Trinity High Holds Commencement Exercises May 25
Editor Santford Martin of the Winston-Salem Journal spoke on public education as essential to security at Trinity High School commencement. Major Bruce Craven introduced him as a man of insight and integrity. Principal A R Bullock’s tenure was extended for another year as 1 200 students were enrolled and 32 graduates received diplomas from Chairman Charles W Redring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Friends of Public Education
North Carolina
Santford Martin
Winston-Salem Journal
Trinity High School
Bruce Craven
A. R. Bullock
Charles W. Redring
Paul Burton
Beatrice Brooks
Therman Culler
Annis Brown
Arrington Farlow
Irene Bouldin
John Walter Farlow
Lilly Caney
Henry Gibson
Dorothy Hill
Jay Hohn
Edith McGee
Archie Lea
Local names listed in community notice
A detailed roster of residents and local figures appears in the community notice, naming Violet Moser Oscar Lackey Lucy Myers Bill Meredith Annie Ruth Nunn Roger Martin Alice Spencer Charlie Myers Violet Stewart McCrary Peace Edwina Tomlinson Worth Royals Colleen Woodall John Sheen Gladys Wall Odell Spoon Arlene Younts Cele Steed and Howard Ward.
Bedford Man Earns Charter in Iron Man Society
C. G. Bedford of Bedford Sales Company has been chosen as a charter member of the Iron Man honor society within Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company. The selection honors big coal burner sales and a comprehensive training course to bolster heating counseling skills.
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Iron Man
Iron Fireman Manufacturing Company
C. G. Bedford
Bedford Sales Company
Fire permit issued for seven room brick veneer house on Church Street
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram issued a permit to A. E B. Alexander to build a seven room residence on Church Street between Elm and Pine for about $5,000 with a $100 garage. J. H. Cagle awarded the contract for the work. The home will be brick veneer and modern in every respect.
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E. K. Ingram
A. E B. Alexander
Church Street
Elm
Pine Streets
J. H. Cagle
Members School Patrol Back From Washington Parade
Fifty eight members of the School Boy Patrol returned to the city yesterday after marching with about 8 000 other patrols from across the nation in Washington D C The trip was call the most successful yet by Sergeant O Pike of the police department who thanked clubs manufacturers merchants fraternal orders and individuals for aiding the city participation included 39 white and 19 Negro boys The jamboree is sponsored by the American Automobile Club and school boy patrols now guard the lives of more than 7 000 000 children daily.
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Washington, D. C
O. Pike
Police Department
Enterprise Today
Washington
American Automobile Club
United States
White-Haired Man Sought In Slaying
In Keene New Hampshire an elderly white-haired man is sought after a woman’s charred body was found in a blaze on Wastasiquet mountain. Police identified the woman tentatively as Mrs Grace Hurley of Boston who used the White River Junction Vermont rooming house and Brattleboro Vermont hotel. A revolver with the victim is found near the funeral pyre and a Greenfield Massachusetts train ticket was bought by the woman and later by an older man.
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Keene, N. H
Wastastiquet Mountain
Grace Hurley
Boston
White River Junction
Brattleboro
Arthur Olson
Olson
Hurley
Greenfield
Mass
China Appeals For Peace With Japan
The Chinese government through foreign minister General Chang Chun appealed for peace with Japan at a Sun Yat Sen memorial service. He urged both nations to remove causes of hostility and establish a lasting understanding with politically farsighted leaders.
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Nanking
China
Japan
Chang Chun
Sun Yat Sen
Junior Intra City League Forms For 25 Game Season
A new baseball league for players 18 and under has formed in the city. Ten teams applied, four were chosen: North Park led by Gib Callahan, Emerywood captained by Bill Lehnman, Chestnut Street club led by R. J. Newby, and Goat Hill nine under Dolly Burchfield. The opening games feature Goat Hill versus Chestnut Street and North Park versus Emerywood.
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North Park
Gib Callahan
Bill Lehnman
Emerywood
R. J. Newby
Chestnut Street
Dolly” Burchfield
Goat Hill Nine
Goat Hill
Smallest Baby Moves From Hospital To Home
In Chicago on May 25, Jacquelin Jean Benson formerly hailed as the world’s tiniest baby weighing 12 ounces at birth is now four months 11 days and seven pounds six and a half ounces. She left St. Anne’s hospital yesterday for her parents Mr and Mrs Lester Benson’s home. Nurse Kathryn Gallagher who cared for her in the incubator wept at witnessing the transfer.
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Chicago
Jacquelin Jean Benson
St. Anne's Hospital
Lester Benson
Kathryn Gallagher
Primitive unit recommended for affiliation in Methodist history society
The passage recalls approval of a Primitive Unit for the Association of Methodist Historical Societies formed to preserve historical church materials. It notes tributes to Capt. A. M. Rankin for long church conference service, and describes conference proceedings, sermons by Dr. J. S. Eddins and Dr. Straughn on evangelism unity and the church’s bulwarks against worldly evils.
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Association of Methodist Historical Societies
A. M. Rankin
High Point
Bates
Harry Shaw
West Virginia
James H. Straughn
D.D
O. E. Ford
Fred G. Holloway
Western Maryland College
High Point College
Wrenn
Dr. Eddins
Christ
Eddins
Kingdom of God
Church of Christ
Oklahoma Man Seeks Independent Presidential Ballot Spot
A Davis Oklahoma resident signing as Hugh Esli Randolph notified the North Carolina Secretary of State by postal card to place his name on the general election ballot as an independent presidential candidate. The card was sent to the board of elections for action and referenced possible legal action if requirements are not met.
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Raleigh
Huch Esli Randolph
Davis
Oklahoma
Stacey Wade
Board of Elections
Hugh Esli Randolph
Better Reporting Not More Accidents
Raleigh report attributes rise in wrecks to improved reporting by the North Carolina Highway Patrol rather than more accidents. Charles D. Farmer says enlarged patrol checks wrecks, noting no real rise when accounting for increased auto registrations. The Highway and Public Works Commission cites about a 13 percent uptick in wrecks for January to April versus 1935.
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Raleigh
Charles D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
North Carolina
Farmer
Highway and Public Works Commission
Convict George Hill Captured Near Goldsboro
George Hill, a long term convict who escaped from Kenansville prison last week, was captured today eight miles from Goldsboro as he slept in a farm house.
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Goldsboro
George Hill
Kenansville
Manteo Death: Draftsman Miller Found Hanged at Wharf
The body of Francis B. Miller, 20, of Cleveland Ohio, a WPA camp draftsman near Manteo, was found today suspended from a rope under a wharf. Coroner Marvin Rogers said Miller killed himself, citing papers indicating a broken romance and family estrangement.
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Manteo
Francis B. Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Marvin Rogers
Miller
Butter market notes from Chicago May 256
Chicago market report shows butter prices and grades with steady pricing at 16 231 and various scores. The summary lists creamery specials and extras firsts and standards with percentages, plus local carloads and storage packed grades and receipts.
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Chicago
Mooresville Man Acquitted in Murder Case
LeRoy Christenbury of Mooresville was acquitted in Statesville Superior Court of murder in February death of Frank Small. The state sought a second degree verdict while Christenbury pleaded self defense.
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Statesville
LeRoy Christenbury
Mooresville
Frank Small
Christenbury
Day to Stand Trial in Loeb Razor Slaying
In Joliet Illinois on May 25 the state seeks the death penalty as James Day a 25 year old Stateville inmate is called to trial for the razor slaying of fellow inmate Richard Loeb. Jury selection from 100 veniremen before Judge Edwin J Wilson will take about three days. Day’s defense attorney Harold Levy says Day will testify that he wrestled the razor from Loeb and killed him in self defense in a prison shower on January 26.
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Joliet
James Day
Stateville Penitentiary
Richard Loeb
Edwin JL. Wilson
Will County
Harold Levy
Day
Loeb
Funeral Held For Clyde V. Kirkman
Clyde V. Kirkman was killed Friday afternoon after being struck by a car in Thomasville. Funeral services were at First Baptist church Sunday at three, conducted by Rev. John M. Hayes and Rev. W. M. Swaim. A quartet sang three selections and pallbearers served. interment followed in the city cemetery.
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Thomasville
Clyde V. Kirkman
First Baptist Church
John M. Hayes
Mount Pleasant
W. M. Swaim
Winston-Salem
L. W. Hansell
Paul Culp
Woodrow Tearne
C. C. Freeman
Lee Tysinger
Terrence Myers
William Dorsett
Joe Pope
B. Cc
W. CC. Ritchie
Death of William I. Peterson at 70 in Asheboro
William Isaac Peterson, 70, died at his home Sunday after a stroke. Survived by son J. L. Peterson of Sophia route one, eight grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant M P Church ten miles west of Asheboro. Rev. Sam Nelson of Greensboro to officiate. Burial in church cemetery.
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Asheboro
William Isaac Peterson
J. L. Peterson
Sophia
Route One
Mt. Pleasant M. P
Sam Nelson
Greensboro
Obituary: Nernes Osborne 80 Dies at Home Near Trinity
Nernes Osborne aged 80 died at his home near Trinity on Sunday afternoon after a four month illness. He is survived by his widow two daughters a son and three grandchildren. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Mt Vernon Methodist church cemetery.
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Asheboro
Nernes Osborne
Trinity
Jesse Barker
Pleasant Garden
Rona Osborne
T. J. Osborne
W. N. Steed
Eunice Farlow
Martha Millikin
Parson
Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Chicago Invents Infra-red Voice Radio Link
A Chicago inventor unveils a radio telephone that converts spoken words into dot dash signals sent by an infra red beam to land, allowing plane to earth communication.
Officians Find No Motive For Murder In Farm Slaying
Gastonia May 25 officers said they had uncovered no motive for the slaying of Haywood Johnson a 69 year old widower. Charles Shanks a Negro tenant on Johnsons place said a car stopped in front of the Johnson home Saturday night called the farmer outside and shot him. He said he fired once at the fleeing car. Shanks was detained but no charges were placed against him.
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Gastonia
Haywood Johnson
Charles Shanks
Johnson
Shanks
Townsend Club Gets Weak Start
RALEIGH May 25 Formation of a Townsend Age Pension club began with only eight men signing in at the county courthouse. Five of the eight were Black. four paid 25 cents membership, while the others left when fees were suggested. Joe Norton chosen president.
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Raleigh
Townsend Ola Age Pension Club
Wake County Club
Joe Norton
Union Typesetters Endorse McDonald
The Virginia Carolina typographical conference endorsed R R Lawrence head of the North Carolina Federation of Labor for governor candidate Ralph W McDonald. The group backed industrial unionism but did not condemn craft unions. Officers were reelected for the 10th year. Dowell Patterson Roy Lawrence and Giles Courtney named. Durham won the 1937 meeting location.
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Raleigh
Virginia-Carolinas
R. R. Lawrence
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Ralph W. McDonald
Dowell
Roy R. Lawrence
Winston-Salem
Giles C. Courtney
Richmond
Durham
All metal airliners resist lightning without damage
Lightning strikes do not harm metal airliners or their occupants, as such aircraft are designed to safely withstand electrical surges.
Textile Leaders Plan Meeting at Blowing Rock
Charlotte reports a Southern Textile leaders meeting set for June 19 at Blowing Rock. D Comer of Birmingham is named new American Cotton Main Association president along with other top executives. The group includes Robert R River Dan River Mills and John A McFalls of Ingham NC.
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Charlotte
H. Hill, Jr
Southern Textile Ation
Blowing Rock
D Comer
Birmingham
American Cotton Main Association
Robert R
Rive Dan River Mills
Dan
John A. McFalls
Ingham
N. C
Southern Textile Asociati
Southern Textile Mills
Goldsboro
Dethro Wood
T. R. Robinson
Lina Maenard
Ord
Negro Sought for Death of In Law in Thomasville
Greensboro May 25 Delo Strickland a negro suspected in the murder of his in law Claude Long of Thomasville was arrested in Greensboro this day. He offered no defense as the investigation continued.
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Greensboro
Delo Strickland
Claude Long
Tomasville
Tragic Fatal Shooting In Thomasville Strickland At Large
Claude Long aged 34 of 34 Brown Street was killed at his home in Thomasville after an argument with Deb Strickland who used Longs gun. Five shots hit Long as he died en route to funeral preparations. Strickland fled and remained at large.
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Thomasville
May
Claude Long
Brown Street
Avernoon
Deb Strickland
Long
Strickland
Thomas
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