Miss Margaret Williams to wed Thornton Brooks in January
Winston-Salem reports the engagement of Miss Margaret Williams to Thornton Brooks of Greensboro. The wedding will be January 12 at 8:20 p.m. at Wills Herr Lodge with close family attendance. Attendants include Mrs. John D. McConnell and Archie K. Davis. ushers are Harry C. Finch Milton Barber and Vass Shepherd. Williams is the NRA board chair’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Margaret Williams
Thornton Brooks
Greensboro
Willsherr Lodge
Miss Williams
John D. McConnell
Durham
Margaret Gorrell
Brooks
Archie K. Davis
Harry C. Finch
Wilson
Milton Barber
Vass Shepherd
Raleigh
Clay Williams
NRA
Church Social Menus and Meetings Flourish in Local churches
Woman's Wesley Bible class plans its monthly meeting at 7 30 this evening in the church basement to hear a report on the recent turkey dinner bazaar. Baselian class at Green Street Baptist meets 7 30 at Mrs J L Payne 904 East Green Street. Mary Stevens class hosts Mrs Bill Morehead 1109 Johnson Street for its regular business session Tuesday at 7 30. Welch Memorial Senior Christian Endeavor Society continues activities.
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Woman's Wesley
Woman's Wesley Bible
Green Street
Social Calendar Highlights a Week of Local Club Events
A busy schedule features bridge honors for Miss Frank Mitch and a dance for the Altrusa club at Emerywood Country Club. Meetings include the High Point Garden Club, Phi Kappa club, WOT club, Business and Professional Girls, Music Literature luncheon with Capus Waynick as speaker, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. Social gatherings extend through Thursday with civic society suppers and a Club of Twelve entertainment.
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Frank Mitcha
Bridge
Erline Adams
High Point Garden Club
North Main Street
W. O. T. Club
C. F. Tomlinson
Parkway
Gilbert Clark
Business and
Altrusa Club
Emerywood Country Club
Nancy K. Ga
Woman’s Club
Woman's Club
M. C. Rowland
8. R. Matthews
Capus M. Waynick
The
Enterprise
Flagge
Seternal Drive
Sherman Swaim
Barbee Street
Frank Mitchell
Terry White
Guilford County Medical Society
W. L. Jackson
Forest Hill Drive
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford County
Aes
Mr and Mrs Idol Mark Golden 50th Wedding Anniversary
An open house at the home of Mr and Mrs A H Idol on Johnson Street celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Mr and Mrs Idol. Daughters Mrs Barbee and Mrs Abernethy hosted along with many relatives and friends from Greensboro Durham and beyond.
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Mrs. Idol
A. H. Idol
Johnson Street
M. C. Barbee
Greensboro
William Abernethy
Durham
H. Williard
R. O. Lindsay
Idol
Barbee
Abernethy
J. J. Idol
Estelle Davis
Harvey Shields
Visitors At Thomasville Are Feted At Club Party
Thomasville December social notes report a Thursday bridge club gathering hosted by Mrs. Carson Cox at Spring Street. Baltimore guests Mrs. C. T. Beavin and Miss Gladys Milton attended, with prizes awarded to Miss Mamie Harris and Mrs. Charles Phillips. An engagement announcement for Margaret Jackson to Harry of Thomasville, N C, was made, with a Rock Hill wedding planned for December 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Idol
M. C. Idol
J. W. Wall
W. G. Reich
Wilton Barnes
Charles Idol
H. W. McCain
Lewis EB
Teague
Ruth Williard
Barbee
Abernethy
Thomasville
Thursday
Milton
Beavin
Charles F. Phillips
Walter Rapp
G. W. Lyles
W. E. Tomlinson
J .W. Hawthorne
Walter Newby
J. F. Garner
Frank Marr
G. T. Alexander
Mamie Harris
W. M. Jackson
Margaret
Harry
N. C
Rock Hill
Miss Jackson
Beavin Family Guests Depart After Spring Street Visit
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Beavin and Miss Gladys Milton left yesterday for Baltimore after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Carson Cox on Spring street. Mrs. D. B. Hoover and her son Ray Hoover also spent Sunday in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Beavin
Gladys Milton
Baltimore
Mrs. Carson Cox
Spring Street
D. B. Hoover
Ray Hoover
Musical program and church group notices in local items
A community program featured Mrs Mack on piano and Mr Mack on accordion led by Mrs Leslie Briley who spoke on What Is The Purpose of Mission. Devotional period followed with Kathleen McLean Roscoe Briley Odell Brown and Howard Vincannon discussing India West Africa Japan and China. Fatthful Workers Meet This Evening Loyal Workers Class Pilgrim Holiness Meeting notes and English Street Church Ladies Aid monthly gathering listed with hosts and times.
Local families visit relatives in Salisbury and Wilson
Mrs. Robert Rapp and her sons Bobby and Jerome returned Sunday after several days in Wilson with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Tudor and son Billy spent Thursday in Salisbury visiting Mrs. Tudor’s mother, Mrs. Rosa Cauble.
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Robert Rapp
Bobby
Jerome
Wilson
Percy Tudor
Billy
Salisbury
Mrs. Tudor
Rosa Cauble
Mrs Grimes Returns Home From Charlotte Visit
Mrs. Luther Grimes returned Sunday from Charlotte where she had been staying with friends and was accompanied home by Mr. Grimes who also spent Sunday there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Grimes
Charlotte
Mr. Grimes
Church Annual Meeting and Weekly Class Announcements
At 1008 Adams street the first quarterly conference of the church will convene Tuesday at 7 pm requiring attendance by the board of stewards trustees and all officers. Wednesday 7 30 pm the Young People C E Society begins a missionary study class taught by John Maughlin open to all interested youths. Friday evening the Philatheas meet with Mrs Mattie Miner at 103 Briggs avenue for the monthly business meeting and heart sisters with new members to be revealed. Members urged to attend and bring small Christmas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street Baptist Church
Cleo Cloninger
Lexington Avenue
Adams Street
Young People’s C. E. Society
John Maughlin
Philadelphia Woman to Visit Mrs Blane in West Emlrywood
Miss Betty Vetterlein of Philadelphia will arrive Tuesday to stay with Mrs Willis Blane at her West Emlrywood home. She travels to Palm Springs, California for the winter. Mr and Mrs Bill Jarrell returned to Chapel Hill to resume studies after Thanksgiving with relatives, joined by Walter Hargett Jr who spent the holidays here.
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Caldwell
Caroline Caldwell
Richmond
Detroit
Mich
Alice MacRae Caldwell
Parkway
J. Rion McKissick
Columbia
Ss. C
Caldwell Home
Robert Wyatt
Raleigh
Louis Rose
Charlotte
Rennie
Colonial Drive
Mare Snell
Mount Airy
Haraton Williamson
Miss Snell
Alma Jennings
Betty Vetterlein
Philadelphia
Willis Blane
West Emerywood
Bill Jarrell
Chapel Hill
Walter Hargett, Jr
Mr and Mrs Gold Return From Charleston Trip
Mr and Mrs Thomas J Gold Jr returned yesterday after a wedding trip in Charleston They will be at home with the groom's parents Mr and Mrs T J Gold Sr at Sedgefield until their new McAnally Apartment house on North Main Street is ready for occupancy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gold, Jr
Charleston
T. J. Gold
Sedgefield
McAnally
North Main Street
Sermon Urges Biblical Test for True Church at Carolina Theater
Pastor John KE speaks to a crowd at the Carolina theater urging careful Bible-based testing to identify the true church. He warns against relying on creeds, gifts, or popularity and cites Scripture to urge proving all things by the word of God and accepting only what aligns with the total Bible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John KE
Carolina Theater
Christ
Balam
Four Escape at State Hospital in Raleigh
Four inmates of the criminally insane ward at the state hospital escaped after sawing a second story window barn and climbing down a blanket rope. Guards were unaware during the attempt. two convicts, Joe Stafford and Homer Brown, had murder convictions later commuted to life. Also fled were O L Partee and N H Cannady Jr, with Partee serving a 10 year term for larceny and breaking and entering.
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Raleigh
State Hospital
J. W. Ashby
Joe Stafford
Homer Brown
Stafford
Wayne County
Brown
Haywood County
O. L. Partee
Lenoir County
Duke Alumni Meet December 10 at O Henry Hotel
Guilford county Duke University alumni chapter holds its annual dinner meeting December 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the O Henry hotel Greensboro. Dr J Fred Rippy of Duke History will speak. Tickets available from L C Matton Wachovia Bank building. December 10 marks Duke University Day and the tenth anniversary of the James B Duke indenture backing Duke's founding.
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Guilford County
Duke University Alumni Essociation
O. Henry
Greensboro
J. Fred Rippy
Duke University
L. C. Matton
Wachovia Bank
James B. Duke
Durham
Trinity College
Voorhees Work to Be Displayed at Raleigh Art Meet
North Carolina State Art Society opens in Raleigh this week with Louis Voorhees of this city as a featured artist. Ten days of paintings will be shown in the Sir Walter hotel main dining room alongside works by Gene Erwin, Mary Graves Rees, Clement Strudwick, Frank Fuller, and James McLean. University of North Carolina President Frank P. Graham will lecture on The Southern Arts Project. Grand Central Galleries in New York contribute pieces to the exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
North Carolina State Art Society
Raleigh
Louis Voorhees
North Carolina Professional Artists’ Association
Sir Walter Hotel
Art Society
the State Literary and Historical Society
Gene Erwin
Durham
Mary Graves Rees
Chapel Hill
Clement Strudwick
Hillsboro
Frank Fuller
James McLean
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Southern’ Arts Project
Savannah
University of Virginia
Grand Central Galleries
New York
Farmers Get 522 Million From AAA By Novembers End
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration announced cash disbursements totaling 522,426,189 to farmers through November. The release records payments for cotton, corn hog, tobacco and wheat programs, plus 51 million to cotton producers and various removals of surpluses. It notes processing taxes and October summaries, with state totals for North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Washington
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
North Carolina
South Carolina
Two Injured When Cars Collide Indictment Follows
Lorraine Mason and her mother suffered minor injuries after a collision at Phillips and English streets when a car driven by Howell Bennett struck their vehicle coming from a gas station. The Mason family car passengers were treated at Burrus Memorial hospital and released. Bennett was indicted by police for reckless driving.
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Lorraine Mason
Mason
Boulevard
Mr. Mason
Howell Bennett
Statesville
Phillips and
English Streets
Bennett
Postpone Session Civil Court Here
The High Point municipal court for the jury trial of civil cases scheduled for December 11 has been postponed to the week of December 18. Cases calendared for trial will be tried on corresponding days, and the jurors remain the same as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Municipal Court
Julian Franklin
How Can I Test Coffee Quality and Other Home Tips
A short collection of household Q A items including testing coffee purity by lemon juice in water and noting flotation, warming varnish for easier flow and quicker drying, and stopping hiccups by tasting vinegar on sugar.
Daily English Lessons From W L Gordon Highlights
A sample from Daily Lessons In English correcting usage and pronunciation. It covers verbs lay and laid, mispronounced radiate, jam versus jamb, and word choices like banquet feast and festival. The piece invites expanding vocabulary with the daily word fantasy from Shakespeare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Gordon
Modern Etiquette by Roberta Lee
Q and A on courteous greetings and social duties. It covers when a business man should rise, responsibility during dances, and gifting practices in workplaces. The guidance cautions against mandatory employer gifts and suggests careful spending during holidays.
Look and Learn by A G Gordon
Answers to a list of questions about language history geography and patent terms. The piece presents concise responses such as antidisestablishmentarianism as the longest word and the United States dimensions. It notes Shetland ponies origin near England and defines patent duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Seates
United States
Shetland
England
Guilford Superior Court Postponed To Tuesday Morning
Guilford Superior Court civil term delayed from today to tomorrow as Judge Felix E. Alley attends a funeral. The term, set to run for two weeks, will proceed with civil case trials starting Tuesday morning in Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Des
Specral
Felix E. Alley
Bonoth Class Meets Tonight at 1401 Tipton Street
The Bonoth class of Green Street Baptist holds its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7:30 at Miss Frances Rimmer’s home 1401 Tipton street. Full attendance of members is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonoth
Green Street Baptist Church
Frances Rimmer
Tipton Street
Potato Growers Group Seeks Acreage Reduction Plan
Washington NC Eastern North Carolina Growers committee adopts a potato program focused on acreage reduction and penalties for non cooperators. It urges congressional action and a preacreage reduction agreement with growers to start immediately, including rental or benefit payments as incentives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, N. C
Congress
Legis of
North Carolina
Eastern
The
of Agriculture
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Club News
Mr. Brooks
Welch Memorial
Senior Christian Endeavor Society of
Welch Memorial Church
Lotus Club
W. C. Folger
Laura Weeson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Kent Nance
Hamilton Street
Club of Twelve
EB. J. Payne
Argie Wood
East Green
Ecpicon
Moffitt
North
Newton
W. F. Rader
Mr. Hoover
Patsy
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Hut
Slim Maynard
Mrs
George Finch
Fayetteville
Finch
Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Clyde Morrison
Archdale
English Street
Ladies Aid Society of the
M. FP
Mra
M. J. Embler
MR. and
Mrs. Gold
Trip
Duke
Anne Ashley
Roberta Lee
Gordon
Commi
Snow Babies
Jarlee
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