Blair Park Opens as First Unit in City Park System
Blair Park, seventy one acres donated by the Blair family, was formally opened and dedicated by Mayor Grayson as the city’s first unit in a proposed park system. The ceremony featured city officials, family members, golfers, and supporters including Rep Capus Waynick Judge Lewis Teague John Blair and Mayor Grayson, praising park progress and community recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Grayson
Blair Park
Woodland
John C. Abels
Parks and Playground Commission
Capus M. Waynick
General Assembly
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
John J. Blair
Raleigh
Stephen C. Clark
Kiwanis Club
William F. Bailey
C. A. York
Waynick
Miss Helen Clark to Speak on Mission Work at Wesley Memorial
Miss Helen Clark a Duke University B Y D graduate will address Wesley Memorial church Sunday night July 19 on Why I Am Going As a Missionary She will soon train in Nashville and then sail for China to serve as English professor at Soo Chow University under the Methodist Episcopal Church South Men’s Board She departs for China after a five year field assignment and the sermon at 8 o clock Sunday evening is expected to draw many church members and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Clark
Duke University
Wesley Memorial Church
Clark
South
High Point
Nashville
Tenn
China
Soochow University
Miss Clark
Board of Missions
Methodist Eepiscopal Church
Men's Board
Blair Park Golf Links Opens This Afternoon
Blair Park golf course will open at 1 PM this afternoon allowing golfers to play its nine holes through the day. Officials say heavy rains last Saturday made the course too soggy to protect the young grass, but since opening last Saturday it has been unusually popular with 50 to 100 golfers on weekdays. A fee of 40 cents is charged on Saturdays and holidays and 80 cents on weekdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair Park
Park
North Carolina Educator Attends National Conference
Andrews of High Point schools returns from Los Angeles after attending the National Education Association convention as a North Carolina director. He reports 20 000 attendees, praise for California weather, and a focus on evaluating education to uphold current standards and avoid impoverishment of future generations. Willis A. Sutton presided. Florence M. Hale elected next year’s president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point City
Los Angeles
National Education Association
North Carolina
California
Asheville
America
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta
Florence M. Hale
Maine
Mbly
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Sunday Evening Service On Church Lawn At First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian Church will hold Sunday evening services on the east church lawn through the summer unless bad weather prevents. Congregants will gather near the side of the church school building with benches provided and a simple hymn singing led by Prof. Dan W. Smith. Dr. Nabers will preach on "Beginning Where Jesus Began" and also speak at morning service on "Why Religion Anyhow" with a note on his Paris International Exposition visit. The church school meets at 9 45 each Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Dan W. Smith
Nabers
Jesus
Paris
Man Injured In Motorcycle Spill At Jamestown
D W Goss 28, white, of Greensboro employee of Griffith Pie, was injured when his motorcycle collided with a car at Speed Way Drug Store area in Jamestown. He suffered a scalp wound and bruises, was treated at Burrus Clinic and dismissed. Goss said he was returning to Greensboro from Salisbury when the car cut in front of him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Goss
Griffith Pie Company
Greensboro
Speedway Drug
Jamestown
Sechrest
Burrus Clinic
Goss
Salisbury
Southern Furniture Market Likely Big Attendance July Show
Officials report strong buyer interest as a two week midsummer furniture market opens July 27 at the Southern Furniture Exposition building. Large buyers plan to send representatives, with hotels booking, and a push for local lodging to accommodate exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Mart
Paul W. Casey
Southern Furniture Exposition
Chicago
New York
Grand Rapids
Sedgefield
Tennessee
Casey
Sedgefield Inn
Chamber of Commerce
Camp For Girls 10 Open Monday At Archdale Playground
Central Friends camp for junior girls will open at the Archdale playground Monday afternoon. Any girl of junior age linked to the church and Sunday school may register with Miss Anna Mendenhall. A splendid group plan and full activity program are outlined. The swimming pool is enlarged and improved. The camp will not close the playground to others. games and picnic groups continue with campers given priority. Junior boys camp follows. unregistered boys should see Miss Mendenhall soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Friends
Archdale
Anna Mendenhall
Boston Group To Sing In Winston
The Boston Singers from New England perform at the Teachers College in Winston Salem on Wednesday July 17 at 8 30 p m as the culminating event of the summer school week. The ensemble has toured nationwide and drawn large crowds, with prior visits to North Carolina praised by audiences and friends of the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Singers
Teachers College
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
State Teachers College
Jones Corner Sold to Be Developed at Once
Purchase of the North Main and English street corner lot of the W. C. Jones property was disclosed by buyers J. N. Wright and Mrs. H. R. Broadhurst. They plan development immediately though building plans and tenants remain undisclosed. The site, once the Jones ancestral home, is the last residential block in the downtown business district.
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Jones Corner
Main Street
W. C. Jones
Jones Home Place
First Call Recorder Service To Start In High Point
North State Telephone Company will begin taking orders for automatic call recorders in High Point with installations by local inventors Tom A and Robbins Tilden slated for August. Subscriptions expected from signal men and others, with numbers in the 3100 block reassigned. new numbers to be listed in September directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North State Telephone Company
Tom A
Robbins Tilden
Automatic Electric Company
Medlin Funeral Planned At Brother’s Home
Phillip Medlin a 57 year old farmer died by self inflicted gunshot on a countryside road near Springfield Friends Church. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the home of his brother Jeff Medlin 1009 Smith Street with Rev. Trdy Smith of the Thomasville Holiness Church officiating. Interment will follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip Medlin
Springfield Friends Church
Jeff Medlin
Smith Street
Sechrest
Trdy Smith
Thomasville
Farmers Attending Christian Endeavor Golden Anniversary
Rev. Roy I. Farmer and Mrs. Farmer with their two children and Miss Annabel Thompson of Jamestown attended the opening session of the Christian Endeavor movement’s golden anniversary in San Francisco. The party travels from Santa Fe by motor to the convention which closes Thursday. they plan to return home the latter part of the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy I. Farmer
First Methodist Protestant Church
Automobile Blaze at Speedway Station Damages Ford Roadster
A Ford roadster owned by Charlie Cannon burst into flames at 8 20 pm last night near the Speedway filling station at South Main and Davis. Firemen from company No 6 quenched the blaze with only the top and windshield damaged. The cause is undetermined but suspected to be a lit match or cigarette tossed into the top folds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Cannon
Speedway
South Main
Davis Streets
Company No 6
Communion Service Planned at Cherry Street Church
Rev C. H. White announced that Cherry Street Presbyterian will hold communion at both morning and evening services tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
H. White
Dentist Dr J B Richardson Leaves For Fort Moultrie Camp
Dr J B Richardson a local dentist and First Lieutenant in the National Guard departed this morning with the local guard unit for a two week encampment at Fort Moultrie Charleston S C He serves as a Guards officer and will report for training and duties at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Richardson
Fort Moultrie, S. C
National Guards
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
S. C
Richardson
Guards
Dean Milner to Conduct Services at Central Friends Church
Dean Clyde Milner of Guilford College will fill all appointments at Central Friends church today until Rev. Tom A. Sykes returns. He will address the Brotherhood class at 9 45 AM, lead the worship service at 11 AM, and speak at the vesper hour at 6 PM. The congregation welcomed his prior messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Milner
Guilford College
Central Friends Church
Tom A. Sykes
Brotherhood
Dean Milner
Sykes
Guardsmen Leave for Encampment at Fort Moultrie
Nearly 100 members of two local national guard units depart by train for Charleston to mobilize at Fort Moultrie for a two week encampment, with Captain John Raper and Captain Sam Davis in charge. Raper's Battery E, Third Battalion, 252nd CA TD, makes its fifth consecutive encampment. Davis leads the headquarters battery and Combat Train in their second annual encampment.
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National Guard
Charleston
D. C
Fort Moultri
John Raper
Battery Ethird
252Nd C. A
T. D
Fort Moultrie
Sam Davis
Raper
William F. Burns
Wilmington
Davis
Glenn G. Southern
Raymond W. Watson
Samuel E. Holt
William R. Callicutt
Beltzel R. Cecil
John L. Bean
Jerry D. Lansiter
James M. Roach
Claude A. Rutledge
John W. Saunders
Tolbert I. Stroud
Amos E. Hill
Terry B. Atwood
James D. Atwood
Ralph T. Haney
Clyde A. Kirkman
Fred T. Andrews
Geo. H. Bean
Earl M. Bundy
Ruben A. Bryant
John L. Campbell
Cletus H. Carroll
James R. Catlett
Cicero W. Clodfelter
Rufus M
Committee of Home Mortgage Company To Meet Tomorrow
Hickory July 11 AP Future plans for the Home Mortgage company will be discussed by a special committee of directors at High Point Monday. The company organized at Durham moved to Hickory before the litigation. The committee includes H A Millis Lewis E B Teague of High Point and Puller Glass of Durham.
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Hickory
High Point
Durham
H. A. Millis
Lewis EB. Teague
Puller Glass
Revival Meeting Begins at North Hamilton Street Church
A revival series led by Dr. W Barton Quarles starts today at the North Hamilton Street Church of Christ with two or three weeks of sermons. Quarles known as a sound gospel preacher and experienced evangelist will speak on Man, What a Chance at 10 am and Will the Gentiles be Saved at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Hamilton Street
Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
North Hamilton
State Streets
W. Barton Quarles
Winston-Salem
Quarles
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Pfoursomes
Andrews
Man
Friends Church
Archdale Playground
Boston
Winston
Medlin
Brother
Christian Endeavor
South Carolina
Roper
North Hamilton St. Church of Christ
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Belk
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