Names and manners in High Point talk and town life
A column reflecting on first name familiarity, civic notes, local figures such as Eddie Knox and Jimmie Poole, traffic concerns near Blair Park, and a discussion of a 15 year old boy missing from city hall. Observations on social manners, local politics, and community changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
John
George
Bill
Jim
Ringo
Tom Sykes
Tom Alderman Sykes
Mr. Sykes
Mr. Smith
Eddie Knox
Jimmie Poole
Chase Idol
Herb Williard
Oglesby Named New Policeman
City Manager EB M Knox announced that John H. Oglesby 28 of 710 Morris Street will join the police department effective May 15 after recent civil service exams. He fills one of three vacancies from department reorganization where George Royale and Sam Crowson have been suspended. Further transfers pending commission recommendations.
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EB. M. Knox
John H. Oglesby
Morris Street
Oglesby
Civil Service Commission
George Royale
Sam Crowson
Spain’s Rail Network Reaches Ten Thousand Miles
Report notes Spain possesses about 10 140 miles of railways within its territory with extensive network coverage.
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Spain
Jaunty Marian Martin Jacket Frock Pattern 9149
The promotional notice markets Pattern 9149 for a versatile Marian Martin jacket-frock in cotton, synthetic, or silk with printed or plain fabrics. It details sizes 12 through 38, fabric yardage for size 16, order method, and includes a Lew chart and a new pattern book offer.
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Marian Martin Lew
Enterprise, Pattern Department
18Th St
New York
N. Y
Merchants Agree To Wednesday Afternoon Close
About 21 Asheboro merchants and business men signed a plan to close on Wednesday afternoons at 1 PM from June 1 to September 1. Tag Cox, secretary of the merchants association, said a directors meeting would be held early this week to discuss the summer closing.
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Asheboro
Tag Cox
The
Merchants Association
Mayor denies ordering union organizers run out of town
Morehead City mayor H J Gibbs stated he did not order three labor union organizers expelled. He said they were escorted to their car by citizens and told they were not welcome. The organizers from Norfolk and others planned to push unionization at the local shirt factory, the town’s main industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morehead City
H. 8S. Gibbs
New Bern
W. I. Smith
Norfolk
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Washington
Smith
L. G. Wright
Hubert Windfield
Gibbs
Rotary Meeting Plans Completed
Plans were completed in Pinehurst for the 57th district Rotary clubs conference opening tomorrow. About 700 delegates from 60 clubs across North and South Carolina will attend with Edmund H. Harding presiding. Host club is Sanford Rotary and speakers include Governor Hoey John Kennedy Abit Nix Dr. Sylvester Green and Dr. Howard Rondthaler.
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Pinehurst
North
South Carolina
Edmund H. Harding
Washington, N. C
Sanford Rotary Club
Governor Hoey
John RB. Kennedy
Abit Nix
Athens
Rotary International
Sylvester Green
Coker College
Hartsville
D. C
Omega Powell at Raleigh Elevator Spat With Agriculture Chief
In Raleigh on May 8 Commissioner W Kerr Scott presses the board on public buildings and grounds to fire Omega Powell the Negro woman elevator operator earning $6 a week while other department heads urge retention. The board includes Governor Clyde Hoey Secretary Thad Eure State Treasurer Charles Johnson and A G Seawell.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
Omega Powell
Department of Agriculture
Scott
Board On Public Buildings
Omega
Board of Public Buildings and Grounds
Clyde R. Hoey
Thad Eure
Charles M. Johson
A. A. F. Seawell
Agriculture
Asheboro Woman Injured In Crash
Asheboro on May 8 Mrs Roy Reaves and Hallie Reaves were injured when their car collided with a sand truck on the Greensboro Asheboro Highway seven miles from Greensboro. Mrs Reaves suffered two broken ribs and bruises while Hallie Reaves had a forehead cut and chest bruises. The car was wrecked and both were brought to a local doctor for treatment.
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Asheboro
Roy Reaves
Hallie Reaves
Greensboro
No Change In Prison System Expected By Governor Hoey
Governor Clyde R. Hoey said North Carolina will continue the same policies since the prison division joined the State Highway and Public Works Commission. He praised reforms focused on prisoner welfare, reform opportunities, and a sound administration, with a plan to expand prison industries and build a new industries facility at Central Prison.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Clyde R. Hoey
Frank L. Dunlap
FE. B. Jeffress
Capus M. Waynick
Hoey
Dunlap
Highway Department
Oscar Pitts
Waynick-Pitts
Waynick
Pitts
Central Prison
Justice Building May Be Erected If Revenues Continue
Raleigh May 8 The state may erect a justice building if revenues keep rising Governor Hoey said he might ask the 1939 legislature to appropriate funds for the project The new building would house the supreme court the Attorney General and identification departments while the current supreme court building would house the hall of history and the historic commission
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Raleigh
State Department of Justice
Hoey
Supreme Court
Attorney General's Office
Hall of History and Historical Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Powey
Main Street
High Point
Blair Park
Trinity
Blair's Hill
Robert Burns
Edgar Allan Poe
J Giovanni Potassium
John Mebane
Hart's Drug
North Main
South Main
Bob Gantt
South Main Street
Sartin Oe Ee Co
Main St
Sartin Dryes Co
Warren C
State
Duk
Dick Vowles
Urer
Davidson
Bill sTaton
Wakke FO Ae
Georgia Underwood
Queens
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
Association
Marian Martin
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Vitalaire
Gladys Swarthout
WEAF
National Broadcasting Company
Central Ice Delivery Co
E. High St
Nick and
Jeffries
Justice
Sheers
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