Philathea class to meet at Mrs Chapman home
The Philathea class of the First Baptist church will meet with Mrs C C Chapman at 217 Lindsay street tomorrow evening at 7 30 oclock. Saint Mary's Service League will sell soft drinks at the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone of the junior high school tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Gene Lamont Bible class will meet tomorrow at 3 o'clock with Mrs George Tate at 1309 Emery street. Commencement finals at Allen Jay School set for May 7 at 8 o'clock with Dr G J Humphreys delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
First Baptist Church
C. C. Chapman
Lindsay Street
Cornerstone
Saint Mary's Service League
Gene Lamont
Gene Lamont Bible
George Tate
Emery Street
Allen Jay School
G. J. Humphreys
High Point College
Clara I. Cox
Jack Armstrong
W. W. Ellington
Ruby Cox
Pauline Sheetz
Fadine McDowell
Stacy Shackleford
Thomas Robertson
Carl Myers
South Main
South Main Street
M. E. Church
George Brown
Woodrow Avenue
Wesley Memorial Sunday School
DR. Lindley
P. T
P. B. Lindley
Garden clubs meet in Emerywood and luncheon at country club
Social calendar lists Wednesday events at 10:00 a.m. the Burbank Garden Club visits Mrs. W. G. Reich in Emerywood and the Mid Week Garden Club visits Mrs. Frank Hunsucker in Emerywood. At 1:00 p.m. the Wednesday Contract Club hosts a luncheon at the Country Club with Mrs. L. G. Robichaux and Miss Mary Simmons as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burbank
W. G. Reich
Emerywood
Frank Hunsucker
L. G. Robichaux
Mary Simmons
High Point Boy Is Given Honor
CHAPEL HILL May 6 At the annual initiation ceremonies 15 new men joined the Order of the Grail campus honor society at the University of North Carolina Thirteen undergraduates six fraternity men and six nonfraternity men plus one alternates. Dean F F Bradshaw and Coach R A Fetzer received honorary memberships. New members include John Manning Archie Davis Henry Connor Charles G Rose Jr G E French Red Gilbreath Sam Breen Percy Idol Graham Trott Red Hamlet Phil Alston Robbie Mason Lee Greer and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Order of the Grail
University of North Corona
F. F. Bradshaw
R. A. Fetzer
John Manning
Daily Tar Heel
Phi Kappa Sigma
Archie Davis
Winston-Salem
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Henry Connor
Wilson
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Charlies G. Rose, Jr
Fayetteville
Beta Theta Pi
G. E. French
Pi Kappa Alpha
Red Gilbreath
Pi Kappa Phi
Sam Breen
Rocky Mount
Tau Epsilon Phi
Percy Idol
High Point
Graham Trott
Wilmington
Red Hamlet
Pittsboro
Phil Alston
Raleigh
Robbie Mason
Mebane
The
Buccaneer
Lee Greer
Y. M
Culler Family Named Mascot for Party Event
Blanche Culler Mary Esther Barker Eloise Cheves Pauline Culler Janieta Hill Agnes Joyce Ellen Anderson Janice Boles Delores Spencer Ila Culler Milly Farlow Clara Thomas Thelma Culler and Odell Culler Jr appear as mascots for the party in a communal event led by local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Culler
Mary Esther Barker
Eloise Cheves
Pauline Culler
Janieta Hill
Agnes Joyce
Ellen Anderson
Janice Boles
Delores Spencer
Ila Culler
Milly Farlow
Clara Thomas
Thelma Culler
Little Odell Culler, Jr
Local residents travel and recoveries noted in area
About People Miss Ethel Litaker returns from New York. Miss Gertrude Leonard goes to Fayetteville for several days with her sister. Mrs T M Stanton and others spend a week in New York. Mrs Jesse Washburn and children visit Hartsville to stay with her parents. Mr and Mrs J B Millis plan Chattanooga weekend with their son Billy. Joe Kidd recovering after an automobile accident at Guilford General Hospital.
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Ethel Litaker
New York City
Gertrude Leonard
Fayetteville
S On
Jesse Washburn
Hartsville, D. C
Washburn
Albert Jordan
J. B. Millis
Chattanooga, Tenn
Billy
Joe Kidd
Guilford General Hospital
Tige Mourned After Naval Airship Accident
In Lakewood New Jersey flash reports say Tige, a young navy recruit, died during the J-3 airship incident. He was part of the ground crew and died when he fell about 400 feet after the lines released prematurely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakewood
N. J
Tige
Navy
White House puppy steals fried egg at breakfast
Edwin Alger of the National Broadcasting Company reports over the radio that a puppy at the presidential table in Washington took a fried egg from Mr. Hoover's plate while he sat with his grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Edwin Alger
National Broadcasting Company
Mr. Hoover
Chili Fish Chief refuses Seminoles leadership role
In Muskogee Oklahoma Chili Fish Chief declines to lead the Seminoles even at President Hoover's request. He says the job mainly involved signing a deed and accuses the government of closing a school it should not have.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Chili Fish
Hoover
Mayor’s Role Questioned as Figures Clash
The New York mayor James J. Walker calls the office “Three sixteenths of the city government” while Edwin Thompson of Liverpool says the mayor is “Not even a vulgar fraction, merely a figurehead.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James J. Walker
Edwin Thompson
Liverpool
Debutantes Likely To Court Prince Amid King’s Illness
Windsor reports growing interest in the season as debutantes prepare to curtsey to the Prince of Wales owing to the king’s illness, signaling a notable royal social event in early court circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
England
Prince of Wales
Siam King Hopes for Breakfast Music from Radio Set
Purchase, New York report that the King of Siam desires to hear music at breakfast from his capital Bangkok. A fourteen tube radio set has been provided for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purchase
N. Y
Siam
Bangkok
Fashionable Dallas Diet Favors Curves Says Doctor Judd
Dr. E S Judd warns the state medical association that a daily diet of two quarts of milk bread potatoes meat and greens is the current fashionable regimen for women to maintain curves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
E. S. Judd
State Medical Association
Modern opera seen replacing old spectacles gradually
William C. Hammer of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company notes that modern opera may gradually supplant traditional spectacles. The company has staged the American premieres of Wozzeck and Oedipus Rex, marking a shift toward new operatic works.
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Philadelphia
William C. Hammer
Philadelphia Grand Opera Company
Thomasville Woman's Club Holds Final Meeting of Year
The Thomasville Woman's club met May 5 in the Community church basement with retiring president Mrs. H. W. Maier in charge. Reports from the Greensboro State Federation meeting were given by several members. A cotton clothes style show followed along with musical numbers and the installation of new officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
R. 8. Green
State Federation
Greensboro
R. W. Crews
C. F. Finch
Lee Rice
Maier
Alvah Boyles
George Finch
Mrs. A. R. Swaim Heads to Asheville for Week
Mrs. A. R. Swaim leaves for Asheville to spend a week as guest of Mrs. Albert Hewitt, a former Thomasville resident. She is accompanied by her young daughter Nell.
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A. R. Swaim
Asheville
Albert Hewitt
Thomasville
Nell
Night Bridge Club Hosts Delightful Highland Avenue Meeting
Mr and Mrs Cooksey welcomed the Night Bridge club to their Highland avenue home for a three table session. Mrs Austin Finch and M B Hite won top scores while Miss Alliene Hoover and J Walter Lambeth also received linen handkerchiefs as guests. Refreshments followed. The same week the local high school held its annual junior senior banquet at the Sheraton hotel in High Point with a colorful tulip iris spirea centerpieces and rainbow class colors and a program of songs toasts talks and stunts. The event featured seniors and faculty tributes and a fashion revue. Monday evening the Janie Tuttle Missionary society and Lockie Rankin society met at the Methodist hut for a joint gathering.
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Cooksey
Night Bridge Club
Highland Avenue
Austin Finch
M. B. Hite
Alliene Hoover
J. Walter Lambeth
George Finch
Zed Griffith
Sheraton
High Point
D. W. Maddox
Wavel Bumgardner
Lawrence Crews
Etna Little Palmer
Miss Lois Johnson
Buddy Heathcote
Isabel Boyles
Evelyn Pope
Earl Hansell
Edna Perryman
Dot Perry
Walter Hunt
Raymond Yokeley
Gladys Black
Petticoat Lane
Oracle
Royal Harris
Dewey Ritchie
Janie Tuttle Missionary Society
Lockie Rankin Society
Main Street
Janie Tuttle Society
W. H
Missionary Society Meeting Highlights In City
Curlee presided as the program opened with a song. Miss Edith Burton led devotional time followed by a brief business session with missionary convention reports. Miss Namoi Howie delivered a notable talk fresh from China. Ice course served after. Mrs A H Blair hosted Cary Newton circle gathering on Randolph Street with 12 members present and E M Blair welcomed as new member. Mrs Green led devotionals and a discussion on Women and Stewardship. Meeting closed with prayer by Mrs Berrier.
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Curlee
Edith Burton
Namoi Howie
Paul Green
China
Cary Newton
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
A. H. Blair
Randolph Street
R.S. Green
E. M. Blair
C. L. Berrier
Green
Berrier
Walter Green Returns From Atlantic City Stay
Walter Green has returned from Atlantic City after spending several weeks there for reasons not specified in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Green
Atlantic City
Miss Annie Yow Ends Two Week Visit in Winston-Salem
Miss Annie Yow returns from a two weeks visit at Winston Salem where she stayed with her brother Stewart Yow and Mrs. Yow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Yow
Winston-Salem
Stewart Yow
Mrs. Yow
Nevada Farmers Relocate as Hoover Dam Basin Floods Lands
The Hoover dam project forces about 300 farmers in the Moapa and Virgin valleys of Nevada to seek new farm sites. The government will purchase their lands which will be flooded when the river is dammed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Moapa
Nevada
Marshall County Farmer Raises Over 81 Tons of Porkers
R. V. McKee of Marshall County Illinois reports a prolific year producing more than 81 tons of porkers. The farmer notes an average feed conversion of 366 pounds of feed for each 100 pounds of pork output.
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R. V. McKee
Marshall County
Lll
Record tallest fir cut in Lymn Valley Douglas fir
British Columbia lumbermen state the Lymn Valley Douglas fir as the record holder for height 417 feet with 300 feet to the first limb. The tree measured 25 feet in diameter and 77 feet in circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Lymn Valley
Arctic teams sent to set two bases for polar Zeppelin line
Two groups of scientists and mechanics race to establish the two northernmost base stations for a proposed Zeppelin air route. The plan would run from Berlin and London over the polar region to Alaska and then south to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Zeppelin Polar
Berlin
London
Alaska
San Francisco
Miller Hutchinson Claims Air Photography Breakthrough
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchinson, once an associate of Thomas Edison, unveils a new process said to enlarge photographs 48 times. He asserts the method will greatly ease aerial photography and image capture from the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller Reese Hutchinson
Thomas Edison
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Music Teachers’ Association of
Friends Church Annex
High Point Country Club
Emerson Gill
United
Daughters of the Confederacy
Laura Wesson
Hasty High School
Alice Haynes
Stella Moore
Ysabelle Hedrick
Milly Rothrock
Amy Byerly
Joe Murphy
Mary Kennedy
Mrs. Ragan
Sigma Theta Club
Dillard Ragan
Farrell Gray
Club
B. J. Payne
Parkway
Sorosis
P. B. Raymond
Fritzharry
Lotus Club
Walter Hargett
Johnson Street
King of Clubs
Herman Smith
Priscilla Club
J. Vassie Wilson
Reformed Circle
Woman’s Missionary Society of the First Reformed Church
Walter Sink
Sink Street
I. T. Pruitt
Sink
Girl Reserves
Girl Reserve Committee
K. C. Denny
Mesdames K. C. Denny
Joseph Weaver
H. 7. Douglas
Gilbert Clark
L. R. Johnston
R. F. J. Johnson
George Stephens
W. W. Lentz
Anne Albright
Sarah Denny
Elizabeth Lindsay
Anne Whitener
Laura Beth Gaylor
Helen Butler
Edna Bigham
Elizabeth Hicks
Mary Muse
Mabel Andrews
Lawrence Matton
Miss Culler
P. L. Culler
O. R. Culler
Elsie Heath
Viola Brigman
Martha Sartin
Order of Grail
University
Shantung
Mmner
Ffitt’s
North Main Street
Moore's Book Store
Max Bones
N. Main
T. M. Stanton
W. L. Jackson
Betty Lou Jackson
Thomasville Club
Woman's Club
Edmonson Barber Shop
Mann Drug No
Nelly Don Wash
New Phoenix
Sechrest Funeral Home
Oxfords
Cial
Merit Shoe Cq., Inc
High Point Ice and Coal CO
West Broad
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