Victory Dinner Committees Form for March 4 Event
A local Victory Dinner committee led by D. Folger plans a March 4 gathering. Tickets will be sold through committee members at set prices with net proceeds to aid National efforts, as Earl N. Phil appoints additional members including B. L. Brigan J. W. McGuinn and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Brigan
J. W. McGuinn
D. Folger
North
Earl N. Phil
Briggs
R. H. Walker
Ashburn
George McLar- W. Poole
Walter Fol
H. Folger
J. Welch
Har J. Gold
Wade Renul Farrington
BE. E. In. G. Friddie
LL P. Howley Davis
Lacten Long
Joyner
J. L. Perkina
J. W. Poole
L. W
G. A. Pollock
Jack Burrus
C. Gold
Matt Wall
Froelich
B. W. Sechrest
A. Johnson
Parker Sam H. Strickland
Dr. McCain
Claude Melver
Andrews
W. F. Freeman
A. Haworth
C. T. Ingram
Bis
Brockmann
W. J.stutts
Thomas Turner
A J. Paul Williamson
Formation of New Scout Troop Discussed at Local Church
Local Scout officials plan a meeting at 7:30 PM at Osk Hill church to discuss forming a new Scout troop. Hackney Jr executive of the Uwharrie council and C H Newlin will be present with church members and prospective scouts.
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Osk Hill Church
Hackney
Uwharrie Council
H. B. Newlin
Services Held for EB M Mayhew in Esville
Funeral services were held in Esville for EB M Mayhew aged 74. The article notes his family was affected by deaths from January, including J Walter and Charlie, with one or more relatives dying in that time.
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M. Mayhew
Esville
EB. M. Mayhew
J. Walter
Charlie
Carolina Weather Forecast and Temperature Records
National and regional forecast indicate generally fair conditions in the Carolinas through Friday with colder nights and frost on coastal areas. Winds from the northwest will ease toward Friday as temperatures drop, while Jacksonville experiences moderate northwest winds and improving weather conditions.
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Carolina
Southeast
Jacksonville
High Point Men Face Trial On Capital Charges
Guilford Superior Court opens Monday with three capital cases moved from High Point Municipal Court. Arthur Poster and Earl Dowdy of High Point face trial for criminally assaulting Lucille Cobb on January 23, with Dowdy alleged to have forced her to a vacant house at knife point. Ray Owens of High Point is charged with arson for a January 24 house fire. Odis Dudley of Mebane faces an assault charge on Mamie Howard, with grand jurors to hear surrounding circumstances.
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Guilford Superior Court
High Point
Foster
William Penna High School
Dowdy
Ray Owens
Donald Spencer
West Thureday
Cub Court of Honor Set at 7 Tonight
The Cub Court of Honor will be held at 7 tonight in the First Presbyterian church. B. W. Hackney Jr the Boy Scout executive urged all Cub scouts seeking awards to be on time.
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First Presbyterian Church
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Cube
Mrs Pearl Simmons Denies Impostor Arraignment Claim
Mre Pearl Simmons of 1205 Blaine street asks The Enterprise to state she is not the Mre Pearl Simmons arraigned in municipal court here recently on a charge of occupying a room for immoral purposes.
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Pearl Simmons
Blaine Street
Correction issued on Talkington sentence in assault case
The Enterprise corrects yesterday’s municipal court docket item stating Robert Talkington was ordered to pay doctor bills and serve four months on the county roads for assault with a deadly weapon. The roads sentence applied to Earl Talkington for a similar offense, not Robert.
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Robert Talkington
EB. F. Correll
Earl Talkington
Washington Birthday memorial program set by Sons of America
Friday night program for Washington Camp No 80 Patriotic Order Sons of America in the organization hall 3081 2 North Main Street will open with America. Devotional service follows with welcome by the president and an oratorical contest featuring participants from Brentwood Cloverdale Elm Street Johnson street Ray Street Osk Hill Ada Blair and Betty Ann Watson. Prizes of 5 8 and 1 offered. master of ceremonies A J Koonce and speakers Dr C B Grayson A York R H See will preside.
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Washington
Washington Camp No
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
North Main Street
Brentwood
Mary MadAllister
Cloverdale
Richard Wright
Emma Blair
Jack Smith
Elm Street
Mary Elizabeth Barton
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Grady Watterson
Osk Hill
Jack Dillard
Ada Blair
Betty Ann Watson
C. 8. Grayson
A. A. York
R. H. Seee
A. J. Koonce
Superstition Links Empty Cradle to Death Omen
A traditional belief warns that rocking an empty cradle portends death for the last occupant. The saying reflects cultural anxieties about infancy and misfortune and appears in period folklore collections.
Andrews Lockbox Reveals Estate Contents in Greensboro
Dr. T Wingate Andrews longtime High Point schools superintendent died this month leaving an estate of 44264.25 in insured stocks and bonds. A lockbox contents list filed by Owen Reese attorney shows 15000 in life insurance and stocks valued around 29266 plus 35 shares in Perpetual Building and Loan 30 in Piedmont Bedding and Loan United States bonds 8500 NC state bonds 5000 Joint Stock Land bank 5060 86 shares in Black Bear camp notes 4600 and a 464.25 liquidation certificate. Estate to be administered by Mrs Andrews and the late head’s brother. the value excluding insurance was 14426.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Owen Reese
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Lockbox
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Piedmont Bedding and Loan Association
United States Treasury
North Carolina State
Joint Stock Land Bank
Black Bear Camp
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Two Qualified To Administer Estates
In Guilford Superior Court two individuals were named to administer recent High Point estates. Ethel Lillian Bannister qualified as executrix for Sylvester P. J. Bannister, who died December 16, 1936, leaving $300 with only heir Mrs Bannister. Co W Robinson of High Point qualified to administer Mary Miller, who died in 1933, leaving $375 with heiress Mrs Marie Perry, a Philadelphia daughter.
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Greensboro
Fed
Guilford Superior Court
High Point
Ethel Lillian Bannister
Sylvester P. J. Bannister
Mra
Bannister
Co. W. Robinson
Mary Miller
Marie Perry
Philadelphia
Rain crow myth debunked as cuckoo species
The rain crow is not a crow but a cuckoo species whose calls are believed to predict rain. In winter some saltwater fish migrate into freshwater regions, drawing curiosity about their migratory patterns.
Five Warrants Issued On Meat and Feed Theft Charges
Five warrants issued at police headquarters name three men Eulis Scott 24 and Eugene Tate with no local address and John Henry Crump 35 as suspects. Scott and Tate allegedly broke into buildings on February 22 stealing ham shoulder and meat plus a sack of feed valued about 17.85. Crump is charged with taking a blue suit and trousers valued at 20 from Dock Garris on July 24, 1936. Bond set at 500 per offense.
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Eulis Scott
Highland Avenue
Eugene Tate
Nannie Talley
Young Street
R. P. Price
John Henry Crump
Dock Garris
Otho L Elder Dies After Short Illness at Home
Otho Linton Elder prominent farmer from Guilford and Randolph counties died at his home near Springfield church at 1 45 this morning after a brief illness. Born near Trinity September 17 1885 he married Etta Kennedy in 1906 and lived most of his life in area. Survived by widow two sons J Clark Wider and George B Elder two daughters Mrs Mabel Murray and Miss Selma Elder of High Point two sisters Mrs Charles Kennedy and Mrs Cicero Kennedy and two grandchildren Jean Kathryn and Faye Marie Murray Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 30 p m from Archdale M E church with Rev J W Grace and Rev B M Jones officiating burial in Springfield cemetery.
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Otho Linton Elder
Elder
Archdale M. EB. Church
Stewards
J. Clark Wider
George B. Elder
Mabel Murray
Mies Selma Elder
High Point
J. Carl Elder
Siler City
Charles Kennedy
Cicero Kennedy
Randolph County
Jean Kathryn
Faye Marie Murray
H. H. Elder
Archdale M. E
New Boys Enrolled In Scout Cub Pack At Ray St School
Twenty five new members join Bay Street School Cub Pack No 1 making 66 total, led by Cub master Charles McGahey. New enrollees include Mickey Mathews W L Wiles Jr Robert Williard Charles Stuart Wilbur Alexander Tommie Kellam H C Rich Jr Joseph Price Harold Douglas Cox Charlies Campbell W B Saunders Jr Reitzel Wagner Jr Harley Carriker Drew Ellis Charles Dean White Ralph Zimmerman George Rankin Joe Johnson Bobby Stone Robert Everett Smith J Powell Jones Norman B Fidler Charles Stott William Benton Harold Lee Weaver.
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Bay Street
Charles McGahey
Mickey Mathews
W. l L. Wiles, Jr
Robert Franklin Williard
Charles Stuart
Wilbur Alexander
Tommie Kellam
H. C. Rich
Joseph Price
Harold Douglas Cox
Charlies Campbell
W. B. Saunders, Jr
Reitzel Wagner
Harley Eugene Carriker
Drew Ellis
Charles Dean White
Ralph Zimmerman
George Rankin
Joe Johnson
Bobby Stone
Robert Everett Smith
J. Powell Jones
Norman B. Fidler
Charles Stott
William Benton
Harold Lee Weaver
Heyd to Speak at Southeastern Surgical Convention
Dr. Charles Cordon Heyd of New York City president of the American Medical Association will address the Southeastern Surgical Congress in Charlotte in March.
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Charlotte
Charles Cordon Heyd
New York City
American Medical Association
Southeastern Surgical Congress
Police announce one speeding charge in 24 hours
Police report one driver charged with speeding in the past 24 hours. Authorities urge motorists to drive carefully and save lives.
Thieves Take Church Piano in Millboro
Residents in Randleman report a theft at Bethany M. P. Church in Millboro as a small piano installed just after a prior Sunday service disappeared. Believed entry was through a window with the door secured from inside, requiring two or three men to carry it away.
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Randleman
Millboro
Bethany M. P
Rites Held for Mr Powers at Pilgrim Holiness Church
Funeral services for 8 D Powers 59 who died Monday morning at a local hospital were conducted Wednesday at 2 30 PM from Pilgrim Holiness Church. Rev O L Ruth led the service with church choir and quartet performances. Globe Parlor Furniture coworkers attended. Pallbearers and interment at Oakwood Cemetery were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Powers
Pilgrim Foliness Church
O. L. Ruth
Jesus
Brownie Brown
Dockery Nance
Elma Warner
Lois Ruth
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Licenses Lost By High Pointers In North Carolina
Four High Pointers are among drivers who lost licenses today for law violations in North Carolina. R C Clodfelter from route three Sam Robbins of 1011 Rivett Drive D C Haddon of 1506 Franklin Street and T B Brown of 1920 North Main Street are listed among those affected.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
R. C. Clodfelter
Sam Robbins
Rivett Drive
D. C. Haddon
Franklin Street
T. 8. Brown
North Main Street
PICTURES SHOW SCS PROJECTS IN Deep River Reedy Fork AREAS
A series of Soil Conservation Service sound motion pictures will tour Deep River and Reedy Fork project regions starting March 1. Exhibits will reach High Point High School Jamestown Summerfield Pleasant Garden and A T College Greensboro with showings for students and farmers.
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Soil Conservation Service
Deep River
Reedy Fork
High Point
Spartanburg
8. C
High Point High School
Jamestown High School
Summerfield High School
Pleasant Garden High School
A. & T. College
Greensboro
G-Man Warns Rotarians of High Crime Costs This Year
Special Agent G N Lowden told Rotary club crime will cost every U S resident 120 dollars in the coming year with a total 15 billion. He noted one family in sixteen suffers crime annually and an average of a murder every 45 minutes. He described FBI history finger print files and five minute cross checks and urged local police training and citizen cooperation.
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United States
G. N. Lowden
United States Department of Justice
Rotary Club
Lowden
Charlotte
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Bureau
Washington
High Point
Bill Andrews
Jack Abels
L. H. Warren
Robert Sheloff
John Dittendale
Ste
Nathan Ayers
Otis Jeffcoat
Exhibition at Sumner High School in Greensboro
At 7 30 P M on the same date an exhibition will be held at Sumner high school in Greensboro James M Parks assistant agronomist of the Golf Conservation Service High Point will lead the demonstrations The exhibitions are free and all who wish to attend are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Sumner High School
James M. Parks
Golf Conservation Service
High Point
Judge to Rule on Liquor Possession Under New Law
Greensboro February 25 A Negro woman faced in city court for small liquor possession saw Judge FE Earle Rives postpone the case to Saturday. The attorney was ordered to supply a certified copy of the new law that would guide the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Earle Rives
North Modina
Rives
Said Pasha Walks Over Gunpowder Path with Pipe
Said Pasha, viceroy of Egypt 1854 to 1863, publicly demonstrated courage by walking a mile long layer of gunpowder a foot thick while holding a lit pipe in his mouth.
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Said Pasha
Egypt
Sulphur Spring Creek Never Frozen Since 1883 Discovery
The Hot Sulphur Spring Creek to Banff Alberta has reportedly never frozen since its discovery in 1883. It lies a mile above sea level and nearby lakes freeze solidly in winter.
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Banff
Alberta
Sealy
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Clarence Saunders
Memphis
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Otho L. Elder
Lewingtona Church
Ray St
MR. Powers
Ntess
G-Man
U.S
North Main St
High Point, N. C
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