Priscilla Club and Other Local Meetings Planned
Local social items report Priscilla Club meeting Friday at 3 PM with Mrs Ernest Wall in Archdale and a tea and topics club postponed. Also notes Bible study at Mrs J D Koonce on Lindsay Street and Thursday Bridge Club gathering with Mrs Thomas Turner in the Monroe apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Club
Ernest Wall
Archdale
Stephen
J. D. Koonce
Lindsay Street
Reitzel
Mrs Dalton and Family Return from Family Visit
Mrs P H Dalton and her young son return from a visit to Mrs Dalton's parents Mr and Mrs L D Ennis in Dunn. Miss Franz Hahr Dobbs of Miami Fla visiting Mrs Thomas Turner at the Monroe apartment leaves for Leaksville to stay with her sister Mrs Bruce Milner and then to New York. Mr and Mrs M K Price departed today for a several day visit to Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Daily Record
William Walter Brady
Goldie
William Richard Burke
Goldsboro
Kinston
Brady
Oscar White
Columbia University
Marie Mekus
St. Mary’s School
Notre Dame
Ind
Burke
J. J. Ferguson
Danville
R. F. Burke
C. L. Smith
Wilson
Franz Hahr Dobbs
Miami, Fla
Thomas Turner
Monroe
Leaksville
Bruce Milner
New York
M. K. Price
Virginia
Levee Break Near Melville Worsens Atchafalaya Flood Toll
Reports from Opelousas and surrounding parishes describe rivers rising and towns under water with Plancheville and Indian Bayou among flooded areas. Red Cross fears for residents east of Opelousas as authorities move 5,000 people inland and 250 refugees are ferried out by rail and boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard G. Coop
Red Cross
Opelousas
Woodside
Atchafalaya
Old Rivers
George C. Schoenberger
Plancheville
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Melville
Mississippi
New Orleans
Morganza
Baton Rouge
Plaquemine Point
Arthur Jacobs
Associated Press
Atchafalaya River
Melville Flood Break Triggers Rescue Efforts Across Parish
At 6 15 a m five feet of water covered the town. Melville sent word to Red Cross officials in Opelousas and a rescue push began. Opelousas loaded empty box cars for a refugee pickup while boats operated since Melville communications are cut off. The break adds flood waters west and south of Melville merging with existing surge from Bayou Des Glasses. Melville sits on the eastern edge of St Landry parish near Baton Rouge and New Orleans distances.
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Melville
Red Cross
Opelousas
Mr. Jacobs
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Jacobs
Bayou Des Glasses
St. Landry Parish
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Lake Triangle 9 Becomes 12000 Black Bass Haven
Promoters Farlow Insurance and Realty stock Lake Triangle with 12,000 black bass from Marion hatchery. They plan a swimming pool opening this summer, paddle boats and benches, and more cottages to rent. The lake aims to become a full summer resort for boating swimming and fishing.
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Lake Triangle
Farlow Insurance and Realty Company
Marion
Miss Genevieve Moore Leads Ocawasin Club Meeting
Miss Moore will supervise the Ocawasin Business club meeting at the YWCA Thursday night at 6 30. The program on Holi days precedes the pageant The Glory of the Task at the high school auditorium with about 90 participants. Proceeds fund summer camps and schools for industrial club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Moore
Ocawasin Business Club
Young Women's Christian Association
John R. Peacock
Dorothy Hoskins
Industrial Club
Powell and Margie Pike Shot Dead in Los Angeles Auto
George E. Powell Jr. vice president and secretary of the Discount Corporation of California and Margie Pike 24 a stenographer were found shot to death in a car in front of Miss Pike’s residence in Los Angeles. Police suspected Miss Pike shot Powell and then killed herself. A taxi cab driver found the bodies after residents reported two shots heard late last night.
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Los Angeles
George E. Powell, Jr
Discount Corporation of California
Margie Pike
Third High Point Oratorical Contest Winners Named
Robert Overman and Ina McAdams won first place in the third annual High Point high school oratorical contest held this morning in the school auditorium. Six students spoke on topics ranging from Nations Temptations to Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight, with two other speakers in the field. The event, sponsored by the Oratio club, featured W. L. Patrick as chairman and judges Miss Flossie Foster Miss Helen Derrick and Robert Marshall.
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High Point High School
Robert Overman
Ina McAdams
Billy Brad
Fred Morrill
Eleanor Ketchie
Margaret Andrews
Eloise Best
W. L. Patrick
Flossie , Foster
Helen Derrick
Robert Marshall
Oak Ridge Institute Holds 75th Anniversary Commencement
Oak Ridge Institute marks its 75th anniversary with a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. C. R. Cody of Darlington South Carolina. Cody stressed personal responsibility and free choice shaping success and failure. The Cone medals for best declamation went to Russell Brendle of Oak Ridge and E G Kilgore Jr of Greensboro.
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Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Institute
C. R. Cody
Darlington
South Carolina
Cody
Mr. Cody
Cone
J. W. Cone
Philomathean Society
Russel Brendle
Athenian Society
School schedule features exams and annual contests
This week will be devoted to examinations. Wednesday night the annual debate between representatives of the two literary societies will be held in the 2nd. Thursday afternoon class day exercises at 3 30 p m and Thursday night the oratorical contest. Friday May 20 commencement day and 75th anniversary celebration with alumni from far and near.
De Pinedo Plane Seen Over Ohio Near Cleveland
An aircraft identified as Francesco De Pinedo’s Italian plane was reported passing Bryan Ohio at 10 36 a m. sighted over the air mail route west of Cleveland with officials awaiting confirmation and a watch posted locally.
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Cleveland
Francesco de Pinedo
Bryan
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
de Pinedo
California Fig Syrup Ad Promotes Laxative Befitting Children
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children of all ages. It claims a teaspoonful cleans the liver and bowels and warns mothers to request genuine California Fig Syrup to avoid imitations.
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California
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TEA and Topics Club
Canterbury Club
Priday
Canterbury
Richard Reitzel
North Main Street
ST. Mary’s Guild
Guild of
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
H. B. Hiatt
Roland Park
A. Caldwell
Miss Tae McRae
Cald
Sumter
S. C
Mr. Caldwell
Miss Caroline Dick
Mr. McKissick
Miss Caldwell
Delphian
Aurora
Delphian Society
Music-Literature
Woman's Club
H. D. Sears
Pickett Farm
Herman Abels
T. Wingate Andrews
Eccles Everhart
State Federation of Music Clubs
J. P. Taylor Tobacco Company
Richmond, Va
Primrose House
Our Toilet Goods
Mann Drug CO
High Point, N
Milan
N. Main St
Wagger
Waggers Ladies Shop
Style Shop
Uagaecs
Ana Accessones
South Main ST
High Point
N.C
Miss Moore
Quality
DR. J. Burt Holder
Chiropodist
Will
Beavans’ Daily Store News
the Ladies’ Store
Stamey’s
Cecil
W. E. Lithicum & Son
Willowbrook St
Beauty
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