Legion Auxiliary Hears Annual Report At Regular Meeting
The Amer ican Legion Auxiliary unit held its regular meeting at the home of Mrs Welch on Greensboro Street Tuesday evening. President Mrs N S Stirewalt presented the yearly report praising the group for rehabilitation and welfare work and support for veterans. One new member, Miss Georgiana Dosch, joined. a dance program by Vesta Copeland and pupils followed with refreshments served.
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Legion . Auxiliary
Amercan Legion Auxiliary
Ull
Welch
Greensboro
Tme
H. W. McCain
J. Bennett
Jack Burris
Aul Gibson
O. A. Kirkan
George Hedrick
Warren Godwin
N. S. Stirewalt
Oteenpital
Central Fund and Orial Library
Red Cross
High Point
Georgena Dosch
Vesta Copeland
Vesta
School of the Dance
Dorothy
Eloise Rankin
Nancy Fulp
Hickory Area
Hickory Daily Record
Fourteenth Street
W C T U Entertainment at Mrs Brame Home
Mrs J D Brame hosted the Woman's Christian Temperance Union for its regular meeting on Lindsay Street. President Mrs J A Eshelman led the session with devotions by Mrs W H Hall and reports from the Tulsa convention. Visitors included Mrs W H Hall of Greensboro and Mrs L A Drewry of Blacksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Brame
Woman's Christ Temperance Union
Reg
Lindsay Street
J. C. Barker
Essary
J. A. Eshelman
W. H. Hall
Greens
Tulsa
Okla
J. W. Hedrick
Frazier
Greensboro
L. A. Drewry
High Point Endeavorers Hold Second Quarter Meeting
The Christian Endeavor group of High Point met for their second quarter mass meeting at Welch Memorial Church. Mrs. Mabel Joyner led devotional with Roscoe Briley and others presenting. Welch Memorial won the banner for outstanding work and the cup for highest attendance. Luther Medlin Ida Lambeth and Robert Smith spoke, a social program followed with games and a debate on the topic I Am Dumber Than You, won by Rubert Smith. Watermelons concluded the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
High Point
Welch Memorial
P Church
Mabel Joyner
Welch Memorial Society
Roscoe Briley
City Union
Welch Society
Luther Medlin
Ida Guyer Lambeth
Robert Smith
Rubert Smith
Business Girls Club Holds Biweekly Meeting at YWCA Hut
The Business and Professional Girls club met at the YWCA hut yesterday at 6 30 with 14 members present. Vice president Blanche Beasley led the session in Miss Lucille Browne’s absence and Sadie Doss announced committee members. Mary Kearns directed games. next meeting is Tuesday evening August 4 and will be the last until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Girls Club
Lucille Browne
Blanche Beasley
Sadie Doss
Josephine Wood
Ditsy Cash
Annabel Thompson
Mary Kearns
Live Y'ers Club To Hold Important Club Meeting
The Live Y'ers club of the YWCA will meet at the Hut Thursday at seven thirty. Members are urged to attend this important business gathering.
Household Arts Club Meeting at Mrs Russell’s Home
Mrs N E Russell will entertain the Household Arts club at its regular meeting at her home 602 Centennial avenue this afternoon at three o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Russell
Household Arts Club
Centennial Avenue
Coeeeny
American Vehicle Exports Rise in Early Year
Total American automotive shipments abroad for January through April increased by 7.9 percent compared with the same period in 1935, signaling stronger foreign demand for U S built cars and parts.
Local residents and visitors note in brief items
People Miss Anne Grissom returns home after two weeks in Charlotte and Asheville. Mr and Mrs Tom Downey and children visit B A Downey in 203 Howell Street. C P McIntosh family back from Virginia Beach. Mrs C L Whitaker and relatives depart for a visit in Charlotte. Elva Grissom and Ruth Russell back from Myrtle Beach. W C Ferree hospitalized after operation at Guilford General Hospital. M J Crowder hosts sister L A Drewry of Blacksburg Virginia. Rebecca Martin Newkirk visiting J A York on South Main. J C Barker recovering from a broken arm at Otteray Drive home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Downey
Janet
Tom, Jr
Haddonfield, N. J
Mr. Downey
B. A. Downey
Howell Street
M. J. Crowder
Steele Street
L. A. Drewry
Blacksburg, Va
Rebecca Martin Newkirk
Madison
John A. York
South Main Street
J. C. Barker
Otteray Drive
New York City
Virginia Beach
Elizabeth Fulp
Elizabeth Moody
Dillon
Richard Whitaker
Maple Pinnix
New Bern
Margaret
Eleanor
Elizabeth Anne Stafford
Gene Stafford
Latta
J. R. Blackwell, Jr
Myrtle Beach
Hilda Holden
Winston- Salem
Martha Jane Ragland
J . Everitt Coren
RDA Fda
Emily Wibren
Concord
Methodist Young People Meet at Archdale Church
The M E Young People from the City Union plan their monthly gathering at Archdale M E Church. The theme What Does Junaluska Mean To Us will frame talks by four delegates to the Lake Junaluska conference and music by the Wesley Memorial choir. An offering supports the Save Junaluska fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal City Union
Archdale M. E. Church
Methodist
Junaluska
Lake Junaluska
Virginia Needham
Richard Short
Annabel Sowers
Bruce Steed
Wesley Memorial Church
Save-Junaluska” Fund
Y W C A Club Buffeted By Entertaining Buffet Supper
The B D B club of the Y W C A hosted a buffet supper at Miss Doris Caldwell’s Forrest avenue home at 6 30 last evening. Tables featured a green and red motif with lace cloths and floral centerpieces. After dining the group moved to Mrs James Green’s home for games. members included Miss Guy Nell Martin Dora Lamet Ellen Jensen and Mesdames Winfred Hinkle Fred Munday and James Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. B. Club
Young Women's Christian Association
Doris Caldwell
Forrest Avenue
James Green
Games
Guy Nell Martin
Dora Lamet
Ellen Jensen
Mesdames Winfred Hinkle
Fred Munday
Building Permits Issued By Chief Ingram This Morning
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram issued permits for a six room house on Rotary Drive between Apex and Sunset streets at 5200 dollars. Other permits include a new office and storeroom on North Main Street, a supply room and auto shed at 210 Pine Street, a reroof on Worth Avenue, a six room residence on Brooks Street, and remodels at Highland and Montlieu avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
H. A. Alexander
Rotary Drive
Apex
Sunset Streets
North Main Street
Perr
Thurston Streets
Fred P. Ingram
Pine Street
J. M. Lambeth
Worth Avenue
R. B. Gantt
Brooks Street
Normal
Roosevelt Streets
Smithdeal Realty and Insurance Company
Highland Avenue
Montlieu Avenue
State conference on adult education opens in Chapel Hill
The third annual state conference on adult education opened a two day session in Chapel Hill and began efforts to map a permanent program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Evans Huff marriage revealed in Kernersville
Thelma Evans and Lyndon Huff were married Saturday evening July 18 at 8 30 at the home of Rev E P Billups. The bride is daughter of H L Evans of Mooresville and employed with Northrup and O'Brien Winston-Salem. He is son of Charlie Huff of Kernersville and works at 8 and R Chevrolet. They plan a motor trip and will reside with D F Lamson on Salisbury Street Kernersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
Thelma Evans
Lyndon Huff
E. P. Billups
Billups
Northrup and O'Brien
Winston-Salem
Huff
Charlie Huff
R. Chevrolet Company
D. F. Lamson
Salisbury Street
Phillips Family Vacation to Myrtle Beach
Mr and Mrs Bob Phillips and their two children spent a week at Myrtle Beach. Miss Glendoir Crosett is spending time there as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Phillips
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Glendoir Crosett
Drought Damage In South Estimated At 200 Million
Atlanta report estimates the southern drought caused about 200 million dollars in losses to farmers before recent rains. Officials note data gaps hinder precise totals and final farm income for Dixie in 1936. Higher prices and replanting may ease some impact while drought creates regional contrasts in prosperity and relief needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Atlanta
Dixie
Conference in Banner Elk for Re settlement Administration officials
Officials from the Re settlement Administration and five states, led by Chester D. Snell, meet in Banner Elk on Friday to discuss regional management. In Raleigh, 124 insane persons were confined in North Carolina jails during May, per R. Eugene Brown. In Kinston, tobacco curing in eastern North Carolina belts runs heavy but the crop stands at about 75 percent of normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARA
Raleigh
The
Resettlement Administration
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Chester D. Snell
R. Eugene Brown
Division of Institutions and Corrections
Kinston
School officials to meet in Wilson on bus and plant maintenance
Raleigh. Lloyd Griffin secretary of the state school commission announced a meeting of about 300 county commissioners chairs of county boards of education school superintendents and school bus mechanics in Wilson Friday to discuss maintenance of school buses and school plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Lloyd Griffin
State School Commission
County Boards of Education
Wilson
Burglar Robs Burlington Home as Victim Slept
An unidentified burglar broke into the home of J. R. Cumbo in Burlington on July 22, entering while he slept and stealing $65. Local reports note the assailant remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
J. R. Cumbo
Harris Faces Life Sentence in WPA Killing Case
Waynesville July 22 William Harris former WPA foreman faced a life sentence in state prison today for the killing of Wiley Conner a WPA worker last May 31. Harris pleaded guilty yesterday to being an accessory before the fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesville
William Harris
WPA
Wiley Conner
Harris
Fee
Harbor dredging near Oriental advances inland waterway work
Major Ralph Mills district army engineer reported the Oriental harbor dredging on Smith's Creek was completed yesterday. The dredgeboat will proceed down the inland water way to this area for additional work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Ralph Mills
Oriental
Smith's Creek
Robbers Sought After Grocery Store Heist
Police hunted three white men after a Saturday night robbery at a New Bern grocery store that netted $225 plus $5 from manager T L Powles. A Black customer in the store swallowed his 35 cents and raised his hands to avoid harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
T. L. Powles
Liquor Hijacked From Morganton Sheriff’s Garage
A $1,000 liquor cargo was seized by Sheriff Fred W. Ross after being hijacked from his Morganton garage while he and his family slept nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
Fred W. Ross
Coroner's Jury Orders Holding Joe Jacobs After Auto Fatal
In Gastonia on July 22 a coroner's jury held an inquest into the death of 16 year old Albert Harrison who was struck and killed by an automobile. The jury ordered that Joe Jacobs a machinery dealer be held for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Joe Jacobs
Albert Harrison
Pump Break-In At South Main Street Station
Police report a break-in at the South Main Street Service Station 1530 South Main Street where a pump was damaged and about 30 gallons of gasoline were stolen.
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South Main Street
Grayson Stone Held on Seduction Charge
Grayson Stone aged 24 of route 1 High Point is jailed on a $1000 bond for seduction. He is accused of seducing a young girl in February 1936 by promising marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Stone
Route 1
High Point
Fire Chief Receives NC Firemen Fund Payout
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram reported receipt of a $1 045.67 check from the North Carolina insurance department as the city’s share of the five percent retained for firemen in the Firemen’s Fund. Each city with an organized department gets a pro rata share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
Insurance Department
State of
North Carolina
Death of Arthur Charles Suggs in Boston returns to Thomasville
The body of Arthur Charles Suggs age 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Suggs of 104 Broad Street, will be brought to Thomasville tonight at 6 30 for interment. Suggs, connected with the army for 20 years and stationed in Newport Rhode Island, died in Boston Monday. Survived by parents five sisters Annabel Helen Hazel Viola Vera and one brother Leon Suggs all of Thomasville. Funeral arrangements pending Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Charles Suggs
Thomasville
Charlie Suggs
Boston
Mass
Suggs
Army
Newport
Rhode Island
Vera Thomas
Annabel
Helen
Hazel
Viola Suggs
Leon Suggs
Truck on circular track tests road materials in lab
A 12 ton truck is driven around a circular test road by a bridge-like rotating arm at an English research laboratory to evaluate road materials and performance.
Annual operating cost of an average car
The article states that the annual operating cost of an average car is about 320 dollars. It discusses typical expenses including fuel maintenance insurance and depreciation as part of the yearly burden for car owners.
Last rites held for Thomas Hilliard at Rich Fork
Thomas Hampton Hilliard died suddenly from a heart attack on Monday. Rites were conducted at Rich Fork Baptist Church with ministers W. K. McGee B. N. Gardner I. G. Greer and J. M. Hilliard participating. Mills Home quartet sang and floral designs were arranged by Mills Home ladies. Burial followed in Rich Fork church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Hilliard
Thomasville
Thomas Hampton Hilliard
Rich Fork Baptist Church
W. K. McGee
First Baptist Church
B. N. Gardner
Mills Home
I. G. Greer
J. M. Hilliard
High Point
Mills
Rich Fork Church
Recent Bride Feted With Miscellaneous Shower
At the Oak Friends church Philathea class meeting Mrs James W Black Jr, a recent bride, was honored by hostesses Mrs John B Burton and Mrs F R Fraley. A short business session preceded a gift presentation and a reception featuring fresh meats for the honoree and an invited list of brides and friends including Mrs A Zimmerman of Arcadia and Miss Ruth Varner of Stoneville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Friends Church
James W. Black, Jr
Dorothy Warner
John B. Burton
F. R. Fraley
Blawell
A. Zimmerman
Arcadia
Mildred Burton
Ruth Varner
Stoneville
Faith
Ella
Martha Varner
Louise Estelle Burton
Bernice
Catherine Lowe
Louise Linculn
Virginia Fraley
Pearl Nixon
Lois Burton
Mesda
High Point Shows Costly Furniture Show Run
High Point's mid-summer nature show cost the city about $5 in expenses. City purchases agent Lois Welborn bought additional electrical gear for the former building just outside the exhibit, discovered the day of the show. Equipment arrived from Charlotte and was installed overnight, powering lights fans and vacuums by morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City
Lois Welborn
Additi
Bing
Charlotte
Main Street Church Exceeds Junaluska Campaign Target
Main Street Methodist church in Thomasville surpassed its Save Junaluska quota by more than $600, aiding the drive to raise 105000 for Lake Junaluska. Dr. W. A. Lambeth from High Point reported the full campaign progress to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Main Street
Methodist Church
Junaluska
W. A. Lambeth
High Point
Lake Junaluska
Roosevelt gets Louisiana backing at Democratic HQ
Support for Roosevelt from Louisiana Governor Richard W. Leche and James A. Farley at Democratic headquarters with Leche stating Huey P. Long's organization will go along with Roosevelt 100 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
New York
Richard W. Leiche
Louisiana
James A. Farley
Democratic
Huey P. Long
Average haul length for motor trucks around 110 miles
The report states that the typical distance hauled by over the road motor trucks is about 110 miles. This figure reflects daily freight movements and suggests a mid range for regional trucking operations.
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IGH Point Endeavorers WE Quarterly Meeting
H. 8B
Epwards
Shade
Moffitt’s
North Main
Business Girls’ Club
Anne Grissom
Asheville
C. L. Whitaker
Isabel Richardson
C. L. Whitaker, Jr
South Carolina
Elva Grissom
Ruth Russell
W. C. Ferree
Guilford General Hospital
M. E
Archdale Church
Y. W. C. A. Club
Ingram
Hickory Newspaper
Record
JL. C. Giffo
Huff -Evans
Carolina News Briefs
Flapper
Fanny
Wea
Nova Scotia
Horace G. Ilderton
DODGE
Plymouth
Commerce
Willowbrodll
Eme, Eemrest Son
Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock, N. C
Jack G. Craft
Mana Rite Desk
Grandfather Mountain
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