Wedding to Take Place January Twenty Eighth
Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Lillian Jordan of Hartsville South Carolina and Earl N Phillips of this city. The ceremony will be at First Baptist Church Hartsville on Saturday evening January twenty eighth at eight o clock. Reception to follow at home. Miss Jordan is a frequent visitor at High Point with her sister. Engagement announced in late November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Jordan
Hartsville
Earl N. Phillips
Edding
Jace
Lartsville
Albert Jordan
First Baptist Church
South Carolina
Miss Jordan
High Point
Missse Washburn
Phillips
Browns Celebrate Quiet Home Wedding in Town
Verlene Pick Brown wed James Roberts in a Sunday morning ceremony at 711 Centennial Avenue. The event, attended by close relatives, featured palms as an improvised altar with Rev. C. N. Royal officiating. The couple, after a two to six reception at the Browns' home, will reside at 711 Centennial Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ide
Zackrown
Centennial Avenue
Verlene (Pick
Brown
City
Holls
Roberts
George Robts
New Albany
Ind
Efocx
Ling
Cenonial Avenue
American Homes Dept Meeting Set for Wednesday
The January meeting of the American Homes department of the Woman's club will be held Wednesday at the Tomlinson Furniture Showrooms. Mrs George Robb will host, and A. D. Ayther of the Tomlinson Company will speak on Salvior Decoration. Ram chairman Mrs A Lee Gibson will lead the program beginning at 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merican Homes Department
E Woman's Club
Tomlinson Furnture
Eorge Robb
Theogram
A. Yther
Tomlinson Comny
Ram
A. Leeibson
Social Calendar outlines January club meetings across High Point
The January social calendar lists morning and afternoon gatherings at Emerywood Country Club, East Washington, Hillcrest, Lindsay, Greenway, and Sedgefield areas. Groups include Junior Service League, Wayside Garden Club, High Point Garden Club, D A R, Altrusa, Book Club, and YWCA events with lectures, dinners, hunts, and a Mozart Boys Choir concert at a junior high.
Jewish Women's Study Group Meeting Wednesday
The High Point Council of Jewish Women will hold a study group gathering Wednesday evening at 708 Forest Avenue. Mrs. Lou Greenberg hosts with Mrs. Jake Harris assisting as associate hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Council of Jewish Women
Lou Greenberg
Forest Avenue
Jake Harris
Greenberg
Local A. A. U. W. Members Attend Greensboro Dinner
Four representatives from the local American Association of University Women will attend a Greensboro dinner at the Jefferson Roof Garden honoring Mrs. C. T. Wanzer of Charlotte. Mrs. Wanzer will speak. attendees include Mrs. N. P. Yarborough, Mrs. Alene M. Schroder, Miss Louise Adams, and Mrs. H. A. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of University Women
Greensboro
Jefferson Roof Garden
C. T. Wanzer
Charlotte
Wanzer
High Point
Winston-Salem
Burlington
N. P. Yarborough
Alene M. Schroder
Louise Adams
H. A. White
Church Circles Meet At Local Baptist Churches Tonight
The Busy Women's circle of First Baptist will meet at 7 30 at Gibson clubrooms with Mrs A P Reep and Mrs Frances Baynes as associate hostesses The Helen Dozier circle meets at 310 East Farriss avenue with Mrs W K Dickens hosting and Mrs Kathleen Roser as associate hostess The L L L class at West End Baptist plans its regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 at the church hut Allens Jay Young People hold a meeting at Raymond Warren s home on High Point route 3 with Mrs Tom Gray presiding The intermediate class meets Tuesday at Mrs T Bennison s on Fairfield road About 27 members attend Morning and Evening Bible classes at First Presbyterian will meet at Mrs Lamar McCallum s 609 Parkway tomorrow at 10 oclock notices say place changes from Sheraton hotel to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League
Emerywood Country Club
Wayside Garden Club
J. S. Welborn
East Washington Street
J.A. Eshelman
High Point Garden Club
W. C. Idol
H. G. Rockwell
Good Will Garden Club
Greenway Drive
Burbank Garden Club
L. R. Stewart
Lindsay Street
P. W. Grandjean
Wednesday Book Club
A. E. Taplin
Woodland Drive
Sedgefield Hunt
Sedgefield Inn
Twentieth Century Club
W. W. Gluyas
Cc. E. Lehmann
High Point Graduate Nurses Club
W. J. Frazier
Montlieu Avenue
Entre Nous Club
Charles F. Long
Elm Street
Young Women’s Christian Association
Wesley Memorial Church
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
Gibson
A. P. Reep
Frances Baynes
Helen Dozier
W. K. Dickens
East Farriss Avenue
Kathleen Roser
West End Baptist Church
Allen Jay Young
Allen Jay Baptist Church
Raymond Warren
High Point
Route 3
Tom Gray
T. Bennison
Fairfield Road
First Presbyterian Church
C. A. McMurray
Lamar McCallum
Parkway
Sheraton Hotel
Pleasant Garden Beta Club Adds Nine Members
Pleasant Garden Beta Club votes in nine new members at a meeting. Named members include Dorothy Kemp Margie Samuel W G Kirkman Mary Kirkman Eugene Lee and others. Club officers are Jack Donnell president Kathleen Peele vice president C A Shoffner secretary Kathryn Wood treasurer with Mrs Grady C Siske as sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Garden
National Beta Club
Dorothy Mae Kemp
Margie Samuel
W. G. Kirkman
Mary Moling Kirkman
Eugene Lee
W. A. Moser
Janette Phibbs
Mae Kearns
Maude Kearns
Carl McCulloch
Richard Ireland
Jack Donnell
Kathleen Peele
C. A. Shoffner
Kathryn Wood
Grady C. Siske
Miss Briggs Leaves for Converse College to Resume Studies
Mary Sue Briggs departed Saturday for Spartanburg South Carolina to resume studies at Converse College after recovering from diphtheria which had forced her home before the holidays. Friends and family note her full recovery and return to school. Mr and Mrs Francis Marion Shore Jr and Mrs F M Shore Sr arrived Saturday from Washington for a visit with Dr and Mrs I T Mann on Johnson Street. Frances Mann joined them as their guest during the holidays. Mr Shore and his mother returned to Washington yesterday while Mrs Shore stays two weeks with her parents. Mr and Mrs Alex B Kohn of Charlotte were weekend guests of Mrs Grissom and her husband here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Elliott
Dayton Street
Ughter
Doris Marie
Jewell Harris
Loretta Elliott
Jean Montgomery
Joann Mitchell
Jane Hoke
Hilda Rose Mitchell
Ann Loman
Ermn Harris
Margaret Browley
Betty Sue Myers
Nancy Browley
Bobby Warrner
C. E. Loman, Jr
Frances
Olivia Smith
Mack
Kenneth Brock
Illie
Marleen Hoke
Elliott
Fred Walker
Mary Sue Briggs
Spartanburg
D. C
Converse College
Francis Marion Shore, Jr
F. M. Shore, Sr
Washington
I. T. Mann
Johnson Street
Frances Mann
Mr. Shore
Alex B. Kohn
Charlotte
C. F. Grissom
Ray Street PTA to Hear Dr Lindley Tomorrow
The Ray Street school Parent-Teacher Association holds its regular monthly meeting at the school auditorium tomorrow at 7 30 pm. Dr P E Lindley dean at High Point College will lecture as the highlight of the program with a hoped for full attendance of patrons and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Street
P.T. A
P. E. Lindley
Parent-Teacher Association
Ray Street School
High Point College
Stag Club Plans First Meeting Of New Year
The Stag Club will hold its initial meeting of the year this evening at 8 o clock. Members are urged to attend at the club house off the Winston Salem highway to hear planned activities for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stag Club
Winston-Salem Highway
McAdoo Family Residing At Sheraton Hotel
Brantley McAdoo and wife move with son Brantley Jr to High Point living at the Sheraton. Mr McAdoo works as manager of the Coca Cola distributing company. Also announced is the birth of Walter Edward Hoyle in Roxboro to Mr. and Mrs. D W Hoyle of Roxboro, formerly of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantley McAdoo
Brantley, Jr
Winston-Salem
Sheraton Hotel
Mr. McAdoo
Coca-Cola Distributing Company
Roaboro
D. W. Hoyle
Roxboro
Walter Edward
Six District Conferences for State School Board
The North Carolina school board association will hold six district conferences this month. Prof. Guy Phillips announced the meetings in Greensboro on Jan 11, Greenville on Jan 12 at 10 am, Lambert on Jan 12 at 6 30 pm, Asheville on Jan 13 at 12 30 pm, and Charlotte at 6 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
North Carolina School Board Association
Guy Phillips
Greensboro
Greenville
Lamberton
Asheville
Charlotte
Grizzly Bear Tracks Measure Twelve Inches Long
A fragmented note states that the tracks of a grizzly bear can reach twelve inches in length excluding claws. The report provides no additional context or dates.
Christian Science Sunday Lesson Summaries January 1939
Christian Science churches reported the Sunday Lesson-Sermon with Golden Text from John 6 33 and citations from Acts 10 36 38. The Science and Health text urges self examination of living the life that approaches supreme good and demonstrates healing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Judaea
Galilee
John
Jesus of Nazareth
Mary Baker Eddy
Old Age Pension Backers Mustered in Congress Fight
In Washington on January 9, old age pension advocates rallied in Congress for higher federal payments to the elderly. The House Ways and Means Committee will hear proposals next week, including a Din gell bill to raise payments from 15 to 20 dollars monthly and the Townsend plan with a 2 percent transaction tax. The committee will also review Social Security advisory council changes to boost benefits from 1942 toward extending coverage to several million more people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingto
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Dingell
Mich
Townsend
Social Security Advisory Council
Crop Control May Slip By Revision
Washington noted that administration supporters in Congress may use divide and rule to block revamping the crop control system. Republican gains boost calls for policy changes, but experts say no single substitute has emerged to unite opponents, with the domestic allotment plan as the closest option, failing 46 to 40 in the Senate last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P— Administration
Congress
Senate
Hollywood Gossip Roundup Sparks Holiday Buzz
The column bundles gossip about Frankfurter’s magazine forecast, potential 1940 ticket picks for Ohio’s Governor Bridges and Bruce Barton, Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier marriage plans, Joan Crawford divorce rumors, Kennedy and socialites at the Stork Club, and multiple society hints from Mary Martin to Rosiland Earnshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Martin
Out Tomorrow
Frankfurter
Bridges
Ohio
Bruce Barton
Repub
Vivien Leigh
Laurence Olivier
Jill Esmond
Joan Crawford
Charles Martin
Entertainer Merge Hint Drinks Spark Between Parties
Reported rumors mention Princess Xenia, Val Ernie, and Doug Fairbanks Jr in a merger hint while Lauritz Melchior presses Kirsten Flagstad and threats of quitting mount at the Met. Governor Horner ill in Miami. Hopkins and Murphy switch roles in a cabinet reshuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Xenia
Val Ernie
Woodward
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Verangel Zorina
Lauritz
Linida Grey
Horner
Illinois
Miami
Bernie
Kyser
Penn Hotel
Fed
U. S
Hopkins
Murphy
Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
Local Advertising Figures Engage in Summer Nuptials
C Brooks Roberts of Look and Dorothy Naylor of Young and Rubicam plan a Summer wedding. The item also notes a remark on Herr Goebbels by a columnist, mentions Nan Wynn and Jimmy Van Heusen involved in a song, references a feud between Jimmy Dorsey and Abe Lyman, and humorously claims Bob Hope suspected a Japanese spy who did not have a camera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Brooks Roberts
Ass'ted
Look
Dorothy Naylor
Young and Rubicam
Ad Agency
Herr Goebbels
Nan Wynn
Jimmy van Heuser
Jimmy Dorsey
Abe Lyman
Bob Hope
American aviation challenged by foreign fleet expansion
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics warned Congress that rapid growth of military and commercial air fleets abroad threatens U.S. aviation leadership. It urged creating a laboratory to study airplane structures and stressed that design quality matters as much as sheer numbers for a capable national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Congress
America
Europe
Thompson to Decide on Queens-Chicora Presidency Offer
Dr. W Taliaferro Thompson of Richmond Virginia will confer with Queens-Chicora college trustees in Charlotte on January 10 about accepting the presidency of the women’s institution. Thompson is a professor of religion at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
W. Taliaferro Thompson
Richmond
Queens-Chicora College
Thompson
Union Theological Seminary
Locust Emergence Pattern Not 17 Years in South
In the southern United States researchers report periodical locusts emerge every 13 years instead of 17, altering expected outbreak timelines and prompting revised monitoring by entomologists and agricultural agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Benny Benny Benny's Grand Jury Appearance in Smuggling Case
Jack Benny rushed to New York to face a federal grand jury probing jewelry smuggling linked to Albert N Chaperau. Investigators suspect Chaperau used diplomatic immunity to move smuggled finery. Burns and Mrs Lauer face sentencing as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Benny
Federal Grand Jury
Glendale
Calif
The
Daily News
Benny
Grand Jury
Mary Livingston
Hollywood
Albert N. Chaperan
Chaperau
Europe
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Elma N. Lauer
New York Supreme Court
Burns
Warrants Issued For Oil Dealers in Albemarle
Secretary of State Thad Eure announced warrants for Marion Allen and H. F. Lambert after arrests in Albemarle on charges of selling a worthless oil lease for 500 dollars. Each man is held on 7500 dollars bond awaiting Friday hearing in Stanly County Recorder's Court, following a tip from Detective Chief F N Littlejohn of Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Thad Eure
Albemarle
Eure
Marion Allen
H. F. Lambert
Stanly County
Kure
F. N. Littlejohn
Charlotte
Two City Break-Ins Reported On North Main Street
Police report two establishments broken into in the city overnight. A .45 calibre pistol missing from the North End barber shop on North Main Street. Saratoga Smoke Shop back door broken. no items reported missing. A suit and a dress stolen from a New Service Laundry truck at Russell Street and Mangum Avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
North Main Street
Saratoga
Russell Street
Mangum Avenues
High Point urged to choose Dan River site over Yadkin plant
A letter from Lawsonville North Carolina dated January 7 1939 argues for building a hydroelectric plant on the Dan River in Stokes County rather than at Yadkin. It claims lower land impact purer water and better recreation plus state park value and support from the Winston Salem Isaac Walton League. It notes High Point and nearby citizens would benefit and urges decisive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Yadkin River
Dan River
Stokes County
Yadkin
Washington
Stokes
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Dan
Hanging Rock
North Carolina
Brush fires kill 30 in Victoria during heat wave
Melbourne authorities report bush fires in Victoria state during a heat wave with at least 30 people missing and feared dead. Firefronts swept large areas, threatening towns as emergency crews battled the blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Australia
Victoria
Emerald smoke cure in ancient Egypt sparks curiosity
Wealthy Egyptians reportedly ground emeralds and inhaled the smoke as a remedy for various ailments, reflecting ancient beliefs in stone-based healing and medicinal rituals.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madeline Hoover
Alace
Merican Homes Dept
Old Meeting
Tomlinson Showroom
Lessen
Enetro
American Homes Department
Woman's Club
Tomlinson Showrooms
George Robb
Do. A. Rhyther
High Point Business and Professional Women's Club
Elwood
Community Arts Club
C. A. Daniel
Monthieu Avenue
J. E. Kirkman
Sorosis Club
Washington Street
Canterbury's Club
J. W. Lindsay
Hillcrest Drive
Cooperative Concert Association
Mozart Boys Choir of
Vienna
Sedgefield
John Cc. Abels
Ibs
West End L. L. L
Green Street Baptist Church
Sallie Clement
Grimes Street
EB. M. Blakely
Presbyterian Bible
Doris Marie Elliott
Dorothy Aylesworth
Robert Gibson Knott
St. Batholomew’s
Merlin Hall Aylesworth
New York World-Telegram
Mrs. McAdoo
Sheraton
Walter Winchell
Jack Kennedy
Frances Cannon
Stork Club
Richard Finder
Princeton
Larry Taylor
Elizabeth Alexander
Scarlett O'Hara
M. Stones
Grant Dime Store
Aun Francine
Ted Church
Diane Chase
Albert Johnson
Grayce Martin
Maryland
Herbayard Swope
Davey
Miami Beach
Peggy Joyce
Federal Writers’ Project
Ramona
Ken Hopkins
Neila Goodelle
Thrush
Ian Grant
White House
Mrs. Hughes
Supreme Court
Lawsonville, N. C
R. King
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