Four Boy Scouts seek Eagle Award at court of honor
Four High Point Boy Scouts applied for Eagle Scout at the August Court of Honor held at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. Named were N. E. Snyder, Freddie Taylor, Charles Warner, and Jimmie Edwards. The ceremony will feature an Eagle presentation and a program with merit badge recipients and encampment cinema.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
South
N. E. Snyder
Ward St
Methodist Church
Freddie Taylor
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Charles Warner
Jimmie Edwards
First Presbyterian Church
Camp Uwharrie
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Alton Hardee
Warren Godwin
Warren Yow
Bruce Carraway
Robert Hedrick
Hale Hardee
James Owens
Billy Simmons
Robert Trusdale
Herbert Speas
Richard Clapp
Lewie Smith
Russell
Starving Eskimos Eating Boots Reported at Barrow
Dr. Henry W. Griest, missionary physician, said 500 Eskimos on the Arctic rim near Barrow were on the verge of starvation. One native died. natives were eating old boots and coverings from boars and animals that had been dead for a long time.
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Barrow
Alaska
Henry W. Griest
Presbyterian
Arctic
Griest
Almost Perfect Man Seeks More Than Thyself
Nashville reader replies to Continental Laboratories Nashville sales job ad with a self praising bid. The letter compares the applicant to ancient and famous figures claiming high traits and readiness for the position with a nominal salary offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Laboratories
Tennessee
Nashville
Ptolemy
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Nero
Exodus
Epicurus
Socrates
Diogenes
Young Men's Christian Association Conference Set for Clem son
J Wilson Smith interstate secretary announced the annual employed officers conference of the YMCA of the Carolinas will be held September 4 to 6 at Clemson. The event will bring together YMCA leaders from North and South Carolina for meetings and planning.
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Charlotte
J. Wilson Smith
The
Young Men's Christian Associations of the
Carolinas
Clemson
Queens-Chi Cara College Names New Education Dean
Dr. W H Frazer announces J M Godard of Duke University will succeed Miss Althea Kratz as dean of instruction and head of the education department at Queens-Chi Cara College in Charlotte.
Knox to Speak Here About October 1
Charlotte Brownlow Jackson announces Col. Frank Knox Republican vice presidential candidate will probably speak here around October 1. The statement signals a campaign stop by Knox and notes party planning by the Republican State executive committee.
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Charlotte~ Brownlow Jackson
Republcan
Ridgecrest Chief Says US Improvement Cuts RFC Aid Need
Sam H. Hus bands, head of the examining division, said today that business improvement in the United States was reducing the demand for assistance by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
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Ridgecrest
Sam H. Husbands
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Engineers Meet Raleigh in North Carolina Convention
The North Carolina Society of Engineers will hold its annual convention at Wrightsville Beach on Friday and Saturday.
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Engineers
Raleigh
North Carolina Society of Engineers
Wrightsville Beach
Prisoner Crump Escapes Wake County Prison Farm
John C. Crump, an honor grade inmate serving five to 20 years, escaped from the Wake County prison farm yesterday.
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Raleigh
John C. Crumpler
Wake County
Federal hearing on tax injunction for musical slot machines
In Elizabeth City a federal court hearing on a temporary injunction to stop the state from collecting a $20 annual tax on musical slot machines is anticipated soon.
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Elizabeth City
North Carolina to Import 10,000 Pigs from Iowa Drought Areas
County farm agent C. R. Dillard announces plans to import 10,000 pigs into 14 North Carolina counties from drought stricken areas of Iowa to bolster livestock supply.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
C. R. Dillard
North Carolina
Iowa
More Fair Prizes Increase at Raleigh State Fair
Norman Y. Cham Bliss, general manager, announced exhibitors at the state fair will share $15,000 in prizes, a 15 percent rise from 1935.
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Raleigh
Norman Y. Chambliss
Engineer to Survey 900 Miles on Rural Power Needs
J M Grainger an engineer for the state rural electrification authority will conduct a 900 mile survey next week. The trip will cover areas in eastern North Carolina where extensions of rural power lines have been requested.
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Raleigh
J. M. Grainger
State Rural Electrification Authority
North Carolina
Legion Officers to be Installed in Lincolnton on October 19
North Carolina officials of the American Legion and its auxiliary will be installed in Lincolnton on October 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of the American Legion
Lincolnton
State Accountants Convention Opens In Asheville
The annual convention of the State Association of County accountants and commissioners opens in Asheville tonight with about 300 expected attendees from most of the state's counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
State
Aassociation of County Accountants and Commissioners
Means Seriously Ill in Leavenworth Prison
Gaston B. Means, convicted of a $104,000 Lindbergh ransom swindle, is seriously ill at Leavenworth. He suffers a serious abdominal infection and refuses surgery. His wife, Evalyn Walsh McLean, flew to his bedside. Means was sentenced to 15 years in July 1933. the ransom money remains unrecovered.
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Washington
Gaston B. Means
Lindeburgh
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Bureau of Prisons
Means
Evalyn Walsh McLean
Edward B. McLean
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Local Shoe Store Remodel Under Way On Main Street
Fire Chief KE Ingram issues permit to Milton Silver to remodel the Quality Shoe Store at 137 South Main street. Work includes front facade changes valued at 1500 dollars with interior shelving and chairs. Contractors Wilson and Keziah supervise, store remains open during renovations.
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KE. K. Ingram
Milton Silver
Quality Shoe
South Main Street
John L. Chernault
Mr. Silver
Main Street
Wilson and
Keziah
J. P. Myers
Tate Street
East Green
Mangum Avenue
Reed Street
John K. Wimberly
Long Street
M. LeGrand
Kivet
Reverend Wiley Performs Scottish Songs at Civitan Luncheon
Rev E E Wiley Jr assistant pastor of Wesley Memorial M E church presented in costume Scottish songs at the Civitan club luncheon in the Elwood hotel. Miss Clarice Bowman accompanied on piano. program praised as one of the best in a long time. Meeting to be held at T R Zimmerman's home in two weeks. W B Hall led the program with Henry V Koontz presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. FE. Wiley, Jr
Wesley Memorial
M. E. Church
Civitan Club
Elwood
Wiley
Clarice Bowman
Wesley Memorial Church
T. R. Zimmerman
W. B. Hall
Henry V. Koontz
Nashes To Be Dismissed From Burrus Memorial Today
Mr and Mrs M W Nash injured in an automobile accident near Oxford North Carolina will be dismissed from Burrus Memorial hospital this afternoon. Their guest Miss Mary Lou Moffitt is resting comfortably at Guilford General hospital with a fractured collar bone but not in serious condition. The Nashs and their guest had left for a vacation trip to Canada when the car overturned after losing control.
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M. W. Nash
Oxford
N. C
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Mary Lou Moffitt
C. Moffitt
Nashes
Guilford General Hospital
Heating Contract For Jamestown School Let
SPECIAL TO THE ENTER. GREENSBORO Aug 11 The Guilford County School board let a contract to Crutchfield Sullivan of Greensboro for heating and plumbing work at Jamestown school priced at 4007 dollars. The board delayed the mile pipeline from High Point Municipal lake for 30 days awaiting lower bids. They refused repairs and alterations at Bessemer school.
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Greensboro
Guilford County School Board
Crutchfield-Sullivan
Jamestown
High Point Municipal Lake
Bessemer
Chauffeur Says He Sat Next to Suspect Before Slaying Inquiry
Elbert Hubbard, a chauffeur for William London, met Martin Moore, a Battery Park hotel hall boy, in Asheville last week. Hubbard testified Moore appeared calm and trusted, and he regrets not questioning Moore about the Helen Clevenger case after their cafe meeting.
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Elbert Hubbard
William London
Morris Street
Asheville
Martin Moore
Battery Park Hotel
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Hubbard
Moore
Elks Club
Mr. London
Seeded Stars Still Hold Spotlight In Tennis Singles
In Rye on the eastern grass court championships three days in, the singles fields show little change at the top. Top seed Alice Marble, Mary Greet Harris and Mrs John Van Ryn reach the quarterfinals in the women’s event as the men trim to 16 with seeded eight. Notables include Budge, Grant, Mako, Parker, McDiarmid, Hal Surface and others amid steady progress. Robert Harmon defeats Gardnar Mulloy and Wilmer Hines advances in straight sets.
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Rye
Alice Marble
Palm Springs
Calif
Mary Greet Harris
Ksas City
John van Ryn
Philadelphia
Don Budge
Bitsy Grant
Gene Mako
Frankie Parker
Southampton
Jack McDiarmid
Princeton
Gil Hall
Hal Surface
Robert Harmon
Berkley
Gardnar Mulloy
Miami
Two Local Persons Are Qualified As Estate Executors
Mrs. Ruby Snyder widow of Harry A. Snyder was named executrix of the estate after a July 25 auto accident near Asheboro. The heirs are a son Harry A and daughter Ruby Doris with a $345 car damage claim. O R York of High Point was named executor for Tennie B E Turner who died August 8 at her High Point home. H Whitlow listed as heir. no estate estimate given.
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Spec
Greensboro
Ruby Snyder
Harry A. Snyder
Asheboro
Clerk of
Superior Court
Harry A
Ruby Doris
O. R. York
High Point
Tennie BE. Turner
H. Whitlow
Gen asco Asphalt Shingles Earn National Repute
The text notes Gen asco Asphalt Shingles have earned an enviable reputation and broad acceptance across the country.
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Genasco
Charles H Cecil Held for Murder in West Virginia
Charles H Cecil 21 of High Point waived a preliminary hearing on murder charges in the fatal shooting of Cicero Clodfelter 32 also of High Point. Mrs Jessie Hardy 25 of Carthage N C held as material witness released on bond. Cecil held without bond until October grand jury action. detective says Cecil fired over remarks about Mrs Hardy. Clodfelter died from bullet wounds. body sent to High Point. funeral set at Fairfield Methodist Protestant church.
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Huntington
W. Va
Charles H. Cecil
High Point
Cicero Clodfelter
Jessie Hardy
Carthage
N. C
Cecil
L. J. Swann
Clodfelter
Mrs. Hardy
Groce Memorial M E Church Opens to Large Attendance
Between 400 and 500 people attended the formal opening of the Groce Memorial M E church on Oak View school road with over 300 at Sunday school. Rev. K W Grace preached at 3 p m in the near-complete building. Visitors included the Evangelistic club and the High Point Harmony Four. The church hopes to build a new structure and convert the current one into the Sunday school department.
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Groce Memorial M. E
Oak View School Road
K. W. Grace
Evangelistic Club
High Point Harmony Four
Revival Services To Be Held In West End
Rev. G. C. Collins of Thomasville will lead open air revival services at West End on Thursday and Friday nights. The announcement says the public is invited to attend.
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G. C. Collins
Thomasville
West End
Firemen Delegates Missed From Raleigh Convention List
Lieutenant J. E. Horney and Captain C. L. Monroe accompanied other firemen to the state convention in Raleigh yesterday afternoon. Their names were omitted from the delegate list printed in The Enterprise yesterday due to a typographical oversight.
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J. E. Horney
C. L. Monroe
Fire Department
Raleigh
Enterprise
Police seek 14 year old Wade Callicutt missing
Police today were asked to aid in learning the whereabouts of Wade Callicutt 14 of 1520 South Main street whose mother Mrs E S Callicutt said he disappeared from his home between 930 and 130 last night He has dark brown hair and weighs 114% pounds.
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Wade Callicutt
South Main Street
E. S. Callicutt
Traffic Violations Reported In 24 Hours
Police records show three persons injured and three arrested for traffic ordinance violations in the past 24 hours with one motorist cited for speeding this morning. Drive Carefully and Save a Life.
Rites Held for Karl Gass Former Resident Killed in Crash
Funeral services for Karl Gass formerly of this city and now of Chattanooga Tenn were held this morning at Wann Funeral Home in Chattanooga. His body shipped to Atlanta for cremation and then to Trossingen Black Forest Germany where his mother resides. Also killed or seriously injured in the same crash were J Monroe Spencer Jr formerly of near this city and later of Chattanooga. The service featured a quartet and several hymn selections with floral tributes and pallbearers named. The report notes architectural ruins in Gawra and an unrelated zoological fact about a cock fish eyelid.
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Karl Gass
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee City
Wann Funeral
Atlanta
Trossingen
Black Forest
Germany
Mr. Gass
Industrial Lithograph Company
J. Monroe Spencer, Jr
Funeral services for Mrs. Ten nie B B Turner
Funeral services are listed for Mrs Ten nie BB Turner age 49 wife of C R Turner who died at a local venue. The notice notes her husband and that she was a resident of the area with services pending in the local cemetery.
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Tennie BB. Turner
C. R. Turner
Robbery at soda shop yields $650 haul
Yeggs entered a local soda shop yesterday and stole $650 from the safe. Police investigated and searched for suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhelby
Yeggs
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Lins
Carolina News Briefs
Knox
Gaston
E. E. Wiley
Mary Low Moffitt
Negro Slayer
Dial
Fairfield Methodist Protestant Church
Throng
Grace Memorial Church
Will
Oman
W. L. York
Dictator
Soke
Sec
Charlie
Oak Avenue
R Jordan
Elkin
Taylor
M Alfred
Vera Smith
BE. Dodamead
A. J
Ant Marlene Lowe
Byra Millan
Son
Webster
Zeb
Willie
James Whitlow
Winston-Salem
Gawra
Mrs. Tennie BB. Turner
E. M. Taylor
Madame Cla
Ady
PARD
Main St
West Commerce
Stewart-Warner
Main Stree
Aes Manne
Plymouth
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth Vision
Chrysler Corporation
DE Soto
Chrysler and
Dodge Dealers
Sare
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