High Point Names Its Five Most Liked Citizens
The two week contest ends with 300 nominations. The Big Five are 8. C. Clark Dr. John T. Burrus A. Coke Cecil Edgar Hartley Dr. C. S. Grayson. Runners up include Rev. H Norwood Bowne and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Steve Lark
C. Clark
John T. Burrus
A. Coke Cecil
Edgar Hartley
Grayson
Rev. H. Norwood Bowne
G. Groome
Arthur Kirlin
Liston Pope
Tom Gold
Lewis E. Teague
Beard
Southern Furniture and Rug Mart Opens Monday
The High Point scene heats as Southern Furniture and Rug Mart opens Monday. Rumors swirl about Dr. J T Burrus possibly entering the governor race or backing Sandy Graham, while local nerves about a sales tax linger. Prices may rise next week as the furniture show attracts hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Burrus
A. H
Sandy) Graham
Dr. Burrus
Sandy Graham
Traffic Accidents Toll Five Lives In Six Months
Five people died in traffic accidents and 67 were injured in the city during the first half of the year. The city, a National Safety Council member, reports figures for the calendar year 1934 to June, showing deaths more than twice the prior two years’ six month totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Poice
National Safety Council
Southern Furniture and Rug Market Opens With High Hopes
By Jack Appleyard anticipation runs high as the Southern Furniture and Rug Market prepares to open with buyers expected to flood the city. Hotels report strong reservations and industry confidence points to a brisk fall season after a record northern market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Appleyard
Upholsterers Plan Monday Night Meeting On Measure
Upholsterers hold an open meeting Monday night at 7 30 in Temple bar 127% North en street to discuss a measure affecting the tyre trades and the Wagner Industrial trons bilt. Everett G president of Upholsterers No 27 will chair and a brief closed session will follow to instruct delegates to the wholesale upholsterers furniture and allied trades council in New York July 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Temple
Everett G
Immely
Wholesale
Negro Scouts to Attend Jamboree in Washington
Local Negro committeemen and scout leaders secured two Negro youths John Lemon and Joe Mack to join the national Boy Scout Jamboree in Washington D C this August alongside 40 white Scouts from Uwharrie council. Key organizers were M L Black Prof S S Whitted W A Steele C O Parks and Dr J C Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Council
Washington, D. C
John Lemon
Joe Mack
M. L. Black
June Vital Statistics Show Population Rise and Disease Toll
The June report by W. M. Tucker shows a city population increase of 25 due to births exceeding deaths and a white population gain over the colored. White births 42 with 10 white deaths. colored births 10 with 18 colored deaths. Total 53 births and 28 deaths. Major death cause cardio renal. appendicitis uremia hemiplegia nephritis and cancer each two. Whooping cough top communicable cases with 21. Scarlet fever two, pellagra three, and single cases of diphtheria chicken pox and German measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Tucker
Rambling Reporter Shot In Arm Attack
Will Williams of 310 Moon Street was shot in the arm and beaten with a pistol butt yesterday afternoon. He identified the assailant as Bob Jones and was treated at Burrus Memorial hospital after being taken there by Yow's ambulance. the attacker fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Williams
Moon Street
Bob Jones
Williams
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Yow
Sears Relocates Address to 819-821 North Main Street
In view of new buildings on North Mate street the department store numbers have changed. Sears Roebuck and Company at 300 North Main Street since 1928 now lists as 819-821 North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Mate Street
Sears, Roebuck and Company
North Main Street
Blue Bird Taxi Unveils Central Dispatch on Broad Street
Blue Bird Taxi installs new switchboard at headquarters on Broad Street enabling centralized dispatch with in city telephones. Company claims cabs can reach any city location within three minutes after a call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Bird Taxi Company
Broad Street
DIES AT STATESVILLE Charlies H. Horne passes at 63
Charlies H. Horne aged 63 father of eight from this city died at his home near Statesville in Tredell county yesterday. He was a merchant. Funeral services will be held likely Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesville
Charlies
H. Horne
W. Horne
Tredell County
County Baraca Philathea Rally Planned at City Church
A county-wide Baraca-Philathea rally is set for the First Methodist Protestant church this afternoon at 2 30. State officials and local leaders will speak on church work and organizing the county union with Mrs K Edwin Fussell presiding and R L Pope delivering the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraca
Philathea
First Methodist Protestant Church
R. L. Pope
Baraca-Philathea
State Baraca and Philathea Union
K. Edwin Fussell
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
J. Clay Madison
Gladis Kivett
Canal Zone Portrait of 18 Year Old Army Recruit Carl R Cliatt
In the Canal Zone Carl R Cliatt 18 son of Mr and Mrs A P Cliatt of 207 Howell Street is pictured. He is stationed in the Panama Canal Zone with the United States Army and joined the Army around early June after attending local city schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl R. Cliatt
A. P. Cliatt
Howell Street
Mr. Cliatt
Panama Canal Zone
United States Army
Plans for Uwharrie Scout Jamboree prep camp and trip
Leaders of the Uwharrie Scout Council met to finalize plans for the three day August 9 to 11 preparation camp at Camp Uwharrie. Forty nine Scouts and leaders will travel to Washington for the National Scout Jamboree and attend church at Wesley Memorial on August 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Scout Council
Washington
D. C
Camp
Uwharrie
Wesley Memorial Church
Coleman Grubb
Yadkin
John Austin
D. H. Parnell
C. Delk Smith
High Point
Melvin Young
Jack Lee
Millard Coble
Howard Gorman
Harold Tysinger
Salisbury
Roy Sheaf
East Spencer
Uwharrie Council
Cherokee Council
Wireton-Salem
Howard FE. Butner
Winston. Salem
Rose Garrison
W. H. Snider Announces New Hosiery Mill Opening
W H Snider announces opening of the W H Snider Hosiery Mill on Grimes Street near the Triangle Hosiery mill in August. The brick veneer building is being prepared for finishing work with boarding rooms and dye plants added rearward. Snider, formerly with Robbins Knitting, will move his offices to the mill while continuing his current business. Exact employment numbers and opening details will follow in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Snider
Grimes Street
Triangle
Snider
Robbins Knitting Company
Commercial National Bank
Stunt Car Crash to Open Friendship Airport Program
W. H. Tony Kivett and Johnny Jones plan a high speed head on automobile crash this afternoon at Friendship airport as part of a stunt program beginning at 3 30. A Greensboro girl will parachute from an airplane and other events are scheduled weather permitting drawing crowds from High Point and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H
Tony” Kivett
Johnny Jones
Friendship Airport
Greensboro
High Point
Ace of Spades Sheds Light on Unlikable List
John Mebane of The Ace of Spades column in High Point received an anonymous letter titled The Five Most Unlikable Ones. The list includes a monthly postman, a church usher who moves people to the front row, a Sunday dinner arrival, a barber with halitosis, and a columnist who hides his own name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point
John Mebane
Wallburg Sees Letter from Alleged Governor Misdirected
Wallburg, July 20. A letter addressed to Governor TalmEdge in Wallburg New York was received by the Wallburg P C and forwarded next day to Augusta Georgia where the governor is believed to reside. The community on route 109 between Thomasville and Winston Salem is noted for its beauty and its school and now hosts an accidental governor’s mansion tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallburg
Thomasville
Winston-Salem
Wallburg P. C
Talmedge
N. Y
Augusta
Georgia
Yearly Arrest Totals Decline By 500 From Previous Fiscal Year
The year ending June saw 4 486 arrests with 4 040 misdemeanors and 446 felonies. The prior year recorded 4 972 arrests including 4 501 misdemeanors and 471 felonies. Public drunkenness led with 1 160 arrests as felony cases decreased compared with the previous year.
Famed Keys Sisters to Perform in City Concert
The Keys Sisters four famous quadruplets will present an instrumental vocal and reading program in High Point under Circle No two of the Main Street Methodist church. The sisters are known nationwide and the event is set for 8 p m on July 29 with venue to be at the junior or senior high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keys
High Point
Circle No
Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Guilford County Sunday School Convention Set at Friends Church
The Guilford County Sunday school convention will be at the Friends church in Springfield on Thursday August 1. Rev Shuford Peeler announces three sessions with programs for morning afternoon and night. The night session highlights youth work and includes a dramatization Dedication of Youth to Building a New Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Friends Church
Springfield
Shuford Peeler
Peeler
Myrtle A. McDaniel
State Sunday School Association
Health Officer Foresees Disease Fear Amid Poliomyelitis Note
A 1935 consolidated yearly report from the Department of Public Safety shows a drop of about 500 arrests from the prior year and the lowest felony rate in four years. Health Officer Dr. W. J. McAnally cautions in June remarks to City Manager Knox about infantile paralysis, stressing that while the disease is feebly contagious and mostly nonparalytic, immunity is common and risks persist in epidemic times. The remarks were part of the departmental meeting submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Bureau of Police
W. J. McAnally
BE. M. Knox
Remodeling At Biltmore Hotel Highlights Renovation
The Biltmore hotel at High and Willowbrook streets completed extensive repairs and redecorating in recent weeks. New rugs and furniture refreshed rooms while the coffee shop offers an inviting dining room. The work finishes in time for opening of the furniture market with record advance bookings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biltmore Hotel
High
Willowbrook Streets
Indecision at Wie's Crossroads Warns of a Path to Failure
A reflective piece notes indecision at Wie's crossroads can lead to poor outcomes. It argues that a heart can spare a man from the worst consequences of faulty reasoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie's
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State Baraca-Philathes Union
J. B Whichard
A. B. Saleeby
State Baraca
Louisville
Margaret Evans
Forsyth County Union
Beulah Moton
Archdale
Mildred Laughlin
A Laughlin
Eva J. Briles
Allene Tatum
Ruth Laughlin
W.H. Snider
Canal Zone
W. H. Snider Hosiery
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Keys Sisters
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Guilford County Sunday School Association
Fe Koance
Koonce
Koon Ce C Funeral Home. Inc
South Main
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