Community notices and social items from High Point news
Local readers learn W E Price is ill at High Point hospital and B C Harmon improving after appendicitis surgery. St Marys Guild plans a 9 am sale at Holmes Grocery, and St Edwards rummage sale is set for May 14. Birth announcement for Julia Elizabeth Jones. Missionary society meets tomorrow at 2 pm. Residents travel to Raeford. Holbrook couple en route to Fort Bragg. Doris Johnson hosts fourth birthday party for 40 children.
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Price Patiene
W. E. Price
High Point Hospital
Harmon Bateer
B. C. Harmon
Doris Johnson
J. A. Johnson
Colonial Drive
Local Briefs On Residents And Travel Plans
Col Long on a Florida fishing trip expected home Sunday noon. C Gomo departed last night for Burlington Vermont to stay two weeks with his mother. Mrs Craven Page and Norma to Lumberton for a two week visit with Mrs H E Stacey. Mrs John S Welborn attended a U D meeting in Winston Salem yesterday.
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Col. Long
Florida
C. Gomo
Burlington, Vt
Craven Page
Norma
Lumberton
John S. Welborn
U. D
Winston-Salem
Italian Flier Departs Charleston for Pensacola Refuel Stop
Commander Francesco de Pinedo, Italian flier, lifted from Cooper River at 7 20 a m in the Santa Maria II en route to Pensacola to refuel before continuing to New Orleans for an overnight stop. He arrived yesterday from Philadelphia and dined with local Italian society.
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Charl
Francesco de Pinedo
Cooper River
Pensacola
Fla
New Orleans
Custom House
de Pinedo
Philadelphia
Sons of Italy
Witnesses Located in France in Fall-Sinclair Oil Case
H M Blackmer, a long sought witness in the Fall Sinclair oil conspiracy, has been located in France by American consular officers and served with a subpoena from the DC Supreme Court.
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Washington
H. M. Blackmer
Sinclair
France
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Harvard Classics Gift To High Point Library Memorial
Dr I T Mann and Randall Mann donated the Harvard Classics Great Edition to the High Point public library as a memorial to their father Jefferson Davis Mann. The set bears memorial book plates and is a valuable addition, with the librarian urging citizens to donate North Carolina history and biography volumes to meet ongoing demand.
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High Point Public Library
I. T. Mann
Randall Mann
Jefferson Davis Mann
Marianne Martin
North Carolina
Chautauqua Outing Set On City Lot For May
The city grants use of the North Main and Church street lot across from the Sheraton hotel for a seven day Redpath Chautauqua starting May 25. Fred N. Tate chairs the sponsoring committee and promises a strong program with Bohumir Kryl Ruth Bryan Owen Tom Skeyhill and others. Tickets go on sale immediately with Eastern Star handling sales. underwritten by 60 local business leaders.
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North Main
Church Streets
Sheraton Hotel
Fred N. Tate
Tate
Bohumir Kryl
DuMond Concert Company
Eleanor Cook Company
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Tom Skeyhill
Blackshirts
Chicago
Faubel
New York
Colonial
R. B. Ambrose
Edwin Whitney
Florence Heintz
Laurant
Eastern Star
Sechrest Elected President Of NC Funeral Directors
Robert H. Sechrest of Sechrest Funeral Home High Point was chosen president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers association at the convention in Durham. New Bern’s D G Sorrell was named first vice president Charlotte’s Ben Douglas second vice president Durham’s George V Wynne third vice president and Wilson’s Paul Yelverton secretary and treasurer. The 1938 convention will be in Elizabeth City marking the 39th session.
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Robert H. Sechrest
Seehrest Funeral Home
High Point
North Carolina
Durham
Paul Yelverton
Wilson
Elizabeth City
N. C
First state forest lookout tower proves its worth in Harnett County
Raleigh May 13 The initial report on the first state erected forest lookout tower in Harnett county shows the project saves timber lands from fires. District Forester C H Flory Fayetteville reports ten fires detected within a nine mile radius between February 16 and March 31, with an average alert time of 18 minutes. The phone alarm system is not complete yet, delaying faster notification.
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Raleigh
Harnett County
Department of Conservation and Development
C. H. Flory
Fayetteville
Forest tower network lowers fire average to three acres
The warden reported fires in six cases in person due to a poor telephone system while co operating counties averaged three acres per fire in 1926. W. McCormick forecasts the tower will repay construction and six months of guard costs, with a substantial balance. Four more towers are planned to extend protection across state forests.
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W. ©. McCormick
State Forest Service
Trial Postponed in Fall-Sinclair Oil Conspiracy Case
Washington may 13 AP the trial in the oil conspiracy case against Fall and Sinclair was postponed by the District of Columbia supreme court from May 23 to October 17.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
North Carolina Leaders Labeled Best for Race Relations
A North Carolina official told a Quaker meeting in Philadelphia that the state has made the most progress on race relations in the south due to strong leadership from both whites and Negroes. He urged trained, consecrated leadership and mutual understanding to promote interracial cooperation and opportunity.
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Philadelphia
North Carolina
South
Meeting of Friends
Lawrence Oxley
Division
Gro
Farmhouse Bluff Turns Banking Joke Into Farm Gossip
A farmer and a visiting banker joke about roles on the farm with a vice president in charge of the cows. The exchange plays on urban titles applied to rural life, highlighting lighthearted misunderstandings in a small-town setting.
Travel Made Easy in Paris London Berlin
Fragmentary note recalls travel in Paris, London and Berlin. A person mentions a husband buying all tickets and humor tone hints at a lighthearted domestic travel memory.
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Paris
London
Lin
Feasibility Study for Los Angeles Airship Northward Search
The navy considered sending the dirigible Los Angeles as far north as the Labrador coast to aid in the search for the missing French fliers. Officials weighed the risks, weather, and endurance before deciding on a course of action.
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Los Angeles
Washington
Labrador
Navy
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ST. Mary's Guild
Holmes Grocery
Wrenn Street
J. Perry Jones
Lexington
Julia Elizabeth
Jones
Ava Weston
Remumagh
St. Edward's Catholic Church
Bostick
Vail Street
Raeford
Hiram Armentrout
Carter Dalton
T. J. Gold
M. Timmons
G. W. Clark
Charles Hauser
Paul Dixon
Trenton
Matt Wall
Cecil
Charleston
N. Main St
Flapper
Fanny
Ethel
Reg U.S
Pat Off
NEA Service, Inc
Harvard Classics
Mann
R. J. Sechrest
Morticians
Eapense
Usted
Harnett
Stamey’s
the Mystery Store
R. W. Younts
Flo
Washington and Wrenn Free Delivery
Dalton - Johnson
Howerton’s
Georgette
Read Enterprise
Ann. Miller
Quality Shoe Store
Svery
Beavans’ Daily Store News
the Ladies’ Store
Howerton
J. Frank Marshall
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