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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1926

Page

6

Eastern Star Meeting and Club Notes

Local notices list the O E S meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM the Merry Bidders Bridge club gathering Wednesday afternoon at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Roy Spearman and the Legion Auxiliary meeting Tuesday at 7 30 with Mrs. Jack Burris for Christmas box planning. Governor Steer weds Belle Martin Saturday evening at Welch Memorial church parsonage. T E F J Class elects officers with Mrs J B Johnson as president and notes on growth and thanks.

Order of the Eastern Star Merry Bidders Bridge Club Roy Spearman Monroe Auxiliary of the American Legion Jack Burris Johnson Street Woman’s Club T. V. Rochelle East Farriss Avenue Herman Abels H. A. White Governor Steer Belle Martin Welch Memorial M. P T. E. Pierce Steer H. C. Martin Stokes County Mr. Steer Amos Steer T. EF. J First Baptist Church J. B. Johnson H. J. Ingram W. I. Estes G. L. Asbury J. K. Bivens Elizabeth Smith Treas S. C. Kellam Laura Dodemead C. F. Ellington

Local notes on missing Elizabeth and Emma Blake and weekend visits

The column lists Elizabeth and Emma Blake of Asheboro visiting relatives here over the weekend. Charles Turner of Charlotte visited his brother Thomas Turner and Mrs Turner at the Monroe apartment. Matt Wall returns tonight from a business trip to Indiana and Kentucky. Mr and Mrs Chas Coltrane at 305 Osborne Street welcome a daughter Hilda Catherine born on December 5.

Elizabeth Emma Blake Asheboro Charles Turner Charlotte Thomas Turner Matt Wall Indiana Kentucky Chas Coltrane Osborne Street Hilda Catherine

State Insurance Law Opposed. Highway Police Favored in Raleigh

Raleigh reports that Commissioner Stacy W. Wade vows against compulsory automobile liability insurance, arguing it risks encouraging carelessness. He supports a state highway police force and universal night lighting, noting Massachusetts pending start date and insurer opposition. He cites wagons and buggies as a major night crash cause and calls for stronger enforcement measures.

Raleigh State Insurance Department Stacy W. Wade Wade Massachusetts National Association of Insurance Commissioner

God Gave Me Twenty Cents lighting spectacle scene

Herbert Brenon used sixty high tension arc lamps generating sixty million candlepower to light a New Orleans Mardi Gras sequence for God Gave Me Twenty Cents. The scene fills the entire upper stage at Paramount's Long Island studio with five hundred extras, a brass band, eighteen circus horses, and six floats.

New York City Herbert Brenon Paramount Lois Moran Lyn de Putti Jack Mulhall William Collier, Jr Long Island New Orleans Brenon Leo Tover

Highway police force urged to curb North Carolina accidents

A North Carolina reader argues against compulsory auto insurance and proposes a state highway police force of high class traffic officers to regulate traffic and arrest reckless driving. Financed by a statewide drivers license, the plan aims to deter accidents and reduce economic losses from fatalities and property damage.

North Carolina

Hooded mob fires crosses near Norfolk murder site

In Norfolk on December 13 a robed group of about 350 men lit torches and gathered at the home of J. C. Miller, the county officer killed Saturday night. Four negroes are jailed, one suspect Tom Hodges captured after an all night search. he said Miller was a burglar. No injuries or property damage reported as pistols fired briefly. Miller is survived by a widow and nine children.

Norfolk J. C. Miller Tom Hodges Miller South Norfolk

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