Students to participate in 36th Wright brothers anniversary flight
North Carolina and Virginia college student aviators will make cross country flights to Kill Devil Hill on December 17 to mark the 36th anniversary of aviation birth. They will land near the Wright Brothers site under the granite pylon with veterans and officials attending the ceremonies.
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Mantec
North Carolina
Virginia
Kill Devil Hill
Wrigt Brothers
Adam Etheridge
John T. Daniels
Wrights
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Corps
P. N. L. Bellinger
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Robert Olds
South America
Public Auctions of High Point Property Titles
The Guilford County Building Commission in High Point announces public auctions of multiple town properties. Parcels include Vacant Park Lot 18 Block 5 Snow Park and Park sites in High Point Township plus 1409 King Street and 716 East Washington Street holdings, all subject to court confirmation and cash payment.
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A. B. Swain
Sherman Swain
Annie Swain
Cay
High Point Township
Guilford County
N. C
Davis Street
Doc Long
N. EE. Welborn
N. E Welborn
Register of Deeds Office
H. L. Baumgardner
RB. Smith
Pearl Smith
Chas. R. Helsabeck
Wilgon Bro. Lumber Co
City of
High Point
North Carolina
R. B. Smith
Chas. R
Anderson Heights
W. R. Swaim
Myra B. Swaim
Owen Reese
Rowland White Co
Crawford and Slater Co
Trane Co
Guilford
Whiteoak Street
Snow Park
Gulliford County
W. A. Hayes
Macbell T. Anthony
Husband R. V. Anthony
City of High Point
Hig Point Township
High Point Development Company
L L. Swain
Ola Swain
Emma Pierce
W. 8
Beeson
Os L. L. Swain
W. 8. Beeson
King Street
Paul Gordy
N. W
L. L. Swain
H L. Baumgardner
H. J. Wall
Aleen Wall
C. R. MeIver
Globe Realty Company
C. R. MeIver, Jr
Guardian -Ad-Litem
Guardian-Ad-Litem
Farlow Insurance & Realty Company
Cc. R. Melver
C. R. Meelver
Guardian-Adlitem
C. R. Melver
N C
Kearns Street
Lewallen
W. H. Davis
Kearns St
Saulter
Gertrude Saulter
Annie Smith
Herman Smith
Charlotte Saunders
Sadie S. Saulter
Thomas E. Saulter
James Saulter
Ralph W. Saulter
Chas R. Saulter
Chas. R. Saulter
Ernest H. Saulter
William Saulter
W. §. Beeson
D. S. Saulter
W. S. Beeson
D. S. Sauber
Magnolia Reynolds
J. N. Reynolds
R. C. Boyce
Claire Boyce
Cable Street
Kendall Improvement Co
Cover Street
Daisy Clark
Husband
C. Clark
Lou H. Hamilton
E. Dr. Steele
E. E. Mendenhall, Jr
E. D. Steele
E. B. Mendenhall, Jr
Roland Park
Otteray Drive
Hardover St
Emerywood West
Daisy
Clark
Guilford County Realty Transfers Noted Across Townships
Realty transfers in Guilford County cover High Point and Morehead townships with deeds between Merlin H Watson, Wyatt Creakmore, and others, plus Elm Realty Co to Max Sands and HoL loan activity. Also listed are property actions in Washington and Gilmer Townships including Freeman Mill Road parcels and Emerywood holdings with court auction notices.
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High Point
Merlin H. Watson
Wyatt E. Creakmore
George B. Johnson
J. C. Kimrey
A. R. Idol
T. R. Galloway
O. W. Kirkman
Moffitt Place
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
A. B. Joiner
Springfield Avenue
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Beverly C. Barksdale
Jennie W. Harrison
Freeman Mill Road
Elm Realty Company
Max E. Sands
Tremont Drive
Washington Township
L. R. Huffines
Nora H Evans
Willie Evans
B. F. Huffines
Ora Huffines
W. R. Huffines
T. C. Loy
Robert Murrell
A. T Murrell
John Cobb
Gilmer
Lacy Dilworth
Thomas J. Hill
Salem Street
Theatre Owners Elect H. R. Berry President
The Theatre Owners Association of the Carolinas elected H. R. Berry of Hartsville South Carolina as president at its annual convention in Charlotte. H. E. Buchanan Hendersonville and George E. Barr Lancaster were named vice presidents with Mrs Walter Griffith Charlotte re elected secretary treasurer. The group urged opposition to the Neely Bill regulating motion pictures. Two people died in Rome when a house collapsed after a gas explosion in the cellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Theatre Owners Association of the
Carolinas
H. R. Berry
Hartsville
S. C
H. E. Buchanan
Hendersonville
George E. Barr
Lancaster
Walter Griffith
William F. Rogers
Loews, Inc
Ed Kuykendall
Will of Late D. Ralph Parker Admitted to Probate
The will of the late D. Ralph Parker of High Point was admitted to probate in Guilford County Superior Court. Dated March 29, 1933, it named Mrs Parker and Wachovia Bank and Trust Co as co executors and left all real and personal property to the wife after debts are paid. Three daughters and a son are named in the qualification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
D. Ralph Parker
High Point
Guilford C County Superior Court
Parker
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Jones entertains Civitan gathering at luncheon
E. Z. Jones, president of the Monarch Club, hosted the High Point Civitan Club at the Sheraton Hotel luncheon. The group split into two teams for an I Q Test and approved $10 donations to the nursery school and adult education program while voting to sponsor the Collins Festival again next year. Silas B. Casey chaired the attendance prize for the professional group as W. F. Freeman presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Z. Jones
Monarch Club
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton
Silas B. Casey
W. F. Freeman
Efforts Continue to Resolve Asheville Power Strike
Federal conciliator John L. Connor said conferences between Carolina Power and Light Company and the AFL union would run until every possible chance of settlement is exhausted. Four days of talks followed a strike by electrical workers after the company declined a closed shop demand.
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Asheville
John L. Connor
Carolina Power and Light Company
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
Miss Munroe Speaks at High Point Monarch Club Luncheon
Miss Elizabeth Munroe of High Point Junior High School faculty was the speaker at the High Point Monarch Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel. She described her summer travels in England Scotland and Ireland, touring by bicycle and rail, noting scenery and forests and observing sheep farming. Officers elected for 1940 include Roy Culler president Earl Younts first vice president Glenn Brown secretary P. J. Johnston treasurer and B. F. Andrews Sergeant at arms.
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Elizabeth Munroe
High Point
High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Coke Cecil
Miss Munroe
England
Scotland
Ireland
New City Tags On Sale Today
New windshield-sticker automobile tags are on sale at the Carolina Motor Club as the city plans to replace metal plates with a new registration method. The Finance Committee favors an amendatory ordinance to allow transfers of windshield registrations when ownership changes, at a 50 cent transfer fee, with stickers priced at one dollar.
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Carolina Motor Club
Finance Committee
Thomasville Lions Report On Charity Drive And Plans
The Thomasville Lions Club met at the Woman's Club building and heard reports on charity efforts. Vernon Snyder announced a $140 White Cane Sale total for blind work and glasses for students, with plans to collect empty match covers for Davidson College and a Christmas program set for December 18 to fund an Empty Stocking fund.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Lions Club
Woman's Club
Vernon Snyder
Davidson College
Davidson
Rocky Mount
Webbs Drug Store
Frank Holmes
Rose's Store City Dry Cleaning Company
Conrad Martin Company
Tobacco market opens in Winston-Salem with strong prices
The Winston-Salem tobacco market opened after Thanksgiving selling 1,350,000 pounds at an average of 15.75 per hundred. Some very good leaf topped 65 per hundred as growers disposed of their remaining crop. Numerous buyers and firms reported scattered high-value lots amid generally softer quality than the previous week.
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Winston-Salem
Shumakers Visit Rogers Family at 115 West Commerce
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Shumaker of Statesville and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shumaker of Salisbury spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rogers at 115 West Commerce Street. Mrs. W F. Shumaker is Mrs. Rogers’ sister.
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W. F. Shumaker
Statesville
Jack Shumaker
Salisbury
C. F. Rogers
West Commerce Street
W F. Shumaker
Rogers
Chicago produce market notes December 5
Chicago reports unsettled butter at 681,619 and unchanged. Eggs total 7,113 with steady refrigerator extras 14 and standards 16 with firsts 14, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Steaedy
Airlines discuss east west route at Greensboro meeting
Representatives from Pennsylvania Central Airlines met with local business leaders in Greensboro at the King Cotton Hotel to discuss establishing an east west air corridor through Greens boro High Point airport. Cities represented include Asheville Greensboro Winston Salem Hickory and High Point with a second session planned at the Chamber of Commerce. The talks precede a Civil Aeronautics Authority hearing in Washington on December 11 where the airline seeks a Norfolk to Knoxville route with an extension toward Cincinnati via Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Eastwest
Greensboro-High Point
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Hickory
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
F. R. Crawford
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Washington
P.C. A
Norfolk
Knoxville
Tenn
Cincinnati
Lexington
Fire at 1224 Redding Street causes little damage
Firemen extinguished a blaze that sparked a shingle roof at 1224 Redding Street owned by Pickett Cotton Mills and occupied by Mrs Ida Cox. The roof was likely ignited by sparks from a chimney and only minor damage occurred.
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Redding Street
Pickett Cotton Mills
Ida Cox
AAA Suggests Cotton Relief Plan Outlined
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration lays out three paths to reduce the cotton surplus. Increase exports and domestic use while adjusting production to align supply with demand. Progress noted in a memo urging a 1940 crop marketing quota referendum across southern and western states.
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Washington
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
New Orleans
Grand Jury Indicts Pair in Deputy Slaying Case
Martinsville Virginia December grand jury returns murder indictments against Walter Collins 22 and Victor Easter for the shooting death of Deputy Walter Willis during a raid on a liquor still. Collins held in custody while Easter is sought in Willis Gap. A second true bill charges Collins uncle John Walter Collins 47 and Bernie Collins with manufacturing and operating a distillery.
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Martinsville
Walter Collins
Victor Easter
Walter Willis
Collins
Willis Gap
Easter
Willis
John Walter Collins
Bernie
Cryptic Columbus System Mentions A Key Discovery
A fragment references using the Columbus system to type and locate a key, then land on it, suggesting a puzzle or mapping instruction in a historical context.
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Air Flight
Guilliford County
Daniels
Etheridge
Dare County
Alpheus W. Drinkwater
Kill Devil Memorial Association
New York
Drinkwater
Bradford Fearing
Roanoke Island Historical Association
City
Guilford County Realty
Olé
Theatre Owners
Rome
Italy
D. R. Parker
Jones
Civitan Gathering
Monarch Meet
British Isles
New City
Thomasville Lions
John Williams
Hyatt & W. Church
Levan & Feid
Lawson & Cofer
A. D. Marshall
W. F. Mitchell
Bass & Johnson
F. C. Preston
J. M. Combs
Neese & S
Flynn & Sullivan
Orville Venable
B. Rodgers
BE B Craughn
Petree & George
Cox & Tucker
Sheperd & Dobbins
Ernest & Nelson
H. Freeman
W. C. Sams
Bill Everhart
Howard Key
Coble & Coble
Columbus
Warng Musterole
Musterole
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