Mrs. Irving Hooker Feted at Winston-Salem Shower
Miss Rachel Wolff hosted a miscellaneous shower at her sister Mrs. Thomas Wilsons home 2400 Fairway drive Winston-Salem. Guests and honorees included Mrs. Irving Hooker and several local women with prizes awarded for cootie bingo hearts and other games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Hooker
Rachel Wolff
Thomas Wilson
Fairway Drive
C. C. Stafford
Bingo
Eliza
Beth Rose
Lindsay Waggoner
Hearts
Ann Jenkins
Etta Terral
Elinor Rose
Etta Terrell
Ruth Wolff
Winston- Salem
Buccaneer Dance Draws High Pointers Thursday
Greensboro Bucaneer club plans a social dance in the Winter Garden ballroom attracting many from High Point and nearby towns. Dorothy Stewart to sponsor, escorted by Hughes Scott. numerous members and dates listed with sponsors from Winston Salem Raleigh Albemarle Richmond and Fremont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buccaneer Club
Greensboro
Winter Garden
High Point
Dorothy Stewart
Hughes Scott
Walter R. Murray
Courtlandt Preston
Winston- Salem
Joe Westbrook
Phyllis Clapp
Winston-Salem
Harvest Moon Party at Duck Clubhouse Tonight
The Duck Club hosts a Harvest Moon Party at the Sedgefield clubhouse this evening at nine. Guests from High Point and nearby communities are invited for a semi formal event featuring a newly installed radio phonograph for music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duck Club
Sedgefield
High Point
Stag Club Sets Important Evening Meeting
The Stag Club will hold an important business meeting at the club lodge this evening at 8 15 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stag
Stag Club
Ub Lodge
Gaynell Sears Celebrates Fifth Birthday With Party
Mrs. C. J. Sears hosted a birthday party for her daughter Gaynell Sears at 111 West Bay Street. The event ran from 3 to 5 pm with games songs and photos followed by cake and ice cream in the dining room. Guests included Evelyn Brown Sonny Brown Geraldine Nicholson Dorothy Nicholson Kathleen Nicholson Grace Ann Guy Johnsie Bridges Bobby Bridges Barbara Nicholson Juliadella Charles Jimmie Sears and Gaynell Sears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Sears
West Bay Street
Gaynell
Sears
Robert Nicholson
George Turner
Evelyn
Sonny Brown
Geraldine
Dorothy
Kathleen Nicholson
Grace Ann Guy
Johnsie
Bobby Bridges
Barbara Nicholson
Juliadella Charles
Jimmie
Gaynell Sears
Musical Program At Sheraton Tonight For Altrusa Dinner
Altrusa club holds its semi monthly dinner in the Sheraton hotel private dining room tonight. Program chairman Mrs. Nancy K. Poston presents J. Gurney Briggs Jr. and Rev. E E Wiley with two vocal groups. Wiley will sing Scotch songs with Miss Clarice Bowman as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
Sheraton
J. Gurney Briggs, Jr
E. E. Wiley
Wesley Memorial M. EB
Briggs
Wiley
Clarice Bowman
Carmichael Child Celebrates Sixth Birthday at Home
Mrs T R Carmichael hosted a birthday party for her son David Lee Carmichael at their home east of the city on Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5. The event featured games and refreshments served by the hostess and helpers Mrs H C Garrett and Mrs Dillon. Guests included Forest Garrett Gordon Dillon John Hervie Samuel Mendenhall Hugh Gordon Albert Thomas Charles Moore Clara Lee Jacqueline Rogers Sarah Jean Bullard Ada Moore Marie Hutchens Jeanette Danese Nicks Rheumel Jones and David Lee Carmichael plus six mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Carmichael
David Lee
H. C. Garrett
Dillon
Forest Garrett
Gordon Dillon
John Hervie
Samuel Mendenhall
Hugh Gordon
Albert Thomas
Charles Moore
Clara Lee
Jacqueline Rogers
Sarah Jean Bullard
Ada Moore
Marie Hutchens
Jeanette
Danese Nicks
Rheumel Jones
David Lee Carmichael
Bridge Event At Sedgefield Inn Tomorrow
The regular Ladies Day bridge event at Sedgefield Country Club will be held tomorrow at 2 30 in the solarium of Sedgefield Inn. Mrs Gordon Hope chairs the Ladies Entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgefield Inn
Bridge of
Sedgefield Country Club
Gordon Hope
Sootfall Estimate Stuns with 70 Million Tons Annually
A figure suggests 70 million tons of soot settle on American cities each year, highlighting widespread air pollution concerns and potential health impacts.
Local residents share travels and visits across states
A parade of community notes records Miss Johnsie Surratt visiting Charleston for two weeks with her parents, Mrs. G M Taylor returning from a Denver trip with Willie Brown, and several families after spending days at Myrtle Beach Virginia Beach and Ocean View. Also listed are Bermuda cruise returns and the birth of Mary Elizabeth Royals on August 24 in Trinity route two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsie Surratt
Medical College of 8. C. School of Nursing
Charleston
F. G. Surratt
Sherrod Street
Mrs. Royce Royals
Mary Elizabeth
Trinity
Route Two
Thomas B. Hubbard
Sally Hubbard
West Chester
Richard Whitaker
James Senter
Albemarle
Arthur Linville
Joe Ragland
Virginia Beach
Rebecca Bodenhamer
Mary Dail Long
Concord
Former Thomasville Man Assigned To Duty In Washington
Aug 25 Thomasville report notes Assistant Surgeon T H Tomlinson Jr of the US Public Health Service is relieved from New Orleans quarantine duty and assigned to the Office of the Assistant Surgeon General in Washington. He plans to begin about Sept 10 and will visit his Thomasville parents first. Mrs Tomlinson remains at Fort Stanton Hospital New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srecie
Thomasville
T. H. Tomlinson
T. H. Tomlinson, Jr
United States Public Health Service
United States Quarantine Station
New Orleans
Washington, D
Tomlinson
Fort Stanton Hospital
New Mexico
Tomlsin
Washington
Girls Pentagon Club to Meet at Miss Brown’s Home
Miss Catherine Brown will entertain the Girls Pentagon Club at its weekly meeting this evening at seven o’clock at her home 1000 North Main Street. All members are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Brown
Pentagon Club
North Main Street
Woman's Missionary Society of Highland M. E. Church
G. R. Ward
Mrs W C Beavans Sets Off for Extended California Visit
Mrs. W. C. Beavans leaves today for an extended trip to California. She will visit Los Angeles and travel several weeks on the West Coast, returning here in the late fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Beavans
California
Los Angeles
Kilauea Volcano's Size and Active Status Noted
The largest active volcano in the world is Kilauea located in Hawaii. Its crater measures about two miles in diameter and remains a prominent feature of the island's volcanic landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilauea
Hawaii
Home Demonstration Club at Kernersville Holds Regular Meeting
Kernersville August meeting of the Home Demonstration Club met at Mrs. J. R. Blackwell’s home with Mrs. Blackwell and Mrs. E. P. Billings hosting. A September picnic at High Point City Park was planned and a committee named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
Home Demonstration Club
J. R. Blackwell
Mesdames Blackwell
E. P. Billings
High Point City Park
Mary Linville
State College
Raleigh
Pegram Family Reunion Planned at Stokesdale Church
The eighth annual Pegram reunion will be held at Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church in Stokesdale on the first Sunday in September. W. A. Pegram will lead with speakers Clifford Frazier and Robert King Sr. and music from North Carolina singers. Program starts 10 45 a m dinner in the grove at 12 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pegram
Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church
Stokesdale
J. C. Garrick
Bessie BR. Pegram
Reunion Association
Gerald Lynn Sechrest Birth in Concord
Mr and Mrs J H Sechrest announce the birth of son Gerald Lynn on Sunday August 23 at Mercy hospital Charlotte Mrs Sechrest is former Celeste Headen of this city Former residents now living in Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sechrest
Concord
Gerald Lynn
Mercy Hospital
Charlotte
Stroke Fatal for Cocoa Mayor Driving Car
The body of T. G. Ronald, 70, former Cocoa mayor, died of apoplexy yesterday while driving his car. His 13-year-old son Tommy was only slightly hurt when the car crashed into a tree. Ronald and his family had been in Brevard for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
T. G. Ronald
Cocoa
Fla
Tommy
Ronald
Kinston Office Leads in Job Placements in 1936 Half-Year
W C Boney said the Kinston district reemployment service placed 2030 people in jobs in the first six months of 1936 and that the district ranked second in the state for placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
W. C. Boney
State Reemployment Service
Wesley Memorial Church Social Plans Dramatic Club
The Wesley Memorial church youth plan to organize a dramatic club tonight at eight in the Woman's Wesley classroom. All interested young people are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial
Wesley Memorial Church
Woman's
Wesley
Jury Tampering Charged To Man
Burlington August 25 J C Crawford textile operative was fined 100 and jailed 20 days for contempt of court while facing a felony jury tampering charge. He was arrested by order of Judge Clawson L Williams after juror R C Carter reported an accosting. The panel was trying Mack Thompson and Tyne Moore on highway robbery charges and a mis trial was ordered. Williams also set Crawford’s contempt sentence. Hillsboro city court judge remanded him on a 500 bond on the tampering charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
J. C. Crawford
Clawson L. Williams
R. C. Carter
Crawford
Mack Thompson
Tyne Moore
Clawson Williams
Williams
Hillsboro
Grasshoppers Frighten North Carolina Farmer in Field
In Makatoka North Carolina August 25 a farmer Wallace Mintz and a tenant dropped their tools to watch Irksene Vereen sweep a large leafless bush through the air. Vereen laughed as he ambushed grasshoppers driving them toward neighboring fields claiming the insects were eating more of his tobacco than theirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Makatoka
N. C
Wallace Mintz
Irksene Vereen
Vereen
Palmerville Man Held In Slaying At Badin Cafe
H V Everhardt of Palmerville was held in Stanly county jail on charges of murdering L A Motler in a Badin cafe after an argument over a card game. Everhardt surrendered after the shooting and was placed in Albemarle jail. cafe owner Jack Ingram attributed the incident to a dispute over a card game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badin
H. V. Everhardt
Palmerville
Stanly County
L. A. Motler
Everhardt
Albemarle
Jack Ingram
Ickes Acquitted In Liquor Charge
WOBURN Mass August 25 Judge Arthur E Eno of Lowell acquitted Robert H Ickes 22 foster son of Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes while under the influence of liquor The case centered on a drinking incident in which Ickes was accused of intoxication and related misconduct in a public scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woburn
Mass
Arthur E. Eno
Lowell
Robert H. Ickes
Foster
Harold Ickes
Wake Forest to Discuss Transferring Dances to Raleigh
Trustees meet September 15 to consider moving college dances from Wake Forest campus to Raleigh under supervision. The issue has sparked denominational opposition led by the Biblical Recorder. Davidson College previously loosened rules. Wake Forest likely to propose Raleigh or elsewhere for dances as the state convention nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Wake Forest College
Davidson College
Wake Forest
Biblical Recorder
Recorder
G. W. Paschall
R. L. Paschall
Fort Worth
Texas
Bob Paschall
George
Gorrell
Cullom
Lynch
N. Y. Gulley
Law School
W. L. Poteat
Dr. Poteat
Richard T. Vann
Meredith College
Davidson
Charlotte
Midnight Deadline for County Refund Claims
Raleigh August 25. Midnight tonight is the deadline for filing county refund claims with the state highway department. Charles Ross said 60 to 75 counties are expected to file refunds totaling about 50 million dollars. The claims cover money counties spent on roads later absorbed into the state highway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Highway Department
Charles Ross
The
Highway Commission
Hilliard Memorial Revival Services Begin This Sunday
The Hilliard Memorial Baptist church announces revival services starting Sunday September 6 with Rev. H. O. Miller in charge each evening at 7 30. Special music has been arranged for the services according to today’s notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
H. O. Miller
Daily Burglar Visits Mrs Lewis Ice Box
Mrs Elinor V Lewis reports a noon burglar has been raiding her ice box for months. The thief sometimes cooks a meal, prepares a dessert, washes dishes, turns on the radio, reads magazines, and leaves thank you notes. Police asked to investigate the unusual pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Elinor V. Lewis
Portraitist Prince Troubetzkoy Dies at 72 in Charlottesville
Painter Prince Troubetz koy, 72, noted as the second husband of Amelie Rives, died in Charlottesville Virginia today. He was a prominent portrait artist with ties to literary circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville, Va
Upy
Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy
Amelie Rives
Moore Case Faces Lengthy Proceedings in North Carolina Courts
Raleigh Aug 25 Disputed testimony on an alleged confession at the state prison by Martin Moore murderer of Helen Clevenger fuels continued debate. The NAACP presence guarantees extended scrutiny, asserts federal questions about defense time and jury composition. Prison officials deny prior statements and say execution delays may last months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
North Carolina
Boys Fight Maddening Shark Swarm Off Pamlico Sound
Two 13 year old boys James Mitchell Hedges and Raymond Mc Henry describe meeting a school of maddened sharks near Hatteras Island. They hid in a rowboat after a shark smashed the bow and damaged the craft while they scooped small fish from a net.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
N. C
James Mitchell- Hedges
F. A. Mitchell- Hedges
Raymond McHenry
Pamlico Sound
Hatteras Island
Robbery Strikes Asheville Home. $8,000 in valuables taken
Police entered the Asheville home of Mrs. Rosenberg after a reported burglary. Goods stolen include jewelry valued over $1,000, United States government bonds, clothing, and radios. Authorities said they had been informed of the crime days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Rosenberg
United Starnment
Sharks captured after dramatic chase near shore
Boys described a large shark tangled in a net near shore after a chase. They freed it from its mooring and towed it to shore with the captured fish measured about four feet in length and seven feet in circumference and roughly 700 pounds.
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Jack Nowlin
Elizabeth Aycock
Fremont
Harry Donnell
Eleanor Echols
Allen Johnson
Martha Webster
Harry Phillips
Stiss Mary Letty Mebane
David Morrah
Sarah Price
Frank Tye
Alice Dunlap
James Hooker
Richmond
Charles Elder, Jr
Wilfred Schlosser
W. L. Wyan, Jr
Kate Dunn
Grant Byerly
Beverly Reaves
Dick Nance
Lois Johnson
Ben Fortune
Rose Rogers
Frank York
Miriam Mason
Billy Womble
Speight Bird
Lloyd Thompson
Lewis Ginsberg
Ernest Eichhorn
Stags
Brand
Moffitt’s
North Main St
Allrusa
Carmichael
City
Joan Marsh
J. L. Perkins
Aubrey
Carl Grubb
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Ella Mendenhall
Hilda Barbee
Asheboro Street
Ocean View
J. S. Bradshaw, Jr
Drexel
D. R. Smith
Warsaw
Ind
Anne Byerly
Kathleen Shelton
Bermuda
J. D. Ross
Louise Avenue
Huntersville
Washington, D. C
Iola Schultz
Salisbury
Reuben Rovender
Stokesdale Church
Gerald L. Sechrest Is
Archdale
Archdale M. E. Church
C. P. Lambeth
Asheboro Road
Ickes
Hilliard Memorial
Painter
Moore
Forts
Chamber
Scottsboro
Dama
Alabma
Mad Shark
Skippy
Nat Walker
Hart
First National Building
Hutchen’s Baker
Fresh Angel
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