English Street church Endevor to meet Friday evening
The Christian Endeavor Society of the English Street M. P. church will meet Friday at 7 30 PM at the home of Miss Iris Candle on Alfred street. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English ST. Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor Society of the
English Street
M. P
Iris
Tressie
Fay Candle
Alfred Street
Archdale
Ladies Aid Society
Archdale M. E
Keystone
Green Street
Mr. and Mrs Daily Smith Tour New York City and Coney Island
Mr and Mrs Daily Smith returned from a week in New York City where they visited Coney Island and other points of interest. Mr and Mrs C C Robbins departed today on a motor trip through western North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Robbins
North Carolina
Miss Clara Harrison Hosts Janie Tuttle Society Meet
Thomasville notes list Miss Elizabeth Yow presiding at the Janie Tuttle Society of Main Street M E church meeting with Bible study on Christ in China. Milk donation to Bethlehem House and a sandwich dessert reception followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Clara
Ruth Harrison
Janie
Bethlehem
Winston- Salem
Local Families Plan Visits Across Cities
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Terry and daughter Janice travel Sunday to visit relatives in Baltimore. J. Pliskin has returned from a brief stay. Mrs. C. C. Pritchard Miss Clarisse Rose Mrs. Kate Norment and Miss Beulah Norment enjoy a few days at Little Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Pritchard
Clarisse Rose
Kate Norment
Beulah Norment
Little Switzerland
A. R. Bullock
Durham
Social News Roundup From Mount Airy And Surroundings
Mrs Paul Green and children visit Mount Airy with Rev and Mrs Howle. C C Pritchard hosts a weekend house party with guests from Lincolnton Sanford Charlotte and North Wilkesboro plus Miss Beulah Norment. A Jamestown picnic is highlighted. Others travel to Hamlet Myrtle Beach Unionville Atlantic City and Chapel Hill for teaching visits visits by Miss Tilda Rosen from New York City and Miss Ruth Preddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Green
Betty and
Paul, Jr
Mount Airy
R. S. Howle
C. C. Pritchard
Fisher Ferry Street
Brandon McCorkle
Lincolnton
Ruth Martin
Sanford
Ella Outland
Charlotte
Ruth Henry
North Wilkesboro
Kate Norment
Beulah Norment
Jamestown
Mesdames Bernard
Bob Wagner
Milton Silver
Sylvia Silver
Schwartz
Gene Harris
Rose Harris
Rosen
Ruth Harris
Simmie Herman
Minnie Herman
A. L. Smith
Polyakoff
Mrs. Latin
Blakelys Announce Daughter Constance Jean Born
Mr and Mrs T R Blakely announce the birth of a daughter Constance Jean on August 10 1932 at their home 1623 North Hamilton Street.
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T. R. Blakely
Constance Jean
North
Hamilton Street
Man to Leave Coffin Bed for Newcastle Home
London man known as Old Tommy Thompson has spent 17 years sleeping nightly in a coffin. He plans to move to the Little Sisters of the Poor home in Newcastle with his dog Boxer, seeking more comfortable quarters.
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London
Tommy” Thompson
Little Sisters of the Poor
Newcastle
Boxer
Religious Society Replaces Drink Ads on Bus Tickets
A religious group takes space on London omnibus tickets to replace drink advertisements with religious texts. The move follows anger at the company policy allowing alcohol ads on tram tickets.
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Gideon Bus
London
Omnibus
Also Ran Hubby at the Races Cartoon Exchange
A humorous Karikaturen caption shows a husband pleading to back one more horse while his wife laments it’s usually the last time. The exchange captures racing fever and marital exasperation in a single panel.
How Modern Women Lost Pounds of Fat Swiftly Safely
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts can reduce fat in four weeks when taken with hot water and a diet that avoids pastries fatty meats potatoes butter cream and sugar. It promises energy clearer skin sparkling eyes and a younger feel and urges getting the product at Cecii Drug Store with health cautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruschen
Cecii
Believe It Or Not Girl To Dance On Local Stage
Mary Layne a 16 year old sensation with acrobatic dance, known nationwide and featured by Ripley, will perform with the R K O vaudeville unit at the Rialto Theater on Friday and Saturday. Ripley witnessed Layne walk and run upside down for a quarter mile and was astonished by the feat in 1931 at Waco Texas.
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Mary Layne
United States
Ripley
Rialto
Waco
Texas
G. P. Layne
Star
Mary
Mary Layne Star of Stage and Screen Born in Dallas
The article profiles Mary Layne born October 9 1915 in Dallas Texas a child performer who rose to fame through Ripley cartoons. It describes her modest personality health and easygoing nature plus a lifelong regimen of disciplined practice and acrobatic training beginning at age six.
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Ripley
Marvel
Mary
Miss Layne
Mary Layne
Dallas Tex
Hersel
Parrot Buyer Buys Pet Reminding Widow of Husband
A widow purchases a parrot after a dealer notes the bird appears to understand when spoken to. The widow says the parrot will remind her of her late husband.
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der Wahre Jakob
Nothing Fancy Angler and the Longoh Whopper
A brief note on a fisherman’s misadventure describing a fish that got away. The tale pivots on the idea of rushing and the humor of insisting the aim is catching fish, not pianos. The quotation showcases old bulletin tone from Sydney.
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Bulletin
Sydney
Realistic Cobweb Painting Stumps Household Help
An exchange notes an artist who painted a nearly real cobweb on a dining room ceiling. The maid spends an hour trying to remove it, while one character doubts the feat, noting maids rarely fall for such tricks.
Domestic quarrel joke from early Tit Bits column
Mrs Tompkins refuses breakfast to punish her husband for staying out all night. Mrs Smythe counters that her Jim would be unpunished by breakfast denial, noting the humor of the habit.
Flowers for the Table
Low bowls of flowers suit dining tables better than tall arrangements. They allow guests to talk directly across the table and create a more intimate, comfortable atmosphere for small gatherings than formal, tall displays.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jarrell
L. T. Hedgecoce
Ruth Jarrell
L. T. Hedgecock
Pauline Brady
Spartanburg
S. C
Miss Crouch
Beatrice Crouch
North Main Street
Charles Clinton Hoover
Asheboro
Mise Jarred
Frosd Frazier
F. Shack Jr
Magdalene Rebekahs
Sarah Scruggs
High Point Hospital
Miss Jowers
Virginia Jowers
West Bay Street
Norma Graham
Julia Brown
Owana Haney
Frances Barbee
Verna Taylor
Elizabeth McGehee
Katherine Bodenheimer
Logan Lovelace
Elizabeth Morris
Roxboro
Nell Adams
Alice Elizabeth Freeze
Dorothy Ingram
Seborn Perry
Ella Burton Hutchison
Herman Smith
High Point
Edgedale Drive
Glenn Smith
Bridges
A. B. Henley
Palm Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Reitzsel
Elizabeth Adams
Katherine High
Greensboro
Hutchison
Elizabeth Reitzel
Virginia McEwen
William Hester
Reidsville
J. J. Groome
Anne Carter Marsh
Laurance Ingram
Margaret Hauser
Mary Simmons
Frank Murr
Ernest Wright
Edna Lindsay
Anna Burton Hutchison
Winston-Salem
Phillip Davis
Ned McEbachern
Katherine Hayworth
R. T. Amos
James Armstrong
Moffitt’s
North Main
Thomasville Society
Belva
Lessie Harris
W. G. Kirk
Gertrude Kirk
Phil Shuford
W. C. Harris
Myrtle Beach, S. C
Co. M. Hoover
Theresa Hoover
Evelyn Lyles
Myrtle Beach
Sumer School
Lambeth
University Library
J. D. Ross
Charles Clegg
Cornelia Geer
Rutherfordton
Anne Hinkle
Randolph Street
W. M. Clodfelter
Midway
R. &. Green
Sallie Clodfelter
Spring Street
W. H. Curlee
Wesley Philathea
Main Street
M. E. Church
W. S. May
Sylvia Saunders
EB. J. Poe
Lena Sink
Helen Hays
J. Pliskin
FE. H. Mahone
Earl, Jr
Hamlet
Mrs
George Finch
8. C
Margaret Briles
Unionville
Alma Jennings
Ruth Preddy
Atlantic City
Mildred Burkhead
C. B. Griffin
Park Avenue
Hazel
Mamie Anna McNeil
Roaring River
Forrest Grimes
Lexington Avenue
Evelyn McNeill
Washington, D. C
Hunter Farris
Hunter, Jr
Charleston, D. C
Fred Bevan
Georgia
C. G. Millis
Douglas Hall
New York City
Atlanta, Ga
Hall
F. I. Alexander
George Johnson and Son
Lillian Yow
Hendersonville
Robert Williams
Ernest Pugh
Burlington
Gladys Williams
Catherine Lambeth
Chapel Hill
Lois Johnson
W. A. Shackelton
Esa
Efird’s Department Store
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