Large Enrollment Expected at High Point College Opening
High Point College will enroll more than 100 new students for the seventh session opening September 15 to 18. New staff include Floyd R. Garrett as librarian, H. L. Spessard as chair of Business Administration and dean of men, Naomi Morris as head of Home Economics, and Julian F. Beall as athletics director. Forty freshmen will board. remaining students come from the local community. The college bookstore shifts to college control under R. H. Gunn.
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High Point College
Ita
G. I. Humphreys
Seasion
Floyd R. Garrett
Mary Louise McDesrman
H. L. Spessard
Stanley R. Pugh
Spessard
T. C. Johnson
Naomi Morris
Madeline B. Street
Dorothy St Clair
Humphreys
Ben H. Hill
Julian F. Beall
C. R. Hinshaw
Dr. Humphreys
The
Athletic Association
R. H. Gunn
Supreme Court to hear Davis ouster appeal in September
The ouster case against Coun cilman W A Davis of the second ward moves to the state supreme court with a $2500 appeal bond posted. Davis has until September 8 to file the appeal statement from Referee R M Robins' decision approved by Judge Michael Shenck. Plaintiffs seek swift Supreme Court calendar placement, likely hearing by mid September and a prompt decision. The initial appeal contested jurisdiction, which the court previously ruled for the plaintiff.
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W. A. Davis
T. ©. Johnson
State Supreme Court
Mr. Davis
R. M. Robins
Michael Shenck
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Johnson Preaches At First Baptist On Inevitable Christianity
Rev. T. C. Johnson preached at First Baptist Church in the pastorless period, declaring that only Christianity satisfies humanity’s religious instinct. He argued modern life lacks stable leaders and cited figures from history and literature, concluding Jesus offers an immovable foundation and dynamic living power.
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T. C. Johnson
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
Mr. Johnson
Alexander
Herod
Constantine
Charlemagne
Rousseau
Richelieu
Cavour
Gladstone
Washington
Lincoln
Wilson
Shakespeare
Goethe
Jesus
Burial of Odell Ward Tuesday Morning
Odell Henry Ward infant son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Ward route 3 this city died Sunday night at 9 25 after an operation for complications following a four day illness with colitis He was born March 30 of this year Survived by his parents grandparents Mr and Mrs M M Kearns route 3 this city and Mr and Mrs C P Ward of Galax Virginia and several uncles and aunts Funeral will be Tuesday at 11 from Fairfield church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Odell Henry Ward
Glenn Ward
Route 3
Guilford General Hospital
M. M. Kearns
This City
C. P. Ward
Galax
E. O. Peeler
Fairfield Church
Church
West Point Cadets to Begin Aviation Training
With graduation leave ending, 86 of the 235 West Point cadets will graduate in June and report to Brooks Field Texas and March Field California for aviation training.
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Washington
West Point
Brooksfield
Texas
Marchfield
California
Free Baby Book For Young Mothers From Dr Moffett
Free Baby Book offers practical advice for diagnosing simple illnesses, plus weight charts and feeding tables. Also receive a Teethina sample to aid digestion and teething pains, available via C J Moffett Co Dept 108 Columbus Ga Ady.
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C. J. Moffett Co
Dept
Columbus
Ady
Lightning Strikes Elwood Cox Residence in Emerywood
The home of J. Elwood Cox, president of Commercial National Bank, was hit by lightning during an early morning storm. Firefighters contained the blaze to a third floor room with only minor damage. Captain Jones Burns was injured but later released in satisfactory condition from Guilford General Hospital. Cox and family were away in Atlantic City.
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J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Jones Burns
Sechrest Funeral Home
Guilford General Hospital
Clara
Effie Cox
Ffta Cory
Cox
Atlantic City
Legion Auxiliary elects delegates and officers in High Point
In High Point the American Legion Auxiliary Andrew Jackson unit No. 87 elected officers and chose delegates and alternates for the state meeting in Winston-Salem. Activities include a tea, parade, dinner at the Robert E. Lee hotel, midnight show, and a garden party for delegates.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Andrew Jackson Unit No. 87
High Point
Winston-Salem
U. D
Robert E. Lee
Leonard Wilson
Carolina Theatre
Alice Gray
Bowman Gray
Lewis Teague
Russell Blackburn
B. W. Kirkman
David Yow
Horace Haworth
N. L. Garner
R. KE. Snow
M. T. Hicks
Jack Burris
Lexington Family in Serious Wreck Near Norfolk
J. P. Yarborough his wife and two young children of Lexington survived a fiery crash on East Lexington avenue when a Diana sedan skidded overturned and burst into flames from a gasoline tank. Yarborough and seven year old son suffered facial and arm burns. wife and daughter unharmed. Ambulance crews provided first aid. family returned to Lexington after brother retrieved them.
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J. P. Yarborough
Lexington
Diana
Lexington Avenue
Electric towers mark pylons for national air races
Three 84 foot high electric towers covered with checkered canvas will serve as pylons for closed circuit courses in the national air races in Chicago from August 23 to September 1.
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Chicago
Investigators Await City Council Meeting On Report
City Manager BE M Know and city attorney Horace Hayworth have finished their inquiry into charges against the police department and city officials. They plan to present a lengthy report to the city council at tomorrow’s meeting, with Detective W. Morris having resigned earlier after the investigation.
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BE. M. Know
Horace Hayworth
W. Morris
Kma Moetshae
Baby Welfare Show Draws 260 Entries at High Point Fair
The High Point Fair Baby Welfare Show expands entries to 260 including three to six month olds. The Miss High Point contest has 24 entrants as mothers decorate carriages and even cars for the opening parade. prizes will be displayed at Max Bones store. Names include Marie Leming Clyde Coffey Hugh Gordon Jr Alice Fowler Peggy Davis Joseph Sink Billy Hennis Jr Margaret Coltrane Robert Bain Evelyn Moffett Peggy Woodburn Esther Wagner Margie Apple Ernest Cox Josie Armentrout Cleo Rush Elizabeth Wood and many others.
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Max Bones
Marie Leming
High Point
Clyde C. Coffey
Cassell Street
Hugh Clifton Gordon Jr
Gordon Street
Alice Pauline Fowler
Chestnut Street
Peggy Ann Davis
Willowbrook Street
Joseph Lee Sink
Billy Hennis Jr
English Street
Margaret Ruth Coltrane
South Wrenn Street
Robert Hartford Bain
North Main Street
Evelyn Beatrice Moffett
Peggy Delores Woodburn
Esther Louise Wagner
Pine Street
Margie Lee Apple
Highland Avenue
Ernest Clay Cox
Josie Fay Armentrout
Cleo Rush
Trinity
N. C
Elizabeth Wood
Osborne Street
Directors Merchants Association To Meet
High Point Merchants Association directors plan a 7:45 PM meeting in the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company directors’ room to consider secretary applications. A recent election left only the secretary post open, with about 25 applications reported and a likely early election after initial screening. The applications committee is J B Spencer H I Cofield A C Cecil Fred W McPherson and Willis Johnson.
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High Point Merchants Association
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
J. B. Spencer
H. I. Coffield
A. C. Cecil
Fred W. McPherson
Willis Johnson
Unions and Firms Organized in North Carolina
New certificates of incorporation issued by the secretary of state list Union Credit Incorporated of High Point forming brokers and adjustors with 1000 shares, Nehi Bottling Company of New Bern to manufacture beverages with 15000 authorized and 10000 subscribed, and Simons Incorporated of Fayetteville to buy and sell women’s apparel with 10000 authorized and 3000 subscribed.
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G. 8S. Waters
T. E. Land
New Bern
Simon’s Incorporated
Fayetteville
J. M. Goldberg
Fannie G. Simons
M.goldberg
Commercial bankruptcy costs American business billions yearly
Report notes that commercial bankruptcy actions cause about 750 million dollars in annual losses to U S companies and markets. The figure underscores the economic impact of corporate insolvency on lenders suppliers and employees.
Ned Bolt To Be Buried Tomorrow At Mt. Airy
The body of B. Ned Bolt who died after being struck by a car near Swaintown New Jersey will be taken to Mt. Airy today. Bolt a traveling salesman lived with his sister Mrs. S P Keziah at 416 Centennial Avenue High Point. He is survived by his sister two half brothers a half sister and other relatives. Burial will be at Mt Airy tomorrow at 239 PM with funeral services at the grave.
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B. Ned Bolt
Swaintown
N. J
Mt. Airy
Bolt
S. P. Keziah
Centennial Avenue
M. T. Hicks
J. P. Holt
Lola Moon
High Point
Kirkman Family Reunion in Guilford Counts Proud Old Line
About three generations of the Kirkman family gathered at W. Monroe Kirkman’s Freeman Mill-Groometown home to celebrate the eighty eighth birthday of the patriarch. C. C. Covington presided, John Renfrew read scripture, and J. Ed Kirkman urged younger Kirkmans to uphold family traditions amid modern machine age challenges. Dolphus Kirkman attended, as did Mary Renfrew with the celebrants.
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W. Monroe Kirkman
Kirkman
Guilford County
Freeman Mill-Groometown
C. C. Covington
Kirkman Family Association
John Renfrew
Register of Deeds
Mecklenburg County
First Corinthians
Monroe Kirkman
Kirkmans
Mary Renfrew
Dolphus Kirkman
George Kirkman
Miss Eleanor Stephens Joins Sacred Music School at Winona Lake
Miss Eleanor Stephens of High Point North Carolina arrives at Winona Lake to attend the two week School of Sacred Music led by Homer Rodeheaver and an instructor corps. She stays with her High Point family at the Take-a-Rest cottage on the Island as 80 students have registered this opening week. The program precedes the Bible conference directed by Dr W E K Biederwolf and features a music festival with student contests this week.
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Winona Lake
Ind
Eleanor Stephens
High Point
N. C
Homer Rodeheaver
Stephens
W. EK. Biederwolf
School of Sacred Music Ends August Twenty Fourth
The faculty of the School of Sacred Music held related recitals as part of a Bible conference that will be in full swing by Saturday and run for ten days ending August 24.
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School of Mussic
School of Sacred Music
France Plans New Airport Port Near Le Bourget
Paris officials announce a new port facility to handle rising air traffic, costing 18 million dollars. The project will be presented for consideration to the French chamber of deputies in the near future.
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Paris
France
le Bourget
Chamber of Deputies
France expands submarine fleet with new 3,250 ton vessel
France's submarine program reaches 52 completed boats and 47 under construction. The latest hull, displacing 3,250 tons, is poised to become the largest submarine in the world.
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France
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