Local Births and Society Notes Highlight Community Events
Dr and Mrs George T Wood announce the birth of a son at Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn. The Woman's club Ways and Means plans a benefit party at 640 Colonial Dr with games and prizes from local merchants. Kathleen Rhodes and Kenneth O Way wed December 24 in Luray Virginia with Rev H J Dudley officiating. The High Point Parent Teacher Council meeting is postponed a week due to a family bereavement. The couple reside at the Weener hotel New Market after a southern wedding trip.
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George T. Wood
Rochester, Minn
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
High Point
Parent-Teacher Council
Elm Street
R. L. Brinson
Kathleen Rhodes
Luray
Kenneth O. L. Way
New Market
H. J. Dudley
The
Christian Church
W. L. Rhodes
Lynchburg College
Page County
Way
K. R. Way
Sanford
N. C
D. P. Pender
Rufus Brower
Green Street
Weener
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Meetings
A sequence of social events is listed for Tuesday through Friday. The La Carter Tar Eta bride club hosts Ms. William Robinette on Cedron Avenue at 3:30 p m, followed by the W O T club at Mrs. W C Idol on Hill Crest Drive. The Mothers Study club meets at 502 West Bay Street with Hoke Bullard heading the program. Wednesday features the Contract Bridge Club at Mrs. Burwell Nolan in Parkway and a Music Literature program at Mrs. Grover H Jones on West Lexington Avenue with associate hostesses. A benefit bridge party is planned at 640 Colonial Drive under the Ways and Means Committee. Friday sees the American Legion Auxiliary at Mrs. J N Bready in West Emerywood, plus a square dance at the old McCrory’s building on South Main for Bay Street school fund.
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la Carter Tareta Bride Club
William Robinette
Cedron Avenue
W. C. Idol
Hillcrest Drive
Contract Bridge Club
Burwell Nolan
Parkway
Grover H. Jones
Woman's Club
West
Lexington Avenue
J. W. Woollen
W. W. Gluyas
Joe Smith
A. E. Frazier
R. Matthews
Colonial Drive
Ways and Means
F. B. Whitescarver
American Fan Auxiliary
J. N. Bready
West Emerywood
Mary Thompson
Bessieardson
McCrory's
South Main Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Bay Street
Private message promises dreams of a baby for Kansas City readers
A misformatted appeal encourages readers to write to Mrs. Mildred Owens in Kansas City Missouri seeking guidance about a simple home that supposedly helped her. The note claims many others have found happiness through this method and urges confidence in the promise of a baby.
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Alona
Mildred Owens
House
Kansas City
Moe
Bennek
True Blue class holds first meeting at West End Baptist
The True Blue class of the West End Baptist Sunday school met at Mrs. Preslar's home on Friday January 18 after business, with a social hour and refreshments for Martha Chamblin Frances Atkins Thelma White Beatrice Chappell and Dorothy Rogers. Lucy Robertson circle to meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Mrs C F Mann 304 Fourth Street attendance urged. Announce birth of a son Bobby dell Fowler born January 10 at 624 Ridgecrest Drive Mrs Fowler formerly Pearl Younger of this city.
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West End Baptist Sunday School
Preslar
Martha Chamblin
Frances Atkins
Thelma White
Beatrice Chappell
Dorothy Rogers
Lucy Robertson
Main Street
M. E. Church
C. F. Mann
Fourth Street
Paul Fowler
Ridgecrest Drive
Bobby Dell
Fowler
Miss Pearl Younger
Illness roundup and social notices in local column
Mrs. W. W. Hayworth is very ill at 01 Best Street with pneumonia. L. T. Smith enters Bur rus Memorial hospital for surgery. B. E. Spencer critically ill at Greensboro road home. Mrs. D. B. Hoover of Thomasville visits daughter Mrs. W. L. Hargett on Johnson Street. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burris and Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Gantt return from New City after the Grand Central Palace auto show. Mrs. J. M. Rodden seriously ill at her son C. R. Rodden’s High Point Route Four home. Miss Wilma Sherman ill with influenza at Iltmere hotel, improving and expected to resume work at Hayes Beauty Shop soon. Honoring Mrs. Clifford Proctor, formerly Miss Ruby Wiley, joint hostesses Mrs. Lee Proctor and Mrs. Clayton Kearns hosted at Mrs. Proctor’s Redding Street home. Guests played games, fortunes read, and a shower of gifts presented. A salad course served to Misses Marie Butler, Lucille Dever, Ruth Proctor, Annie Black, Edna Brown, Hilla Dunlap. Mesdames Gatton, Oscar Crawford, Alfred Poole, Betty Bryant, T. Tysinger, Floyd Poole, Mrs. Clayton Kearns, and Mrs. Lee Proctor.
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Wilma Sherman
Iltmere Hotel
Hayes
Clifford Proctor
Migae Ruby Wiley
Lee Proctor
Clayton Kearns
Redding Street
Marie Butler
Lucille Dever
Ruth Proctor
Annie Black
Edna Brown
Hilla Dunlap
M. Gatton
Qoscar Crawford
Alfred Poole
Betty Bryant
T. Tysinger
Floyd Poole
Record oat yields show sky high potential for farmers
A farmer’s field averages 40 bushels of oats per acre while the world record stands at 187 bushels per acre, illustrating the gap between typical harvests and peak performance. This contrast highlights the impact of farming methods and genetics on yield.
Light Treatments Remove Birthmarks With Gamma Rays
Birthmarks of various kinds have been successfully removed using light treatments derived from gamma rays emitted by radium.
Stop Gas Pains German Remedy Promises Relief
An ad touts a German remedy said to relieve gas pains both upper and lower. The copy claims Adherika washes away causes of gas and provides immediate relief.
Hoover Jr answers AR mail contract charge
Herbert Hoover Jr, son of the former president, testifies to a Senate committee on his air mail contract work with Western Air Express and Transcontinental Air Transport. He details salary, leave in 1930, and denies any stock options or political contributions while noting an attempted resignation to avoid controversy. He mentions rumors by Haliburton in Washington and says he promoted no contracts.
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Pasadena
Calif
Herbert Hoover, Jr
United States Senate
Hoover
Western Air Express
Transcontinental Air Transport
Tral Transtee Air
Haliburton
Washington
Glorifying Yourself: Meticulous Dress Essential in Beauty Routines
Alicia Hart advises daily care for attire and accessories to maintain neatness. She urges cleaning, pressing coats and dresses, mending hems and buttons, and storing purses and gloves properly to preserve shape and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia Hart
Railroad Director During 1919 Dies At Italian Sanitarium
Walker D. Hines longtime head of United States railroads in 1919 died at a sanitarium in Merano Italy. He was 63 and had suffered a nervous breakdown during a trip to Angola planned to advise the Turkish government. Funeral arrangements call for Florence burial. Ambassador Long conveyed condolences from Rome.
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Merano
Italy
Walker D. Hines
United States Railroads
Florence
Florme
Angola
Breckinridge Long
World's Largest Lumber Mill Stands in Potlatch Idaho
The Potlatch Idaho site hosts the world's largest lumber mill, anchoring regional timber processing and employment. Local industry leaders highlight its scale and enduring role in the economy of Clearwater County and northern Idaho.
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Potlach
Idaho
Society Leader Weds Film Star in Phoenix
Society leader Doman married film star Ricardo Cortez in Phoenix Arizona after a five month courtship. The couple posed in a Phoenix hotel courtyard after the ceremony with Cortez gripping his bride as photographers captured the moment.
Auto Crash Kills Newman In Greensboro Wreck
A January 15 Greensboro report says Newman, 24, was crushed to death when the car he rode in with Lloyd Smith ran off a highway near Sedgefield and overturned.
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Greensboro
Newman
Lloyd Smith
Sedgefield
Automobile tragedy claims Crawford life
Burned to death in New Bern when a companion struck a match and gasoline ignited in a tank after the car ran off the road. William Henry Crawford, 46, died at the scene.
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New Bern
William Henry Crawford
State employer teases legislature over salary restoration
A state employer asked for opinions on the legislature and quipped that they are a fine bunch of fellows, hoping any praise would help induce a restoring of his salary. The remark appeared in a Columbia column dated January 15.
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Columbia
8. C
Aerial Photos Aid Erosion Control Plan
Dr. T. S. Buie reveals that aerial photographs of the South Tyger river watershed are being used to plan erosion control measures in the Spartanburg area.
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Spartanburg
Emmet McLarty Named Director of Activities at West Market Church
Emmet McLarty Jr was chosen as director of activities at West Market Street Methodist church Greensboro the board announced He will start next Friday while completing a Duke University MA degree and will devote full time to the church from June He is Duke AB graduate and has been active in athletics choir Y M A and campus leadership His father Rev BE McLarty formerly pastored West Market and Central Methodist in Shelby
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Emmet McLarty, Jr
West Market Street Methodist Church
Guy B. Phillips
Stewards
Duke University
West Market
School of
W. A. Stanbury
Phillips
McLarty
BE. K
Fred ©. Qdell
L. M. Johnson
B. BE. Rhody
Duke
Duke Y. M. A
Duke Memorial Church
Durham
Duke Glee Club
EB. K. McLarty
High Point
Wesley Memorial Church
Sacrament Lesson-Sermon Focus at First Church
Sunday services at the First Church of Christ Scientist featured the Sacrament as the subject of the Lesson Sermon. The Golden Text quoted First Corinthians eight, urging sincerity and truth in the feast. A Bible citation included calls to praise and fulfill vows in the Lord’s presence.
Roast beef with Yorkshire puddings and spiced sauce
A home recipe feature describes making individual Yorkshire puddings from roast beef fat and a batter of milk eggs and flour baked in cups. It also covers marinating the top roast in a barbecue sauce and continuous basting for a tender flavorful result with a detailed sauce mixture including butter vinegar dry mustard and spices.
Daily Meal Menu Highlights Protein and Produce
The menu lists a breakfast with orange juice cereal cream shirred eggs toast milk and coffee. Luncheon features creamed calves brains with rice raisin bread cabbage and green pepper salad orange doughnuts milk tea. Dinner offers barbecued beef scalloped potatoes buttered green beans homemade pickles carrot straws celery hearts pie cheese crust milk coffee.
Passage from Psalms and Science and Health Featured
The Lesson Sermon cites Psalms 116 13 and a Mary Baker Eddy text urging true communion through remembrance of Jesus sufferings. It argues that honoring the sacrament requires healing the sick casting out evils and preaching truth to the poor to bring in the millennium.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Hit and Run Driver Kills Two Near Wilson
Wilson officers hunted for a hit-and-run driver after an automobile struck two pedestrians Saturday night on the Smithfield highway five miles from Wilson. Victims were Charity Marlowe, 25, and J. M. Best, 50, of Wayne. Best died instantly. Marlowe died after arrival at a hospital.
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Wilson
Wilj County
Charity Marlowe
J. M. Best
Wayne
Smithfield Highway
Jumping Bean's Tiny Catapult Generates Sudden Leaps
The article describes a small creature that acts as the motive force inside a jumping bean, moving within the shell to propel and launch the bean into brief jumps and spins. This natural mechanism explains the bean's sudden motion observed by observers.
Lansing youth gathers 200 signatures from famous figures
A Lansing youth collected over 200 signatures from famous men and women in a year through correspondence, highlighting persistent outreach and notable names.
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Lansing
Mich
Monta 1988 wool clip estimated at 2 01 000 pounds
The Monta wool clip for 1988 is estimated at 2 01 000 pounds. The figure reflects a sizable output for the region and underscores the year's shearing season performance.
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Monta
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