Welfare Board Moves Into Commercial Club
Welfare board relocates from cramped offices to the old Commercial Club block on South Main opposite the Exposition siding. Under Mrs. W. C. Hammond, staff settles in as the department shifts its operations to the new site and expands its capacity to handle about 1,500 families due to the federal relief program creating job projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Board of Welfare
Munici
Commercial Club
South
Maine
Exposition Siding
W. C. Hammond
Plaintiff seeks $5,000 in defamation claim over alleged false charges
Sears files in municipal court alleging E C West and G F Owens conspired July 19 to charge him with theft of two razors and defrauding Gullatt Razor Co. A warrant issued, he was tried and acquitted, and he says the actions damaged his credit and reputation, seeking judgment for $5,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. West
G. F. Owens
C. J. Sears
Sears
Gullatt Razor Company
Union City
U. S
Justice of the Peace
Dunn
N. C
Barber shops to close for Thanksgiving Day
High Point Barbers Association members will close all day Thursday in observance of Thanksgiving. The decision was announced at last night’s meeting at the Central Barber Shop on East Commerce Street by president J. F. Nance. The next meeting is set for December 6 at the same location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Barbers’ Association
East Commerce Street
J. F. Nance
Nance
Parents see classroom work at school night program
Parents at the local high school tonight at 7:30 may tour classrooms in the manual arts and home economics departments. They will meet teachers, review the pupil schedule for the night, and visit other areas such as the library gymnasium and cafeteria during the lunch period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Johnston
Thanksgiving service unites four churches for orphanage offering
Special service sponsored by Mr P Churchs will unite the four Methodist Protestant churches at First Methodist Protestant on North Main and Richardson streets. Dr J D William Rev C H Hill and Dr S W Taylor lead as others assist. An offering for the local orphanage is urged with one day’s wages or at least a dollar or silver. provisions and supplies may be left at the pastor’s study. An invitation is extended to nearby Methodists and the public to attend and give thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Protestant
North Main
Richardson Streets
Welch Memorial
J. D. William
English Street
C. H. Hill
Lebanon
Burlington
God
Fathers of Old
Freight Offices To Be Closed Thursday
The High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad and Southern Railway freight offices will be closed all day Thursday for Thanksgiving observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Southern Railway
Jordan Dedicates New Book To Congregation
Rev. G. Ray Jordan of Wesley Memorial Church dedicates his forthcoming 1933 book to officials and members as thanks for support during economic hard times. The volume from Cokesbury Press, 15 chapters on faith and resilience, costs one dollar and includes praise from church leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial Church
Board of Stewards
Edwin D. Mouton
Winston-Salem
Jordan
Cokesbury Press
Nashville, Tenn
America
Thomas Curtis Clark
Pulpit Journal
Church Management
Nashville
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Robert B Thompson Dies Suddenly At Home
Robert B. Thompson aged 31 died suddenly at his home near Mitchell's Grove church at 6 30 this morning after a heart attack earlier in the night. He was born in Danville Virginia June 2 1901 and had lived near the city for four years. Survived by wife Mamie Allen, brother James Thompson, sister Mrs Glenna Harraway of Danville. Funeral arrangements pending at Sechrest Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Thompson
Mitchell's Grove Church
Mr. Thompson
Danville
Mamie Allen
James Thompson
Glenna Harraway
Sechrest
Hunting Season Drives Big License Demand Across State
The conservation department reports heavy license sales as hunting opens. John B. Spencer of the agency notes over 100 licenses issued with many non residents from Norfolk and other states buying to hunt on local preserves. Prices vary by license type and region with strict rules on badge visibility and reporting of game for the 1932 33 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Spencer
Conservation Department
High Point Hardware
South Main Street
Spencer
North Carolina
Walter B. Thomas
Norfolk
Guilford County
Hyde
Dare
Currituck
Department of Conservation
Missing Junior High Girls Cause Local Search
Two junior high school girls from Park Street are reported missing. Willie Mae Hallifield 13 and Willie Underwood 13 left home Monday aiming to visit relatives in western North Carolina and Quebec, but failed to reach school or family, with efforts to locate them ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Mae _ MH
Hallifield
J. 8. Hallifield
Park Street
Willie Underwood
L. C. Underwood
High Point
North Carolina
Quebec
N. C
Stone kills worker at High Point post office site
John Henry Hinton a 37 year old Negro died instantly when a large stone fell from a scaffold crushing his chest at the High Point post office site on South Main and BW I I hi A A Ureell Streets. He had worked less than four days and was taken to Guilford General hospital in an ambulance but died on arrival. He lived at 544 East High street and came to the city from Raleigh about a year and a half. He is survived by his wife Eva Hinton and his mother. Funeral arrangements had not been made.
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W. P. King
Southern Methodist Church
Denominational Advocate
Jordan
The
Christian Century
Christian Century Pulpit
Church Management
Expositor
Homiletic Review
Christian Advocate
Epworth High Road
John Henry Hinton
High Point
South Main
Ureell
New Jeaay
Hinton
Guilford General Hospital
Koonce
Eva Hinton
William Roche Stone Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Spence Brothers
Saginaw, Mich
General Contractors
East High Street
Raleigh
Missing Girls Fears Grip Community as Searches Continue
Residents express concern for two missing girls while authorities widen searches. Clarence Hallifield, 16, brother of one missing girl, was missing earlier in the month but returned after five days claiming travels to Norfolk Virginia and Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hallifield
Norfolk
Jacksonville
Florida
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Welfare Board
City Shoe Shop
W. Commerce
Farlow
Marvin Parlow 17
Broad St
High Point Motor Freight Terminal
sHir
Bloom
Carolina Coal Co
Piedmont Ins. & Kealty Co
College St
L&h Coal
W. G. Bridges
Carolina
Treasury Department Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C
Commercial National Bank
South Carolina
John Db Bi
Fr. G. Awalt
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Nate
Coats
Rose Marie
S. Main ST
Mr. P. Churches
First Church
Wesley “Memorial
Turkey
National Market Co
Willie Mae Hallifield
Negro
Sata
N. L. Garner
Occidental Life Ins. Co
W. H. Tall
New Plymouth
Plymouth
Gate City Motor Company
Jack Burris
Wrenn Street
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