High Point Leaders Reflect on Change and Gratitude
A parish leader reviews High Point's growth from 15 000 to 50 000 residents noting shorter store hours and a retail campaign by clerks. He praises community progress, urges grace toward past leaders, and pays tribute to Quaker Friends as he prepares to depart.
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High Point
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Salvation Army
High Point College
Emerywood
Stephen
Clark
Steve
Central Friends
USA Quakers
President Survives Court Reform Setback Quietly
The article argues the President was neither destroyed nor damaged by the defeat of the court reform proposal. It praises his ability to endure, notes the need for judiciary reform, and says opponents acted to protect the Presidency and Supreme Court usefulness rather than destroy the New Deal.
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Supreme Court
After Fourteen Years By Tom Alderman Sykes
The article reflects on a fourteen year pastorate, comparing the high point of arrival with the current moment of departure. It recalls significant moments and the transformation of the church community during that period.
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Tom Alderman Sykes
The Man Who Kept Us Out Of War
Stanley Horn argues that neutral rights violations by allies and German aggression shaped U S entry into World War I. He cites Zimmermann telegram and submarine warfare as turning points plus key steps from 1916 to 1917 leading to the April 6 1917 declaration.
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Stanley K. Hornbeck
State Department
Germany
United States
Colonel House
House
Lord Grey
Great Britain
Wilson
Congress
Cincinnati
America
Final Sermon at Central Friends on the Gospel Power
The retiring pastor of Central Friends preaches his last sermon focused on Romans a 1 16 the power of the Gospel in the Cross of Christ and the grace of God to believers.
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Central Friends Congregation
St. Paul's
Christ
Marconi dies at 21 inventing wireless telegraphy
The article honors Signor Marconi, who died at twenty one while pursuing wireless telegraphy. It notes his bold scientific spirit and practical achievements, contrasting him with Zionist leader Wilbur Glenn Voliva, who denies the world is round, and suggests Marconi’s legacy lives on beyond his death.
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Signor Marconi
Marconi
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
Illinois
Voliva
Hia
Zion Zealot
Galileo
Plank Road Surnames Reveal Local High Point Heritage
The article traces origins of surnames like Lindsay Hunt Burns Bain Bean and related meanings. Lindsay may derive from Linden isle or son of Perry. Hunt derives from huntsman while Burns links to burn or stream and Bain to white Gaelic origin.
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High Point
Plank Road
Lindsay
Lindsey
Isle of
Europe
Berlin
England
Perry
Peter
Pierre
Hunt
Scotland
Bain
After Thoughts By W A Bivins Cy Batten Finds a Rail Job
By W A Bivins a Homeville tale recalls Cyrus Whitfield Batten known as Cy a tall stubborn farmer who quits then returns and later lands a railroad job in Raleigh. The story traces his rough childhood dormitory pranks and a dramatic pursuit by a strict principal before Cy finds purpose with the railroad.
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Cyrus Whitfield Batten
Homeville
Bill Jenkins
Sam Billings
Fred Jones
Professor Smith
Raleigh
Durham
Hillsboro
Burlington
Greensboro
Railroad
The First Rebel and Contemporary Trends Review
Swanson presents James Smith’s frontier revolt against English garrisons before Lexington amid Indian wars, French forts, and frontier trade. Lamson’s Whirlpool critiques jury bias and the Norfolk murder case with a stark jailhouse lens. Perleman’s HUNGER reveals satirical glee in modern tales and Broadway-adjacent wit. Laughter in Cheyne Walk follows Leslie McGarth’s quiet, defiant life choice. Contemporary American Men Poets surveys national verse and social consciousness.
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Mr. Swanson
James Smith
France
Lexington
Smith
B. M
James Daly
Sterling A. Brown
Ralph Cheyney
Stanton A. Coblents
Malcolm Cowley
Robert Gessner
Glenn Ward Dresbach
Orrick Johns
Kenneth Patchen
Robert Hilyer
William Ellery Leonard
Henry Harrison
Joseph T. Shipley
Sydney King Russell
Isidor Schneider
George Sylvester Vierick
John Hall Wheelock
Robin Lampson
Daniel Whitehead Hicky
Robinson Jeffers
Archibald Rutledge
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Lew Sar
Facing Fears and Quiet Waters Across a Quiet Mind
The narrator lists fears from deep water to forgotten names and poverty, acknowledging wasted worries and sleepless nights. He reflects on how borrowed trouble yields headaches and crow’s feet, while choosing lawful adventure and patience over unlawful haste.
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By Betty and
John Mebane
Pennsylvania
Neil H. Swanson
New York
Farrar and Rinehart
David Lamson
Charles Scribner's Sons
Lamson
San Quentin
Mr. Lamson
Supreme Court of California
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Joel
Martha
Norfolk
Hannibal
Ben. J. Perleman
Random House, Inc
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Mr. Perleman
Groucho Marx
Avid
Lissner
Old George
Alangia Alamovna
Joe
Brent Carstairs
Gaby Birnbaum
Robert Benchley
J. M
Cheyne Walk
Ursula Bloom
J. B. Lippincott Co
Philadelphia
Ursula L. Bloom
Lesley McGarth
Genuises
Leslie
McGarth
McGarths
Thomas del Vecchio
Charles Cullen
Hoye York
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