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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1936
Page
8
Joe F. Hoffman county commissioner announced the listers for the old age pension survey in Guilford County and High Point. Eligible applicants are residents 65 or older with income under 30 dollars per month.
A fragmentary historical note recalls Jean Lafitte, famed pirate in the New Orleans era, with rewards offered for his capture and a later presidential pardon. It also mentions Persian women crafting beauty creams from powdered rice and a traditional rouge from the insect shan-djarf, per Saghapi.
The notice directs eligible living persons in the county outside High Point to list with P. M. Davis Dan Hendricks or R. M. Williams. City residents should contact Mrs. Walter Hargett at the County Welfare offices 613 East Green Street. If unavailable reach T. R. Short at the county tax office West Washington Street.
Mrs. Bruce Craven and W. L. Clark of the Security Life and Trust company returned yesterday from Winston-Salem where they attended the agency force and home office staff annual meeting for their firm. Following a business session.
Roy B. Biggers, manager, confirms a cat at 1300 South Main Street captured and devoured five mice in the store after a basket was tipped. The cat caught three mice one by one, then took two more, one under each paw, and ate all five.
Friday evening a banquet honored Mr. Clark and Mrs. Craven among the guests of honor for the company’s top producers. President E. L. Davis reported a 17 percent rise in total insurance in force during 1935 and first year paid premium income up 27 percent from the prior year. He tied these gains to the company’s strong 1934 progress, noting North Carolina as home state where the firm led in insurance in force.
Cleveland announces a 26 game exhibition schedule with 17 meetings against the New York Giants and six with the New Orleans Pelicans. The Indians open spring training March 7-8 vs New Orleans and play multiple Pels games in New Orleans March 18 21 22 23. A two game series with Nashville is set for April 4-5 and a single game vs the Chicago Cubs in New Orleans March 20.
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