Contract Club Meets in Thomasville
The Wednesday Contract club will be entertained by Mrs. Frank Murr at her home in Thomasville Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A New Year party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thomas featured dancing, games, and refreshments with couples including Daphne Swiggett and John Thomas Jr among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Frank Murr
J. M. Thomas
Boulevard
Night Owl Club
Daphne Swiggett
John Thomas, Jr
Hattie Mac Tise
Odell Rose
Sarah Craven
Thomas Davis
Lucille Ingram
Paul Carter
Ruby Curlee
James Godwin
Hazel Darby
James Sloope
Catherine Swiggett
Frank Hicks
Mary E. Bennett
Robert Curtiss
Mary E. Hamlin
Elwood Jones
Aline Hylton
Douglas Purcelle
Christmas Meeting Of Randolph Book Club In Asheboro
In Asheboro on Friday noon the Randolph Book Club held its Christmas luncheon at Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer residence. Fourteen of fifteen members attended and used festive place cards showing customs and poems from various sects. Gifts were exchanged and music featured with Silent Night and a piano solo by Miss Jane Page Walker.
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Asheboro
Randolph Book Club
Wm. C. Hammer
W. H. Moring
Jane Page Walker
Asheboro Social Scene Brightens Holidays with Events
The younger residents of Asheboro enjoyed a busy holiday period with parties theater groups and dinners showing a lively social season and community spirit.
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Asheboro
Social Calendar of club meetings this week in High Point
A series of club gatherings is listed for Tuesday through Friday. Events include the High Point Garden club at Mrs. W. C. Beavane on North Main, the YWCA Service Committee at the cottage, Phi Kappa club at Mrs. J. E B. Marsh on South Main, W O T club at Mrs. H. A. Millis, Mothers Study club at Mrs. C. V. Garland, and midweek garden and contract club meetings at Emerywood Country club with hostesses named. Evening DeMolay holiday dance at Emerywood features Eddie Wittatein and his orchestra. Additional hostess duties cover Entre Nous, Canterbury clubs and other hosts through Friday.
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High Point Garden Club
W. C. Beavane
North Main Street
H. A. White
Frank Murr
Thomasville
Order of DeMolay
Emerywood Country Club
Eddie Wittatein
J. F. Hayden
Entre Nous Club
East Washington Street
Ed Lyon
Canterbury Club
Otteray Drive
Local Social Notes Highlight Guests and Visits
Mrs Gibson improves after a serious illness at her Forest avenue home. Durham visitors include Mr and Mrs L D Gibson. Al Barber of Salisbury visits briefly. Horace Seward heads to Miami for a week. Mrs Bertha Appleyard returns from Grand Rapids and plans February return to High Point. Elizabeth Morris departs Roxboro. Elizabeth Bowie to West Jefferson. Esther and Wilbur Pritchard return from Atlanta. Grubbs and Dickerson families visiting Emerywood. Canterbury club to meet Mrs Ed Lyon on Otteray drive.
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Frieds
Gibson
Forest Avenue
L. D. Gibson
Durham
Mr. Gibson
Bertha P. Appleyard
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jack
Tom Appleyard
Montheu Avenue
High Point
Elizabeth Morris
Roxboro
Alice Elizabeth Freeze
Elizabeth Bowie
Miss Freeze
West Jefferson
Canterbury Club
Lyon
Cantebury Club
Ed Lyon
Otteray Drive
Brothers injured in home gunpowder attempt blast
In Charlotte on January 1 two boys Mack Johnson 15 and his brother Frank 9 started a gunpowder making project in their bedroom. The chemicals exploded causing serious injuries to both children.
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Charlotte
Jan
Mack Johnson
Frank
Dinner party at Ashlyn hotel hosts ten friends
Lewis Ingram staged a festive dinner party at the Ashlyn hotel on Friday night for ten friends. A turkey dinner followed by games in parlors decorated with Christmas greens created a holiday gathering.
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Lewis Ingram
Ashlyn Hotel
Theater Birthday Party for Harold Crawford
A Saturday afternoon party for Harold Crawford’s birthday drew about 20 young guests. After a movie the group went to the Cranford home for refreshments.
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Harold Crawford
Cranford
Miss Freeze Hosts Te a for Kearns and Urwick
Mrs Alice Elizabeth Freeze hosted a Friday tea at her Rockford Road home from five to six, honoring Mr Amos Kearns and Mr Genie Urwick. The festive setting featured Christmas greens red candies and a red rose centerpiece with tall red tapers. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Kearns and Geraldine Bryant and many local residents and friends.
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Alice Elizabeth Freeze
Rockford Road
Amos Kearns
Genie Urwick
Miss Falkener Weds Earle Humphrey Jr in Goldsboro
The Goldsboro ceremony dated December 30 united Miss Mary Miller Falkener with Earle Ambrose Humphrey Jr at St Stephen’s Episcopal Church. The bride, a local teacher, wore dark green tweed and a green turban. the couple planned a New York honeymoon and home in Goldsboro.
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Mary Miller Falkener
E. A. Humphrey, Jr
Goldsboro
High Point
BE. A. Humphrey, Jr
Mise Falkener
Raleigh News and Observer
1. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Earle Ambrose Humphrey
George S. Gresham
George Bynum
Bruce Berkeley
Parma
William Keppel Falkener
Norfolk
Sister Marys Kitchen Griddle Cakes Spark New Interest
A local feature notes Sister Marys Kitchen introducing griddle cakes served in a European style, drawing attention from readers and residents seeking a refined breakfast option in the community.
Flapper Fanny Says Griddle Cakes From Bread Crumbs
Flapper Fanny presents methods for griddle cakes as quick meals and emergency dishes. It covers potato and bread crumb cakes with ingredients and steps, including serving ideas with butter, jelly, and toppings. The piece notes English and French variations and finishing touches.
The Wizard of Tuskegee Emancipation Day Tribute
The article honors Dr George Washington Carver the Wizard of Tuskegee a renowned agricultural chemist who rose from slavery to scientific prominence Born on a Missouri plantation Carver endured hardship learning from a single Webster's Speller He educated himself at Neosho High School Fort Scott Simpson College and pursued studies to work through college.
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Tuskegee
George Washington Carver
Dr. Carver
Moses Carver
Diamond
George Washington
Fort Scott
Kan
Simpson College
Indianola
Carver of Tuskegee Pioneer in Agricultural Chemistry
The article profiles George Washington Carver, famed as the Wizard of Tuskegee, detailing his path from Iowa State to Tuskegee Institute in 1896, his prolific peanut and sweet potato product work, and his broader impact on Southern farming and global science, including a claimed infantile paralysis cure.
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Iowa State University
Carver
Iowa State
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Wizard of
America
Alabama
Dr. Carver
Lusxembure
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Bostess
Jessie Frasier
Frazier
Davis
W. EB. Davis
Jack Manning
New York City
B'Nat Israel Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
B'Nat Israel Synagogue
Ed Shane
West Main Street
Garden Club
Forrest Murray
Fred Thomas
Calvary
Daughters of the Wesley
Calvary M. E. Church
Helen McCormick
Pershing Street
Y. W. C. A. Merts
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Night Owls
Asheboro Society
al Barber
Salisbury
Broadhurst Theater
Horace Seward
Miami
Fla
Esther Pritchard
Wilbur D. Pritchard
Atlanta, Ga
John H. Grubb
Marie
Cecil Dickerson
Conway, Ark
Willis Slane
Margaret Johnson
Kinaston
Alexander Rankin, Jr
Emerywood
William Ray Moore
New York
Paul W. Smith
Beaton
Mass
Kearns
Mrs. Urwick
Urwick
Charles Kearns
Gereldine Bryant
Conaway
Nathan
Allen Wattt
Logan Lovelace
Jack Thomas
Margaret Hauser
Mary Simmons
Mary F Elizabeth Long
Weat Jefferson
Kinston
Frank Kearns
Fd Mendenhall
Hal Reynolds
Earl N. Phillips
B. W. Freeze, Jr
Brooks Reitzel
Sam Denny
James Poole
James Foscue
Welch Harriss
James Richardson
James Norfleet Smith
Mendelashon
Andrew White Parkener
West Mulberry Street
Humphrey
West Ash Street
Andrew White Falkener
Goldsboro High School
Salem College
John F. Miller
State Hospital
Sara Borden Miller
Earle A. Humphrey
Elisabeth Ridout Humphrey
L. W. Humphrey
Lotte Humphrey
Porter Military Academy
Charleston
D. C
University of North Carolina
Zeta Phi Fraternity
Mie
Sister Mary Nea
Flapper
Fanny
U.S
Geneus Parner
W. E. Davis
Mabel Naylor
Green Bay
Wis
Thomas
Marion
Marion Talley
Chicago
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Metropolitan Company
Colored News
Washington
Gooch-Thomas, Inc
Silk
Gossard
Voi
Max Meyers Kid
Gooch - Thomas, Inc
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