National Home Show slated for three days at Armory
The High Point National Home Show will run Monday through Wednesday this week at the Armory on Thomasville Road. Organizer F J Sizemore says attendance has been strong despite bad weather and notes benefits for prospective builders and homeowners seeking housing financing and supplies. Show hours are 7 30 p m to 11 p m with the Better Housing committee led by B Millie and Norman Barnetti overseeing the event.
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High Point Nations
F. J. Sizemore
Better Housing Committee
Tactional Guard Armory
Homasvile Road
B. Millie
Igh Point
Better Housing Com
Norman Barnetti
Misa Virjelia Mitchell
R. N
New York City
Margaret Holt
Salisbury
Struther Mitchell
Libbia Miller
Normal Street
Miss Holt
J. C. Price High School
Ella Milner
Roberta Hunter
Athens
O. Faduma
Milner
Faduma
Hunter
Miami
Fla
Ther Y
J. J. Wilson
Kivett Drive
Weil
Norfolk
Furman Clark
Dubois Faduma
Mr. Clark
North Street
Mr. Faduma
East High Street
Thelma Drake
Biting Evidence In Chicago Case In Court
Judge Jerome Dunn records a criminal case involving Ray Schmidt with holes in his clothes attributed to a dog named Kenneth Emerson’s. The dog was later fed by Heinz, a detail cited by Lehmine as the cause of the damage.
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Chicago
Ray Schmidt
Lightning Use Spurs Change in 18th Century New England
A 1755 New England event describes lightning usage in a community, reflecting colonial adaptation and hazard response during that period.
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New England
Reverend Gideon to Preach at Emmanuel Baptist Church
Rev. Gideon and the Women’s Memorial A M E choir will render a service at Emmanuel Baptist Church today at 3 o'clock. The city interdenominational association will meet at St Stephen's A M E Zion Church on Price Street this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
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Gideon
Emmanuel Baptist Church
J. F. Gibson
Women’s Memorial A. M. &. Church
St. Stephens
Interdenominational Associational
St. Stephen’s A. M. E. Zion Church
Price Street
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Eugene Tanner
South
Free Thursday swimming for boys under sixteen at local park
All boys under sixteen may swim for free each Thursday from 10 30 to 11 30 by joining the Boys club run by O B E Davis. Club members meet Thursday at 10 in the grove east of the pool and patrons are asked to use baskets on the top deck to keep the water clean. Swing Club meets at Miss Ora Giffin's home Thursday night at eight. Several residents and visitors are listed with brief notes on recent travels and activities.
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O. B E. Davis
Mr. Davie
Patecons
Ora Giffin
East
Washington” Street
Grover Cleveland’s unique second term comeback
Grover Cleveland is the only U.S. president to return to the presidency after an intervening term, making an unprecedented political comeback. He first served as the 22nd president and later became the 24th, reoccupying the nation’s highest office after leaving office.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Observation Report on Yadkin River at Clemmons
Weekly observation for High Point area by Murray and Flood Inc. shows mean temperature 77.2 F, max 93.9 F on the 1st, min 64.5 F on the 16th, mean humidity 86.4 percent with a high of 98.0 percent on the 21st and 22nd, low of 62.0 percent on the 17th. Precipitation totals 2.96 inches. River stages ranged from 1.90 to 7.48 feet, with the high on the 22nd.
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Murray and Flood, Inc
High Point
Clemmons
Styers Ferry
Yadkin River
Cape Winne
Coenen
Ayr Maybole Road First Macadamized by John McAdam
The Ayr Maybole Road in Scotland is cited as the world’s first macadamized road where John McAdam first applied his road making theories. His method endures as fundamentally sound more than a century after his death.
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Ayr-Maybole Road
Scotland
John McAdam
Rural Tar Heel farmers gain electricity in record year
North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority reports nearly 7 000 new rural customers and 1 300 miles of lines built in the year ending July 1. Total miles reached 1 211.2 since 1935 with 45 625 customers served. travel and growth figures reflect rapid progress in statewide electrification.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Com
REA Board
Dudley Beg
J. M. Seeger
Bagley
REA
Extension Service
State College
North Carona
United States
Decide To Be Lovely And You Will Be
Alicia Hart offers a 1950s era self makeover guide advising women to assess their looks honestly, pick a few attainable changes, set a realistic plan, and incorporate light exercise and sensible eating while avoiding overcommitment.
Family Watchdog Would Avert Marriage Failures
Prof John S. Bradway of Duke University proposes broad powers for the marriage license clerk to check applicants records on identity health marital history and crime to prevent annulments. He suggests a state certified clean slate with small premiums and reimbursement for wrongful charges.
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Durham
Johns. Bradway
Duke University Legal Aid Clinic
Bradway
Pennsylvania Lake Review
Tiny joeys find their way to the mother's pouch
Baby kangaroos are born blind and tiny yet instinctively crawl to the mother's pouch. The remarkable feat shows early development and attachment in marsupials.
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Armory
DRY Cleaning Company
South Vain
Sanitone’s
Sad Santtoyn
Idry Cleaning CO and Dyers” Eee
Tleaners
W. B. Myers
M. BE. McMahan
Pershing Street
Inet
W. BE. Myers
D. G. Glisson
W. H. Green
Robert Glisson
J. D. Green
Mattie Edmonds
Joe McMahan
Katherine Green
Louise Edmonds
Eugene Edmonds
Carl Edmonds
Augusta
Colored News
McBee
Sarah McBee
Seventh Day Adventis
Olga Street
Greenhill Cemetery
Mack Bates, Jr
Sanford
Moon Street
Tar Heels
Graham
Hyde
Alicia Hartner
Africa
Bucharest
Alexander Papana
Ace
Doce
Tsoor
North Main Street
Hone
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