J W Lambeth To Visit France
Thomasville July 6 Special Congressman J Walter Lambeth of Thomasville will join a six week delegation to England Belgium and France for war memorial dedications sailing July 14. He will visit 30th Division sites and cemeteries with a group including General John J Pershing Newton Baker Josephus Daniels and others alongside veterans groups and officials. The President will appoint a foreign staff member from ambassadors abroad to attend. Airmail service between Quebec and New York carried a live black bear cub aboard the inaugural flight.
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Thomasville
J. Walter Lambeth
House
England
Belgium
France
Lambeth
Foreign Affairs Committee
John J. Pershing
Newton D. Baker
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Navy
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Ware
MotorcycleCar Crash Claims Life Of James Tysinger Jr
A deadly collision on the Asheboro road Saturday night killed James Franklin Tysinger Jr. Funeral rites for Tysinger were held yesterday. The scene was captured by photographer Jack W. McMahon.
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Asheboro
James Franklin Tysinger, Jr
Tysinger
Jack W. McMahon
Rainy spell drenches city with persistent showers
The city recorded 0.24 inch of rain yesterday and last night with 2.34 inches in two days. More rain began this afternoon, marking one of the rainiest weeks of the summer, washing out roads and damaging crops in spots while not halting work on the tracks. Outdoor events were dampened and numerous Greensboro attendees at auto races were drenched.
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Greensboro
Eagles Awarded to Southern Scouts at National Jamboree
At the National Scout Jamboree in Washington 46 Eagle badges were awarded to Southern candidates including Raymond P. Williams from A. M. E. Zion Church Troop 9 in High Point and from Salisbury liaisons Larry Hardin Tom Van Poole. Dr. James E. West and Walter W. Head presided on the Washington Monument grounds as 3 300 Scouts and 25 000 spectators witnessed the ceremony and Dixie were sung. Williams is the first Negro Eagle in the Uwharrie council and the second in North Carolina.
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Uwharrie Council
Larry Hardin
Tom van Poole
Salisbury
Raymond P. Williams
High Point
Washington
James E. West
Washington Monument
Carolinas
Florida
Georgia
Walter W
Boy Scouts of America
M. E. Zionchurch
North Carolina
T. R. Miller
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W C. Best
First Presbyterian Church
R. W. Garrison
Childs pursuit ends as rain cancels final race
Showers lead to call off of the last race after several laps. Little Jackie Page Sykes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Halley Sykes, is recovering from a tonsil operation at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Poole, East Green street.
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Jackie Page Sykes
Halley Sykes
Mrs. H. C. Poole
East Green Street
Bond Issue Approved for Cramerton High Addition
Gaston County commissioners approved issuing 35000 dollars in school bonds to finance a Cramerton high school addition. The rest of the text notes unrelated trivia about Bible verses and geographic facts.
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Gastonia
Gaston County
Cramerton
Quiet Independence Day Observance With 15 Arrests
Police records show Independence Day in the city was quiet but produced fifteen arrests. Offenders included three drunken disorderlies, three for driving without a license, one for violating a traffic ordinance, three for reckless driving, one for speeding, one for vagrancy and two for assault. Two wrecked cars on Montlieu avenue fled occupants. no hospital patients tied to the incident. A stolen ward automobile was found parked at the High Point Overall company.
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Montlieu Avenue
B. J. Ward
High Point Overall Company
Andrew Knight Taken by Death
Andrew Martin Knight 18 died at 108 Oakwood Court Monday night after about two years illness. Born December 26 1918 in Fieldale Virginia he lived in High Point four years with parents H A Knight and Tamsie Ann Stultz Wall Knight. Survived by brother H A Knight Jr two sisters Mrs Glenn Hendrix Miss Alice Knight grandmothers Mrs Alice Wall Fieldale and Mrs Susan Martin Knight Leaksville and great aunt Miss Anna Stultz Fieldale. He was a 1936 High Point High School graduate member of First Baptist Church and secretary manager of Premier Silk Mills. Funeral Wednesday at 9 30 from the residence with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Martinsville Virginia at 1 pm.
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Andrew Martin Knight
Oakwood Court
Fieldale
H. A
Tamsie Ann Stultz Wall Knight
H. A. Knight
Glenn Hendrix
Alice Knight
Alice Wall
Susan Martin Knight
Leaksville
Anna Stultz
High Point High School
First Baptist Church
Knight
Premier
Silk Mills
A. B. Conrad
McCabe
Martinsville
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral services for James Franklin Tysinger Jr
Funeral services for James Franklin Tysinger Jr were held at Cedar Grove Church in Davidson County on Monday at 11 am with Rev George H Liner of Southside Baptist officiating A service was held at the home on Blair Street before departure Pallbearers included Cruz R Johnson Gilbert Russell James B Lewallen Lee A Morton William F Vaughn and Glenn F Smith members of the High Point Motorcycle Club Floral designs were arranged for the service
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F. Tysinger, JR
James Franklin Tysinger, Jr
Cedar Grove Church
Davidson County
George H. Liner
Southside Baptist Church
Blair Street
Cruz R. Johnson
Gilbert Russell
James B. Lewallen
Lee A. Morton
William F. Vaughn
Glenn F. Smith
High Point Motorcycle Club
Eight Breakings Solved As Police Nab Juveniles
Police arrest two High Point juveniles after solving eight breakings and entries over a month. Break-ins included National Food Store, Joiners Pharmacy, Progressive Store, Y M C A and three A and P stores with cash and merchandise taken. Suspects confessed and case sent to juvenile authorities.
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High Point
National Food Store
North Main Street
National Food
Joiner’s Pharmacy
English Street
Progressive Store
South Main Street
Legion drum corps to rehearse in Mechanicsville Wednesday
The American Legion drum and bugle corps will hold a 7:30 p.m. practice at Dave Wright's in Mechanicsville. Commander Co. A. Sharp urged all members to attend as plans are made for parading in Durham on July 26.
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Drum and Bugle Corps of the
American Legion
Dave Wright
Mechanicsville
Co. A. Sharp
Durham
Chicago dairy market prices and quotes
Chicago dairy market notes issued July 6 report butter prices with 93 score creamery specials and 92 extras plus firsts and seconds ranges. Eggs quoted with 18 906 firm and local extra firsts and fresher grades, storage packed firsts and extras values listed.
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Chicago
Funeral Rites Held with Songs at church
Friends and neighbors carried the deceased to the church where hymns such as Nearer My God to Thee Asleep In Jesus and Shall We Gather at the River were sung. Interment followed in the family plot at the church cemetery with many mourners in attendance.
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Jesus
Vernon McLeod Buys City Service Station
Vernon McLeod, eight year manager of the City Service Station on South Main Street near the Exposition building, has bought the station from Charles F. Hodgin and now operates it personally. Hodgin, Texaco distributor in the area, praised McLeod as a capable manager in announcing the sale.
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Vernon McLeod
South Main Street
Exposition Building
Charles F. Hodgin
Hodgin
Texaco
McLeod
Randolph Families Planning Reunion News
The annual reunion of the Bulla Millican and Farlow families will be held at John Wesley chapel on the third Sunday this month. All members are asked to note the date and bring baskets of food. Details of the program will be announced later.
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Balfour
Bulla
Millikan
Farlow
John Wesley Chapel
Farmers' Picnic Planned by Davidson Granges
The sixth annual Farmers' picnic, sponsored by the Davidson county Granges and the County Board of Agriculture, will be held at Mills Home on Wednesday July 14. Commissioner W Kerr Scott will give the principal address in the morning. Davidson county chair M L Aderholt and Mills Home superintendent I G Greer will welcome guests. Harry B Caldwell state Grange lecturer speaks on Grange activities. J W Hendricks discusses Piedmont Test Farm offerings to Davidson farmers.
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Thomasville
Granges
Davidson County
County Board of Agriculture
Mills Home
W. Kerr Scott
M. L. Aderholt
Davidson County Board of Agriculture
I. G. Greer
Harry B. Caldwell
North Carolina
Piedmont Test Farm
Davidson
J. W. Hendricks
Furniture industry gains business in early 1937
Seidman & Seidman report a 43 percent rise in new furniture orders in the first five months of 1937 versus 1936. May 1937 saw 35 percent more new business than April and 19 percent more than May 1936, though cancellations rose to 6.12 percent. Shipments fell 9 percent from April but were up 29 percent from May 1936, with five-month totals up 53 percent from 1936. Employment declined slightly in May, down about 1 percent from the start of the month, but payrolls remained 19 percent higher in May 1937 than May 1936, and dollar payrolls up 42 percent. The May index of plant operations was 80.5, below March’s peak of 84.5 and above May 1936’s 60. The bulletin notes a generally small recession amid broader industrial unsettlements.
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Seidman & Seidman
Certified Public Accountants
Bulletin
Seidman Bulletin
Two Wrecks in One Day Hurt North Carolina Party
In Danville Virginia July 6, a High Point North Carolina party led by Mr and Mrs Charles T M Jones were injured in a wreck near Danville. The Joneses were returning from Virgin Beach when their car collided near Emporia. A second crash involving Edward Clark and Virginia Perdue occurred just beyond the state line, with Mrs Jones suffering a fractured shoulder and Mr Jones head injuries.
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Danville
Charles
Jones
C. L. Hartson
Edward Clark
Virginia Perdue
High Poin
N. C
Sts
Joneses
Virgin ® Beach
Emporia
Clark
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Winston-Salem Highway
Atlantic Building & Loan
P. Rawlbey
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Bank Bldg
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Andrew Knight
J. H. Iddings
Pomona
City Lake Pool
Randolph
Seidman and
Seidman
Fat Girl
Marmala
Ivy
N. L. Garner
A. M. Swaim, Sec
West Commerce Street
Security National Bank
Guilford County, North Carolina
General Fund
Willis Booth
A. D.C
Service Fund
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