Brummitt to Speak at Annual Homecoming Armistice Day
North Carolina attorney general Dennis G. Brummitt will deliver the principal address at Welch Memorial Methodist Church for the second annual Homecoming and Armistice Day program. Judge Lewis E. Teague Major Bruce Craven and others join in a full afternoon of music and tributes beginning at 2:15 p.m. with the Davis Concert Orchestra and concluding with a benediction by Dr. J. D. Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis G. Brummitt
Raleigh
North Carolina
Welch Memorial Methodist Tant Church
Lewis E. Teague
High Point Municipal Court
Bruce Craven
Trinity
Mr. Brummitt
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Protestant Church
B. F. Seagraves
America
W. W. Frye
Chisholm
Thomasville
R. J L. Hellig
Judge Teague
Chisholm Sisters
Mr. Peck
Confessions Declared Valid Evidence in Mite Trial
Judge Felix Alley ruled confessions by Robert Smith and Paul Sams valid for the murder and robbery case stemming from the October 13 attack on William Davis and the Davis family. The hearing was adjourned to Monday amid defense objections and testimony from W. F. Taylor and J. S. Rice. The state builds a web linking Dill Osborne Warner and the three others to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Felix Alley
Robert Smith
Paul Sams
Rubbin Warner
Luther Osborne
Ralph Dill
William Davis
BE. D. Davis
Dill
Osborne
Warner
Same
Smith
Davises
W. F. Taylor
J. 8
Rice
Anohher
Welch Memorial Baraca home-coming gains Sunday services
The Industrial Workers Association cancels its Sunday school session this afternoon to allow members to attend the Welch Memorial Baraca home-coming observance announced last night by B. F. Seagraves, president.
200 Voices Sing In Oratorio Tonight
The Evangel of the New World will be performed at the junior high school tonight under local Methodist churches. Greensboro and Winston-Salem groups join in the sesquicentennial celebration with a 37 piece orchestra and a 200 voice chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Parker
Centenary Church
Winston-Salem
J. Gurney Briggs
Wesley Memorial Church
Methodist Episcopal
America
Greensboro
Methodist Church In
Baltimore
Little Symphony Orchestra
R. T. Amos
N. J. Miles
Thomasville
Clites
H Grady Miller
The
Methodist Church
van Denman
Monument unveiled for late Paul Burns at Oakwood Memorial Park
Greensboro camp No 26 Woodmen of the World announces an unveiling ceremony this afternoon at 3 o clock at Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery to honor the late Paul Burns. High Point camp members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Oakwood Memorial Park
Paul Burns
High Point
Christmas Parade Plans Advance in High Point
The High Point Merchants Association gears up for the annual Christmas parade on Friday afternoon November 23. Santa Claus will attend. Miss Grace Baker asks no other Santas enter. Judges will pick best window decorations in December, with prizes for top floats, pony, and bicycle entries. contact Miss Baker to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
The
Point Merchants Association
Santa Claus
Grace Baker
Merchants Association
Miss Baker
Miss Bonkemeyer Wins Prize in Greensboro Contest
Miss Anne Bonkemeyer of 306 South Hamilton Street, a bookkeeper in Tomlinson of High Point's department, was among prize winners in a recent contest held by the Hunting-Stockton-Hill company of Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonkemeyer
Anne Bonkemeyer
Hamilton Street
Tomlinson of
High Point
Huntigg-Stockton-Hill Company
Greensboro
Forward High Point Campaign Plans Ready
More than 190 High Pointers will start Tuesday morning November 13 on the Forward High Point campaign to raise funds for the local chamber of commerce. A 4:20 pm dinner for campaign colonels and officials at the Elwood hotel precedes a 7:45 am Tuesday breakfast at Wesley Memorial Methodist church. Chamber leaders praised a mass civic meeting at the Sheraton hotel Tuesday night predicting renewed community cooperation and urged every citizen to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Atatack
Elwood Hotel
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Chamber of Commercce
Chamber
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
F. J. Sizemore
Tom
Harry
Special Hearing Set for Tuesday Afternoon Court
A special hearing for four young men arrested in a recent roundup will occur Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in municipal court, Judge Lewis E Teague interrupting the civil term to conduct the preliminary hearing. The defendants are Dan Morgan Roby Osborne Ernest Jones and Russell McIntyre. Police say the arrests help solve most recent breakings in the area. Jurors listed for the term include Arthur Eaton J P East W H Lewis R M Douglas and many others. Divorces and other civil matters are scheduled for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis E. Teague
Teague
Dan Morgan
Roby Osborne
Ernest Jones
Russell McIntyre
Dreams of Fight and Stabs Self
Frank Perkins of 614 Smith Street, while dreaming of a fight, seized a knife in his sleep and stabbed himself in the flesh. He was taken to Guilford General Hospital where doctors found only a flesh wound and he was sent home to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Perkins
Smith Street
Guilford General Hospital
Red Cross Special Gifts Committee Announced
The Red Cross Roll Call forms a Special Gifts Committee with co chairs Mrs J Ed Millis and Herman Smith. Roll Call directors Mrs O Arthur Kirkman Jr and Liston C Pope announced the group to secure sustaining memberships to fund local Red Cross services. Armistice Day marks the Roll Call launch today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed Millis
Herman Smith
Red Cross
Important Roll Call Group
Junior Service League
Roll Call
Mra. O
Kinney Badly Injured In Hit And Run On West Lexington
W N Kinney a former city jailer of 137 West Lexington avenue was struck by a hit and run car in front of the Lindale Creamery yesterday afternoon about 6 30 and suffered a broken right leg and head cuts. He was taken by Sechrest ambulance to Burrus Memorial hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N. Kinney
West Lexington Avenue
Lindale Creamery
Mr. Kinney
Sechrest
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Legion Drum Corps Armistice Day Minstrel Tonight
The American Legion drum and bugle corps presents a midnight minstrel at Paramount theater with a war film Farewell to Arms starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. A varied program features songs by O K Allison J Gurney Briggs Wilton Barnes Polly Snyder Clarence Schultheiss Norman Fidler Arthur Fidler dances, monologue H C Twining and magic by R E B Betts. Proceeds aid the corps and a long list of performers fills the cast with drummers and bridge players in support roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drum and Bugle Corps of the
American Legion
Armistice
Paramount Theater
Gary Cooper
Helen Hayes
Ernest Hemingway
Clarence Schultheiss
Norman Fidler
Heaven
Arthur Fidler
Polly Snyder
Katherine Lowdermilk
Italy
H. C. Twining
R. E B. Betts
Abdulah Bumfellah
Dave Wright
D. Culler
H. Foster
Bob Holt
Dolph Welch
Dave Croker
Willie Skidmore
George Hedrick
George Edwards
Robert Soa@es
George Connor
Ollie Craven
Bartlett Reece
John King
Tom Bates
Armistice Day Observances Ahead For High Point
High Point marks Armistice Day with church services this morning and tonight and a Monday holiday noted. The American Legion drum and bugle corps heads to Greensboro for a 11 o'clock parade. A Homecoming Armistice program at Welch Memorial Church features Dennis Brummitt Judge Teague and Major Craven. Midnight Armistice minstrel at Paramount Theater begins 12 01 a m. Woodmen of the World unveil a Paul Burns monument at Oakwood Memorial Park at 3 pm. Legion and V F W members attend Welch Church service and First Baptist service at 11 am with Dr A B Conrad delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
American Legion
Greensboro
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
Dennis G. Brummitt
North Carolina
Lewis E. Teague
Bruce Craven
Drum and Bugle Corps
Legion Post
Paramount Theater
Woodmen of the World
Paul Burns
Oakwood Memorial Park
Welch Memorial Church
First Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
Federal Court 10 Faces Big Docket in Greensboro
The December term of the U S district court in Greensboro opens December 3 in the new federal building with Judge Johnson J Hayes presiding. The civil calendar is large with many city-origin cases and about 32 law cases and 40 war risk insurance actions. The court will hear criminal cases first for three days, then civil trials begin December 6 with a deadline to dispose of law cases and motions by December 20 before recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Federal
Greensboro
Middle District
Johnson J. Hayes
Internal Revenue
Unemployment Insurance Hearing Set for High Point
The North Carolina Commission on Unemployment Insurance will hold a public hearing in High Point on Wednesday November 21 to gauge local views on unemployment insurance. Senator W C Burgin chairs the commission and hopes residents participate to provide a cross section of opinion reflecting High Point as a major industrial center. The hearings aim to inform a report to the General Assembly next January with eight or nine planned meetings statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
High Point
Burgin
Winston Salem
General Assembly
H. D. Wolf
Raleigh
New York
Massachusetts
Ohio
Wisconsin
Virginia
Dr. Wolf
Checks Unclaimed as Half of Third Dividend Remains
Less than half of 6,800 Commercial National checks have been claimed for the third dividend to depositors, with about 500 from the second dividend and over 100 from the first still pending. J Wade Hiatt urged depositors to claim their funds next week at Security National Bank during posted hours, noting a bank holiday Monday and regular hours Tuesday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial National
J. Wade Hiatt
John D. Biggs
Security National Bank
Hiatt
Commissioners Name Local Committee To Reappraise Property
Greensboro Nov 106 An appraisal committee of E C Criddiebaugh J P Rawley and S C Clark is to examine for possible reappraisal the residence of Mrs L C Wrenn at Broad and College streets High Point and include the general section in its survey Counsel for Mrs Wrenn has moved to assess the property on residential use rather than business use and reduce the tax value from 37500 to 12500 The board agreed to the committee survey at its last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
E. C. Criddiebaugh
J. P. Rawley
S. C. Clark
County Board of Commissioners
L. C. Wrenn
Broad and
College Streets
High Point
Civil suits shuffle calendar amid high point church case
On January 14 equity matters will be heard with February 1 set for war risk caseloads. Locally two civil suits target 8 H Kress and Co and manager S A Marshall, filed by Dorothy Pickman Brown and Bertha Rushin asking 10000 dollars damages plus 1000 penalties for alleged false arrest. A notable case has John D Biggs receiver for Commercial National Bank suing First Presbyterian Church officials of High Point over a renewed church note. Trial began about a year ago but paused for amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial National Bank
First Presbyterian Church
High Point
Current Pictures Show Scope Of New Effort
Hugh Smart discusses the film season expanding to include many famous literary and stage titles. The program promises entertainment and education as cinema brings characters from classic works to the screen. The list features works by Wharton, Stratton-Porter, Cobb, Montgomery, Buck, Galsworthy, Rice, Fox Jr, and others, signaling unprecedented reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Smart
Smart
Patrone
Wharton
Stratton-Porter
John Galsworthy
Rice
Mrs. Wiges of
Cabbage Patch
Stratton - Porter
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Brummitt
Judge Alley
Oratorio Directors
Arthur Eaton
J. P. East
W. H. Lewis
R. M. Douglas
D. F. Dennis
E. B. Forward
Theodore Robinson
W. B. Delk
R. P. Lawrence
J. M. Mathews
H. T. Douglas
E. S&s. Carr
W. J. Wright
W. W. Kearns
Samuel T. Hill
W. 8
Farlow
A. C. Driggers
G. E. Dowd
Amos Kearns
George L. Reynolds
H. W. Rich
Deal
T. B. Earle
C. Lee Gurley
M. M. Andrews
G. F. Keller
J. H. Thompson
Co. F. Corder
Paul Frye
W. Young
Mint Dorsett
Charles L. Raper
Ben Morton
L. L. Duggins
W. E. French
Pearl Peggy Kivett French
Henry D. Perry
Barry Michael
Evelyn Seward
Herbert F. Richardson
Gurney P. Hood
Commissioner of Banks
High Point Morine Plan Bank
M. Ernest Welch
Beatrice Boyd Wa
C. F. Williams
W. V. Boyd
Vivian Simpson
James Simp
Specia
Cheirmen
W.N. Kinney
Federal Court
Unemployment Insurance Committee
Riendly
A.J. Koonce
Chunera Me
South Main ST
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