High Point Democrats Praise Local Victory and Cooperation
Wade P. Wenfrow, vice chairman of the Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee, commends High Point Township Democrats for rallying behind the ticket under bad weather. He notes cooperative effort secured the campaign’s success, safeguards against fraud, and a sweeping Democratic victory in High Point and Guilford County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade P. Wenfrow
Democratic County Exeecutive Committee
High Point Township
High Point
Guilford County
Haworth Declares GOP Vote Not Reflective of Strength
Horace S. Haworth, Republican township chairman, says the Tuesday vote does not indicate GOP strength in High Point. He credits workers for turnout and notes economic conditions kept voters away. He expects Democratic gains to rally the party for future campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haworth
Horace S. Haworth
High Point
Republican Committee
Rides To Polls In Ambulance For Ballot Casting
Mrs Lucy Smoak a deaf and dumb citizen rode in an ambulance to precinct No 3 in Ecker's store East Washington for the general election. Her husband Mrs Smoak also sought an ambulance ride to vote but was unable to ride in a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Smoak
Montheu Avenue
Ecker
East Washington Street
S Smoak
E. C. Smoak
Diapepsin Relief Promises Quick Digestion Help
Atlanta man Mr. Lewis Craig recalls years of indigestion after meals and says Pape's Diapepsin gave almost immediate relief after two tablets. Thousands report relief from acid dyspepsia with the chewable tablet, which contains no narcotics and is sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Craig
Gaskill Street
Atlanta
Mr. Craig
Pape
Wheeling
W. Va
Bids Opened for Water and Sewer Improvements on South Main
City council opened nine bids for a water and sewer project laying 15000 feet of pipe and 42 manholes in South Main and Oak Hill areas. Bids ranged from 2860.32 to 20876.54 with multiple firms from Greensboro High Point Shelby Gastonia Hickory Charlotte and Asheville. Uniform bids for fire and police uniforms ranged 1900 to 3400 and all bids were tabled for 148 hours per ordinance. The council also adopted a parking ban on the east side of Virginia avenue between English and Broad streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Main Stret
Oak Hill
Chouilford Construction Company
Greensboro
Henry D. Perry
High Point
Z. B. Weathers
Shelby
Moser and Bumgarner
Hickory
A. H. Guion and Company
Gastonia
Elliott Building Company
Wilson-Hewitt Company
Asheville
Cochran and Ross Company
Charlotte
Pomona Terra Cotta Company
Pomona
Virginia Avenue
English and
Broad Streets
City Nurses Had Busy October Report
City nurse department records show 823 visits by white and colored nurses in High Point for October. The month saw 62 communicable disease cases and 1 death amid prenatal 69 and maternity 292 visits, 366 general visits, 4 tubercular exams, 2 sanitary treatments, and no instructive visits. Total visits amount to 823 with total value of 23 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Nurse’s Department
High Point
Chicago's Horwitz Turns Triple Threat Lineman
Chicago native Sam Horwitz weighs 168 pounds and has starred as end tackle and guard on the Maroon forward wall this season proving the rarity of a triple threat lineman in college football.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sam Horwitz
Horwitz
Monarchs Endorse Red Cross Roll Call at Luncheon
The High Point Monarch club at a Sheraton luncheon pledged support for the Red Cross annual roll call. George F. Edwards, 14th Roll Call publicity chairman, outlined the Red Cross purpose, memberships, and fund disposition. A resolution supporting the roll call was adopted unanimously and placed on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Red Cross
George F. Edwards
Roll Call
High Point
The
Edwards
Business Discussed At A B Club Meet
The American Business club met at the Country club for a general business discussion replacing the usual program. Plans were set for the November 14 annual dance at the High Point Country club and for the charity benefit play Hay Fever with strong ticket sales and a large anticipated audience. Arthur Fidler won the attendance prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
Country Club
High Point Country Club
Arthur Fidler
Johnnie Muse
Business Club
Senir High School
Two Weeks Civil Court Opens In Municipal Term
Forty five cases are to be heard in the two weeks civil term of municipal court begun here today. John Miller sues Globe Manufacturing for 25000 for personal injuries from a fall on October 5 1928 while handling furniture in the cabinet room. He claims a broken right leg and ongoing inability to walk. The jury heard the case in the morning and it remained in trial this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Miller
Globe Manufacturing Company
Miller
Five-man crew for British war ministry monoplane Sydney
A new British war ministry monoplane named Sydney will be flown by a five-person crew. The project emphasizes home comfort in the aircraft design and operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Comfort
British War Ministry
Sydney
Virgil Birthday Celebration At High Point High School
A program marking the 2000th anniversary of Virgil the Latin poet will be held Friday at 11 am in the high school auditorium under the Phi Beta Kappa Foundation. Wake Forest educator Dr Hubert M Poteat will speak joining delegations from nearby towns and local Phi Beta Kappa members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Poteat
Virgil
Phi Beta Kappa Foundation of America
High Point High School
America
Phi Beta Kappa
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest College
Columbia University
Classical Association of the
Middle West and South
Greensboro
Asheboro
Thomasville
Lexington
Winston-Salem
T. Wingate Andrews
Richard Brinkley
Edmund O. Cummings
Thomas V. Kirkman
James Farrigs
Dred Peacock
Rupert Tarpley Pickens
R. T. Pickens, Jr
S. Stewart Saunders
Charles F. Tomlinson
H. A. White
Abel Gross Whitener
Andrews
High Point
William and Mary College
John Marshall
Supreme Court of the
United States
Daniel Webster
John Quincey Adams
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Charles Eliot
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Evans Hughes
Dwight W. Morrow
O. N. D. Young
Elihu Root
Harry Emerson Fosdick
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
High Point Officer Arrested on Assault Charge
Patrolman W. E. Kiger of the High Point police was arrested by Deputy Sheriff C. L. Gray on an assault with a deadly weapon charge involving farmer Fred L. Mendenhall. Kiger posted 300 bond to appear next Wednesday before Magistrate B. W. Stone in Thomasville. The warrant alleges he fired at Mendenhall, damaged the car with bullets, and then rammed the plaintiff’s vehicle with his own. The alleged incident occurred about two weeks prior.
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W. E. Kiger
High Point Police
C. L. Gray
Fred L. Mendenhall
Highland Cotton Mills
B. W. Stone
Thomasville
Mr. Mendenhall
Municipal Theatre in Fete Marks Twenty-Fifth Opening
In Barmen Germany a fete celebrated the municipal theatre’s twenty fifth anniversary with gala performances. Special shows included Meistersinger William Tell and Freischutz presented to invited guests.
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Barmen
Germany
College Recital by Mrs. Mary Ann Kaufman Brown at High Point
Mrs. Mary Ann Kaufman Brown, renowned soprano, opens High Point college fall and winter concert series tomorrow at eight. Local music lovers expect a large turnout for her distinguished artistry and engaging personality praised by critics including Pierre V. Key of Musical Digest for warmth of voice and refined interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Kaufman Brown
High Point College
High Point
Brown
Chicago
Lucrezia Bori
Funeral for Miss Edith Bevan Held at St. Mary's
Funeral services for Edith Katherine Bevan were held at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Episcopal church with Rev. H. N. Bowne officiating. A quartet sang Lead Kindly Light and Peace, Perfect Peace, and interment followed at Oakwood cemetery. Bevan died Monday night at a local hospital after ending a three year courtship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Katherine Bevan
Lucy Bevan
Jamestown
H. N. Bowne
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
J. Gurney Briggs
Nat Walker
J. Lawrence White
H. E. Jones
Sullivan
Fletcher Landeth
Rufus Martin
Chas, Holton
R. B. Holton
W. A. Matthews
Flowers
Sherman Swaim
Thomas Einstein
Jack Armfield
Millie Creakmore
Betty Myatt
Mary Alice Baynes
Frankie Mitchell
Beatrice Stewart
Eve Griffith
Kittie Victory
Halina Armentrout
Paul Jackson
Child Struck By Car Now Resting in Hospital
Elizabeth Cooper ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs H F Cooper was knocked down by an automobile Monday afternoon and is reported resting as nicely as could be expected in High Point hospital though still in a painful condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Cooper
H. F. Cooper
High Point
Calvary M E Church Seeks Members for 1931 Conference Plans
The chairman of the board of stewards requests every church member attend a 7:30 PM meeting at Calvary M E Church to discuss plans for the coming conference year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewards
Calvary M. E. Church
Guilford Doctors 70 Hold Meeting At Sheraton
The Guilford County Medical Society will hold a dinner meeting at 6 30 p m tomorrow night at the Sheraton hotel. Doctors from Guilford and Greensboro are expected. Dr H S Parker will speak on Hypopituitarism and Miss Mary Channing Coleman will discuss Health Facts and Fallacies. Moving pictures on injuries of the extremities will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County Medical Society
Sheraton Hotel
Greensboro
H. S. Parker
American College of Surgeons
Philadelphia
Frank A. Sharpe
A. D. Ownby
Guilford County Medical Auxiliary
Children’s
Salvation Army budget drive nears half goal
The Salvation Army reports 5365.64 raised toward 9202 with 2214.84 from industrial plants and 3150.80 from subscriptions. Recent contributions include Kearns Knitting 22.75 Elm Street School 10.50 teachers groups 26 to 89.80 from several mills and schools. The drive continues through the week until the goal is met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Kearns Knitting Company
Elm Street
Oak Hill
Johnson Street
Ray Street
Grimes Street
Cloverdale
Emma Blair
Crown
Sunshine Laundry
High Point
Piedmont Mill
Guilford Mill
Not Paul Jenkins Arrested for Hydrant Parking
A man arrested in municipal court Monday for parking by a water hydrant was identified as not Paul Jenkins of 1246 South Main Street, an employee of Martin Dry Cleaning Company, the announcement stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jenkins
South Main Street
Martin Dry Cleaning Company
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Ce Sunshine Laundry
W. Croad
Christopher Columbus
C.k.hunter
J.L
Chris
Carolina Coal & Transfer Co., Inc
Caroline Coal
High Point, N.C
A. B. Club
Edith Bevan
Guilford Doctors
County Medical Society
MR. Shipper
MR. Consignee
Tri-City Motor Express Lines
City Transfer and Storage Coo
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad St
Laan eRe
Clyde Farley
C. F. Farley
College Street
the Bank of Service
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
V. A. J. Idol V. Pres
Treas
C.H Ellis
Denton
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