First Lady Also Best Dressed Woman Says American Designers
American fashion designers name Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt as the best dressed American woman in public life. They list Kay Francis, Ina Claire, and Amelia Earhart among others with a two month old baby named John Drayton Cochran noted as best dressed infant. The piece cites Princess Hohenlohe Schillinghurst as grandmother to the infant and credits Mrs Roosevelt with distinctive attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ellizabeth Palmer
Corvrieht
Associated Press
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert H. McAdoo
William Woodward
Elsa Maxwell
Ina Claire
John Hay Whitney
Gladys Swartout
Amelia Earhart
Georgia O'Keefe
Fannie Hurst
Betty Morris
Park Avenue
John Drayton Cochran
Princess Hohenlohe Schillinghurst
Gifford Cochran
Roosevelt
Names of American Legion Members Posted in City
Names of all members of Andrew Jackson Post No. 87 of the American Legion were posted on a signboard on the old Jones property on North Main Street. The list will grow as new members join, with contact for enrollment through David Croker, finance officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
American Legion
Old Jones
North Main Street
David Croker
Schoolmasters Hear Cale K. Burgess Talk on Education Funding
Raleigh attorney Cale K. Burgess urged North Carolina to appropriate at least 25 million dollars annually for education, eight month term, salaries, and building upkeep, as he spoke at the Schoolmasters' club dinner at the Jefferson Roof in Greensboro last night. He noted the state’s ranking and pressed for expanded funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Cale K. Burgess
Raleigh
Schoolmasters’ Club
Jefferson Roof
Greensboro
France Honors World War Spy Heroine Martha Richer Compton
France awards the Legion of Honor to Martha Richer Compton for her wartime valor as a spy heroine who gained secrets from a German chief and thwarted enemy plans. The feature appears amid a report on illiteracy rates and state school funding in North Carolina, with notes on public school eight month terms. H. A. Helms presided as the final club meeting of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Martha Richer Compton
American Legion
Paris
Legion of Honor
North Carolina
Burgess
H. A. Helms
Rotary Club Hosts Yuletide Program at Luncheon
High Point Rotary Club held its regular luncheon at the Sheraton featuring a Christmas program with carol singing by Mrs. Wilton Barnes Mrs. Gurney Briggs Mrs. Lawrence Matton Mrs. John Peacock Mrs. Sidney Gayle Dan Smith Gurney Briggs John Peacock and Wilton Barnes Violinist Robert Fearing contributed to the program An attendance contest dated October 1 saw the older members win and receive Christmas packages Visitors included Robert Carmichael Milton Zauber Sam Collier Farrell Ross and Arthur An Jr of Asheboro and Robert Carpenter of Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Rotary Club
Sheraton Hotel
Wilton Barnes
Gurney Briggs
Lawrence Matton
John Peacock
Sidney Gayle
Dan Smith
Robert Fearing
Rotary Club
Robert Carmichael
Milton Zauber
Greensboro
Sam Collier
Winston- Salem
Farrell Ross
Arthur An Jr
Asheboro
Robert Carpenter
Thomasville
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Mirable
State
Penney
Lea Uli FM
Gentry
Adonna Rayon Undies
Carene
Syriout
Penney’s Toyland
Ohana Finis
Dell
Rotary Meet
Silk
Kinney’s
So, Main St
Rose
Steadway
Gerry
Benghter
Reading
Rca-Victor
Crosley
Westinghouse
RACKS
Spinet
Simmons
South Main
Rose Furniture Company
Hones
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