High Point to Decorate City for Christmas Season
High Point plans Christmas decorations again with colored lights starting this afternoon or tomorrow morning. Earl Brooks of the light department will install lights along Commerce and Main, Washington from Wrenn to Main, and Commerce from Wrenn to Main, with intersections lit in overhead cross formations. If supplies allow, West Washington and West Commerce streets will receive lights, plus the city park area around Main Street near the Sheraton hotel. Merchants assist with funding and materials. wiring remains from last year.
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High Point
Earl Brooks
Light Department
Commerce and Main
Main Street
Sheraton Place
Washington Street
Wrenn
Main
Commerce Street
West Washington Street
College Place
West Commerce Street
City Park
Sheraton Hotel
Four New Members Added to Chest Honor Roll
Four new entries join the High Point Community Chest honor roll for Dollar Day. The High Point Grocery Co adds five employees, Colonial Life Insurance office ten workers, Yow’s Funeral Home four staff, and the domestic staff of M Hauser’s home two employees.
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High Point Community Chest
High Point Grocery Company
Colonial Life Insurance Office
Yow'’s Funeral
Rites Held Here For Mr. Sellers
Funeral services for John W. Sellers 84 father of Mrs. George T. Stephens were held at the Fairway Drive home with Rev. C P Coble and Rev. John W Moore presiding. A quartet sang Rock of Ages and In the Sweet Bye and Bye. Body shipped to Warsaw Indiana for further services and burial tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sellers
George T. Stephens
Fairway Drive
C. P. Coble
First Presbyterian Church
John W. Moore
Wesley Memorial
Gurney Briggs
Edith Moore Sherrod
Dan W. Smith
Logan Worter
A. E. Taplin
Charles W. Perry
H. L. Brockman
C. H. Marriner
W. R. McCain
Warsaw
Indiana
German bill could require sleep and meal rules for servants
A proposed German bill would make nine hours of sleep and four hours off duty daily mandatory for domestic servants and require special provisions for food and sleeping quarters if enacted by parliament.
High Point Kiwanis Club Ladies Night Tonight
High Point Kiwanians host annual Ladies Night at the country club tonight at 7. About 106 guests and members are expected. Decorations feature Thanksgiving themes and dull lighting. P D Gold of Daytona Beach will deliver a humorous monologue, with a Durham magician, a dancer singer, and various contests offering prizes including a large turkey.
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High Point Kiwanians
High Point Country Club
L. L. Stookey
P. D. Gold
Daytona Beach
Florida
Gold
North Carolina
Durham
Turkey
Greene's Benzoin Five Defeats Salvation Army 37 to 23
The Greene's Benzoin five defeated the Salvation Army young men 37 to 23 in a hard fought game. Hayworth scored 18 for Greene's Benzoin and Mickey added 10 for Salvation Army. Team lineups are listed with key players across both squads.
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Greene
Salvation Army
Hayworth
Mickey
Hayworth Griffin
Konjola Claims Relief For Digestive Ailments
Hopkinsville resident B F Evitts reports severe stomach trouble including poor appetite gas and headaches eased by Konjola after trying other treatments. He says he has gained weight sleeps better and feels refreshed after using three bottles. Konjola is sold at Mann Drug Stores in High Point and by druggists in the region.
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Mann Drug
Adv
Diphtheria Gases Are On Decrease In North Carolina
The Enterprise Bureau reports diphtheria cases are dropping with 112 new cases for the week ending Nov 39, down from 148 and 204 in prior weeks. Dr H A Taylor urges continued immunization with toxin antitoxin to prevent needless deaths, noting statewide declines but stressing parental responsibility. Counties show varying death rates per 100 000, with Vance top non fatal and Columbus near the bottom with 31.3 deaths.
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Raleigh
H. A. Taylor
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Taylor
Vance County
Surry County
Forsyth County
Northampton County
Mecklenburg County
Edgecombe
Buncombe County
Columbus County
Wayne County
Eccles Everhart Opens Office In High Point
Lewes Everhart opens an architecture office at 615 Commercial National Bank Building in High Point. Previously with Northup and O'Brien in Winston-Salem, he has worked with Fiske Kimball and H. B. Hunter and designed major North Carolina projects. He studied at the University of Virginia and led the New York University expedition to Asia Minor in 1926 before further study in Europe.
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Commercial National Bank
Lewes Everhart
High Point
Northup
O’brien
Winston-Salem
Everhart
Fiske Kimball
H. B. Hunter
North Carolina
University of Virginia
New York University
Asia Minor
Europe
United States
Prominent Randolph Citizen S. S. Cox Dead at 68
S. S. Cox, longtime Randolph County resident and former justice of the peace, died at his Asheboro home at age 68. Funeral services will be at Union Grove Church near Kent's Mill, with Rev. George B. Trogden and Rev. J. E. Pritchard in charge. He chaired the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance association for 25 years and is survived by his wife, five children, five grandchildren, and a sister.
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S. S. Cox
Randolph County
Asheboro
Union Grove
Kent's Mill
George B. Trogden
J. E. Pritchard
Cox
Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Association
Pleasant Hill
M. P
Mary E. Lowdermilk
J. C. Allen
J. W. Phillips
High Point
H. P. Lindsay
Winston-Salem
Flannie Cox
Ashaboro
Starroute
Carl K L. Cox
Rockingham
S. S. Allen
E. R. Yow
Flashes Of Life and Harvard Football Plans
In New York John Rockefeller III, age 23 with good looks and bright prospects, says he is heart whole on his first day at work. In Cambridge, two Park Avenue youths from New York, Ben Ticknor and Douglas Dillon, are slated to lead Harvard football next year with Ticknor as captain and Dillon as manager.
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New York
John PD. Rockefeller
Cambridge
Mass
Fashionable Park Avenue
Harvard
Ben Ticknor
Douglas Dillon
Princeton student Kermit Roosevelt pursues book collecting
Kermit Roosevelt discusses his hobby of book collecting a first editions with the Daily Princetonian. He spends time around old book stores in Princeton New Jersey and occasionally buys volumes.
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Princeton
N. J
Kermit Roosevelt
Princetonian
New York Adventurer Returns With Cold After Wilderness Ordeal
Burt M. McConnell spent nine weeks in the Quebec wilderness living largely as a recluse and enduring harsh conditions. He is back in New York with a cold he caught on a train.
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New York
Burt M. McConnell
Quebec
Army Coach Biff Jones Plans Retirement From Service
West Point notes Biff Jones at 34 years old will retire from the Army to enjoy squash full time.
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West Point
N. Y
Biff Jones
Army
Italian War Veteran Cycles From Buenos Ayres to New York
Victor Seghetti, an Italian war veteran, arrived in New York after traveling by bicycle from Buenos Ayres. He left the Argentine capital on April 1, 1928, continuing his long journey.
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New York
Victor Seghetti
Buenos Ayres
Narrow escape shadows pole flight claims in Zion
Commander Byrd narrowly averted a fall from a cliff edge in Zion Illinois. Wilbur Glenn Voliva maintains the earth is a circular plane despite pole flight claims.
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Zion, Ill
Byrd
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
New York Brings English Plum Pudding for Christmas Tables
The liner Majestic sails to New York carrying a several thousand plum pudding consignment to place on many American tables this Christmas season.
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New York
Old England
Majestic
Coffee study funds youths at Columbia University
Eighteen boys and eighteen girls at Columbia University will be paid one dollar an hour to drink coffee and answer questions. They will be interrogated after each cup until capacity is reached in a psychophysical experiment to measure coffee’s effect on elementary and motor abilities.
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New York
Columbia University
Town criers authorized in Philippine barrios
The executive bureau authorizes town criers in small Philippine barrios to inform residents about laws they might not otherwise hear about due to limited communication methods. The move aims to improve public awareness and compliance with new regulations.
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Philippines
Executive Bureau
Supper Programs Resume at Central Friends Church Annex
Midweek supper meetings at Central Friends church annex resume tomorrow with Dean Elton Trueblood of Guilford College as speaker on Are Our College Killing Christian Faith and Practice. Miss Edna Morgenthaler presides, Norman Fidler leads music. classes precede program with specific leaders and times.
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Central Friends Church Annex
Elton Truelood
Guilford College
Trueblood
High Point
Edna Morganthaler
Norman Fidler
A. C. Jones
Floyd Wilson
D. H. Parsons
F. R. Taylor
H. L. Artau
Margaret Fell
Horace Haworth
D. L. Barker
Fidler
Florence Blair
Monarchs 10 Hold Regular Meeting
The High Point Monarch club will meet at the Sheraton hotel at 12:15 PM. A planned joint meeting with the Greensoro and Winston-Salem clubs at King Cotton hotel in Greensboro was canceled due to bad weather. Clyde Douglas and E B C Yates were invited to address the joint dinner. plans to reschedule them are under consideration.
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High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Greensoro
Winston-Salem
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Clyde Douglas
Monarch Clubs
North
South Carolina
E B. C. Yates
Raleigh
Local Boy Kills Big Buck at Paradise Point
Four high school boys returned from Paradise Point after a four day deer hunting trip. Bill Hayes, 18, son of Dr and Mrs W A Hayes, killed a 225 pound monster buck with a beautiful head of horns. Other party members were Frank Wall Buck Welch and Bob Wilson.
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High Point
Paradise Point
Bill Hayes
W. A. Hayes
Frank Wall
Buck Welch
Bob Wilson
First Crystal Palace World’s Fair in London 1841
The first modern world’s fair was staged in London at the Crystal Palace in 1841. It marked a defining moment in how world expositions were organized and presented to the public.
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Crystal Palace
London
Mrs D F Jordan Dies In Lexington
Mrs D F Jordan former High Point resident died last night at her daughter Mrs T E McCrarys home in Lexington where she had lived ten years Funeral services will be held at the McCrary home tomorrow afternoon then the cortege will travel to High Point for burial at Oakwood Cemetery about 3 oclock.
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D. F. Jordan
High Point
T. E. McCrary
Lexington
Professional packers in English hotels
Professional packers are employed in English hotels. They receive good fees for packing trunks and suitcases of guests.
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Mr. Sellers
National Bellas Fess
National Bellas Hess
Sian
Santa Claus
Toytown
Kiwanis Glub
Ladie
Hedrick
Davis
Shooks
Shelton
H. FF
L. F
Konjola
Wonders
Mik. B. OF
Eads
NEA Washington Bureau
Clarence H. Wilson
Yonkers
General Council
Eccles Everhart
O15
Commercial Bank Building
Piedmont Singers
American Theatre
J. Gurney Briggs
J. M. Drake
Randolph
SS. Cox
Farmers’ Association
Mnaterole
Fumshane Hin
Dean Trueblood
Friends
Monarchs
Big Buck
Chichesters
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad St
Caroline Coal
Carolina
Coal & Transfer Co
Dodge Brothers
Orpheum Theatre
Skinny” Candler
Merry Gang
H. G. Ilderton Motor CO
Plymouth Dealers
Willowbrook
First Baptist
Farris Baraca
First Baptist Church
T. Wingate “Drews
A. K E. Tate
L. B Williams
Claude A. Smith
Progres
Ring Drug CO
Wachovia Bank Bldg
Perpetual Building & Loan Association
High Point Perpetual Building Loan Association
V. A. J. Idol V. Pres
Treas
C. H. Ellis
Asheboro Road
Woodrow Ave
English St
Garoge
Bridges Street
N. Hamilton St
Forest Avenue
Franklin Street
Vork Street
O. E. Mendenhall
Wachovia Bank
Mortgage Loan and Land CO
Wachovia Kane Building
O. B
Mendenhall
Drea
Welborn, ViPres
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