Dr Frank Graham Attends Thomasville High School Finals
In Thomasville on May 20 a full house witnessed graduation exercises for 33 seniors at the Main street auditorium. Dr Frank Graham president of the university presented diplomas and praised the students as Prof I G Greer spoke on education and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Graham
Thomasville
Main Street
Charles F. Lambeth
C. M. Hoover
D. W. Maddox
I. G. Greer
Mills
Lambeth
Graham
North Carolina
Mrs G W Lyles Hosts Thursday Bridge Club Meeting
Thomasville scene covers a May 20 bridge club gathering hosted by Mrs. G W Lyles. High score went to Mrs. W E Tomlinson. visitors’ top scorer was Mrs R K Farrington. Several members and guests shared a two-course repast after games and remarks on Mills Home alumni events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
G. W. Lyles
W. E. Tomlinson
Mamie Harris
R. K. Farrington
W. H. Curlee
Charles Ys. Phillips
Carson Cox
J. F. Garner
KR. K. Farrington
W. G. Smith
Tom Lambeth
A. R. Swaim
Mae Shearer
Margaret Woodward
Margaret Newell
UNC President and Guests Dine with Local Hosts
Dr. Frank P. Graham president of the University of North Carolina and Mrs. Graham of Chapel Hill attended a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles along with Miss Lois Johnson of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Newsome
Frances Nipper
Hilda Peace
Evelyn Pope
Dewey Ritchie
Dorothy Royals
Mary Rucker
Grace Saunders
Rumelle Saunders
Ruth Tyler
Colin Westmoreland
Jospehine Williams
Raymond Yokeley
Frank Graham
Chapel Hill
Charles Lambeth
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
Lois Johnson
Charles
Salis bury welfare head Miss Hobson hosts dinner guest
Miss Johnsie Hobson formerly head of the welfare board in Salis bury was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs G T Cochrane at their home here on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnsie Hobson
Salisbury
Welfare Board
Local High School Senior Mary Johnson Lambeth Hosts Senior Party
Mary Johnson Lambeth hosted a senior party at her Randolph Street home on Wednesday evening for the graduating class. Thirty five attendees enjoyed games, dancing, and a baby-picture contest won by Erwin Hedrick, followed by punch and wafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
Randolph Street
Graham
Thomasville
Mary Johnson Lambeth
Mrs. Lambeth
Mise
Erwin Hedrick
Miss Clara Johnson Attends Cotton Festival Ball
Miss Clara Johnson from the city attended the Cotton Festival ball on Friday evening in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Johnson
Raleigh
Local Cotton Festival Sponsors Arrive With Notables
Miss Alma Fouts daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Fouts attended the Raleigh Cotton Festival Friday as one of 150 sponsors from the state. Her marshal was Charlie Parks of Lexington. Miss Edna Mae Foits of High Point visits. Geneva Younts hosts. Mr and Mrs Harry Lee Lambeth spend weekend at Marion with Miss Virginia Connely sister of Mrs Lambeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Fouts
Ernest Fouts
Raleigh
Charlie Parks
Lexington
Edna Mae Foits
High Point
Geneva Younts
Harry Lee Lambeth
Marion
Virginia Connely
Mrs. Lambeth
Gasoline tax hits over five cents per gallon
The combined state and federal tax on gasoline rises to more than five cents a gallon, affecting motorists and fuel prices nationwide.
Suit Seeks 25000 Damages From Thomasville City
Mrs. Hattie B. Stone filed in Lexington superior court a civil action seeking 25000 damages from the city of Thomasville and Thomas E. Whitty, a water department employee, over a March 5, 1932 truck collision that killed Marcus S. Stone on April 8, 1932. The suit names Adrian J. Newton and Wallace B. Stone as counsel for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Thomasville
Thomas E. Whitty
Water Department
Hattie B. Stone
Marcus S. Stone
Adrian J. Newton
Wallace B. Stone
Asheville
Stone
Joe Berrier Faces Multiple Breakin Charges
Thomasville dated May 29 reports Joe Berrier alias Clyde Morris a young white man held in Guilford county jail Greensboro on a breaking and entering charge. He is wanted in Lexington and connected with other breakins including a West Main street barber shop. arrest listed under Morris per Chief F C Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Joe Berrier
Clyde Morris
Guilford County
Greensboro
Guilford
Lexington
Berrier
West Main Street
Morris
F. C. Smith
Wallace Beery Commissioned Navy Lieutenant Commander
Wallace Beery the film actor has been commissioned as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve Aviation Corps reflecting a new naval appointment for the star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Beery
Naval Reserve Aviation Corps
Furniture Folks Optimistic After Southern Meeting
A group of Thomasville furniture manufacturers attended the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association meeting at Sedgefield and returned hopeful the national recovery act will help revive the industry which has faced tough sledding for years. T. Austin Finch, a leading manufacturer and former association president, was named to a key southern committee. Finch and Chas. F. Lambeth escorted John Dickinson of the commerce department on tours of Duke and UNC before Dickinson spoke at the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield
T. Austin Finch
Finch
Chas. F. Lambeth
John Dickinson
Duke University
University of North Carolina
Dr. Taylor Addresses Guilford College Y M C A
Dr. F R Taylor of High Point spoke at Guilford College on Alcohol and the Man. He treated the issue from a scientific view and discussed its link to mental disease. He cited 1910 peak alcoholism treated in the United States and 1920 post prohibition decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford College
F. R. Taylor
Fligh Point
Guilford College Y. M. C. A
Taylor
United States
Campbell’s Blue Bird Uses Gallon per Quarter Mile at Daytona
Sir Malcolm Campbell drove the Blue Bird at Daytona Beach this year and achieved a record run using a gallon of fuel for every quarter mile. The feat highlights the car’s exceptional fuel efficiency during the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Malcolm Campbell
Daytona Beach
Multiple Municipal Court Cases From Thomasville May 20
Thomasville court records show T. W. Myers sentenced to 60 days with suspension on good behavior. Suggs received 30 days for drunkenness, Workman paid costs for drunkenness, Cook found not guilty on allowing a boy under 16 to drive. Anderson and Wagstaff paid costs for drunkenness. Taylor fined 50 dollars plus costs and banned from driving four months for drunken driving. Clinard received three months for driving drunk but not guilty on violating prohibition law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
T. W. Myers
Charles Suggs
W. J. Workman
J. O. Cook
Charles Anderson, Jr
Day Wagstaff
Wylie Taylor
Kenneth Clinard
Connell Store Robbed After Midnight Break-In
A thief broke into the Connell store at Main and Blair streets around midnight Friday. He fled before capture as a night watchman from the nearby Jewel Cotton Mill heard the disturbance. Goods were moved outside but the loot was abandoned en route to safety. a distant caller later informed Mr. Connell that his goods lay outside the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
D. R. Connell
Main
Blair
Jewel
Mr. Connell
Gerald Johnson Visits Davidson County Family in Thomasville
Gerald W. Johnson associate editor of the Baltimore Sun and author, a well known Davidson County figure, spends the weekend in Thomasville with his parents Dr. and Mrs. Archibald Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Johnson
Baltimore, Md
Mrs
Archibald Johnson
Thomasville
Gerald W. Johnson
The
Baltimore Sun
Davidson County
Gardening Activity On Large Scale Underway In Thomaville
May 20. In Thomaville a large city garden project, aided by donor Charles F. Finch, covers 40 acres near the city with plans to supply fresh vegetables for families. J H Donnell supervises the garden, with 18 acres for cane, seven for sweet potatoes, 10 for field peas, 3000 tomato slips, 600 sweet pepper plants, 2000 cabbage, 16 rows of beans, and rows of okra carrots beets. Additional plots in nearby Hasty Pilot and Fairgrove communities bring total under Donnell’s program to 539 relief gardens inside the city limits and 149 outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Charles F. Finch
J. H. Don
Fairgrove
Donnell
Pageant at Oak Hill School Promises Global Spectacle
The Pageant of Our Year will be staged on Oak Hill school grounds Wednesday at 5 p.m. It showcases a global Far East Europe and India themed scene with dances, outfits, and a five Arabian women invocation. Mrs EB Shipman and Miss Lillian Patten supervise the all grades program featuring music by Miss Louise Allen Maxwell E Jones and the high school band.
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Oak Hill School
Oak Hill
India
Philippines
Far East
William, Tell
Europe
High Point
EB. M. Shipman
Lillian Patten
Louise Allen
Maxwell E. Jones
Rosalie Andrews
Colored Church To Have Music Program Tonight
The Cherry Street Presbyterian church will present a special musical program tonight at 8 o clock featuring outstanding city musicians. After the service a baby show with ten contestants will determine the winner and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
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Grier
Wayne McDaniel
Winston- Salem
T. Hethcock
J. W. Mills
J. T. Perkins
Chester
D. C
Thomasville Baptist Orphanage
Mills Home
C. M. Howell
J. B. Boone
Mr. Mills
M. L. Kesler
J. G. Grier
McDaniel
J. D. Newton
Ruth Haley
Culp
Salem Street
Nat Walker
First National Bank
M. C. Thomas Business College
Salem &T. Thomasville, WN. C
Benjamin
Moore
J. M. Black
Douglas Fairbanks
Mr. Robinson Crusoe
Roosevelt
Mexico
Alberto J. Pani
Rio Grande
White House
Ft. Hunt
Emiling
Louis McH. Howe
George D. Brady
New York
Arthur Milton
Cleveland
Edward 4. Williams
Newark
N. J
Dr. Taylor
T. W. Meyers
Connell
Colored Church
Russell
Bird
Switzerland
California
Virginia
Seville
Ceylon
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