Miss Dora Bristow Wed Dr. D. King in Quiet Greensboro Ceremony
Miss Dora Bristow of Greensboro married Dr. D. D. King of Glenwood Park sanitorium at the home of Rev. RR Stubbins. The couple planned a 10 day trip to New York and other eastern cities. Bristow, a nurse trained at City Hospital Nashville, has worked in High Point and Greensboro. King, a Johns Hopkins graduate, specializes in nervous and mental diseases and has been at Glenwood Park for over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Bristow
D. D. King
Glenwood Park
RR. C. Stubbins
J. H. Paylor
Birthday Toasts Highlight Parker Dinner Party
Complimentary to W C Thompson as he marked his fiftieth birthday the event featured W T Parker hosting a Elwood hotel dinner for Parker Paper and Twine executives and friends. Tom DuPree of the sixth division Marines gave an anecdotal account of fighting in France while Thompson recalled frontier mining days in Colorado and Wyoming and rattlesnake misadventures in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Thompson
W. T. Parker
Hotel Elwood
Parker Paper and Twine Company
Mr. Parker
Tom DuPree
France
Marine Corps
Mr. Thompson
Parker
West
Colorado
Wyoming
Mer
J Elwood Cox
Mr Thompson
Florida
Arizona
Mr. Cox
C. M Hauser
C. W. Thompson
Maud Harville
R. R. Ragan
Jessie Thompson
Thomas B. DuPree
Tucile- Goldston
J. Elwood Cox
J. J Farris
Asa Biggs
W T. Parker
Honors Brother With Party At Best Street Home
Blanche Albertson hosted a reception at her Best street residence in Raleigh for about forty friends of Howell Albertson a student at A and E College The event featured games a contest titled Auto Romance and each couple received a kewpie charm refreshments were provided by Miss Albertson Mrs Banner Davis entertained twenty five guests at West Broad street hosting Grace and Gertrude Walker with games contests music and refreshments provided by the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrother
Howell Albertson
A. & Es. College
Raleigh
Blanche Albertson
Best Street
Albertson
Banner Davis
West Broad Street
Grace
Gertrude Walker
Dinner Honors Miss Walker Entourage in Altavista
Miss Edith Hill hosted a dinner in honor of Miss Grace Walker and Miss Gertrude Walker of Altavista Virginia. Attending were Misses Gertrude Walker Grace Walker Cora Giles Altah Cecil Shuford Matthews Foyster Matthews and Charlie Maynor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Hill
Grace Walker
Gertrude Walker
Altavista
Cora Giles
Altah Cecil
Shuford Matthews
Foyster Matthews
Charlie Maynor
Women’s Missionary Society hosts Wesley Memorial meeting
The executive committee of the Woman's Missionary Society at Wesley Memorial Church held a cordial gathering at Mrs. Mann's South Main home. Rev W A Lambeth spoke briefly, committees were named for 1920 tasks, plans for finances outlined, and a chain of communication adopted. A Sunday morning installation service for all Wesley Memorial societies was scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’ Missionary Society
Wesley Memorial Church
J. D. Mann
W. S. O'Neal
South Main Street
W. A Lambeth
Aft
Lambeth
Wesley Memorial
John Peacock
J. O. Craig
Mesdames CO
P Moffitt
Dred Peacock
Charles Ragan
R. B
Philatheia Class Holds Meeting at Wesley Memorial
Mrs. R. E. Blair hosted the Peacock Philathea Class of Wesley Memorial church for an evening business meeting. Members planned extensive plans for 1920 with strong interest and enthusiasm. A social hour followed with refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Blair
Peacock Philathea
Wesley Memorial Church
Personalities at Home and Away in High Point
Local notes list numerous High Point residents visiting relatives and traveling. Names include J A Holmes family return from Mebane, the Raymonds in New York, Tomlinson and Wall at Grand Rapids market, and Ellen Crowson ill in Roland Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Tomlinson
Ernest Wall
Grand Rapids
M. C. Crowson
Roland Park
New York Landlord and Tenant Filings Hit New High
New York clerks of municipal courts report a record year in eviction filings with about 300 900 cases expected totaling landlord and tenant actions for the year. The final counts are not yet in but point to a historic surge in evictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Municipal Courts of
Ccom
Questionnaires Being Mailed To Taxpayers Alphabetically
R H Wheeler district supervisor of revaluation says blanks are not required before year end and each taxpayer has 10 days after receipt to respond. Taxpayers will receive one questionnaire per property, many questions can be answered at home except property value which must be done at the office. The tax rate is unknown and may be lower, with total district increases capped at 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Wheeler
Revaluation
Wheeler
Mr Wheeler
J. Wheeler
American Legion Jobe Formed Here in High Point
Sergeant A Castle recruiting officer for the US Army plans to organize a High Point American Legion post under Colonel A V P Anderson. A meeting may elect officers this week. 20 men must join to perfect the post. Eligible are veterans who served April 6, 1917, to November 11, 1918. Fees are $2 yearly plus a weekly magazine. The group aims to oppose bolshevism in America.
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A. Castle
United States Army
American Legion
High Point
A. V. P. Anderson
Greensboro
Castle
United States
Organization
Three Franco American Holidays Planned
Mme Jules Siegfried proposes three shared holidays for French and American women to honor wartime labor and suffering. January 1 marks work, July 4 is Independence Day, and November 11 recalls the armistice. The YWCA War Works Council in Paris plans to start the movement in the United States.
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New York
Mme
Jules Siegfried
National Council of French Women
Y. W. C. A. Provisional Council
Paris
War Works Council
Y. Www. C. A
Not a Blond in Town So Xmas Play Had No Angel
Chardon Ohio December 30. Char don's Christmas celebration faced a missing angel as all eligible village maidens are brunettes and cannot play the Christmas angel part.
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Angel
Chardon
One OClock Luncheon Honoring Misses Long at Elm Street
At their Elm street home Misses Helen and Mary Elizabeth Long were honored with a one o clock luncheon hosted by Mr and Mrs C F Long. The reception featured pink and white carnations and a six course meal for twelve with guests including Adelaide Armfield Isabel Tate Iris Burrus Alice Pitts Robert Brown Seburr Perry Edwin Hedrick Frank Wood and the hosts.
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Elm Street
Helen
Mary Elizabeth Long
C. F Long
Adelaide Armfield
Isabel Tate
Iris Burrus
Alice Pitts
Robert Brown
Seburr Perry
Edwin Hedrick
Frank Wood
Charles FF. Long
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Firm Cables
Cotton futures opened steady with January at 37.92 and March near 38.15 as Liverpool buying and covering support the market. Traders saw unsettled money conditions causing a dip after early gains, with March at 35.60 and July around 32.48 before firming as selling shifted. Commission shorts and foreign-trade houses adjusted positions with late-month months rising about 20 points from the night’s close.
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New York
Liverpool
Commission House
Shorts
Marek
Angus
Man breaks wife’s leg for Christmas in New York
Frank Strepsky, 38, a clerk, was held on 3500 bail in Essex Market court charged with deliberately breaking his wife Annie Strepsky’s leg during a Christmas Eve celebration at their home. Witnesses say the host grabbed her by the right foot and forced her leg across his knee, causing the injury. Annie Strepsky was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Wfe
Frank Strepsky
Essex Market Court
Strepsky
Annie
Bellevue Hospital
One Man Shot After Baltimore Whiskey Chase
Baltimore reports a man shot in the back and four held after an automobile chase and pistol battle. Police say the arrests followed discovery of a truckload of whiskey and a half hour street pursuit through the city.
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Baltimore
Census Tarets Coming to High Point for Enumerator Hunt
C F Lowe district supervisor to arrive in High Point at 7 30 tonight to confer with Mayor and chamber executives on securing census enumerators. Five enumerators needed for High Point township while city and suburbs largely drive the count. Increased pay from two and a half to four cents may attract volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Lowe
High Point
DPD
Volun
Citizens Predict Growth After Grand Total Revealed
A local count begins Friday to determine a grand total for High Point. Citizens anticipate the figure will push High Point toward city status larger than currently realized.
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High Point
Special Eastern Star Meeting in Masonic Hall
A special called meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic Hall on Washington street Tuesday at 7 30 PM. Refreshments will be served. Secretary Mrs G Corester notes the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Washington Street
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A. E. Futrell
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Mutual Life Insurance Company
North Carolina
Virginia
Futrell
Marathon Club
Hotel McAlphin
New York City
J. A. Holmes
Mebane
Harry Raymond
Mrs. Raymond
Mrs. Brash
B. R. Thurman
Beverly, Jr
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Elizabeth Conrad
Fay Humphrey
Winston-Salem
W. L. Jackson
Clyde Chernault
Rev
J. Ed Thompson
Belmont
Jim Kearns
Millie Snyder
Elizabeth Wall
Sophia
G. D. Grimes
Eri. C. Shields
Chas. Brown
Sanford
T. M. Hall
Eton College
Mrs. Grover Kester
Salisbury
Stella Norman
Boston
Rosa Wilson
Hilda Sheetz
Lexington
T. D. and
Herbert Cox
Norfolk, Va
Josephine Smith
Ashcoro
Florence White
R. P. Buxton
Chestnut Ridge
City
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Chapel Hill
Colonel Wescott Roberson
W. H. Plummer
Hattie and
Annie Milner
Reidsville
Laura MecCullum
Georgia
J. L. Lashmit
Luther Yashmit
W. H. Kronheimer
C. C. and
E. H. Gilliam
Paul McFarland
Richmond
Miss Mozelle
Ellison
Cc. C. Wheeler
Oxford
A. L. Boggs
Thomasville
C. B. Davis
Asheville
L. C. Oldham
Durham
Fannie Yarborough
Col. Wheeler
Office
JOBE
America
Ohio
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Munsingwear Union
Munsingwear— the
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Teer
G. Corester
Chalmers
Everett True
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