Junior Elizabeth Fry class meets for summer attendance contest
The Central Friends church Junior Elizabeth Fry class held its regular monthly meeting at City. An attendance contest was decided for the summer. Desserts were served by hostesses Miss Fern Daniel and Miss Mary Elizabeth Crouch. Members listed include Mary Esther Barker Charlena Brown Eloise Cheves Essie Brown Daisy Freeman Melita Eldridge Fern Daniel Mary B. Crouch Eleanor Blair Marjorie Wall Nona Stuart and Mrs. H. A. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fry
Central Friends Church
Fern Daniel
Mary Elizabeth Crouch
Mary Esther Barker
Charlena Brown
Eloise Cheves
Essie Brown
Daisy Freeman
Melita Eldridge
Mary B. Crouch
Eleanor Blair
Marjorie Wall
Nona Stuart
H. A. White
Social Calendar Scheduled Arts and Recitals This Week
Wednesday 3 30 p m Miss Mary Simmons hosts Wed Contract Club at Rockford Road garden party ends Good Will Garden Club meet summer. Thursday 8 p m Mae Kirkman piano pupils recital at the Country Club. Friday 8 p m Elizabeth Strickland pupils recital at Wesley Memorial Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Strickland
Elizabeth Strickland
Wesley Memorial Church
Mary Simmons
Rockford Road
Bruce Craven
Trinity
Good Will Garden Club
Mae Kirkman
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Recoveries
Bobby Alfred spends a few days near Charlotte visiting his cousin Thomas. Josephine and Virginia Jackson visit relatives at Fort Bragg and expect to return Saturday. Mrs J J Griffith and Frances of Kernersville stay with Mrs W M Griffith at 600 Jones St. Mrs H G Mehaffey of Spartanburg S C visits Mrs D S Lee at 1413 North Hamilton St. Billy Myers, son of Mr and Mrs J O Myers, remains at home 613 North Hamilton with illness. Eloise Ingram of Engle Street recovers at Guilford General Hospital after appendectomy on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine
Virginia Jackson
Fort Brags
N. C
J. J. Griffith
Frances
Kernersville
W. M. Griffith
Jones Street
H. G. Mehaffey
Spartanburg
8. C
Mrs. D. 8. Lee
North
Hamilton Street
Billy Myers
J. O. Myers
Richard Bowen
Dunn
B. C. Pearce
School Street
Stacey Bowen
Chiego
Rosa Cauble
Salisbury
Relief Workers At Quarry On Strike
Relief workers at a quarry in Lawrenceburg Tennessee strike action reported with forty five men employed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation involved. The article notes the strike as a labor action affecting local operations and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Thomasville Auxiliary Hosts Fellowship Tea at Methodist Hut
Thomasville notes report the Woman's Auxiliary of Main Street church hosting a Fellowship tea at the Methodist Hut with a welcome line, program featuring a piano solo, a pageant titled In His Name We Come, and refreshments served to about fifty attendees. Several local residents and visitors are mentioned in brief notes of weekend visits and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Main Street Church
Lula Wall
J. C. Green
FE. J. Poe
John Cline
P. BE. Parker
Robert Rapp
Irvin Earnhardt
Charles Clegg
G. E. Crowell
Women Aim for Assistant Secretaries in Every Government Department
Miss Sue White, acting leader of Democratic women, sets 1936 goal to place a woman as assistant secretary in each federal department. She predicts a nationwide push for ten capable women to lead key bureaus, building strength in states and a stronger party organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Sue White
Democratic Committee
Miss White
Democratic Party
the Treasury
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Labor
Frances Perkins
Ruth Bryan Owen
Denmark
Nellie
Tayloe Ross
Mint
Workers Strike Over Wages On Tennessee Relief Projects
A corporation relief project workers refused to work unless wages rose to 1.85 a day. Men quit a rock quarry in protest as wage scales in Tennessee relief projects had been cut to 1 a day, with Memphis raising to 1.25 after a strike.
Church Troubadours Speak Tonight at St Marys Church
The Motoring Church Army Troubadours arrive in town for a goodwill mission and will address St. Marys Episcopal Church tonight at 8 o’clock. Captains Boald and Kuhn and Cadet Shamrock travel with blankets and corn, visiting mountain towns and aiding church duties. They remain three days and conduct services while here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
D. W. Allen
F. H. Boald
J. T. Kuhn
A. Shamrock
Southern Oil Company Office Robbed on Highland Avenue
Thieves broke into the Southern Oil company office on Highland Avenue last night. They forced a grate on the south side to gain entry and escaped with about $28 in scrip and between $9 and $12 in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Oil Company
Highland Avenue
Constitutional Commission Discusses State Changes At Institute
In Chapel Hill on June 21 members of the Constitutional Commission with Attorney General Dennis Brumitt and Senator A D McLean will discuss provisions of the proposed new constitution during a two day Institute of Government program. Notables invited include Chief Justice Stacy Federal Judge Parker Representative Warren and others as the group weighs changes to taxing power district judge elections executive budget veto power and local government under general laws. A separate note details detainers for a Roanoke prisoner and Kansas City detectives handling a removal order for McGee with Lynchburg and Roanoke as key locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Constitutional Commission
Dennis G. Brummitt
A. D. McLean
Leettors
Institute of Government
Capus M. Waynick
High Point
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
Walter Murphy
House Committee On Amendments
W. P. Stacy
John J. Parker
Lindsay Warren
Burton Craig
J. ©. Carr
George EB. Butler
Clarence Poe
Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Roanoke City
John Paul
Harrisonburg
United States Court For
Kansas City
W. 5. Simpson
John W. Lothridge
R. C. Johnson
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Howard E. Wilson
Department of Justice
McGee
Rose Pastor Stokes Dies in German Hospital
Rose Pastor Stokes American radical leader died in a municipal hospital in Frankfort on the Main from a heart ailment after recent cancer surgery. Born in 1879 in Augustowa Suwalki she rose as the Rose of the Ghetto in New York where she worked early and later married James Graham Phelps Stokes who helped her public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Pastor Stokes
German
Frankfort-On-The - Main
Germany
Leavenworth
Wilson
Augustova
Suwark
Russia
London
America
Ohio
New York
James Graham Phelps Stokes
Martinsville Goldfish Farm Claims Largest in U S
Martinsville Indiana authorities highlight the town as home to the largest goldfish farm in the United States. The facility showcases extensive ponds and breeding operations attracting visitors and local press attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Ind
United States
Bond Set For Man In McElroy Kidnaping Case
Roanoke Virginia a United States Commissioner fixed a twenty five thousand dollar bond for George Leigh who is held as a participant in the McElroy kidnaping. Leigh spoke briefly at the hearing and requested a lower bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big
McElroy
Roanoke
George Leigh
United States
Charles D. Fox, Jr
Picnic Postponed From June 24 at Triangle Lake
A community picnic planned for Saturday June 24 at Triangle Lake to raise funds for a home for indigent elderly people has been postponed. The postponement was announced by a committee of C. H. Craver Dan Covington and G. Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triangle Lake
C. H. Craver
Dan Covington
G. Daniels
Sechrest Retention Urged as City Lake Warden
A delegation of citizens and patrons urged the city council to retain Hubert Sechrest as the two year lake warden. W. R. Hull was named to succeed on July 1, with no action taken and the matter referred to the public welfare committee. A separate petition from H. L. Bunnell for privilege license exemption was granted due to his physical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Sechrest
W. R. Hull
Lechrest
Public Welfare Committee
H. L. Bunnell
R. L. Brinson
Filling station plans approved for North Wrenn and East Broad
The board approved building a filling station at the corner of North Wrenn and East Broad streets, while T. J. Scott’s proposal to erect one between East Green and Commerce on Walnut Street was ordered advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wrenn
East Broad Streets
T. J. Scott
Walnut Street
East Green
Commerce
Coats Unnecessary In Beaufort Clergy Leads Parade
In Beaufort on June 21 the Rev. J. P. Harris pastor of Beaufort Baptist church preached without a coat citing heat. The pastor set a precedent by appearing in the pulpit coatless to encourage attendance despite warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
Beaufort Baptist Church
J. P. Harris
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Miss Boles
Marjorie Spence
First Baptist Church
Janice Boles
West Bay Street
Marshall Falls
Paul Shoaf
Cornelia Howard
Gladys Riley
Virgie French
Aline Wrenn
Beatrice Stewart
Ditsy Cash
Hazel Haynes
Mesdames C. B. Sheloff
Strayer Armentrout
Elmer Ace
Jimmy Mills
Bill Are
Lottie Holden
A. L. Cecil
Oakwood Court
Mary Jones
Mary Jones Bible
Jessie Kivett
Franklin Street
Lake
Robert Kennedy
J. C. Newby
Waldo Newby
W. H. Newby
Indianapolis
Kennedy
Emma Newby
J. C
Tom Tatum
Richardson Street
Crys General Hospital
Leaksville
William J. MccAnally
William, Jr
Albert
Charles McAnally
Wanna Mary Huggins
William
Albert McAnally
Cctty Union
City Young People’s Union
Highland Church
Sun Back Beach
Moffitt’s
North Main Street
Bobby Alfred
Charlotte
Thomas
Eloisé Ingram
Engleh Street
Guilford General Hospital
Ruth Andlizabeth McLain
Rutherfordton
Josephine Williams
F. I. Alexander
Frank Calvert
Greensboro
J. T. Grimes
Raleigh
Mrs
D. BE. Hoover
Lexington Avenue
Forrest Grimes
North Wilkesboro
T. J. McNeil
Roaring River
McNeill
Luther Grimes
The
City Memorial Hospital
R. G. Jennings
Betty Clare
Royal, Jr
Jennings
M. O. Alexander
White Lake
Elizabeth Barnhart
Park Avenue
J. Pliskin
Clearwater Beach
BSS Furman
St. Mary’s Church
Southern Oil Co
Waynick
Institute
Iran
Nana Sagat
Sechrest Funeral Home
Sechrest
REAL
Gooch - Thomas, Inc
N. Main St
Coe
Bat Gen
Southern Public Utilities CO
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