Births and meetings fill community news page
The notice column reports a May 16 birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Redding and a May 16 birth of a daughter Eva Maxine to Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Hshill, plus a list of social gatherings. Gamma Zeta and Amigo Bridge Club events, rummage and food sales, hospital news for Mrs. Younts, Miss Neave’s sixteenth birthday, church society meetings, and WCTU activities are detailed with times and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Redding
G. R. Hshill
Eva Maxine
Entertaining Sisters Beau Featured in Brown's Visit
A White Ribbon Recruit service led by Mrs. R. K. Marshall included Beatrice Crouch singing Sweet Little Mother O Mine Burleigh and Mrs. Henry White reading Encouragement. Delicious refreshments followed the social hour hosted by Mesdames A. M. Brigg, R. K. Marshall, J. P. Crowder and W. L. Watton.
People in Briefs From Birmingham and Nearby
Mr. Suppler of Birmingham visits daughter Mrs. Henry Perry. Miss Margaret Franklin expected home Friday after winter in Dallas and west Texas. Mrs. J. E. Marsh returns after Lexington trip for funeral of her mother Mrs. J. A. Carter. Miss Mildred Carter of Lexington visits sister Mrs. J. E. Marsh. Mrs. Joseph Snider returns from Knoxville en route from Little Rock and the Confederate Veterans' convention to home.
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Mr. Suppler
Birmingham, Ala
Mrs
Henry Perry
Margaret Franklin
Dallas
West Texas
J. E. Marsh
Lexington
J. A. Carter
Mildred Carter
Lexington, Ky
Joseph Snider
Knoxville
Little Rock
Confederate Veterans’ Convention
New Summer Floppy Hats In Various Styles
Broad selection of summer floppy hats for all tastes. Includes small and large models in sport and dressy styles with straw options and attractive price points.
Community Ches Voted Best Plan For Charity Work
The High Point Community Chest division one held its third 1928 meeting at the Commercial club. Members chose a team based canvass plan with five minute church talks next Sunday featuring speakers from local churches and organizations to boost the annual drive. A final division meeting is set for Saturday at 1 15 PM at the country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Community
Commercial Club
Fred N. Tate
First Baptist
A. E. Tate
Wesley Memorial
D. R. Parker
First Presbyterian
F. Logan Porter
Central Friends
F. J. Bartlett
Green Street Baptist
C. ©. Garrett
St. Mary's
T. Wingate Andrews
South Main
M. E
Joseph
Cox
First Methods
Edgar Whitener
Emmanuel Lutheran
W. B. McEwen
First Reformed
H. A. Millis
Calvary Methodist
J. W. Clinard
West End Baptist
J. C. Abels
Mechanicsville M
Official Temperatures Report for Cotton Regions
Charlotte May 17. Official weather bureau records show temperatures and rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:00 am across principal cotton growing areas and beyond. The note adds that railway engines use only five percent of boiler heat.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Southern Baptist Education Board faces retirement vote
The 78th Southern Baptist convention in Chattanooga debates disbanding the education board after an efficiency committee report. It supports keeping 28 mountain schools under Home Mission Board supervision and moves inter board financial oversight to the Sunday School Board. The executive committee report is approved as minutes. Officers led by Dr. George W. Truett are reelected.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
78Rd Southern Baptist Convention
Home Mission Board
Education Board
Inter-Control Board
Sunday School Board
Executive Committee
George W. Truett
One Minute Interview Inspires Future Generations
Fritzi Scheff, still radiant, reflects on life as a see saw of ups and downs. She recalls leaving grand opera for musical comedy and vaudeville, then taking a Broadway maid role with five minute parts. She believes any part well played keeps her in front of an audience and ready for her ideal musical comedy.
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Fritzi Scheff
Wealth of United States climbs four thousand percent since 1850
In New York the value of U S wealth is pegged at 320000000000 by Stone and Webster and Boidgett Inc. The estimate marks a 4400 per cent rise since 1850. New Haven reports Gene Tunney, moved by a Shakespeare set sent by Yale students whom he lectured on the bard. He praises the public reaction and sends thanks.
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New York
United States
Stone and Webster and Boidgett, Inc
New Haven
Gene Tunney
Yale
German prodigy offers secret logarithm method for a million
A German youth famed as king of logarithms cannot yet multiply his fortune into a million. Samuel Isaac Krieger offers to sell his secret for that sum, claiming the formula is simple enough for a child to use. No buyer has appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Isaac Krieger
Englishman Receives Honor Amid Budapest Reception
Esmond Harmsworth son of Lord Rothermere arrived from London to Budapest to accept an honorary degree. Crowds cheered with flowers and kisses as they praised his father British publisher for advocating restoration of Hungarian territories lost in the war.
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Budapest
Esmond Harmsworth
Lord Rothermere
London
Hungary
Washington hair to join New York City museum collection
Stuyvesant Fish presents a lock of Washingtons hair to the museum of the City of New York. The relic was received by Fish from Washington eight years before Washingtons presidency and is now slated for display.
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New York
Washington
Museum of the City of
Stuyvesant Fish
Hamilton Fish
Natural gas hotter than artificial kind says Louisiana
The Louisiana Conservation department compares gas sources noting Monroe field natural gas has a heating value of 1000 BTU per cubic foot while artificial supply to New Orleans measures 600 BTU. Natural gas heat value is significantly higher than artificial gas.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Conservation Department
Monroe
Mauve and Yellow Frock Adopts Two Tone Crepe
A new dress design features a mauve and yellow flat crepe frock. The yellow skirt carries a mauve band and the waist area reverses the color emphasis.
Gas Composition and Heat Value Explained
The article explains gas heating value depends on hydrocarbon mix with methane as the chief component. Methane yields about 1,009 British Thermal Units per cubic foot, illustrating how proportions of constituents affect overall energy content.
Firemen to Have Dinner Tonight at Station No 2
Members of the fire department station No 2 will hold a dinner tonight at the fire station. Firemen and their wives will attend in a body and single firemen will be accompanied by their sweethearts.
City Council to Honor Guests With Mayor Davis Speech
The council invites dignitaries as Mayor Davis plans a brief talk. A quoted exchange reflects hopeful pride in a young future leader amid a passing show.
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Davis
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Carol
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Romania
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Cressie Maxwell
East Bay Street
Amigo Bridge Club
Jack Burrus
Johnson Street
Gamma Zeta
S. 8S
Saunders
Gamma Zeta Club
Sedgefield Inn
Mr. Shelton
Lake Street
R. L. Smith
Circle One
First Presbyterian Church
Motion Picture House
East Washington Street
Younts
Guilford General
Baxter Younts
Asheboro
Guilford General Hospital
Hart Drug Store
R. E. Bencini
Miss Neave
Marguerite Neave
Tryon Street
Gertrude
Pauline
Mildred Binkley
Lois
Mildred Burton
Mary Edith Woody
Woman's Missionary Society
Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
Lloyd T. Wilson
J. N. Rumble
S. R. Matthews
F. L. Conrad
W. F. Powell
Powell Lee
George Stephens
Circle Number Six
Friends’ Church
J. W. Quattlebaum
E. M. Holton
Mary Woody
Jane Austin
Helen Crowder
Ion
P.S. Sport Things
Moffitt’s
North Main Street
Elsie Gates
West Washington St
Davis Electric Co
Morris St
Cecil
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