Seventeenth Boy Scout Anniversary Plans Noted
Town notes outline eleventh hour plans for a nationwide Boy Scout anniversary observance in Amer y city. The program will feature displays of Scout life at church, school and camp plus community events. High Point library reports 18 600 books issued in January with Zane Gray as top author. David T Yow of Andrew Jackson post says ex service men may get assist to Paris 1927 convention. details from the commander. Building permits list several small projects on Broad and Sher road plus Ennis street. A minor fire on West Point street damaged little of a house owned by a man named Smith. firemen from station 3 responded.
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Amery
Focal Scout
Ople
High Point
Mariane Martin
Zane Gray
David T. Yow
Thendrew Jackson Post
Amercan Legion
Raleigh
Smith
Marianne Martin
Central Friends Church
Thomas
Stribling
James Branch Cabell
Mary Johnston
Ellen Glasgow
Angel
Dubose Heyward
Miss Martin
Pascal dAngelo
Italy
Mary Antin
Kipling
J. Elwood Cox
John Clinard
Bertha Sheetz
J. W. Blair
T. Wingate Andrews
Wesley Memorial church house warming tea set for Saturday
The Wesley Memorial church officers teachers and building committee plan a three to five afternoon house warming with tea in the Philathea room inviting ministers and wives Sunday school superintendents and all city officers and teachers to inspect the new building designed for five departments and two extra classes. Miss Edith Moore chairs the reception with Mrs John W Moore Mrs W L Watson and Miss Louise Edwards assisting.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Edith Moore
John W. Moore
W. L. Watson
Louise Edwards
Ford balance sheets reviewed in tax appeals hearings
Washington Feb 3 AP An intricate examination of Ford Motor Co balance sheets was undertaken by the board of tax appeals as hearings continued over the government’s bid to recover 30 million dollars in additional taxes from former minority stockholders.
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Washington
Ford Motor Company
Board of Tax Appeals
Employment Agency Bill Fails in House Vote
In Raleigh on February 3 the house left on the unfavorable calendar a bill allowing private employment agency operators to charge a one dollar applicant registration fee whether work was secured. The measure, pushed by Miss McLean of Mecklenburg, was defeated as lawmakers kept the existing law barring registration fees as sufficient.
Train Strikes Auto In Fort Lauderdale
Boward county junior high schools supervisor Guy W. Brubaker his wife and two teachers were seriously injured when a Florida East Coast passenger train hit their car at a crossing at 8 AM. Brubaker is not expected to live.
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Auto
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Guy W. Brubaker
Boward County
Florida East Coast
Brubaker
Abel Addresses Civic Club On Godliness And Youth
John C. Abels of Colonial Insurance spoke to the American Business club on Godliness and the Golden Rule. The club voted to donate 50 to High Point baseball for 1927, and Seborn Perry reported progress on Ladies Night at the country club next Wednesday.
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John C. Abels
Colonial Insurance Company
American Business Club
Young Men’s Civic Organization
High Point Baseball
Seborn Perry
North Carolina State College Wins Fruit and Veggie Contest
The N C State College team won group first place and three top individual prizes at the southern fruit and vegetable contest in Atlanta. Members were T D O Quinn Maness R S Gaston from Asheville and R W Zimmerman from Lexington with coach C D Matthews.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Atlanta
T. D. O’quinn
Maness
R. S. Gaston
Asheville
R. W. Zimmerman
Lexington
C. D. Matthews
Executor's Sale of House and Lot in High Point NC
A Guilford County Superior Court order prompts Z. B. Morris as Commissioner to sell on March 5 1927 at 3 P M a 50 by 150 foot lot 27 on Prospect Street High Point described as part of R B Murphy estate. Cash sale upon court confirmation with bond security. Kyser attorney.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
Z. B. Morris
R. Bib Murphy
R. L. Murphy
High Point
North Carolina
High Point Township
Towit
S. BE. Wills
Office of the Register of Deeds
Prospect Street
R. B. Murphy
J. S Lee
George White's Scandals at the American theater review
The seventh annual edition of George White's Scandals impressed with dancing and costumes while the singing lagged. Albertine Rasch’s troupe and Dorothy Campbell earned praise for dance routines, though jokes and some performers fell short. A sensational near nude scene drew attention, yet overall the show ran smoothly with swift scene changes and strong production pacing.
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George White
American Theater
Dorothy Campbell
Miss Campbell
Albertine Rasch
Crotty and Berk
LaGizzi
Danceland
Rosetime
Sonia deCalve
Stanley Cable
Lillian Norwood
Sammy Howard
Johnny Getz
Mr. Getz
Jeanette Creagan
Georgia Carson
Helen Claire MacAllister
New York
Rotary hosts Ladies Night and scouting talk at Country Club
Rotary members heard Houston Hiatt Jr. discuss Boy Scouting and Dr. Houston Hiatt Sr. speak on regular attendance. The program included the Eagle Scout’s remarks and a note on High Point College’s A status and local sidewalk needs, with attendance and sidewalk questions referred to a committee.
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Rotary
Rotary Club
Houston Hiatt, Jr
Houston Hiatt
Fred Bartlett
Hiatt
Pere
J. T. Burrus
High Point College
Raleigh will funds Episcopal ministry education trust
The late Miss Emma Jane Karrar leaves a trust for the education of young men and women entering Episcopal ministry and church work. The amount is not disclosed.
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Raleigh
Emma Jane Karrar
Episcopal
End-O-Corn remedy advertised for painless removal
An advertisement claims powerful corn and callous removal with End-O-Corn from Randall's Pharmacy and End-O Corn Laboratories at 4 Garfield Blvd Chicago. It invites readers to visit or write for treatment, promising quick results for stubborn cases.
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End-Ocorn Laboratories
Garfield Blvd
Chicago
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Martin
New Education
Friends Wesley Memorial Church
Bayer
G.B
C. E. Miller
Carolina Mortgage Co
Commercial Bank Bldg
Broadhurst
Clara Bow
Elinor Glyn
Clarence Badger
Antonio Moreno
Wiener
Elinor Glyn Story
Nature
Sally Blane
Hollywood Colony
Abels
Civic Club
H. R. Kyser
Randall’s Pharmacy
Miss Lizzie Gooch
United States
Commercial National Bank
Building and Loan Association
The
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank Co
H. Ellis
V. A. J. Idol
Vice Press and
Treas
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
FORD
Lincoln
Fordson Dealers
Washington St
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