Piedmont Baptists Set for Greensboro Meeting
Piedmont Baptist association ministers and lay leaders from Guilford and nearby counties gather at Florida Street Baptist Church in Greensboro July 22 and 23 for the 38th annual meeting. Clarence A. Smith says over 300 expected as policy topics precede state convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Street Church
Piedmont Baptist Association
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham Counties
Florida Street Baptist Church
Greensboro
Clarence A. Smith
Association
The
Enterprise
Herman T. Stevens
Green Street Baptist Church
State Mission Board
J. Clyde Turner
H. O. Miller
A. Andrews
H. A. Helms
H. B. Moore
Cooke Sentenced to Seven to Ten Years for Broadhurst HoldUp
Robert Cooke a local furniture mill worker confessed ban dit who held up the Broadhurst theater box office about 850 here last December was sentenced to seven to ten years at hard labor in state prison after a nolo contendere plea to highway robbery before Judge John H. Harwood in Greensboro superior court yesterday. The sentence was the heaviest of the session. Cooke asked for mercy saying the holdup was his first job and he was done with the racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cooke
Bradhurst
John H. Harwood
Greensboro
Cooke
B Y P U Session Plans July Program and Addresses
The B Y P U session will meet Wednesday at 8 PM with Marvin Shields directing the program. Thursday July 23 devotions at 9 30 AM feature Dr J T J Battle and other Greensboro Asheboro and Gibsonville pastors addressing missions and stewardship. Afternoon reports and addresses wrap with committee reports ending the 38th annual session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Shields
J. T. J. Battle
Greensboro
J. Lester Lane
Asheboro Street Baptist Church
Raymond C. Lanier
Bessemer Baptist Church
T. L. Sasser
First Baptist Church
Reitsville
A. B. Conrad
J. 8. Hopkins
Eller Memorial Baptist Church
J. Hoyle Love
West End Baptist Church
T. Rupert Coleman
The
Baptist Church
Gibsonville
R. P. Ellington
Liberty
Association
Power Line Dismantled in City Core
Workmen remove a heavy 2300 volt line in the city heart as routing changes by Duke Power Company shift supply from the North Carolina Public Service substation on South Main to a line from the Southern Avenue plant serving the Adamé Mill group on English Street. The old line's removal reduces overhead wires in the business district and improves fire safety. E A Brown directs N C P S foreman crew.
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Duke Power Company
North Carolina Public Service Company
South Main Street
Virginia Avenue
Power Company
Southern Avenue
Adamé-Millis Group
English Street
Directors Delay Action On Home Mortgage Co
A Hickory based Home Mortgage company directors special committee met for three and a half hours to consider a state receivership action brought by director D. T. Applegate. The group discussed the latest receivership filing and re opening operations, with no decision announced as deliberations will continue tomorrow. Attending included H. A. Millis, Ame Millis associates, and other local and out of town financiers and attorneys.
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Home Mortgage Company
Hickory
H. A. Millis
Gle
D. T. Applegate
Walter E. Moore
Superior Court
Newton
J. E. Owens
Owens
Applegate
Sssion
Millis
Mr. Landers
Lewis FE. Teague
High Point
Fuller Jones
Fuller Glass
J. W. Gibson
R. L. Baldwin
Messrs. Davis
Bing and
Leade
Durham
N. F. Jones
W. M. Gordon
Monroe
Ford Trucks on Display Tomorrow at Wilson Motor
A caravan of Ford trucks and commercial cars arrives tomorrow morning at Wilson Motor Company at East Washington and Wrenn streets. The display features over 20 body and truck types with Ford trained staff to explain uses and assist in choosing the right commercial vehicle for specific hauling needs.
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High Point
Ford
Wilson Motor Company
East Washington
Wrenn Streets
Joe Blackman Arrested Over Four Gallons Liquor At Home
Joe Blackman a 25 year old white man of 517 White Oak street was arrested early today after officers found four gallons of corn liquor in a five gallon oil can at his home. He posted bond and was released pending trial. He had previously been arrested on a worthless check charge and posted bond.
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Joe Blackman
White Oak Street
Blackman
Two Arrests For Tag Switching On Silk Shipments
An 88000 shipment of silk from Stehli Silk Corp was allegedly altered in transit leading to the arrest of Samuel Stevenson Patterson NJ and Nicholas Haverlock Mountain View NJ in Patterson. Detectives say the consignment bound for Hawthorne NJ was changed to read from M EB Binns Co Strassburg VA to Charles A Kleinhart care William Strange Patterson NJ. Haverlock said he took the shipment on instructions from Stevenson who supplied funds. Stevenson denies knowledge of the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stehli Silk Corporation
Samuel Stevenson
Patterson
N. J
Nicholas Haverlock
Mountain View
New York
Hawthorne
M. EB. Binns Company, Incorporated
Strassburg
Charles A. Kleinhart
William Strange
Mill No
Madison Street
Haverlock
Stevenson
Police Fight Brute Strength Arrest of Willie Lawson
Willie Lawson resisted three officers during an attempted arrest on Washington Street last night. After minutes of struggle he was subdued and taken to police headquarters where he refused to identify himself. His wife Estella Lawson later signed warrants charging him with assault with a deadly weapon and simple assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lawson
Washington Street
Estella Lawson
Lawson
Sizemore Family Mourns Sudden Death of Father
Frank J. Sizemore secretary of the chamber of commerce leaves for Clarksville Virginia with his son Frank Jr after the death of his father H. D. Sizemore at his home in Clarksville. He had been in declining health for years and died early today. Funeral plans were not yet set.
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Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Clarksville
H. D. Sizemore
Mr. Sizemore
Frank, Jr
Abels To Address Lutheran Men At Dinner
John C. Abels, who spent years in Ceylon and India, will speak on religious and economic conditions at the Lutheran Men’s Brotherhood monthly banquet. T. V. Gordon said the program will feature a guest speaker each month. Charles E. Miller is president and the Ladies Missionary Society will serve the dinner.
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Ceylon
John C. Abels
India
Lutheran Men's Brotherhood
T. V. Gordon
Charles E. Miller
Ladies Missionary Society of the Church
Divorce action cited in TenHoopen custody hearing
A copy of Mrs. Paul Ten Hoopen’s divorce complaint charging cruelty abandonment non support and adultery was admitted in Marion as habeas corpus hearings resume for Paul Ten Hoopen of Cleveland seeking custody of five year old Katherine now living with her grandmother. Testimony from the prior sensational divorce case and an alleged February 1923 Atlanta hotel incident were discussed as Judge Hoyle Sink expected to rule on custody at the hearing’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ten- Hoopen
Marion
Ee. T. Harmon
Katherine Harmon
Reno
Ten Hoopen
TenHoopen
Ethel Wright
Atlanta
Hoyle Sink
No Damage From Small Awning Fire
A cigarette tossed from an upstairs window ignited an abandoned National Food Store awning at 125 South Main. Fire units from Stations 1 2 and 6 arrived after 1 PM but did not need to battle the blaze as the smoldering canvas burned out, leaving only a hole in the awning.
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National Food Store
South Main Street
High Point
Aviators Aim for Nonstop Seattle Tokyo Refueling Run
The monoplane Fort Worth returned to Seattle for a renewed attempt at a nonstop refueling flight to Tokyo. A $25,000 prize is offered by a Japanese newspaper for the record flight.
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Seattle
Fort Worth
Here
Tokyo
Divorce Petition Filed in Municipal Court
Mrs. Cora Smith Yazel filed for divorce from William J. Yazel in municipal court on grounds of separation. The couple wed on March 13, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Smith Yazel
William J. Yazel
Stanton Suggests Library Plan for City
Dr. D A Stanton former mayor and school board member proposed using materials from the old junior high building to erect a library on land beside the new post office. He said most materials could be provided free and labor costs would be low, predicting a total near 25000 dollars with architect plans offered at no profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Stanton
Stanton
Civitan Club reviews High Point statistics report
Local Civitan members met at noon to discuss highlights from the chamber of commerce statistical report on High Point. W. B. Hall led the program and Grattan Foy donated the attendance prize, won by R. I. Quigley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Civitan Club
W. B. Hall
Grattan Foy
R., I. Quigley
Lexington Legion Post to Hear G H Jones Tonight
Grover H. Jones city attorney will address the Lexington American Legion post at its hut in Lexington tonight on Brotherhood and Freedom of Man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington American Legionaires
G. H. Jones
Grover H. Jones
Lexington American Legion
Lexington
Jones
Brotherhood and Freedom of Man
Piedmont Golfers To Meet Here Tomorrow
The Piedmont Women's Golf Association holds its regular weekly meeting at High Point Country Club tomorrow morning. Members will conduct business and then play rounds of golf with a prize for the low medal score.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Women’s Golf Association
High Point
Torrow
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City
Main Street
Home Mortgage Co
Ford Trucks
Wilson Motor Co
Jack Jones
Clifford P Hensley
Commercial National Bank
Hamilton Street
Stanton Clinic
N. H. Crews
Hme
West Broad
Princess
Sizemore
Abels
Cable Street
DR. F. C. Sharp
Bank Building
Simonize
CLYDE
N. Main
Arley
Link
Piedmont
Prudent Management
United States Depository For Postal Savings Funds
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High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
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