Remarkable Gains Reflected In New City Directory
High Point issues its 1937 city directory showing 5 000 more names 33 more business lines and 275 repages than 1935 edition. Population estimate 48 517 with 25 544 residents. city illustrated by High Point chamber of commerce. Directory lists marital status race heads of families occupations and addresses with listings like A A A Motor club and surnames such as Suits Coats and Vest Beards and Barber Yip and Ring and Bell.
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Ithout
Imum
Ile
High Point
High Point Chamber of Comfee
Chambers of Merce
A. A. A. Motor Club
D. Zimmerman
Beard
Yip
Ring
Watermelon and cantaloupe acreage trends in North Carolina
North Carolina farmers reduced watermelon acreage from 800 acres in 1936 to 11,600 this year while cantaloupe acreage rose, with growers suing for 333000 dollars in crop losses last year and average prices around 13 cents per 60 melons. Rhodes notes shifting crops and regional gains in the Salisbury area amid broader market changes.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Leigh
Northlina
W. H. Rhodes
Department of Nugriture
North Carolina
Rhodes
Atermelon
Rinburg
Ecantaloupes
Missing Child Found By Police
A three year old son of Glenn Murphy of 204 East Russell Street went missing yesterday. The father alerted authorities and within two hours police located the child wandering in traffic in a busy business district and safely returned him home.
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Glenn Rphy
East
Russell Street
Ost
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point and Nearby Townships
Transfers of tracts and lots across Guilford County and surrounding townships include T. C. Abernethy to Home Owners' Loan corporation on Louise Avenue for 3960 dollars, and multiple deeds in Morehead, Gilmer, and Center Grove Townships with 10 dollar lot or tract transfers to various grantees.
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High Point Township
T. C. Abernethy
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Louise Avenue
General Realty Company
Paul Asbill
Lee Street
Grace Securities Corporation
Five States Realty Corporation
Hoover Street
Morehead Township
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Company
E. B. McDonald
West Market Street
Gate City Building and Loan Association
Dewey Taylor
Longview Street
W. Stanley Davis
J. W. Hill
Sylvan Road
J. L. Lassiter
H. C. Westmoreland
H. W. Swaim
Hattie M. Johnson
Spring Garden Street
Henry Roediger
Gurney P. Hood
South Elim Street
G. H. Flynt
William
Mattie E. Williams
North Greene Street
Gilmer Township
Lo Herbin
J. H. Cox
Sykes Avenue
T. D. Sharpe
Lola C. Morgan
Liberty Street
Naomi Bell Clendenin
Kemp C. Clendenin
East Lee
Beat Streets
P. A. Carr
Poer
Gillespie
A. K. Moore
Beech Street
T. E B. Case
Samuel Freed
Roseway
Verta I. Coe
W. PF. Ross
Caverns of Melrose Renamed From Virginia Caverns
Maj. E M Brown, president of Natural Wonders Inc, announced that Virginia Caverns on highway 11, six miles north of Harrisonburg, will be renamed The Caverns of Melrose. The site is a Civil War memorial underground with names carved on rock walls by Federal and Confederate soldiers.
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Harrisonburg
Maj. E. M. Brown
Natural Wonders, Inc
Virginia Caverns
Melrose
Major Brown
Virginia
Rockingham County
Lowell Thomas
Shenandoah Valley
Chicago Produce Prices Unchanged as Butter and Bees Reported
Chicago June 23 AP butter trading 17 517 unsettled and unchanged. Bees 17 744 firm with extra firsts local at 20 and cars 2014. Fresh graded firsts local 1944 and cars 20. Current receipts 19 and storage packed firsts 21 storage packed extras 2114.
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Chicago
Broadway nightlife in disarray sparks urgent spot news
A sharp shift from idle pre-summer musings to front-page disorder surfaces as shootings, brawls, and arrests erupt around Sherman Leys Stork Club Billys Gay Nineties Dizzy Club and El Morocco. Courtroom and police activity follow as Broadway nightlife devolves into chaos.
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GE Ross
Billy
el Morocco
Hollywood
Broadway
Night Life
Kiwanians To Name New Club Officers
Delegates at the Kiwanis International convention in Indianapolis focus on a nominating conference for 1937 38 officers. The conference will be held late tonight and results will be announced Wednesday.
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Kiwanians
Indianapolis
Kiwanis International
Burns Fatal to Four Miners in Jackson County Pit
Four miners died from burns after a powder explosion in a Jackson county coal pit. Two others remained in critical condition in Gallipolis hospital. The deceased were Edward and Theodore Rupert, Kerr Harris, and George Cadd. two injured brothers were among the remaining miners.
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Gallipolis
Jackson County
Edward
Theodore Rupert
Kerr Harris
George Cadd
How CARDUS Helps Women
Cardus is a purely vegetable medicine found by many women to ease menstrual pains. It strengthens women weakened by poor nourishment by increasing appetite and improving digestion. Many report lasting benefits from Cardui's wholesome nutritional support. Get Cardui at the nearest drug store, read the directions and try it.
Man Held in Guard's Death Near Asheville
Harry Lee Gillespie of Leicester was held for grand jury action in the death of William J. Early a 46 year old prison guard found in a ditch. Deputy testimony placed Gillespie near the scene after a report he said he struck a man Friday night about 100 feet from the body site. Gillespie surrendered to the sheriff after fleeing a hospital Friday night following an earlier drunken driving charge.
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Asheville
Harry Lee Gillespie
Leicester
William J. Early
Gillespie
Guy Roberts
A. L. Roberts
Roberts
Visiting Tar Heels Frolic in Bermuda Convention Cruise
About 500 North Carolina lawyers and newspapermen gathered in St Georges Bermuda for a joint convention and cruise aboard the Reliance. They visited Hamilton, attended a winter dance, and plan to sail back to Norfolk Virginia later today. The visit features carriage travel, golf, fishing and bathing facilities with no automobiles in use.
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ST. Georges
Bermuda
North Carolina
Reliance
Norfolk
Hamilton
William E. Meyer
Sydney Browm Hamilton
Muda
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le Hill Directory Co
Richmond
ELON
Lissing
Guilford County Realty
Caverns of
IR. Ross
Groew York
New York
Alumnist
Whattan
Srivener
Shermanley
Stork
Japan
Hitler
Fuminaro Konoye
Tokyo
Konoye
Adolf Hitler
Daniel Rupert
Thomas Godfrey
Cardus
Guard
Lasalle
Cadillac
Honolulu
Seersucker
Bali
Dy Gontner
Pioral
Stik
Jersey
Greensboro
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
High Point Road
Percula
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