Church Social Events Spark Week-Day Girls Meeting
Green Street Baptist Church weekly notice lists the Week-Day class gathering at Ruth Davis home with devotional by Mrs. Seckler and music by Ruth and Mary Helen Daves. Attendees include Viola Russell Anne Seward Jessie Royal Wilma Letheo Virginia Crouch Lucille Weathers Mary Helen Daves and Mrs. John Daves.
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Green Street Baptist Church
Ruth Davis
Vinestret
Seckler
Ruth
Mary Helen Daves
Viola Russell
Anne Seward
Jessie Royal
Wilma Letheo
Virginia Crouch
Lucille Weathers
Miss Harriet Elliott Speaks To Friday Afternoon Club
Mrs. W L Lambert hosted the Friday Afternoon Club on Sunset Avenue with Har riet Elliott professor of government at N C College Greensboro as speaker. Elliott discussed national affairs including Roosevelt’s program and comparisons of laws in the U S and Europe.
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Asheboro
Mar
W. L. Lambert
Harriet Elliott
N. C. College
Greensboro
Sunset Avenue
Miss Elliott
Roosevelt
Lambert
Julia Ross Lambert
Arthur Rosas
Washington birthday tea by Circle six at Asheboro church
A Washingtons birthday tea was hosted Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Neely Hunter by Circle six of the First Methodist church in Asheboro. More than forty attendees enjoyed hospitality, with Mrs. George Sumner as chairman and Mrs. Hunter assisted by Mrs. William Armfield. Music featured by several local musicians and tea served by a group of hostesses.
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Henry Luther
Emma Frances
Valentine
Ien
Circle Six
First Methodist Church
Asheboro
Neely Hunter
Hunter
George Sumner
William Armfield
Dempsey Barnes
Clara Gill
Ethel Johnson
Bobby Jean Truesdale
Dan Burns
William Underwood
Harris Coffin
Virginia Barker
Joseph Ross
Mary Jones Laid To Rest In Sampson County
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jones 58 were held at her home on East Commerce Street with Rev. O L Ruth officiating. The procession traveled to Sampson County for graveside rites Saturday morning. Pallbearers included W A Jones Crayer Jones Floyd Jones Everette Carr Wilbert Carr and Gorman Bridshaw. Interment followed in the family burying ground.
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Mary Jones
East Commerce Street
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Alvin Brown
Audrey Kennedy
A. J. Koonce
Jesus
Sampson County
W. A. Jones
Crayer Jones
Floyd Jones
Everett Carr
Wilbert Carr
Gorman Bridshaw
Lily Carr
Reta Carr
Hazel Carr
Ellen Warren
Elizabeth McLamb
Lucille Mitchell
Ida Bradshaw
Eloise Pope
Central Friends church to hold services and activities
Central Friends church opens with Bible school for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Horace Haworth leads as superintendent. The Brotherhood Men’s class meets at 9:45 a.m. with D Ralph Parker president and David H Parsons teaching. Rev Tom A Sykes preaches at 11 on Facts That Are Incontrovertible. Evening program at 7:30 features Sykes speaking Poisoning the Springs of Goodwill. Music by Miss Blair and Mr Fidler. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30 p.m. in annex. Revelations chapters 1-3 discussed. Senior and Junior C E meet Friday 7:30 p.m. Public invited.
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Central Friends Church
Horace Haworth
Brotherhood
D. Ralph Parker
David H. Parsons
Tom A. Sykes
Miss Blair
Fidler
Sykes
Freakish February Weather Revealed by Local Meteorologist
A. B. Horney reports February's freakish weather with heavy rain and sleet, bitter cold, and sharp swings. The month saw 4.19 inches of precipitation, average highs near 45, lows around 24, and a 39 degree daily range amid a thunderstorm and late sleet.
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A. B. Horney
Beantown Choir Proceeds Aid Girls Dormitory Fund
The emergency fund for a new furnace at the Methodist Protestant Children's Home girls dormitory reached 417.93 by Saturday. The High Point Lions Club and First Reform church members donated proceeds from the play The Beantown Choir performed Friday night, with cast members contributing their share. The event drew a sizable crowd and guests included home children.
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Lions Club
The
Beantown Choir
Emergency Fund
Methodist Protestant Children’s Home
High Point Lions Club
Beantown
Lrst
Lionas Club
Society Day 5 at High Point College
The Artemesan and Akrobinian literary societies held their fifth annual society day at High Point College. The weatherman forecast rain again, a prophecy fulfilled for most recent events. Henry Furbes, class of 1931, spoke on "It's the Little Things That Count" stressing humility within the college community.
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High Point College
Henry Furbes
Fire Marks Book Donated to High Point Library
The High Point Public Library adds American Fire Marks to its insurance shelf. The book explains how leaden fire marks identified insured properties and guided rival brigades to fire scenes, sometimes leaving uninsured homes to rely on friends for aid.
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High Point
Fire marks: rise in America until Philadelphia paid dept
The text notes fire marks were common in late 18th century America and remained popular until 1871 when Philadelphia started a paid fire department. The volume features many plates of these rare fire marks.
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London
America
Philadelphia
Quick Action Praised As Year Ends In Civic Outlook
Readers express hope that a Roosevelt presidency will benefit the nation as Britain and Sweden weigh in on his tariff and disarmament policies. London papers call America past its crisis while Svenska budget director Gunnar Myrdal hails his grandiose effort to avert catastrophe.
New Deal Programs Face Battle Over Permanence
The NRA and Civil Works Administration stir controversy as critics warn of long term permanence. Roosevelt pursues tapering off and bank reforms, with deposit guarantees and adjusted monetary policy amid a shifting economic landscape.
Nachman Spring-Filled Corp Expands South Field Factory
The Nachman Spring-Filled Corporation of Chicago plans a modern spring factory in West Commerce and Tomlinson streets, converting 10 000 square feet of space in the Tomlinson warehouse to produce cushions springs for beds. Abe H oversees local operations with Earl N. Phillips as sales manager and W. Stanley Davis as assistant sales manager. The Carolinas plant will serve the southern region as the firm grows its output.
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Nachman
Chicago
Southern Field
Wil
Tomlinson
West Commerce and
Tomlinson Streets
Earl N. Phillips
Ager
W. Stanley
Davissistant
Southern
Ness
Abe H
Caroliz
Minneapolis
Angeles
West Chester
High Point
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Woman's Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church
South Main
Young People’s Division
M. EB. Church
Ruby Brigham
Briggs Avenue
GLAD
Glad Girls
First Baptist Church
Malloye Stanfield
Wesley Mem
Woman's Auxiliary
Wesley Memorial Church
Archdale
Miss. Society
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Church
R. C. Hassell
A. E. Williams
Roy Lemmons
Margaret Perryman
Brasil
B. F. Rodgers
Meeting OF
EXC
Board Presbyterian Auxiliary
First Presbyterian Church
ST. Mary's Auxiliary
Wall
St. Mary's Iscopal Church
Matt Wall
Parkway
South Main Methodist Auxiliary
South Main Street Methodist Ec Church
Coterien Club
Sedgefield Manor
Optical Repair Dept
Samuel Hyman
South Main Street
Gooch - Thomas, Inc
Larkwood
Larkwoods
Asheboro Society
Alice Birkhead
Park Street
Dorothy Burrows
Academy Street
Kay Keaver
Jelly Leftwich
Duke University
Miss Keaver
Children's Home Fund
John Hussey
Jane Lingo
Artemesan Society
G. I. Humphreys
NEW Deal
National Recovery Administration
Congress
Out
NRA
Labor
National Industrial Recovery Act
Consumers
White House
Reconstruction Corporation
Fo South
Sawear
Mann Drug No. 2
Broad and Elm Streets
Wagger’s Ladies’ Shop
S. Main Street
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