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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1931

Page

5

Laymen Conference Called At Lake Junaluska

Dr W P Few president of Duke University calls a laymen meeting for August 25 30 at Lake Junaluska to discuss the Methodist Episcopal Church South lay movement with round table discussions and addresses by Speer Sizoo Trotter Few Ramsey Hofman Hillman Senter. About two hundred laymen expected.

Lake Junaluska W. P. Few Duke University Methodist Episcopal Church South Few Church Robert E. Speer New York J. R. Sizoo Washington, D. C Mel Trotter Grand Rapids Mich R. L. Ramsey Atlanta, Ga L.W. Hofman Richmond, Va J. N. Hillman Emory, Va Emory and Henry College S. T. Senter First Methodist Church Atlanta

Mrs Ivey Williams Bond Set At Three Thousand Dollars

Smithfield Aug 22 appearance bond for Mrs Ivey Hinton Williams indicted by a Johnston county grand jury for the murder of her husband Jesse J Williams political leader was fixed at 3000 dollars Solicitor Clawson L Williams said she had been free under 2750 bond since a coroner s jury found she fired the pistol fatally wounding him on June 26 The bond was reduced from 4000 and signed by her father George Hinton Release on bond indicated the solicitor would not press a first degree charge and he had not decided whether to pursue first or second degree murder or manslaughter

Smithfield Ivey Hinton Williams Johnston County Jesse J. Williams Clawson L. Williams George Hinton

Insurance agent rejects unusual customer joke

A comic exchange from Das Kleine Witz Blatt in Leipzig shows an insurance agent asking if the client motors or flies and the client replying neither, prompting the agent to refuse coverage as a joke or humorous misunderstanding.

Pewce Das Kleine Witzblatt Leipzig

Not So Fair Woman Confronts Mr Smith in Passing Show

In a terse exchange during the Passing Show, Mrs Smith confronts Mr Smith as an “OH! OR! FAIR SECRETARY” asks what the conversation is about. The scene centers on a disagreement or rumor amid backstage friction.

Mr. Smith Smith

Irked Memphis By Uncertain Unemployment Conference

Governor Murray of Oklahoma plans to open the Mississippi Valley Unemployment Conference in Memphis though officials and the chamber of commerce dispute his statements. A conference room is reserved at the Peabody, with delegates expected Monday, while city officials and business leaders remain uncertain about the event and its duration.

Memphis Tenn Murray Oklahoma Memphis Chamber of Commerce Chamber l of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Peabody Chamber

Hunting Licenses On Sale For Fall Season

Raleigh August 22 With the fall hunting season opening September 1 licenses are now in the hands of selling agents statewide. Last season’s licenses expired August 1 and every hunter must have a new license. Squirrel season begins September 1 and deer season starts September 15 in non shortened counties. Bears become legal prey October 1, with opossum and raccoon hunting starting then by gun and dog. Fur trapping begins November 15. Migratory waterfowl season opens under federal and state rules amid possible further restrictions being urged by national groups.

Raleigh Chas. H. England England Board of Conservation and Development General Assembly National Sportsmen’s Organization

Literary Cast in Outward Bound at Rialto Theatre

Warner Bros Vitaphone version of Sutton Vane's Outward Bound shows Wednesday and Thursday at Rialto Theatre. Many cast members are also authors including Leslie Howard and Lyonel Watts, with others like Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Helen Chandler contributing poetry, novels, or plays.

Warner Bros. Vitaphone Talking Picture Sutton Vane Rialto Theatre Leslie Howard Murray Hill New York Lyonel Watts Dover Road Douglas Fairbanks, Jr Mr. Howard Helen Chandler Doug Cyril Hume Montagu Love Robert Milton Alice Duer Miller Hal Mohr

O'Brien Drops Cowboy For Polo In A Holy Terror

George O'Brien in A Holy Terror at the Broadhurst plays a handsome society man with western backdrops enhancing his riding polo and aerial skills. Sally Eilers co stars with a supporting cast including Rita La Roy Humphrey Bogart Stanley Fields and others.

George O'Brien Fox Broadhurst Sally Eilers O'Brien Rita la Roy Humphrey Bogart Stanley Fields Robert Warwick James Kirkwood Richard Tucker Walter Hiers Earl Pingree

Mistaken Identity Sparks Bitter Exchange In Tit Bits

A titillating exchange from Tit Bits features a lover praising a darling’s eyes while the beloved denounces him as two faced for promising fidelity yet courting other girls. The public chit chat reflects era tropes of romance and scandal.

Phantom of Poems at Paramount Stars Gilbert Moore Cast

John Gilbert and Natalie Moore lead a Paramount bill with Lewis Stone Ian Keith Aubrey Smith and Jean Hersholt in The Phantom of Poems showing Wednesday and Thursday. The group headlines a program featuring these veteran performers in a literary themed feature.

John Gilbert Natalie Moorehead Lewis Stone Ian Keith C., Aubrey Smith Jean Hersholt the Paramount

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Odd Fellows Goldsboro Green Street Baptist Church W. C. Bemon Durham High Point Lodge Rialto Doug Fairbanks, Jr C. Glover Bedford O’brien Madame Mrs. Elsle Elder Mrrs Elsie Elder High Point North Carolina Public
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