High Point Chamber Set To Elect Directors Tomorrow Night
The High Point chamber of commerce will hold a joint meeting with officers and directors of five civic clubs at the Sheraton hotel at 6 30 pm to elect a new board. Calvin B. Brown and Bernard Cone will speak on chamber work and taxation as the group discusses tax reform to attract capital and expand industry in the state.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Civic Clubs
Calvin B. Brown
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bernard Cone
Greensboro
Cone Cotton Mills
Brown
Chamber of Ecommerce
United States
Burlington, Vt
Cone
North Carolina
Carter Dalton
FE. C. Cridlebaugh
Joseph D
Kiwanis
Rotary
Civitan
Monarch
American Business Clubs
Federal Reserve issues informative booklet on the system
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond releases a revised up to date booklet titled Questions and Answers on the Federal Reserve System. It explains the system’s organization purposes services and member and non member advantages. Copies available by writing to the Richmond bank.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Advisory Council
For Sale One Piano in Boardman Is Town Plea
Dec 20 Boardman report. W E Stone, town elder, says the town owns a perfectly good upright piano worth 150 dollars. It could be sold for 75 dollars with proceeds donated to denominational orphanages. Stone laments residents leaving and no one to appreciate the piano’s notes.
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Boardman
Columbus County
W. E. Stone
Midnight Christmas Eve Service at Saint Mary's Church
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church at Washington and College streets will hold its principal Christmas Eve service at midnight with special music arranged by Miss Clara Boyd. No Christmas Day service. Holy Communion will be celebrated next Sunday at 8 and 11 o'clock with special music at the 11 o'clock service.
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Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
Washington and
College Streets
Clara Boyd
H. N. Bowne
Fog Lifts Delaying Pan American Flight Ships
Fog over Duncan Field in San Antonio began lifting at 8 a.m. as pilots hoped to depart today. Clouds remained and the ground stayed soggy from overnight rain.
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San Antonio
Tex
Duncan Field
Army Pan-American
Special Communication of Numa F Reid Lodge Opens Monday
Masons invited to Numa F Reid Lodge No 344 A F and A M for a 7 30 PM meeting Monday night. Master Masons Degree to be worked. By order BR Williams Warder M W E Herndon Secretary.
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
BR Williams
W. E. Herndon
Extra Dividend Declared by High Point Savings and Trust
The High Point Savings and Trust Company announces an eight percent total dividend for stockholders for 1926, with a two percent extra dividend in addition to the regular six percent. Directors also transfer $5,000 from undivided profits to surplus, increasing surplus to $50,000 as the bank reports strong profits and optimism for 1927.
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High Point Savings and Trust Company
J. Elwood Cox
Davis elected ministerial head at local meeting
W B Davis pastor of the South Main Street M E Church was elected president of the local Ministerial Association at today’s weekly meeting. Tom Alderman Sykes was named vice president and Raymond A Smith secretary. The group discussed inviting state and Charlotte officials to push divorce law action and to host sessions at Wesley Memorial Church if accepted. The next meeting will consider switching to monthly sessions.
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W. B. Davis
South Main Street
M. E
Tom Alderman Sykes
Friends Church
Raymond A. Smith
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Leaksville- Spray-Draper
Charlotte Association
North Carolina
Charlotte
Service Held for Theodore Mueller
Funeral services for Theodore Mueller who died at home following a brief illness were held at 1409 King Street yesterday afternoon at 2 30 officiated by A C Olson. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. The service was delayed for the arrival of his daughter Mrs J W Cole of Milwaukee who reached the city Saturday night. Pallbearers were William Scott W A Scott Youston Yow George Parrish A D Marrian and M D Woodail.
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Theodore Mueller
King Street
A. C. Olson
Oakwood Cemetery
George Parrish
A. D. Marrian
M. D. Woodail
Local notables depart for meetings as holidays begin
Rupert T Pickens and Richard Armfield return home for Christmas from UNC and freshman year respectively J Elwood Cox heads to Richmond Va for Virginia Trust directors meeting then to Raleigh for NC Highway commission session T Wingate Andrews leaves High Point to attend NC Education commission meeting in Raleigh Charles F Long reports furniture show arrivals with designs changing for winter expo opening January 17 for two weeks Families welcome returning High Point students from Salem College Saint Mary's Greensboro College UNC Woodberry Forest Randolph Macon Academy with several UNC students listed.
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J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Richmond
The
Virginia Trust Company
Cox
Raleigh
North Carolina Highway Commission
Fifth
Charles F. Long
High Point
Margaret Hauser
Salem College
Ernestine Hayes
Alberta Wineskie
National Park Seminary
Mary Muse
Saint Mary’s
Billy Hiatt
Isabel Baylor
Katherine Whitener
Greensboro College
Tom J. Gold, Jr
North Carolina University
Gilbert Ragan
Parker Waynick
Elliott Wood
William Gold
Woodberry Forest
Frank Kearns
Randolph Macon Academy
Annual Bank Banquet Set for High Point Country Club
The Atlantic Bank and Trust Company of North Carolina will host its annual Christmas banquet at the High Point Country Club tomorrow at 7 p.m. About 100 officers and employees with wives and guests from Greensboro Burlington Salisbury Spencer and here will attend. A program and dinner will include a decorated tree and Santa Claus distributing gifts. The Robert B Lee Hotel Orchestra from Winston Salem will provide music.
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Atlantic Bank and Trust Company
North Carolina
High Point Country Club
Greensboro
Burlington
Salisbury- Spencer
Robert B. Lee Hotel Orchestra
Winston- Salem
Fog Threatens Delay of Pan American Flight Start
Fog at Duncan Field near San Antonio threatens to delay the army Pan American flight of five amphibian planes covering 20 000 miles to Brownsville. Visibility rose only slightly at dawn, but unsettled conditions may persist for a week though a few minutes of good visibility could allow takeoff.
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San Antonio
Tex
Army
Duncan Field
Brownsville
Bald Men Brighter Says Noted Scientist
A noted scientist argues bald men are brainier than those with full hair, claiming hair growth absorbs a large amount of energy. The remark reflects a theory linking hair presence to cognitive function, though it remains speculative.
State Conference of Preachers Planned in City
A state wide conference to urge legislative action on divorce laws will be held in January in High Point. Presidents of the Charlotte and Leaksville Spray Draper ministerial associations announced the plan and expect the meeting to push for reducing grounds for divorce to scriptural or unfaithfulness only. Rev W L Sherrill was appointed to represent Charlotte.
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Charlotte Observer
The
Observer
High Point
Charlotte
Leaksville-Spray- Draper
Leaksville- Spray Association
R. EK
W. L. Sherrill
Western North Carolina
Methodist Church
Reverend F L Conrad Delivers Morning Sermon at Emmanuel
The Rev. F L Conrad of Emmanuel Lutheran church spoke to a full congregation yesterday morning. He preached on the final judgment from Saint Matthew 25, describing the separation of the righteous and the wicked and the role of faith and charity in eternal judgment.
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F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Jesus
Christ
Dialect Comedy Exchange on Operation Risk
A patient questions danger of a procedure while a surgeon jokes that only one of five similar operations succeeds and he has failed four in a row, delivering a quip from the Passing Show in London. The bit highlights theatrical humor about medical outcomes.
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London
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Federal Reserve Booklet
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Masons
G. B. & C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
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Point Bank
Savings and Trust Company
Davis
Oakwood
Rupert T. Pickens
University of North Carolina
Richard Armfield
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Schools
North Carolina Education Commission
Country Club
State Conference OF Preachers
Lunrad
Emmanuel Lutheran
Broadhurst
B.P. Schulberg
Ellen
Frank
Christmas Club
Cyclamen Begonias
Sykes Florist, Inc
van Lindley
Wachovia Bank
North Main
Erwin
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
the Commercial National Bank
H. Ellis
Vv. A. J. Idol
Vice Pres
Treas
Thrift
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
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