Runaway marriage unites 16 year olds in High Point
A young couple was married yesterday afternoon at Wesley Memorial Church by Rev Dr Gilbert T Rowe. Miss Lucille Walker of New Market Tennessee wed Earl Lanier of Statesville after a quick visit to a neighbor. Dixon, who says the bride is 16, nearby observers and parents face an uneasy reception.
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High Point
Gilbert T. Rowe
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Lucille Walker
New Market
Tenn
Earl Lanier
Statesville
Mr. Rowe
K. ©. Dixon
Vail Alley
Twins Celebrate Fifth Birthday At Maple Street Party
The O Neal twins William and Gray celebrated their fifth birthday Saturday at home on Maple Street with invited friends from 4 to 6 pm. The party featured a decorated dining room with a crepe paper backdrop and a candle filled cake. Refreshments were served by Dorothy O Neal and others as guests listed included Wendell Dunbar John Alfred Esh elman Margaret Hedrick and several more children.
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O'Neal
William and
Gray
Maple Street
Dorothy O'Neal
Mary Freeland
Laura Freeland
Evelyn Gray
Wendell Dunbar
John Alfred Eshelman
Margaret Hedrick
Louise Kearns
Arthur Futrelle
Pauline Pickett
Hazel Orange
Margaret Spencer
Jessie Bryant
Paul Rich
Herbert Wilson
Leo Wilson
J. D. Koonce
Wilbur Pritchard
Mildred Massey
Margaret Vestal
DAR Chapter Meets Wednesday at Mrs Pickens Residence
The Alexander Martin chapter Daughters of the American Revolution holds a regular meeting Wednesday at 4 pm at Mrs R T Pickens's home. All members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
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Alexander Martin Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
R. T. Pickens
War Prayer Union to Meet at Wesley Memorial Church
The weekly prayer meeting of the War Prayer Union will be at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church on Tuesday at 4 o clock. All members and city residents are urged to attend.
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War Prayer Union
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Warmer family welcomes newborn son Z F Jr at Willowbrook
Percy R Parrish Bryan Craver and Dallas Clark of Greensboro spent a few hours in the city Sunday afternoon as guests of friends. The newborn son of Mr and Mrs Z F Warner of 212 Willowbrook street is named Z F Jr.
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Percy R. Parrish
Bryan Craver
Dallas Clark
Greensboro
Knit Drive Appeals for Leftover Yarn
Knitters for the Red Cross chapter are urged to return all leftover yarn bits as new sock wool differs in color and texture. Many residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Colwell of Greensboro and others from Greens boro Lexington Winston-Salem and Kernersville are mentioned as visitors and locals in the city over the weekend.
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Red Cross Chapter
Greensboro Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Visits
Ser motored to Greensboro Sunday afternoon and spent a few hours with friends. Miss Irma Tapp of Kinston visiting the city as a guest of friends. Col Frank P. Morton spent the weekend in Greensboro with Mrs Morton and children. A J Dodameade of 406 East Greene Street learned his grandson Thomas E K Dodmeade arrived safely overseas. Grady Beck of Hopewell Virginia visiting his parents on Willowbrook Street. Dr J J Hamlin and wife returned from Wilmington after attending the North Carolina Dental Society meeting. Mr and Mrs W P Pickett and family continued an automobile trip to Wilmington and Norfolk Virginia. Mrs F O Whittington left for Rome Georgia to visit sister Mrs B R Montague Jr. Dillard Ragan spent Sunday afternoon at Kernersville with Fred Barbee who remains ill with pneumonia at High Point hospital.
Breed Rabbits to Relieve England's Meat Shortage
London announces government rabbit breeding program to boost meat supply. The National Utility Rabbit association established a central station in Vauxhall with a Royal Mews club at Buckingham Palace. Provincial centers will stock 100 does each, smaller stations about 20.
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London
England
Rabbit Associaion
Vauxhall
Royal Mews
Buckingham Palace
Ood
National
Propaganda Cartoon Mockery of U S Army Belief in Germany
Amsterdam reports German efforts to trivialize the American army with a Munich Jugend mock print labeled Homeopathic Doses. The cartoon shows General Pershing and La Belle France debating billets at a French port, joking about lodging.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Munich Jugend
Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery Endorsed In Testimonial
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful tonic and blood builder. It claims to cleanse the body, aid skin and cough issues, and notes a testimonial from Rosa Lee Hogan of Wooprorp Tennessee praising its effects on two children with night sweats, scrofula, and growth.
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Nature
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Wooprorp
Tenn
Rosa Lee Hogan
High Point Police Seize 80 Speeding Cars in Sunday Crackdown
In High Point a sunday patrol halted 80 speeding vehicles with seven lacking proper license displays. Warrants will be issued after state secretary verification. Magistrate Brown will oversee matters, with drivers identified by police and judges planning hearings before Judge J Allen Austin.
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High Point
Secretary of State
Justice of the Pease
Warren G. Brown
Brown
Allen
Mountheu Avenue
Greensboro
Hish Point
Wood
Brindle
J. Allen Austin
Six Wilson Motor Drivers Held in Baltimore
Six drivers from the Wilson Motor Company who traveled from New York to Baltimore with six machines were detained by Baltimore police for lacking valid driver credentials. Initially suspected of stealing the machines, the charge was changed and Mr. Wilson arrived to resolve the tangle as the men returned to Baltimore.
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Wilson Motor Company
New York
Commercial Declares 53rd Dividend Today
Stockholders of the Commercial National Bank were mailed semi annual dividend checks at a 7 percent rate. The checks are mailed early though the due date is July 1. This 53rd dividend since organization marks steady growth and regular payments. Rome reports Italy's auto industry expanding with 55 manufacturers and 200 million lire capital up from 32 and 59 million in 1913. Dividends pay 8 percent now versus 3.5 percent then. auto exports rise to 116 million lire from 34 million.
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The
Commercial National Bank
J. Elwood Cox
Commercial National
Rome
Italy
Charter of the Moose Lodge to Close in High Point
The Loyal Order of Moose High Point lodge will close at midnight Wednesday with a final enrollment day at six dollars and initiation set at twenty five. Col. Frank P. Morton says a permanent lodge home will be announced once details are finalized as the 11 am membership stands at 384 and a 500 member target is hoped by midnight. Morton has led the lodge’s expansion to Wilmington and aims to grow the Moose in the region.
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High Point Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Frank P. Morton
Ovenpy
Colonel Morton
Order
Col. Morton
High Point
Wilmington
Greensboro Merchant’s 33 year shoe repair tale of happiness
A Greensboro merchant recalls 33 years in the shoe repair trade and retirement, crediting a herbal remedy named Creep with easing stomach trouble, nervousness, and sleep loss. The account promotes Dreco as a pure herbal medicine touted by local dealer Ring Drug Co.
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W.T. Blalock
Nion Street
Greensboro
Woodmen
Ring Drug Co
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D. A. R. Meeting
Z. F. Warner
Willowbrook Street
Z. F. Jr
Mrs. . Colwell
City
Mrs. J. ©. Morris
Thomas J. Gold
Mr. Gold
Democratic Executive Committee
Mrs. Gold
Frends
Kate Boaz
George L. Coggins
Lexington
Eld
John A. Holmes
Lindsay Street
M. L. Coggins
Connie E. Brown
Cty
Camp Jackson
W. D. Burgess
Mount Aairy
D. H. Blair
Winston Salem
Bair
Sidney Perry
Emily Lambert
Winston-Salem
M. KE. Laugenour
RK. C. Charles
Will Charles
Winston-Salem, Wa
Hah Point
R. C. Charles
Baxter Younts
Winston-Salon
Lester Hill
Elsie Lomax
Id Ketchie
Spencer
Myrtle Gurley
G. Sam Bradshaw
Gray Bradshaw
W. H. Plummer
Washington
Baltimore
Gaynelle Hepler
Kernersville
L. €. Sinclair
H. W
Ser
Col
Mrs. Morton
A. J. Dodameade
East Greene Street
Thomas Ek, Dodmeade
Grady Beck
Hopewell, Va
Mrs
C. A. Beck
J. J. Hamlin
W. P. Pickett
Norfolk
F. O. Whittington
B. R. Montague, Jr
Dillard Ragan
Fred Barbee
Hich Point Hospital
Pershig
Raleigh
Commercial
Tanlac
Hart Drug CO
Tansareyton London Cigarettes
Charter OF the Moose Lodge
Moffitt
Furnishing Co
Beavans
Ladies’ Store
Pama
Dreco
Blessed Re
Lef
Fai
Ieeeeeeeeerererese
Wachovia Bank & Trust
W. C. Idol
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