Burlington Plants Plan Picnic Here
Burlington plants organize a large company picnic at High Point Municipal Lake on Saturday August 23 with a 2 pm program and 5 30 pm supper. About 4 000 attendees are expected including 200 workers and families. Activities include a beauty contest, softball, horseshoes, jitterbug, a Negro boxing match, watermelon eating contest, husband calling, a greasy pole contest, various races, and children games. Prizes include a gold loving cup and a silver medal, with plans for rain contingency and a full park facility use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Holt Plaid Mill
Bellomont
Burlington
High Point Municipal Lake
Sol
Burnice Denny
Zeb Williams
Ben Williamson
Frank Long
Mattie Cox
Elsie Denny
Janice Cutein
Ifuk
Entetlan
D. A. Gryder
Ser'niendent
Two Mills
Volunteer fireman Misreads Siren, Discovers Band Muse
Lancaster, Pa. Volunteer Fireman Art Gibble, awakened by a siren, rushes to the firehouse with fellow volunteers, claiming to smell smoke. He discovers the sound was from a town band’s musical number near his home, not a fire.
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Lancaster
Art Gibble
Juniors' Play Alert in Bridge Masters Masters Hunt
During a Pacific coast trip Waldemar von Zedtwitz and I noted Tom Stoddard's work with bridge juniors. He says experts can win cups and Master Points, but juniors need development and fun, with some seniors still regarded as juniors. The junior often plays hands better than the expert, who may slip into carelessness.
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Waldemar von Zedtwitz
Tom Stoddard
Stoddard
Outdoor Activities Of Girl Scouts Sets New Attendance Record
Outdoor programs for High Point Girl Scouts drew over 200 girls with a summer roll of 774 attending. The expanded out-of-doors work included trips to Camp Uwharrie, six weeks of group meetings, swimming and crafts at the YMC pool, and new archery. Local churches and volunteers supported the effort, with 54 girls and 13 adults at camp and 236 in swimming classes, all under the leadership of Mrs. Mabel Burnett.
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Frances Johnson
Mabel Burnett
Enterprise Ming
High Point Girl Scouts
Girl Scout Council
Camp Uwharries
Uwharrie
Camp
Nancy Woollen
Emily Herring
Adams Memorial Y. W.C. A
North End
First Presbyterian Church
South End
Cloverdale School Lawn
West End
Ward Street Methodist Church
East End
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Negro Municipal Recreation Park
Burnett
First Presbyterian
L. P. Earnhardt
Wesley Memorial Church
Ace and King Hearts Lead in Six Hearts Contract
A bridge analysis shows the junior player routes to six hearts against a likely bad trump break. He cashes the ace and king of hearts, then the ace king of diamonds discarding a spade, ruffs clubs and diamonds, and claims the rest, while some Masters blunder by ruffing the first diamond or running clubs.
Dechert Named Richmond Regional Business Consultant
C Roy Mundee, manager of the Richmond regional office of the Department of Commerce, announced W Cornell Dechert has been appointed as regional business consultant. Dechert, based in Richmond, will study regional business conditions, consult with executives, work with local universities, and report to Washington on local issues including national defense impacts, starting after September 1.
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C. Roy Mundee
Richmond
Department of Commerce
W. Cornell Dechert
Mundee
Department
Fifth
Federal Reserve District
Virginia
West Virginia
South Carolina
Maryland
Dechert
Washington
Countery
National Defense
Cranium Crackers Facts on the United States
A reader quiz lists state origins and names covering Rhode Island, Wyoming, the 14th state and its name, three states with garden rhododendron flowers, nicknames cracker hawk eye buckeye bobtail pelican, and notes Ebenezer Bassett as the first Black public official.
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Rhode Island
Woyming
West Asheville Youth Smallest U. S. Marine Hint
Pvt Richard Maney 38, is the smallest U S marine at five feet two and a half inches tall and 120 pounds. Visiting his parents in West Asheville he recalled officials doubting his height until a Raleigh examiner and a recruiting officer allowed him to pass the physical at Parris Island. A London surgeon notes gas masks to curb the spread of infection.
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West Asheville
Richard Maney
U. S
Maney
Raleigh
Parris Island
S. C
Printers to Hold Mid-Winter Meeting in Raleigh
The North Carolina Master Printers Association will hold its mid-winter meeting in January 1942 in Raleigh, announced by the local Chamber of Commerce today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Master Printers Association
Chamber of Commerce
Giant aba tross skeleton found on Port Alfred Beach
A massive skeleton described as a giant aba tross, measuring 1042 feet across the wing tips, was found recently on Port Alfred Beach in South Africa. The discovery stunned locals and prompted investigation into the creature’s origin and classification.
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Port Alfred Beach
South Africa
Knox Speaks In Durham
Durham August 15 Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox will address the Slrd annual convention of the North Carolina League of Municipalities in Durham tonight. He arrives in Raleigh this afternoon greeted by a delegation, is escorted to the state capital, and welcomed by Governor J M Broughton. Knox will be guest of the Broug ht ons at the executive mansion after a brief press conference. The governor and Knox will motor to Durham where the speaker is introduced. No subject for the address has been indicated. A business session was held this morning with committees to be named this afternoon.
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Durham
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
Theorth Carolina League of Municipalities
Raleigh
Lie
J. M. Broughton
Broughtons
Knox
Moteor
League
Hoke County Man Named President Of County Commissioners
Balfour of Hoke County was elected president of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners at the closing session of its 34th annual convention in Wrightsville Beach Aus 13 14. Goforth Caldwell County was elected vice president and J L Skinner Warren County reelected secretary and treasurer. The association voted to meet next year in Asheville in the second week in August. Resolutions opposed control of state forests and further control.
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Wrightsville Beach
Aus
N. CH. G. Balfour
Hoke County
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
Mark Goforth
Caldwell County
J. L. Skinner
Warren County
Asheville
North Carolina Officials Elect Officers At Meeting
The North Carolina association of county auditors met with commissioners and elected J. C. Garrison of Buncombe County as president, S. Al Bessants of Beaufort County as vice president, and Miss Alice Jenkins of Moore County as secretary. Also noted was disapproval of strikes in defense industries and a stance on tobacco tax increases. Railway income news from New York reports on Southern Railway Co. financials.
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State Health Department
North Carolina Association of County Auditors
J. C. Garrison
Buncombbe County
S. al Bessants
E Baufort County
Alice Jenkins
Moore County
Reynolds condemned Raleigh Legion post targets Senator Reynolds
The Raleigh Post of the American Legion adopted a resolution denouncing Senator Reynolds for opposing the president's foreign policy. In related notes, the text mentions Panama facing a housing shortage and cites first half 1941 net income figures and per share amounts.
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City Lake Park
McKenney
By William E. McKenney
America’s Bird Authority
South West North East
Duke Power Company
Girl Scouts
Commerce Department
United States
Ebenezer Don Carlos Bassett
Philadelphia
Haiti
Grant
U. 5
Marine
London
Secretary of Navy
N. C. League of Municipalities
WN. C
Aol
Price
Ashley
Atlanta
Ingram Furniture CO
North Main Street
Bargain Furniture CO
English Street — Phone
Clemmons Furniture CO
South Main Street
New York
Southern Railway Co
Jarllee
Ferg
Atake
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