Taxi Driver Yields Some Impressions
A North Carolina taxi driver, interviewed anonymously, recalls diverse rides from bootlegger deliveries to a runaway girl, a hospital emergency ward stop, and a furniture show night out. He also recounts a high earners trip from New York to Albany and back, including a motor burnout in Poughkeepsie.
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North Main Street
Winston-Salem
Emerywood
Thomasville
Winston-Salem Hospital
Fithem
Greensboro
High Point
New York
Grand Central Station
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Large Cache of Liquor Found After Arrest in High Point
Police arrested Letha Chandler on a prohibition charge after a walk along Fairview Street led to discovery of a half gallon of whisky. They then found a 15 gallon liquor cache in an unoccupied Fairview Street house. Chandler was jailed on $200 bond. She denied ownership of the three five-gallon whisky cans.
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Letha Chandler
Fairview Street
Chandler
Devastating Sleet Anniversary Recall From 1909
Rev H N Bowne recalled a deadly sleet storm that struck Washington on inauguration day 26 years earlier in 1909. The ice toppled lines, damaged trees, and crippled outlying telephone services, with the event tied to President Taft’s inauguration and rekindled by Bowne who had recently moved there.
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Washington, D. C
Howard Taft
H. N. Bowne
Bowne
Washington
Ministers To Meet Monday Y W C A
The High Point Ministers association will inaugurate luncheon meetings with a session at the local Y W C A cottage Monday at noon. Grover H. Jones city attorney will address the gathering and all ministers are urged to attend.
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High Point Ministers Association
Grover H. Jones
New York R. GB Fearing Names Curtis Smithdeal Leader
Curtis Smithdeal, heading the local Smithdeal Realty Company, announced yesterday that New York R. GB Fearing a former Continental Life Insurance executive and Duke alumni will assume new duties Monday. Fearing, a native of Elizabeth City, has lived here since last October.
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R. GB. Fearing
Continental Life Insurance Company
Curtis Smithdeal
Smithdeal Reality Comany
Mr. Fearing
Elizabeth City
Duke University
Toledo Conservatory
Sulon B Staley Taken By Death
Buron B. Staley 23 died at home 415 Carter Street about 6 p m after two days of pneumonia. He is survived by widow Grace Lanier seven brothers and parents John N. and Della Williams Staley. Funeral services are planned for Monday with rites at the home and at New Hope M P church Randolph County. Interment in New Hope cemetery.
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Buron B. Staley
Carter Street
Logan Porter Mirror Company
John N
Della Williams Staley
Randolph County
Grace Lanier
Pilgrim Holiness Church
John N. Staley
C. W. Staley
City
Arthur
Herbert
W. J
Archdale
B. F
High Point
Albert
Roscoe Staley
Marion
Tom Williams
Mrs Pulliam Faces Trial In Harvell Murder Case
A prolonged inquiry centers on Mrs. Pulliam accused of the Harvell murder. Prosecutors plan first degree murder charges based on testimony about dreams reported by M T Dowdy and other circumstantial evidence. Defense counsel T J Gold says an alibi will be presented showing Mrs Pulliam with boarders sewing and sleeping with a daughter on the night of December 21. Investigators continue seeking a second suspect while pursuing the mystery at the boarding house site.
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Harvell
Sheriff's Department
T. J. Gold
Gold
Pal Ham
Legion Meeting Set For Tuesday Night at Legion Hall
Andrew Jackson Post No 87 American Legion schedules a 8 o'clock Tuesday night meeting at the Legion hall on North Wrenn street. Commander W Ney Evans urges all members to attend.
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Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion
Legion Hall
North Wrenn Street
W. Ney Evans
High Point to Stage Pageant Let There Be Light
College officials clergy and High Point citizens will stage the pageant Let There Be Light in the Junior High School auditorium on Thursday night March 18. The religious drama echoes Americas Oberammergau with scenes from the life of Jesus and aims to uplift the community through charity relief work for milk and clothing for needy schoolchildren.
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High Point
America
Oberammergau
Jesus
Gideon Humphreys
High Point College
Percy E. Lindley
Mary Young
Margaret Sloan
Mary Magdalene
R. L. Brinson
Parent- Teachers Association of
Mary
James
Local pageant cast announced for Wesley church event
High school and college athletes listed as servants in the Good Samaritan scene. Thieves include Howard Welborn and James Sedberry among others. Miss Utley to play the leper and James Sedberry a cripple. Blind receivers named Leonard P. Washburn EB M Blakely and Frank Young. Next rehearsal Monday at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with more cast to be added. tickets available at Cecil's Drug Store with student discount.
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Joseph Rennie
First Presbyterian Church
Peter the Apostle
Liston Pope
John the Beloved
Deciple
W. A. Lambeth
D. D
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Paul the Apostle
H. N. Bowne
Episcopal Church
Simon
Zelotes
Edgar Hartley
Good Samaritan
All Service Club
High Point
Margaret Sloan
Gounod
Carey Atkins
Mary Briles
Evelyn Atkins
Maude Boyles
Helen Marie Sheloff
Winifred Boyles
R. W. Hughes
Kings of the Orient
BE. Battley
Police Department
Frank Young
Jeddy Garland
Dempsey Neal
Worth Grant
Paul Koontz
Woodrow Crowson
Esley Summey
Fred Ridge
Billy Mathews
Newlin Hayworth
Walter Sprye
Henry Byrum
John Griffin
John Boles
Howard Welborn
Thurlow Kerns
Norman Foxworth
Clarence Terry
Robert Cook Jr
Curtis Newton
James Sedberry
Miss Utley
Wellington
Cecil
Essay contest announced for Keesler Memorial drive
An essay contest open to all white high school students promotes thrift and home ownership. Entries must be five minutes long 500 to 800 words. District winners advance to the State League with prizes 125 75 and 25 dollars. County prizes 26 10 and 6 dollars. Local school contests run this week in High Point James town and Allen Jay high schools.
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Keesler
High Point High School
Jamestown High
Allen Jay Mfigh
County Elimination Contest Set For Week of 19
Each county may enter one student in the triat elimination contest. The county man shall designate a time and place during the week of the 19th through the 24th for holding a ty elimination contest.
Mrs Windham Improves at White Oak Street Home
Mrs. James Windham shows steady improvement after an illness described as an attack of m at her residence on White Oak Street. Doctors report her condition as stable and her family remains hopeful for a full recovery.
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James Windham
White Oak Street
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Jack Appleyard
North Carolina
Doe Hatchery
Barred Rocks
Sulon B. Staley
Mrs. Pulliam
Legion
Dr. Lindley
Miss Young
Miss Sloan
William DD. Cox
Merritt Shoe Company
Carolina Supply CO
N. Main ST
Cash & Carry
N. Main
Charlotte
Spartanburg
Greenville
Anderson
Hendersonville
Chester
Southern Public Utilities Company
E. C Marshall
J. Ho. Jennings
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