Sunday Movies in the South and the Civic Debate
A historical letter defends Sunday moving picture exhibitions as relief for workers on the Mississippi delta, arguing cinema offers two hours of refreshment on Sundays. The piece reflects on changing social norms, labor life, and the tension between religious objection and cultural progress in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise of
Ministerial Association
Moving Pictures of Cinema
Mississippi Delta
Lake Itasca
Ohio
Missouri
Chiropractor Dr Paul W Transon Attends State Convention
Dr Paul W Transon, local chiropractor, returned yesterday from Durham where he attended the state convention of chiropractors at the Washington Duke hotel. The event ran Thursday through Saturday of last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul W. Transon
Durham
Washington Duke Hotel
Sunshine comedy to be staged at American theater
The High Point high school's senior class presents Sunshine a comedic musical at the American theater on Tuesday night May 24 rehearsals led by Lewis L. Stookey. Eleven seniors perform roles from Madeline McCann to the Horse and the engaged couple with a sanitarium setting near New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Theater
High Point High School
Walter Ben Hare
Lewis L. Stookey
New York City
Memorial Services Planned at Hickory Chapel
Memorial services will be conducted at Hickory Chapel on Kivett Road this morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev. E W Moore will preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory Chapel
Kivett Road
E. W. Moore
Glory of the Task pageant to be staged at high school
The Glory of the Task pageant depicting women's heritage from Indian eras to World War II will be shown Thursday night at 8 in the high school auditorium. It is sponsored by the YWCA industrial department to fund summer conferences for industrial girls. Final rehearsals are Tuesday under Irene Yarnall with Mae Kirkman assisting. Over 80 participants from industrial clubs teachers and students will perform with a quartet opening the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organization of the Patriotic Sons of America
J. A. Sloop
Herman L. Miller
H. H. Koonce
Lexington
Fred O. Sink
Rev. J. T. Sisk
Mocksville
J. C. Kesler
Salisbury
N. N. Smoot
Statesville
Sheraton
D. H. Milton
High Point
J. W. Sechrest
Link
Koonce
America
Industrial Department
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
Camp Greystone
Tuxed
Anne Albright
Service
Dot Hoskins
Antioch
Cleo Brown
Love
Pauline Brown
Joey
God
Sale of Auto Electric inventory in High Point bankruptcy
In the Western District of North Carolina a bankruptcy sale is offered of C B Mitchell trading as Auto Electric & Battery Company stock located at 223 East Commerce Street High Point. Sealed bids due May 23 1927 at 11 00 A M with 10 percent certified check. cash terms. subject to court confirmation. Trustees and Commercial National Bank of High Point act as trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of the United States
District of
North Carolina
CC. B. Mitchell
Auto Electric & Battery Company
Congress
Clifford Frazier
C. B. Mitchell
C. Bitchell
Commerce Street
High Point
Greensboro
Choir and talent page listing participants for a community program
The notice names numerous participants across groups including Indian women Ollie Brown Helen Readdick Lucille Welch Eva Mae McMillan Millie Phelps Claire Johnson Colonial women Daphne Gentry Helen Hayworth Clara Case Ingram Rebecca Jenkins Annie Smith Ossie Hussey Emma Fritz Leslie Johnson Pioneer women Lucille Johnson Pearl Miller Catherine Howard Dora Henson Esther Hoover Pearl Williams Mrs Jemma Culler Civil War women Grace Hill Irene Yarnall Minnie Caffey Dorothy Gardyne War and professional women Sadie Sechrest Louise Welch Leona Welch Margaret Readdick. War workers Emma Gardner YWCA Ina Westmoreland Red Cross Industrial girls Margaret Black Beulah Black Nannie Utley Lizzie Schuskey Almeda Bailey Jessie Villiard singing Auld Lang Syne Night workers Lois Swann Virginia Swann Myrtle Shackleford Immigrant girls Helen Derrick Madeline Duncan Beulah Rhodes Julia Poole Bessie Baldwin Katherine Ferguson Viola Ferguson Ola Marshall Gladys Overman Pearl Rhodes Snowflake Dutchman Miriam Hayworth Mary. two Farrington children laborers included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Norman Ficher
Beatrice Crouch
Mae M. Owen
Hazel Brown
Pleasure
Helen Kemp
Mary Maxwell
Dot Hoskins
Ollie Brown
Helen Readdick
Lucille Welch
Eva Mae McMillan
Millie Phelps
Claire Johnson
Daphne Gentry
Helen Hayworth
Clara Case Ingram
Rebecca Jenkins
Annie Smith
Ossie Hussey
Emma _ “Fritz
Leslie
Dorothy Gardyne
Sadie Sechrest
Louise Welch
Leona Welch
Margaret Readdick
Emma Gardner
Ina Westmoreland
Red Cross
Margaret Black
Beulah Black
Nannie Utley
Lizzie Schuskey
Almeda Bailey
Jessie Villiard
Helen Derrick
Madeline Duncan
Beulah Rhodes
Julia Poole
Bessie Baldwin
Katherine Ferguson
Viola Ferguson
Ola Marshall
Gladys Overman
Pearl Rhodes
Snowflake Dutchman
Miriam Hayworth
Mary
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N. C
Mgr. Bax NO
Herbert Spencer
Southland
North
West
Halcyon
Shakespeare
Emerson
OR. W. 3. McCrary, Inc
Carbon Hill, Alabama
Elizabeth Johnson
Madeline McCann
Elizabeth Crowell
Burch McCann
Detroit
Mary Agnes Ransom
Sol Whipple
Whipple
H. G. Ilderton Motor Co
Willowbrook
Dodge Brothers
Patriotic Sons
Commercial National Bank of
High Point North Carolina
Truster
Castile
New
Bratreak Dimiets
Cherok Voile
Panoma
Hoana Pongee
Tarpreta
Crepe DE Chine
Changable Taffeta
Cretonne
Lois Swann
Virginia Swann
Myrtle Shackleford
Prigg
Lillian Farrington
Morgie Cahppebot
Viola Powell
Wixie McArthur
Bernice Garrison
MR. and Mrs. Honeycutt
Willard F. Honeycutt
Elmira
N. Y
Honeycutt
American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company
Niagara Falls
F. O
Chrysler
S. Wrenn St
Fedco
Gate City Motor Co
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