Beholden to Quaker Roots in North Carolina Heritage
Personal reflections trace Quaker ancestry from Nantucket to Randolph and Guilford counties. The speaker recalls family ties to Tristam Coffin, early Nantucket life, and shifts to New Garden community. He praises enduring Quaker values, soil conservation, and Springfield Memorial Association while humorously noting lineage quirks and reluctance to abandon old beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffin
Bethuel
Elisha
Sbethuel
William
Samuel
John
Tristam
Nantucket
Randolph Superior Court
Marmaduke Robins
Bush Hill
Allen Tomlinson
Asheboro
Jamestown
Moffits Mills
Frank
Island Ford
Franklinville
Northampton
Edgar Wallace Knight
Wincey
John Milton
Salisbury
Moore County
Old Plank Road
Cleveland
Abijah
Elihu
Elijah
Barnabas
Minnesota
Rose
Alex
Shuffles Township
Bethuels
New Garden
Devon
New World
Burke's
North Carolina
Mechanics Church
Quaker Church
Winslow
Randolph
Guilford
Greensboro
Piedmont
Rufus King
O. J
Springfield Church
City seeks injunction over power cuts amid rate dispute
The utilities commission adopted a new rate schedule effective November 1 1936 for municipal power distribution. The city alleges the defendant power company added a discriminatory clause limiting deliveries to any single motor over five horsepower. The city refused to sign contracts containing that proviso and seeks relief while continuing negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utilities Commission
Commission
City Seeks Court Order to Stop Duke Power Cutoff
High Point operates its own electric distribution and buys current from Duke for city use including public buildings street lighting and sewage treatment. The city asks a court to grant a permanent injunction preventing Duke Power from discontinuing supplies citing potential irreparable injury and damage to city rights and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Duke Company
Missing goldfish mystery ends at home pool
A local family reports a missing goldfish from a pond. After church and hours of probing, the police arrive to find the goldfish still in the pool, ending the unusual mystery with no apparent suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Davis
Claude
Mr. Davis
Apartments Completed in Thom asville
Thom asville reports the Carolina apartments near Winston street are nearly finished with tenant move-ins starting. The $50,000 project by W H Peace and N C English includes a playground and tennis courts, features brick and cast stone with aluminum trim, and is fireproof with an automatic sprinkler system. Tyson T Free of High Point designed it and G W Smith Lexington served as general contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Carolina Apartments
W. H. Peace
N. C. English
Winston Street
Architectu
Aparent
Tyson T. Free
High Point
Gene
G. W. Smith Lexington
Sobering institutions in Russia treat drunkenness without punishment
The article describes a system in which intoxicated individuals found in streets are bathed, put to bed, and cared for until it is established that drunkenness threatens public welfare, at which point punishment may be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Springfield Memorial Association
Baditor
J. Coffin
John Blair
Society of Friends
Tristam Coffyn
Folgers
Isolde
Santa Claus
Moses Hammond
Macy
Starbuck
Folger
Worth
Townsend
McCuiston
Gardiner
Ranloph
Ireland
Granddam
Dionis
Addie Daniels
Massachusetts
Tommy Macon
Buffalo Ford Way
Cassandra
Aunt Polly
Greece
Rome
Anderson Baker
Tommy
Annie Petty
Nereus English
Nereus
Mary Petty
Charlie Tomlinson
Oscar Wilson
Bruce Craven
Bruce
Ed Graham
University of North Carolina
Alexander Horney
Parm & Gene Beauty Shop
S&t
Wood System Industrial Bank
North Main Street
High Point Retail Coal ‘Association
American Coal & Wood Co
Boone Coal Co
Cash Fuel Co
City Fuel Co
Hedrick Coal Co
Hunter Coal Co
High Point Ice & Coal Co
D. F. Lopp Coal Co
Spencer Coal Co
West End Coal & Wood Co
Lennox
Fairbanks-Morse
Household Alliance CO
Weber Motor CO
Hudson-Terraplane Packard
Commerce
Snow Lumber Co
Madam Ardelle
Seadem Ardelle
N. Main St
City Winston-Salem Highway
Chairtown
Lowe
West Commerce Street
Piedmont Building and Loan Association
Wachovia Bank Bldg
Geo. A. Matton
Pres
W. C. Idol
Sec'y
A. M. Richardson
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Damp Wash Service
OVC
Wen
Beret
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