville Preacher Seems Improved
Campbell Holmes a 27 year old Thomasville mill worker and Church of God preacher recovered from a rattlesnake bite at a Trinity street tabernacle meeting. He sat up today and appeared clearer though too weak to talk or keep nourishment. Fangs left two punctures on his right hand with swelling easing and skin breaks drying.
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Thomasville
Campbell Holmes
Church of God
Enterprise News
Tabernacle
Trinity Street
Enterprise
Local High School Honors Beta Club Scholar Medal Winner
Jane Truesdale of 311 Woodrow Avenue is named winner of the Guilford County Beta Club scholarship medal. The Guilford recipient, a senior last year, will receive the gold medal emblematic of scholarship and character from the National Honorary Beta Club.
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Jane Truesdale
Woodrow Avenue
Guilford County
Miss Truesdale
Paralyzed by Bite as Followers Pray for Healer
The stricken man, with a larger upper arm and purple skin, remains unable to sleep well while his wife and nine followers perform ongoing prayers at his home. No medical treatment has been given, olive oil is used for anointing, and a new Gray street tabernacle is planned if conditions improve.
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Tabernacle
Gray Street
Austrian proposes balloon using trained vultures in 1861
In 1861 Austrian inventor Jacob Kraiserer proposed harnessing vultures to a balloon and guiding them with reins, outlining an early concept of animal assisted flight.
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Jacob Kraiserer
Bound Over In Two Manslaughter Cases
William Urban bound over to Guilford Superior Court on two manslaughter counts in the March auto collision that killed Mrs. Venable and Mrs. Venable. Jurors heard testimony at city court as Otis Steele’s manslaughter charge was dismissed. The driver James Venable testified Urban’s car struck his Ford at East Lexington and Centennial avenues. Urban’s brake function was in question.
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Frank Robertson
Lewis B. Teague
William Urban
Salisbury
James Venable
S. E. Venable
Guilford Superior Court
Teague
East Lexington
Centennial Avenues
Venable
Centennial
Urban
Ridge
Superior Court
Steele
Himelf
John Stack
Lebanon Church Presents Home Ties Play Rehearsal Set
A rehearsal of the play Home Ties will be held Thursday at 7 45 pm in the Lebanon hut. Cast includes Martin Winn Chares A King Leonard Everett Herman Yokeley Harold Vincent Josiah Tizzard Ruth Winn Alma Wayne Lindy Jane and others. Miss Emma Wray and Miss Esther Brooks donated velvet curtains and coach the production.
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Lebanon Hut
Emma Wray
Esther Brooks
Miss Wray
Miss Brooks
Arthur Lewis Tuhb
Martin Winn
New York
Lake Montgomery
Melissa
Martin
J. L. Morgafi
Southeastern Diving Champ In Exhibition At City Lake
Percy Walters of Knoxville Tennessee, junior Southeastern diving champion, joins Jimmy Stratford of Greensboro for a diving and swimming exhibition at City Lake Park tonight at 8 o clock. Walters is hailed as one of the nation’s top divers and praised the High Point pool after a recent inspection. Walters returns by special invitation from Parks Commissioner W F Bailey.
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Point
Percy Walters
Knoxville
Tenn
Jimmy Stratford
Greensboro Municipal Lake
Municipal Lake
Walters
United States
High Point
W. F. Bailey
Parks and Juvenile
Aces of Spades: Iveys Pup Pup Pitfalls and City Dictator
A humorous tale recounts Wallace Ivey losing money rearing nine pedigreed pups with expenses surpassing 107 dollars while selling prospects fail. The piece also notes a Civitan baseball win 8 to 7 after a warning from the city dictator to meter robbers and pole benders.
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Enterprise
Wallace Ivey
Ivey
Civitan
Civitans
Linnaeus Flora Clock and Alaskan Sourdough Roofs
The Swedish botanist Linnaeus built a floral clock where flowers open at different hours. Carrots beets and other vegetables grow on sod covered roofs by Alaskan sourdoughs on their coaching community.
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Linnaeus
Local A. B. Club Guests Greensboro Tuesday
The local American Business Club will visit the Greensboro chapter for a dinner on Tuesday evening August 13 after a diamond baseball game at Sedgefield. The invitation was accepted at the local club’s meeting last night. Frank Tucker and Hunter Pharr provided a piano duet and solo program.
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American Business Club
Greensboro
Sedgefield
Frank Tucker
Hunter Pharr
Charlotte
Davidson College
Tucker
B C Relieves Pains In Three Minutes
An early 20th century ad promotes B. C. as fast relief for menstrual cramps and general aches. It claims rapid soothing results within three minutes and positions the product as prepared by a registered pharmacist with a different formula from typical remedies. It also suggests use for colds headaches and neuralgia.
Error In Name Not Mrs. M'Ginn's Fault
Mrs. J. R. McGinn was arrested on a larceny charge for morphine tablets from Mann's No. 2 Drug Store. Her name was incorrectly listed as Mrs. J. W. McGuinn on the warrant due to a miscommunication from another source. Officers believed the latter was correct and filed it accordingly.
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J. R. McGinn
Mann
No. 2
J. W. McGuinn
I Enterprise
Mra. J. R. McGian
Complete Faculty Announced for Trinit Township Schools
Spt A R Bullock announced the full faculty for the upcoming session starting mid September. Names include high school math Miss Carrie Crawford and English Mrs John Easter, science coach Ralph Vance, social science staff H E Messmer and Miss Sarah Petty, plus language and arts teachers from Thomasville and Clinton.
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Spt
A. R. Bullock
Trinity Township
Carrie Crawford
Sallie Pearson
Goldsboro
John Easter
Ralph Vance
High Point
H. E. Messmer
Rockwell
Sarah Petty
Clinton
Mary Faison Covington
Thomasville
Trinity Grange Plans Watermelon Feast Friday Night
Trinity Grange No. 784 will host a watermelon feast Friday night at 7 30 at the home of J C Collett on Route Trinity.
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Trinity Grange
J. C. Collett
Trinity
Death of Alma Jaynet Jarrett in Thomasville
Alma Jaynet Jarrett, one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George S Jarrett, died at home in Thomasville after a several day illness. Survived by parents and brothers Richard Newell Wor and Kenneth Jarrett. Funeral at 508 Baysinge residence Thursday afternoon with interment at Unity Chapel Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Alma Jaynet
George S. Jarrett
Baysinge
Richard
Newell
Wor
Kenneth Jarrett
Unity Chapel Church Cemetery
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Asheboro
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