Births and community notices fill High Point pages
Local announcements list a birth of Betty Lou to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dean at High Point hospital and Barbara Jane to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jones at home. Club meetings include the Utopian Study Club hosted by Mrs. Seborn Perry and a Music-Literature session at the High Point Country Club with multiple hostesses. A Christmas program by the Wesley Memorial church group, and a Messiah concert at North Carolina College for Women are noted along with social updates and parish events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dean
Betty Lou
High Point Hospital
Itineta
W. T. Jones
Barbara Jane
East Green Street
Utopian Study Club
Woman's Club
High Point Country Club
Herman Abels
C. H. Rhodes
W. J. Fraley
A. B. Huff
W. F. Ellis, Jr
Susannah Wesley
Wesley Memorial Church
Mack Hiatt
Emerywood
Walter Kester
H. A. Cecil
Aycock
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Wade R. Brown
School of Music
H. H. Fuchs
High Point
Edythe Schneider
EB. C. Caldwell
Karl Fisher
Max Noah
Guilford College
Gardenia Molded Soap Named Charming Christmas Gift
Santa Suggests gardenia molded soap novelty for Christmas gifting. Four waxy white cakes resemble a corsage spray with green leaves and a purple pin, all packed in a box shaped like flowers. The gardenia scene adds charm to a budget friendly present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian
Replicas from French Mount Vernon shipped to American exhibits
A fragment from the French Mount Vernon porch chairs was disposed as part of dismantling the American exhibit at the exposition. Other items from the historical replica have been acquired by American organizations in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
France
Soloists of the First Presbyterian Church Choir
The article notes soloists for a First Presbyterian Church choir performance with no admission charge as part of a regular School of Music event inviting the public to enjoy Christmas season music. It also mentions a sick friend, travel plans, and a Christmas Ice Carnival at Sedgefield supporting the Baby Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
School of Music
Jelly Leftwich
Young Explorer Honored With Arctic Hero Statue
In Uppsala Sweden a statue honoring Dr Finn Malmgren Sweden's young polar explorer who died during the Noble Arctic expedition has been erected funded by public subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uppsala
Sweden
Finn Malmgren
Davidson senior joins Phi Beta Kappa as third brother
John D. McConnell of Davidson, a Davidson College senior, was initiated into Phi Beta Kappa making him the third and last brother in the family to receive the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson, N. C
John D. McConnell
Davidson
Davidson College
Phi Beta Kappa
Rocking Chairs Rare In France at Paris Exhibition
The American Library in Paris bought an entire lot of rocking chairs from Mount Vernon at the French Colonial Exposition ending in Bois de Vincennes. The unusual purchase has effectively cornered the French rocking chair market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mount Vernon
Bois de Vincenes
Ambiguous Library Faces Demand for Orphan Rockers
Officials puzzled by a surge of requests at a reading room as they seek a legitimate way to handle an unexpected influx of orphan rockers. The library staff faced a torrent of inquiries and could have sold multiple times the amount if they had the supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil
Ann
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Miss Sideloff
First Baptist
Utopian Club
Lucretia Johnson
Barber Street
John Lee Fonville
Burlington
Houston Johnson
Roy Davis
Lora Bowman
M. J. Crofts
Winston-Salem
Johnson
Lucretia Ledbetter
John Sheloff
Baltimore
Elizabeth Covington
T. A. Kay
Charleston
W. Va
R. L. Waynick
John Byrd
Raleigh
Willis Johnson
First Baptist Church
Mary Alice Sheloff
Parkway
Ruth Hilliard
Annie Bell Noel
Ida Clark
T. P. Criddlebaugh
Estelle Harris
Mra
Cecil Armentrout
Vera Smith
Esca Myers
Lillian Tyndall
Thelma Patrick
Minnie Gregory
Fannie Moody
Addie Lomax
Alma Hooke
Julia Liles
Ta Hensley
Ida Clark Rose Goldsmith
Hazel Haynes
Zetha Boswell
Marvin Shields
Jack Campbell
A. M. Richardson
C. C. Chapman
Clyde Chapman
Heart Sisters
Messiah
Anne
Cecily
Mary Frances Fenwick
Cecil
Rosalie
Grand Anne
Mary-Frances
Barry McKeel
Erminsae
Ermintrude
Cissy
Mary- Frances
Onty
Ann Fenwick
Mary Frances
Barry
Elise
Eugene
Phil Dear
Seace
Santa
Coats
Moffitt’s
North Main Street
Abbotts Creek
Harry White
Peggy Jane
Norfolk
Mr. White
Sedgefield
Twilight Beauty Shoppe
Mann Drug
Kinneys
Ersul
Sat
South Main
the Ladies’ Store
Yow’s Funeral Home
Broad and
Elm Street
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