Observations on Phelps and after-dinner talk
A column discusses William Lyon Phelps autography and relief from critics with cites of Sage and Broun. It reflects on older and younger generations, public speaking, etiquette and chimney talk at university and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
William Lyon Phelps
Letts
Oxrd University Press
Enterprise
Ilford
E. Maphy
Tennyson
Kiley Hall
Dana von Krader
St. Louis
City finances show receipts nearing budget as street assessments rise
City officials report May collections total 129 717 with 32 000 over- budget general taxes and 33 000 from street assessments, bolstering hopes the year may meet the 200 000 street levy target. Discounts from a 12 percent program and pledges from firms push toward stabilization amid pending bond refinancing talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
General Assembly
Old Council
Inger Hours Announced for Police Bureau Investigation
The Police Department unveiled a new system to boost bureau efficiency with a single officer on duty at the bureau from 8 AM to 4 PM and 4 PM to 12 AM for ten days a week. Sergeant Jack W. McMahon will oversee the office 8 AM to 4 PM, followed by Lewis E. Williams until 12 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Investigation
Theth Point Police Department
Thereau
Jack W. McMahon
Lewis E. Williams
Istant
Mehon
Mr. Williams
Woodmen To Honor 36 Members At Anniversary Meeting
Thirty six members who have served 25 years or more in Woodmen of the World will be honored at a special Woodmen camp meeting in the camp hall Tuesday night. The event marks the camp’s 37th anniversary with 25 year service awards donated by the national W O W president. E A Wright will preside, C A Hines will deliver the keynote, and Judge Burlington Hill will present the awards. The program includes a humorous talk by H C Twining and a Chains Dancing School performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Omaha
Neb. E. A. Wright
Arthur A. Ridge
John W. Swisgett
C. S. Grayson
John A. Wilks
F. J. Moore
Jos. H. Steele
B. C. Harmon
Frank Wineskie
Jos. A. Johnson
O. L. Smith
Chas. F. Allen
W. S. Atkins
Jac. D. Atkins
Tom H. Bates
John A. Barringer
Wesley Craven
Percy Wall
T. G. Bray
Ira B. Dunn
Wm. L. Horney
Carraway Returns From VA Facility Visit
Capt Bruce H Carraway returns from Roanoke Virginia accompanying World War veteran Grover L Marks to the Veterans Administration Facility Hospital in this city.
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Carraway
Bruce H. Carraway
Roanoke
Grover L. Marks
Veterans Administration Facility Hospital
City plans to revamp street lighting with hydro plant
High Point proposes to take over and modernize the street lighting system tied to a hydro electric project. Duke Power currently operates key circuits including the uptown white way and arc lights. If approved, the city will purchase or assume the system and meter power from the hydro facility, replacing arc lamps and reducing staffed lamps.
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High Point
Duke Power Company
North Carolina
Annual commencement at Senior High focuses on sermons and awards
Two day exercises begin with Rev F L Conrad delivering the bac calaureate sermon to 276 seniors in the school auditorium at 8 p m. Tomorrow Dr Clyde A Milner Guilford College president will deliver the graduation address as diplomas are awarded by C F Tomlinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
C. F. Tomlinson
Glee Club
Neidlinger
Howard S. Hartzell
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Mr. Conrad
de Koven
D. P. Whitley
Milner
Whitley
High Point College
A. B. Parker
Cecil Athletic
Cecil's Drug Stores
Beeson Hardware
Bausch-Lamb
J. C. Penney
R. T. Amos
M. J. Wrenn
Bones
Max Bones
O. A. Kirkman
North Carolina
Charles F. Carroll
Hoy L. Fesperman
First Evangelical and Reformed
Edward Short
Mull Luts
Nan Clapp
Barbara Matthews
Ramona Redmond
Christine Lentz
Julia Marsh
Dwanda Lee _ Bissette
Donree Setzer
Arthur Utley
Bill Winders
Bradford Thomas
Joe Woolen
Charles Brockmann
Ansel Snow
Summer School At College Opens Tuesday June 6
High Point College summer term starts Tuesday June 6 with registration in Roberts Hall from 8 a m to 5 p m and runs to July 14. A second term covers July 17 to August 25. Courses include art biology chemistry English geography history music and languages with a full faculty led by Dr C R Hinshaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
Jeanette Hail
B. H. Hill
Vera Idol
P. S. Kennett
P. E. Lindley
Elizabeth Crowell
A. C. Lovelace
J. Hartley Mourane
N. P
Building Trades Council Meets This Afternoon
The State Building Trades Council will hold a meeting at 1 p.m. today in the court room of the County Building. Representatives of all building trades are urged to attend, and the meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Building Trades Council
County Guilding
Building Trades
Seminary Course And Pastors School Will Open Monday
The Methodist Seminary Extension School and Pastors Conference begin Monday at High Point College and run through Saturday June 10. Registrations start at 9 am, classes at 10 am, with lectures by Dr. M J Shroyer and Dr J N Link. Notable talks include Preaching from the Lay Viewpoint and The Church from the Layman's Viewpoint with daily sermons by local pastors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Seminary Extension School
High Point College
M. J. Shroyer
Westminster Theological Seminary
Westminster
Shroyer
J. N. Link
R. L. Pope
Thomasville
Paul Neff Garber
Duke University School of Religion
Methodist Union
A. J. Kirby
Gastonia
Lecture On Memory Training By Greensboro Expert
Memory authority Rob ert H. Nutt from Greensboro announces a two night memory training course. A free lecture on memory training will be held at the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom on Tuesday evening June 6 with pupil demonstrations. The course runs June 12-13 from 8 to 10 p m, at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Nutt
Greensboro
Sheraton Hotel
Nutt
Free Swim Week Opens Here Monday at Y M C A
Preparations are complete for the annual Free Swim Instruction Week at the Y M C A pool starting Monday morning from 9 30 to 3. Half hour classes run daily until the final test on Saturday morning June 10. Boys passing tests receive gold seal certificates. Schedule lists district groups by time and school.
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Emma Blair
Cloverdale
Archdale
Grimes Street
Brentwood
Ray Street
Elm Street
Oak Hill
Johnson Street
Leaders for Camp Uwharrie to Report This Week
Camp Uwharrie prepares for the 1400 Scouts of the Uwharrie Council with leaders reporting Thursday. The first unit will be the High Point Safety patrol, and water front enhancements add four Pal Senior air metal boats. Parent visiting nights are Wednesdays and Sundays, with Sgt. J O Pike aiding staff June 12 18.
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Camp Uwharrie
Uwharrie Council
High Point Safety Patrol
Vincent Kelly
Scout
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Pal
Boy Scout
J. O. Pike
Safety Patrol
Observations of Yadkin River at Clemmons Weekly Report
Murray and Flood Inc reports for High Point city at Clemmons show a week ending Friday June 2 with mean temperature 77.4 degrees, high 90, low 64, mean humidity 81 percent, high 99 and low 70, total precipitation 1.73 inches. River stages ranged from 2.27 to 4.90 feet.
Local Theatre Closes Indefinitely in City
The Carolina Theatre owned by North Carolina Theatres, Inc. shut its doors last night for an indefinite period, announced city manager Hugh Smart.
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Carolina Theatre
North Carolina Theatres, Inc
Hugh Smart
Dr Pritchard to Preach at Spencer Church Today
Dr J E Pritchard new head of the North Carolina Conference and former Methodist Protestant leader will deliver the dedicatory sermon at Spencer Methodist Church this morning at 11. Rev Atlas Ridge of Lexington is church pastor. Pritchard also announces later dedicatory sermons in Fallston and Kannapolis on June 18 and June 25 respectively as he resumes duties after illness.
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Kansas City
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Church
City
G. J. Humphreys
L. B. Hayes
Greensboro
J. E
J. E. Pritchard
North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Church
J.P. Pegg
Henderson
T. G. Madison
Cleveland County
W. A. Parsons
E. G. Cowan
Ocracoke
S. W. Taylor
Asheboro
North Carolina Conference
Spencer
Atlas Ridge
Lexington
Pritchard
Fallston
Kannapolis
Friends
Pritch
Package theft reported from North Wrenn Street office
Bruce H. Carraway reported to police that a package valued at four dollars was taken from his North Wrenn Street office late yesterday afternoon. The incident was reported last night by the complainant detailing the loss of the merchandise.
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Bruce H. Carraway
North Wrenn Street
Good Southern Summer Furniture Market Opens June 19
Industry leaders forecast a sprightly Southern Furniture and Rug Market with about 200 exhibitors in the Southern Exhibition Building and additional displays in the Tomlinson Building and East Commerce Street venues. Despite date changes and May market cancellations, expectations point to stable June prices with a possible slight rise in some lines as retailers plan for a longer Fall selling season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture and
Southern Furniture Exposition
Tomlinson Exhibition
Cooperative Exhibition
East Commerce Street
Monarch Club Prepares Elaborate National Convention Program
A detailed 44 page program for the National Monarch clubs convention in High Point is issued by the local Monarch Club. Registration opens June 11 with a Welcoming reception and a full schedule including tours, banquets, Queens activities, and performances by the Monarchs and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch Club
High Point
Proram
Chamber of Commerce Bureau
Monarch Clubs
Elmer D. Hedrick
Sheraton Hotel
H. M. Bryant
Swink Sisters
Greensboro
Bowes
Ella Lou Taylor
Ella Lee Taylor
Wade Koontz
Anne Wood
Sheraton
Monarchs
E. Z. Jones
O. A. Kirkman
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Arthur C. Price
National Monarch Clubs
Winston-Salem
Robert E. Lee
Winston-Salem Monarch Club
Reynolds Tobacco Company
Queens
Kernersville
Kerner’s Folly
Reynolds Tobacco Factory
Sheraton Grill
Frank Trio
No. EZ. Er National First
Rev
F. L. Conrad
America
Carolina
Sheraton Ballroom
A. B. Conrad
Durham Monarch Club
A. Coke Cecil
Leo Byrum
Old Lexington papers show 1876 Hayes and Settle support
A display at The Enterprise featured The Central of Lexington dated October 28, 1876, devoted to the political situation with endorsement of Rutherford B. Hayes for President and Thomas Settle of Guilford County for governor.
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R. L. Davis
Lexington Avenue
The
Enterprise
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