Firemen Honor 20 Deceased at Memorial Service
Firemen and citizens gathered at the Paramount theater for a memorial service honoring 20 fallen local firefighters. Rev. Hoy L. Fesperman preached Memory the Ally of Faith, urging strength in memory as a call to duty and faith. A roll call listed names with a rising white cross for each, forming a cemetery scene without crosses until all 20 crosses appeared.
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Paramount Theater
Hoy L. Fesperman
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mr. Fesperman
Fesperman
Jesus
John
Fespermen
High Point
Fire Department
J. E. Horney
J. R. Long
J. P. Myers
W. S. Montgomery
John Carrol
D. B. Shepherd
J. M. Shelton
W. W. Farrington
T. W. Stoner
R. G. Pickett
Paul Horney
H. Sexton
W. W. Ellington
Ray Curtis
G. W. Ellington
W. R. Carroll
W. A. Henderson
O. M. Hayworth
C. EB. Cross
Negroes Arraigned In Gambling Case In High Point
In municipal court this morning Charlie Weathers and Lawrence Armstrong faced gambling charges. Armstrong pleaded guilty as a crap-shooter, while Weathers testified he was only a spectator with $1.25 for rent. Armstrong to pay half costs. Weathers case dismissed. Multiple other defendants faced charges including reckless driving prohibition violations assault drunkenness and burglary with varying fines costs and sentences.
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Charlie Weathers
High Point
Weathers
Lawrence Armstrong
North Street
Armstrong
K. T. Brookbank
Trinity
E. M. Lee
Charlie Pressnell
Asheboro
O. Saunders
Grayson Street
Paul York
East Russell Street
Mack Craft
City
Jasper Johnson
Claude Matthews
John Swaim
Doris Street
I. S&s
J. D. Morton
Millis Street
James Connelly
Huldastret
Leola Johnson
Clyde Payne
Bill Butler
Headquarters Open for Teague Open Hero Runoff Campaign
Judge Lewis E. Teague reopens headquarters on North Main Street High Point to wage a second primary bid against Oscar G. Barker of Durham. Gaston A. Johnson and N. L. Garner return as co managers from the first primary to conduct a clean but vigorous effort in the runoff. Teague led the first vote with over a quarter of ballots and defeated Barker by more than 1,000 votes as the two advance after eliminating six rivals.
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Lewis E. Teague
Congress
High Point
Oscar G. Barker
Durham
North Main Street
Rialto Theatre
Gaston A. Johnson
N. L. Garner
Barker
Teague
Stolen Chevrolet Found Abandoned Near City
A Chevrolet coach believed stolen last Saturday night was found abandoned in the Corvett woods near the city limits yesterday by a High Point police officer. The car belonged to L. C. Southern and was taken from in front of the post office. Police have no trace of the thieves.
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Corvett Woods
High Point
L. C. Southern
Memorial gifts recalled by Mrs Ellington at service
Mrs W Ellington presented memorial gifts for George W Myers and Paul Weer or Ae Were in memory of Wy Ellington. During the ceremony the congregation sang All Hail the Power Blessed Be the Tie. The First Evangelical and Reformed Church quartet performed To Know Him is to Love Him and Sweet Peace.
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George W. Myers
Paul Weer
Engineers To Report Tuesday On Hydro Project Survey
A New York firm Murray and Flood Inc will submit a voluminous survey report on the Sty ers dam site for a proposed 5 776 750 power plant in High Point. City Manager Knox said council will hear the report at 7 30 pm at city hall with Keith Kelsey H A Martin and Henry Flood Jr in attendance. The study covers seven months under a PWA grant and seeks to assess economic feasibility amid likely variance from the War Department’s earlier findings.
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Styers’ Dam
High Point
New York
Murray and Flood, Inc
EF. M. Knox
City Hall
Keith Kelsey
H. A. Martin
Konx
Henry Flood, Jr
PWA
War Department
Covington and Baxter Freeze Woodberry Forest Graduates
Harriss Covington and Baxter Freeze of High Point graduate from Woodberry Forest on Saturday. Covington receives the Service Memorial medal for scholarship and athletics and the best athlete award for 1937 38 with seven letters in football basketball and baseball. He captained the football team and was elected co captain for next year and will return for post graduate work.
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Harriss Covington
Baxter Freeze
High Point
Woodberry Forest
Frank Dalton
High Port
Woodberry
Police seize five gallons of "sugar head" whisky in Gordy Street raid
Police seize five gallons of whisky described as sugar head in a Gordy Street home. William Young, 21, is arrested on prohibition charges and held in jail in default of bond after the discovery in a five gallon can at 207 Gordy Street.
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Gordy Street
William Young
Young
Woodmen of the World Hold Fish Fry at Ceed Farm
The Piedmont Council of the Woodmen of the World plans a stag fish fry tomorrow night at 8 at H. A. Ceed’s farm to replace a regular meeting. Members are urged to attend.
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Piedmont Council of the Woodmen of the World
H. A. Ceed
First barn tobacco cured in Kinston area
Adolph Hill of Deep Run reports the first locally cured tobacco barn of the season in Kinston North Carolina and nearby farming community observers confirm the milestone.
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Kinston
N. C
Adolph Hill
Deep Run
City Attorney Discusses High Point Power History and Plant Plan
Grover H. Jones, city attorney, spoke to the Monarch club at the Elwood hotel on High Point electric history from 1895 when the city owned a plant to bids in 1906 and 1922 for sale of assets. He cited a $30,600 bonded debt, about $200,000 invested, and annual profit near $200,000 with $600,000 in taxes. He outlined a proposed city plant to generate for local use to cut costs, aiding industries and homes. President Hedrick presided. Joe Bruner attended. Abner Holton won the attendance prize.
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Grover H. Jones
Monarch Club
Elwood
Jones
High Point
Mr. Jones
C. C. Muse
Elmer Hedrick
Joe Bruner
Greensboro Monarch Club
Abner Holton
Slow Motion Crossing Ends In Charleston Harbor Near Miss
British retired navy commander Alexander Morison aged 56 sailed a 62 foot cruiser Frances from Bursledon England on April 15 1937 with his two sons Denis and Colin and a friend. The vessel crossed the Atlantic mainly under sail and was nearly driven onto shoals at Charleston harbor before coast guardsmen rescued them. The voyage faced scarcity of provisions and Morison removed the propeller to cut drag.
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Charleston
8. C
Alexander Morison
Jamaica
Charleston Harbor
Morison
Bursledon
England
Denis
Colin
Frances
Trinidad
Mra. BE. V. Langley
Atlantic
Chicago produce prices and assortments June 13
Butter totals 1 781 746 lbs with steady quotes across creamery specials 93 score extras 92 firsts 90 91 firate 88 189 and standards 90. Eggs total 265 835 with steady quotes for extra firsts local cars firsts local and current receipts with storage packed extras and firate.
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Chicago
Lutheran Celebration Marks 20th Anniversary in Hickory
Twenty area congregations will assemble at Holy Trinity Lutheran church in Hickory on Thursday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the formation of the United Lutheran Church of America. The event highlights decades of regional church cooperation and faith.
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Hickory
N. C
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church of America
Deep River Association Holds Annual Memorial Rites
The Deep River Memorial Association met at the Deep River Friends church for its fourth annual gathering. Rev. Tom Sykes gave the memorial address while officers were re-elected and the Wesley Memorial quartet performed two songs. About 125 attendees joined a basket dinner and social hour beforehand.
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Deep River Memorial Association
Deep River Friends Church
Joseph Peele
Emma Frazier Anderson
Wilma Carolyn Bundy
W. A. Gattla Foater
John Hines
Ronald F. Dillon
Pearl S. Hawkins
Webster M. Hunt
Blanche Armfield Pickens
Cyrus Wheeler
Myrtle Hoskins Picket
W. C. Benbow
Mary Davin Futrelle
Virgil V
Oriana B. James
Wesley Memorial Quartet
J. Gurney Briggs
Roy Padgett
Grady Comer
W. Chase Idol, Jr
Beautiful Land
One killed in huge fire in Los Angeles
June 13 report from Los Angeles says 40 year old Charles Wolkenstein was burned to death as a blaze swept an apartment building on South Alexandria Street. About 1606 occupants escaped the flames in the early hours of morning.
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Los Angeles
Charles Wolkenstein
Alexandria Street
Building Trades Council Receives Charter in North Carolina
The Building and Construction Trades Council of North Carolina, an AFL affiliate, was chartered at a county building meeting yesterday. H. L. Kiser of Charlotte was installed as president with a 12 member leadership slate and about 200 attendees.
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Building Trades Council
Building and Construction Trades Council of North Carolina
American Federation of Labor
H. L. Kiser
Charlotte
A. T. Bust
Asheville
van R. Pondixter
Winston-Salem
H. V. Mead
Greensboro
G. P. Bullock
John Bates
P. M. Taylor
Durham
E. C. Lowery
L. A. Cross
High Point
0. D. Wyatt
Raleigh
Ellis Wright
T. L. Condor
North Carolina
Ben R. Scarborough
The
Laborers and Hodcarriers Organization
H. B. Briscoe
Bricklayers Organization
Mrs Sam Blanchard Dies In Washington
Mrs Sam Blanchard formerly Miss Shelley Thomas of Thomasville died in Washington D C after an illness spanning weeks. A native of Thomasville she lived here since 1920 with Adams Mil lis company and is a niece of Mrs G M Hoover. Surviving are her husband a son Sam Jr her mother Mrs Mary Thomas and three sisters all in Washington D C Funeral services and interment will be in Washington D C.
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Sam Blanchard
Washington, D. C
Shelley Thomas
Friends
Blanchard
Thomasville
Adams-Millis Corporation
G. M. Hoover
Washington
Sam, Jr
Mary Thomas
Washington, D
Funeral services held for Mrs. Tishie Campbell
Funeral services for 43 year old Mrs. Tishie Campbell widow of the late Robert Campbell were held Sunday at 2 30 p m from her mother's home in Ethel North Carolina. Rev O L Ruth pastor of the First Pilgrim church officiated a church quartet sang Rock of Ages There'll Be No Shadows and Does Jesus Care. Interment followed in White Oak Springs church cemetery.
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Tishie Campbell
Robert Campbell
Martha Tucker
Ethel
N. C
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
Mesdames
Alvin Brown
Dockery Nance
Beulah Jackson
Elma Warner
Negro Held on Charge of Breaking and Entering
Nathaniel Bryant, a local Negro, admitted breaking into a confectionery stand at the Negro park and stealing merchandise. He was jailed on breaking and entering and larceny charges after the stand operated by Nathaniel Doster was broken into several nights earlier with money cigarettes candy and soft drinks taken.
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Nathaniel Bryant
Bryant
Nathaniel Doster
Koonce Honored By State Burial Group
A. J. Koonce of this city was elected president of the North Carolina State Burial Association during its meeting at the George Vanderbilt hotel. W W Harden of Scotland part also spoke. Wade C Moody of Airy was re elected secretary treasurer. Mayor Robert M Wells gave welcome remarks as E W Parton Lieutenant Governor W P Horton and W Jones of Nashville Tenn attended. The gathering featured a banquet and dance with a large crowd attending the annual session.
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A. J. Koonce
Asheville
North Carolina
Goboro
Wade C. Moody
Airy
W.W. D. Harden
Scotland
George Vanderbilt Hotel
Koonce
Roert M. Wells
E. W. Parton
W. P. Horton
W. Jones
Nashville
Tenn
Bible Conference to Start Tuesday at Pentecostal Church
J. H. King from Franklin Springs leads a special Bible conference at the Pentecostal Holiness church starting Tuesday night at 7:30 and running through June 25. King, who has toured the world and spent time in the Holy Land, previously served as general superintendent. Rev. C Francis Noble invites ministers and gospel workers of all denominations.
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J. H. King
Franklin Springs
Pentecostal Holiness
Mr. King
Holy Land
C. Francis Noble
Gospel Workers of
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