Two-Gun Bivins: Longtime High Point educator and columnist
Edward V. Mitchell profiles W A Bivins known as Two-Gun Bivins a lifelong High Point resident and educator. Born 1877 in Albemarle he taught in several North Carolina towns and later joined The Enterprise staff in 1936 becoming a columnist and contributing editor for the Sunday Enterprise.
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Bivins
Albemarle Enterprise
Virginia
Washington, D. C
Greensboro
Pitt, Yde
Guilford
United States Soil Survey
The
Enterprise
Sunday Enterprise
Autographed Baseballs From High Point Firm Aimed At Fans
Dick Culler of High Point launches a new autographed ball business with exclusive signatures from over 30 players on each of 16 MLB teams. The company, capitalized at 50 000 dollars, plans direct sales to concessionaires and a mail order outlet, with potential expansion to minors and other sports.
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Culler
High Point
Wood Office Salesmen Convene for February Training Clinic
Wood office furniture dealers and salesmen in the area will attend a two session sales training clinic February 23 at the Sheraton Hotel. Howard Gatewood, director of trade relations for the Wood Office Furniture Institute of New York, directs the program focusing on design, layout, and modernization.
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Sheraton Hotel
Howard Gatewood
Wood Office Furniture Institute of New York
Wood Office Furniture Institute
Gatewood
Weather Outlook Promises Muddy, Muggy Day Ahead
The Weatherman reports rain most of the night ending in the early morning. Sunday will be cloudy and warmer with scattered showers. Muggy conditions persist, making for a messy start to the day.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Coal Dealers Brace for Warmer Weather Hit on Sales
High Point coal dealers report a 15 to 20 percent drop in sales due to mild December and January and a warm February. Prices remain steady with $14.75 to $18.00 per ton for general and smokeless coal as availability holds. Consumers bulk up large bins and some consider entering the coal trade, but dealers expect longer-term effects as winter demand wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brown
High Point
Brotherhood Week Observance Opens In High Point
Brotherhood Week begins with events across High Point to promote justice amity and understanding among Protestants Catholics and Jews. Notable speakers Dr Mark Depp Rev Cuthbert Allen Rabbi Phillip Frankel will address students at multiple schools and a WHPE radio discussion follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Mark Depp
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Cuthbert Allen
Sheraton Hotel
Bob Rankin
Sidney Setel
A. J. Doige
Leo Craig
Community Radio Council
Marvin B. Smith Named Army Tower Control Operator
Private First Class Marvin B. Smith Jr has graduated from the Air Force Communications School at Scott Air Force Base Illinois as a control tower operator He will be assigned to an Air Force installation to direct local air traffic The 19 year old son of Mrs M B Smith 110 Dalton Street High Point enlisted August 6 1948 and earlier attended Lackland AFB Texas for basic training
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Marvin B. Smith, Jr
Air Force Communications
Scott Air Force Air Force Base
Illinois
Pfc. Smith
Air Force
M. B. Smith
Dalton Street
High Point
Scott Air Force
Bargain Hunters Flock To Downtown Dollar Day Amid Rain
Thousands braved daily downpour on the second and final Dollar Day as Main Street stores drew massive crowds. Merchants called it among the most successful events, with queues in windows and inside shops, extra clerks hired, and heavy traffic reported downtown despite rumors of a recession.
Smith Named To Salvation Army Advisory Board
R. H. Smith, civic leader, named president of the Salvation Army advisory board at a meeting at Asia restaurant. Harriss Covington is vice president. John H. Kalte is treasurer. H. M. White is secretary. T. Lynwood Smith elected new member. Captain and Mrs. Olvey Sheppard attended. Board expects to spend about 7000 this year, with 14000 from the Community Chest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Smith
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Asia
Smith
Harriss Covington
John H. Kalte
H. M. White
T. Lynwood Smith
Olvey Sheppard
Salvation Army
Community Chest
World News Briefs From February 20 1929
Reports from Chicago recall the St Valentine’s Day massacre at Bugs Moran HQ with eight dead and theories of police involvement over liquor theft. Meanwhile a Hudson Tubes train fire injured many New York commuters and a separate Illinois mine train wreck killed five. Hoover to meet Coolidge at the White House as reparations talks stall in Paris. Henry Ford predicts stricter prohibition enforcement and peace, with remarks from Fort Myers Florida. More on page 4B.
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Cook County
Chicago
George “Bugs” Moran
Northside
New York
Hudson Tubes
Hlis, DL
Washington
Herbert Hoover
President Coolidge
White House
Hoover
Paris
Fort Myers
Fla
Henry Ford
United States
America
Rides Daily Gene Hiatt Becomes Local Figure
Adversity marked the life of R. E. Hiatt of West Lexington extension, who now drives a tractor into High Point daily. Despite early hardship and deafness at ten months, Gene Hiatt remains spiritually resilient and active, a familiar presence to readers of the Enterprise.
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R. E. Hiatt
W. Lexington
High Point
Gene
Lexington Avenue
Enterprise
Roy Walls, Jr
Georgia Man Manager of Penny's Hero
T. E. Stubbs of Athens Georgia arrives in High Point to take over the J C Penney store manager role succeeding M E Cox who is sent to West Palm Beach Stubbs previously managed Athens store for eight years and earlier served as assistant manager in Columbia He began in Jacksonville in 1933 and plans to become a permanent resident with his mother Ethel Stubbs He is a World War II veteran attached to a tank unit in the Pacific He leads the Piedmont Penney group covering eight stores in High Point area and is active in local clubs and church
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T. E. Stubbs
Athens, Ga
High Point
J. C. Penney
M. E. Cox
West Palm Beach
Fla
Stubbs
Athens
Columbia, S. C
Penney
Jacksonville
Tipton, Ga
Ethel Stubbs
Lions Club
Merchants Committee
Country Club
Amvets
First Baptist Church
Pacific
Piedmont
Penney Stores
High Point Area
Suit Against Jewel Mills To Be Heard
Thomasville suit targets Jewel Cotton Mills Inc and general manager Sherman B Lawes in Davidson county superior court February 28. Plaintiff D C Floyd former mill overseer seeks 50000 for personal injuries and 10000 punitive damages for alleged beating with a telephone and a kick on July 12 during a wage dispute. Floyd resides at 820 Trinity Street.
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Thomasville
Jewel Cotton Mills, Inc
Sherman B. Lawes
Davidson County
Allen Gwynn
Reidsville
D. C
Floyd
Trinity Street
Lawes
Housewives Warned Of Sales Talk In High Point Area
Frank Sizemore executive secretary of the High Point Chamber warns housewives about door to door salesmen claiming Chamber approval for selling campaigns. He says the Chamber cannot approve or control such campaigns and magazine sellers are common offenders. Similar warnings have been issued in Greensboro as well.
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Chamber of Commerce
Frank Sizemore
Chamber
High Point
Sizemore
Greensboro
Chambers of Commerce
Legion Sets Joint Meeting For Monday
Andrew Jackson Post 87 and auxiliary announce a joint social meeting on Monday February 21 at 7 30 pm at Legion home 409 West High Street. Members and wives are urged to attend bringing a full basket of food. Veterans are invited to join this community event.
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Andrew Jackson Post
Legion Home
West High Street
Public Library Here Adds Many New Books To Shelves
High Point Public Library expands its collection with numerous titles across fiction, non fiction, and reference. New arrivals include The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Fires of Spring, The Road to Reason, I Hear Adventure Calling, and many more by noted authors and publishers.
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Public Library
High Point Public Library
Fulton Ouster
David Ewen
Arnold Gesell
Dr. Einstein
Lincoln Barnett
Ruby Edinger
Robert Dean Frisbie
Elizabeth Bowen
Margaret Scherf
S. J. Perelman
John Dos Passos
New York
Confidential
Jack Lait
James A. Michener
Lecomte du Nouy
White
Walter White
Beast
James Thurber
Bennett Cerf
Dukays
Lajos Zilahy
Martha Albrand
Czenzi Ormonde
Ludwig Bemelmans
Ellery Queen
Rampart Street
Everett Webber
Naomi Mitchison
Angela Thirkell
Frederic F. van de Water
Mackinlay Kantor
Miss Silver
Patricia Wentworth
Countess Waldeck
Jeannette Covert Nolan
Sir
Harry Lee
Zora Neale Hurston
Emilie Loring
Dorothy S&s. Davis
Robert S. Carr
Leslie Charteris
Margaret O'Brien
Ira Wolfert
R. C. Hutchinson
Catherine Whitcomb
England
Emily Hahn
Dolly Madison
Katherine
Elsynth Thane
Kathleen Norris
Eve
Christopher
Elizabeth Corbett
Antoine's
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Anya Seton
Lloyd Douglas
Emily Kimbrough
Elspeth Huxley
Clarence Buddington Kelland
David Lavender
Norah Lofts
Anne Paterson
Elizabeth
Jan Westcott
Fred Gipson
Kingsridge
Alice Ross Culver
Manning Coles
Vera Brittain
Dorothy Gardiner
Harold Lamb
Frank G. Slaughter
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Robert E. Sherwood
The
Young Lions
Irwin Shaw
Stalingrad
Theodor Plevier
Roanoke
Inglis Fletcher
United States
Sport
A. Danzig
High Towers
Thomas Costain
F. B. Gilbreth
Mary Wakefield
Mazo de la Roche
David Bradley
Furniture Treasury
Wallace Nutting
Meredith Willson
Rayos Technology
George Washington
Douglas S. Freeman
Smile Please
Mildred S. Topp
Grace Livingston Hill
Jean Karr
Mary Arden
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Edward V. Mitchell
W. A. Bivins
Bivins Dent
Bill” Bivins
Randolph
Durham Counties
Billy Bivins
Albermarle
John Marion
Martha Ingram Bivins
Trinity College
Durham
Duke University
Albemarle High School
Elizabeth City
Albemarle
Spencer
Trinity
North Durham
Bethel
Eva Heitman
John F. William P
Emma Carr Bivins
G. Washington
Wadesboro
Bill
Dick Culler
Chicago Cub
Minneapolis
American Association
Anita Adams
Sporting Goods Store
Wood Office
Brotherhood
Marvin B. Smith
Army
RK. HH. Smeph
Joe
St. Valentine's
Britain
Marshalls
Gene Hiatt
Fred Flagler, JR
Georgia
Penny
Hiatt
Stewart's Soda Shop
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Hindh
Mechanicsville
North Main Street
Ali
Jewel Mills
Chamber Head
Legion
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