Antique Furniture Draws Tourists to High Point Markets
Old and modern furnishings attract visitors to High Point with large antique displays and shops along the new highways. Noted figures like Miss Virginia Horne of Wadesboro visit for acquisitions for Tryon Palace, as dealers report 25 percent of business from tourists.
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Elizabeth Austin
High Point
Ness
Virginia Horne
Wadesboro
Tryon Palace
New Bern
Horne
Trav
Williamsburg
Virginia
Carolinas
North
Europe
England
France
Germany
New York
Chicago
Bookmobile Schedule For This Week
The Public Library Bookmobile visits this week in the afternoons with daily stops at multiple streets and intersections. Readings show times ranging mainly 3 to 5 pm across Monday through Friday, with specific streets and corners listed for each day.
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Public Library
Friddle Street
Austin Street
Wise Street
Springfield Avenue
Wesley Place
E. Russell Street
Barbee Street
Fifth Street
Woodrow Avenue
Forrest Avenue
East Farriss Avenue
Blain Street
Waverley Place
Terrell Drive
Kimmons Street
Quail Found Dead From Bright Bead Ingestion
George Wint, superintendent at the Oklahoma state game farm in El Reno, found a dead quail that had ingested bright red white and blue beads used for Indian moccasins.
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EL Reno
Okla
George Wint
Remembering High Point life through 19th century roots
W W Snider 86 recalls life in High Point beginning 1895 during the Cleveland panic. He describes prices, typhoid fever recovery, early wages, a six dollar Healing Springs stay, and work as a glazier at Snow Lumber Co. He notes a telegraph era town, Wesley Memorial Church origins, and a city with no paved streets or sidewalks.
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W. W. Snider
E. Green St
Snider
Farmer
High Point
Cleveland
Yesteryear
Healing Springs
Cannon
E. Commerce Street
Mangum Avenue
Holt
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Wesley Memorial
Hamilton
Washington
City
Church Cemetery
Milady
Jarrell Hotel
Main and
W. Washington
Chattanooga
Tenn
Christmas Mail Rules Explained for Overseas Packages
Postmaster York outlines this year’s changes for overseas armed services parcels. Air mail limits rise to 70 pounds to most areas, with 80 cent per pound rates. some countries cap at 50 pounds. Pack carefully with cushioning, include a contents list, and use Customs forms 2966 or 2976 A where required. Send surface mail Nov 1–20 and air mail Dec 1–10.
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Walter L. York
York
United States
APO
NPO
Alleged Car Thief Arrested In Denton
Denton federal agent Roy Moore said Steven Hammonds a 34 year old Gibson man was arrested on interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle charges. The 1957 sedan owned by Transportation Vehicles Inc of New York and rented to Walsh Construction Co of Baltimore was recovered at Yadkin Valley Chevrolet Co garage in Denton. Hammonds allegedly took papers from James A Leonard Jr and posed as him. He waived preliminary hearing and was committed to Guilford County jail in Greensboro on 5000 dollar bond awaiting federal trial.
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Denton
Roy Moore
Charlotte
FBI
Gibson
Aera
Steven Leroy Hammonds
Yadkin Valley Chevrolet Co
Transportation Vehicles, Inc
New York
Walsh Construction Co
Baltimore
James A. Leonard Jr
Maryland
Hammonds
Leonard
Moore
U. S
W. T. Kennedy
Guilford County
Greensboro
Trail
Bodell Backyard Playhouse Delights Six Grandchildren
Proper Playhouse Waynes Filed Ohio. Mr and Mrs D E Bodell solved a family puzzle by building a specialized backyard playhouse for six grandchildren. It features miniature furniture and a well stocked cupboard of goodies to entertain them.
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High Point Area
Sheraton
China
Currier and
Ives
Kartsville, S. C
Ing
Leona Sideloff
Henry Koontz
Mrs. Royal Murray
Birmingham
Ala
J. C. Fair
Benjamin West
Enterprise
Snow Lumber Co
Albemarle
Wiscasset
James
Overseas Armed Services
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