Philomathean Club Meeting and Community Notices
Local society items announce Friday Philomathean club meeting at 8 pm with Mrs J Elwood Cox on East Grean Street. Births noted Ruth Nance November 6 in Morganton. Mary the Third rehearsal at Commercial Club at 8 pm. Canterbury and Susanna Wesley classes listed with dates and contacts. Mid Week Garden Club set for Emerywood with Paul Lindley program. Doris Welborn celebrates eleventh birthday with friends and a party at North Hamilton Street home.
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Philomathean Club
J. Elwood Cox
East Grean Street
Canterbury Club
Doris Welborn
Hamilton Street
Bonnie Hendricks
Uncle Wiggly
Lucille Smith
Birth of a son Gordon Smith announced
Mr and Mrs Horace Horne announce the birth of a son Gordon Smith on November 14. Miss Vera Hepler returns home after a hospital stay. Horace Horne and party visited Roaring Gap. Kemp Bizzell Sechrest Westmoreland and Sechrest Blackwelder group traveled to the area. Wayne Rhodes and Eccles Everhart visit Tennessee and Charlottesville Virginia for the University Home Coming and Maryland Virginia game sighting.
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Horace Horne
Gordon Smith
Helen Kemp
Annie Bizzell
Sadie Sechrest
Ina Westmoreland
Messrs
Hal Sechrest
Dewey Blackwelder
Roaring Gap
Vera Hepler
Montheu Avenue
Eccles Everhart
Charlottesville
University Virginia
Three Names Left Off Honor Roll
A junior high school error omitted Helen Davis Virginia McCain and Clifton Hedrick from yesterday's honor roll. The校 administration will publish a corrected list and apologize for the oversight.
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Helen Davis
Virginia McCain
Clifton Hedrick
Death of E. S. Weaver in Greeley Colorado
Mrs E M Shipman of Oak Hill school faculty learns of her father I S Weaver's death in Greeley Colorado. Weaver, long known in High Point, visited here in winters and left many friends. He was the last survivor of Thornburg Post Colorado Infantry Civil War unit. Funeral planned in Greeley. Mrs Shipman will not attend.
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E. M. Shipman
Oak Hill
I. S. Weaver
Greeley
Colo
Weaver
High Point
Thornburg
Colorado Infantry
Civitan club discusses High Point library drive
High Point Civitan club officials discussed plans to raise funds to expand the High Point high school library to 10 000 volumes. Roy Johnson reported progress and a large initial contribution was announced. Mrs Owen Smith urged the Med Cross enrollment drive.
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High Point High School
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Roy Johnson
Owen-Smith
Med Cross
Civitan
Harry Brockman
David Yow
Walter Murray
Fred McPherson
W. B. Hal
Gordon Brainard
Edgar Hatcher
Grady Stroup
Civitan Carolinas
Asheville
Brockman
George R. Brock
M. P
M. P. Shurch
Reidsville
Fred Taylor
High Point
Test of Poison in Henderson County Deaths Discussed
Henderson County officials ponder having State Chemist W M Allen test stomach contents of Lydia Case and Ezella Lyda to determine poison presence. Money for analysis and reporting rules hinge on who requests the test and how results are released.
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Hendersonville
Henderson County
W. M. Allen
Lydia Case
Ezella Yyda
Allen
Raleigh
Gven
Miss Case
Lyda
Department of Hygiene
Associated Press
Highly Amusing Play at College
A two act comedy titled Mrs Oakley’s Telephone directed by Miss Todd was presented during chapel period. Cast included Vista Dixon Ruby Isley Blanche Ingram and Lillie Mae Braxton with Blanche Ingram praised for her Mary role and workshop members praised for stage setting.
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Todd
Workshop
Four Weeks Old William Carlos White Dies at Home
William Carlos four weeks old, son of Mr. and Mrs. L O White, died at their 214 Vail alley home after several days illness. Survived by parents two sisters Margaret Dorothy and brother Ocis. Funeral at home at 10 30 tomorrow with Rev O L Ruth. Burial in Primitive Baptist church cemetery Mechanicsville.
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William Carlos
L. O. White
Vail Alley
Margaret
Dorothy
Ocis
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrim If Holiness Baptist Church
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
U S Chamber Backs Federal Flood Control for Mississippi Valley
The United States chamber of commerce testified before the House flood control committee urging the federal government to assume full responsibility and cover all costs for flood control in the Mississippi valley.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
House Flood Control Committee
Mississippi Valley
Pittsburgh Gas Tank Blast Kills and Injures Many
Rescue workers fight through wreckage as roofs collapse and walls fall in Pittsburgh after a gas tank explosion. Firefighters, police and Red Cross rush injured to hospitals while shelters form for homeless residents and officials estimate losses in the millions.
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Red Cross
Salvation Army
Philadelphia Company
Fort Pitt
Manchester
St. Joseph's School
Clay Pot Company
Pittsburgh
Joseph Jorinski
Irank Linshu
E. M. Hough
Equitable Gags Company
Boy Scouts
Auto Accidents Near Monroe Cause Nine Casualties
Nine people were injured in two separate crashes near Monroe yesterday. A 40 year old Jefferson South Carolina man, Will Catledge, suffered a fractured skull when his car went off a bridge embankment. Brother Jack Catledge was only slightly hurt. In the other crash Glenn Helms, a 17 year old from Weddington, collided with a milk truck owned by W A Laney of Wesley Chapel. W A Parker and Marjorie Laney sustained the most serious injuries along with several other passengers including Jewell Laney Rachel Parker and James eet.
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Monroe
Here
Will Catledge
Jefferson
S. C
Jack Catledge
Glenn Helms
Weddington
W. A. Laney
Wesley Chapel
W. A. Parker
Marjorie Laney
Funeral Held for Mrs Fam Porter
Funeral services for Mrs Fam Porter were held in Asheboro at 1 pm. A former Asheboro resident who had lived in Reidsville for 10 years, she arrived last night and was cared for at Dr and Mrs J W Moore's home. Mrs Porter was sister in law of Mrs Moore.
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Asheboro
Fam Porter
Reidsville
J. W. Moore
Captain McIntosh Heads for India in Long-Distance Flight
Captain R H McIntosh left UPAVON at about 1 PM for India on a nonstop attempt to break the world long distance record now held by Clarence Chamberlin and Charles A Levine. He is accompanied by Bert Hinkler, noted test pilot who recently set a record London to Riga Latvia.
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Upavon
Eng
R. H. McIntosh
Ireland
New York
India
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
McIntosh
Bert Hinkler
London
Riza
Latvia
Postmaster Now Under Indictment
ASHEVILLE November 15 AP Logan H. Cloud former postmaster at Columbus E G Garner L D Ledford and Willie J Buckner indicted by the U S district court grand jury on charges involving western North Carolina post offices Cloud accused of embezzling postal funds before leaving office last May and is free on bond Buckner charged with breaking into the Bryson City post office Garner and Ledford accused of robbing post offices at Lake Junaluska Saluda Woodfin and other small offices.
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Asheville
Logan H. Cloud
Columbus
E. G. Garner
L. D. Ledford
Willie J. Buckner
United States District Court
Grand Jury
North Carolina
Cloud
Buckner
Bryson City
Garner and
Ledford
Lake Junaluska
Saluda
Woodfin
Head Nurse Paroled as Prison Seeks Replacement
RALEIGH November 15 AP State prison officials seek a new head nurse for the prison hospital after John B. Lowry of Pasquotank, who had led the hospital for years, is paroled by Governor McLean. Lowry was convicted in Pasquotank superior court in March 1918 and sentenced to ten to fifteen years. Clemency for Lowry, a World War I veteran who served with the British army, was recommended by Federal Judge Isaac M. Meekins and Solicitor W. L. Small and other Pasquotank officials.
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Raleigh
John B. Lowry
Pasquotank
McLean
Lowry
Isaac M. Meekins
W. L. Small
Sinking of Tukaram Steamer Reports 119 Lives Lost
The Tukaram, a 290 ton steamer on the Bombay to coastal ports run, sank in a sudden storm off the west coast of India. One hundred and eighteen lives are believed lost. sixty survivors were rescued at Janjira, with two hospitalized for injuries.
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Bombay
India
Jayanti
Bombay Cooperative Navigation Company
Janjira
Here
Favorable Weather for Harvesting Crops
United States Weather Bureau chief Charles F. Marvin reports October brought favorable dry and sunny weather aiding harvests. North Carolina shows a monthly mean 1.9 above normal at 62.1 with Henderson at 94 degrees and Mount Mitchell at 46.4. Beaufort tops at 68.95. Rain totals run 2.96 inches across 83 stations, 0.73 above normal. Mount Mitchell records four inches of snow on October 4 while Henderson endures heat waves.
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Raleigh
Charles F. Marvin
U. S. Weather Bureau
North Carolina
Henderson
Mount Mitchell
Beaufort
Mecklenburg People Tax Evasion Warrants Soon Issued
Charlotte November 15 AP Arrest of 500 persons on the 1927 tax lists in Mecklenburg county is planned as the next step by the Mecklenburg tax commission to place names of all property holders on the tax lists. County Attorney John S. Cansler said warrants would be prepared the next day and served as lists are checked.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg Tax Commission
Couny
John S. Cansler
Wilmington Man Leads In Carolinas Open
Roland Hancock of Wilmington led Bill Gobel of Charlotte by four strokes after the morning round in the Carolinas open golf championship in Columbia South Carolina. Hancock shot two under par 70 for 213 total while Gobel posted 74 for 217. Defending champion Marshall Crichton of Durham also shot 74 for 224 total after yesterday.
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Columbia
S. C
Roland Hancock
Wilmington
Bill Gobel
Charlotte
Hancock
Gobel
Marshall Crichton
Durham
Davidson County Ranks Seventh in Auto Ownership
Davidson County ranks seventh among North Carolina counties in per capita automobile ownership based on estimated population figures from the University of North Carolina News Letter. It also stands ninth in total car ownership.
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Lexington
Davidson County
North Carolina
University of North Carolina News Letter
Davidson
Population Estimate For County In 1927
The county shows a low population rank with one car for every 5.3 people. An estimated population of 38,402 was recorded on October 4, 1927.
Airplane check of oyster industry tops public health work
J L Robertson assistant sanitary engineer of the U S public health service finished an aerial survey of the Oyster Industry along Virginia and North Carolina coasts. He used air routes to audit land and water resources supporting the shellfish trade and is credited with pioneering such methods in shellfish sanitation and cross state public health operations.
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Morehead City
J. L. Robertson
U. S. Public Health Service
Virginia
North Carolina
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Sue Holland
Paul Casey
Ray Storms
E. C. Harville
Elmer Phibbs
Eugene Horney
W. B. Welborn
Daisy Welborn
Roy Sechrest
Nola Idol
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Fern Welborn
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Azelle Corn
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Lucille Holbrook
Beatrice Burns
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Dorothy Jester
Ruth Lowe
Lake Farrington
Aureal Bulla
Maxine Kennedy
Robert Hughes
Herbert Idol
Frank Lowe
J. E. Grissett
Joe Williams
James Welborn
Mrs
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Tennessee
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N. Main St
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Benavon
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M. Beaver
Leetsdale
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Sarver
J. J. Warner
George Lowengeto
Frank Kuepferle
Anthony Cayne
John Wise
Red Bishop
Knoxville
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William Bellan
Marie Congelier
Joseph Harris
Negro, Co
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Beavans’ Daily Store News
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