Mys terious Mr Mason comedy closes Collins Festival at junior high
The three act farce The Mys terious Mr Mason by Robert Morrill Sand will be staged Friday evening at the junior high school ending the Collins Entertainment Festival’s four program run. Altrusa club sponsors the series for scholarship funds and the unknown Mr Mason draws the audience through a string of comic situations. The festival previously featured the Ambassador quartet with music bells and ventriloquism and sketches by Harold D. Bide Lucille Elmore and party.
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Mr. Mason
Robert Morrill Sand
Altrusa Club For Itscholarship Fund
Ambassador Quartet
Harold D. Bide
Lucille Elmore
Gordon String Quartet Delights Large High Point Audience
The Gordon String Quartet opened the High Point Cooperative Concert Association season with a full Junior High School crowd. Jacques Gordon led the group with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra background, delivering Schubert Death and the Maiden and a varied program including Grieg, Moussorgsky, Granados, Rimsky Korsakov, and Sackson arrangements. The evening drew multiple curtain calls and showcased a high level of musicianship despite occasional intonation lapses.
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Virginia
Frank
High Point Cooperative Concert Association
Gordon String Quartet
Schubert
H. Waldo Warner
Grieg
Moussorgsky
Mr. Sackson
Ibert
Jacques Gordon
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
David Sackson
William Lincer
Naoum Benditzky
Letitian's Thanksgiving Ball Draws Younger Set Tomorrow
Final plans for the Letitian club Thanksgiving Ball at Emerywood Country Club are nearly complete. Bids are limited to men who may bring a guest or attend stag, a new practice this year. The Guilfordians of Guilford College will supply the music, and Ruth Poole serves as club president with local chaperones named for the holiday event. Ball admission will be by card.
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Letitian Club
Emerywood Country Club
Guilfordians
Guilford College
Ruth Poole
John Foy Celebrates Fifth Birthday With Thanksgiving Party
John Foy Jr celebrated his fifth birthday at home on Arbordale drive with a Thanksgiving themed party. Guests enjoyed games, ices molded as turkeys, cake, and festive favors.
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John Foy
Arbordale Drive
Helen Dallas
Jimmy Blair
Andy Pickens
Sherry Kearns
Virginia Perry
Charles Froelich
Sally Trepke
Beverly Horney
Susie Nicoll
Jim Armstrong
Pete Jones
Stuart Hart
Betsy Davis
Mary Elizabeth Casey
Sarah Gertrude Page
Jack Peacock
Boyden Henley
Jimmy Lovelace
Frances Pickett
Frankie Foy
Tommy Wood
Nancy Gray
Chad Rogers
Randall Terry
Kenneth Geddie
Malcolm Perkinson
Mary Ann Britt
Doris Chitwood
Richard Hayes
Dot Lewis
Norman Sohnchen
Dick Swartzberg
Billy von Cannon
Talbert Brewer
John Moore Bullard
Buddy Matthews
Dianne Wagner
November Dance at Emerywood Club Delayed
The Emerywood Country Club will host its regular monthly dance on Saturday evening November 27 at 9 p.m. A popular orchestra will provide music. Reservations for singles or tables are due by Saturday noon.
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Emerywood Country Club
Thanksgiving Pageant at Ward Street Church
The Festival of Thanksgiving pageant by Ward Street M E church youth group will be presented tomorrow at 7 30 PM. The public is invited to attend this service oriented program.
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Ward Street
Ward Street M.E
Young People's Department
South Main Church
South Main Street
M. E. Church
Thanksgiving Visitors Arrive For Holidays From Pa and Ala
About Miss Sarah Horner and Don Ruth of Scotdale Pa and Mount Pleasant Pa arrive to spend Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Casey on Woodbrook court. They plan to attend the Duke Pitt football game in Durham Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J F Goree of Montgomery Ala visit son James Goree at 915 Putnam Avenue and Lee Goree at 650 North Main Street. Miss Evelyn Sharp of Greensboro arrives home to spend the holidays with her parents and will host Miss Katherine Coble of Monroe. Mrs Robert A Sheloff travels to Troy for mother’s illness, Mrs Bryant. Miss Eulalia Turner, Mills Home manager, is recovering from injuries after a fall.
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Sarah Horner
Mount Pleasant
Don Ruth
Scotdale
Paul Casey
Woodbrook Court
Durham
J. F. Goree
Montgomery, Ala
James Goree
Putnam Avenue
Lee Goree
North Main Street
Evelyn Sharp
Woman's College
Greensboro
F. G. Sharp
Carrick Avenue
Katherine Coble
Monroe
Robert A. Sheloff
Troy
Bryant
Eulalia Turner
Mills Home
Burrus Memorial
Jewel Hoover
William Hoover
Asheboro
W. C. Levering
Randleman
Franklinville
Mary Page Kirk
EB. Venable
J. M. Frasier
Wesley Lee
EB. Trogdon, Jr
Halley Predicted Return of Comet With Narrow Window
The passage explains comets are delayed by large planets but Halley forecast his comet’s return. he nearly hit the predicted date, missing it by about a year.
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Halley
All-Bran Promotes Regularity in Plain Advice
A Kellogg’s advertisement promotes All-Bran cereal as a daily aid to avoid constipation. It touts fiber’s water-absorbing, bulk-forming action and recommends daily servings with plenty of water, noting the product is sold at grocers.
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Kellorg
Battle Creek
Vicks
Altrusa Dinner Meeting and Thanksgiving Ball Notices
Social calendar entries list Altrusa semi monthly dinner at the Sheraton with a surprise program. Letitian club hosts Thanksgiving Ball at Emerywood Country Club with Guilfordians music. Sedgefield Hunt Thanksgiving hunt breakfast at the Inn. Trumpeteer club hosts first annual Thanksgiving Dance at Sedgefield Manor. Mrs. W. G. Ragsdale entertains Sorosis at Jamestown. Emerywood monthly club dance.
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Altrusa Club
Sheraton Hotel
Letitian Club
Emerywood Country Club
Guilfordians
W. G. Ragsdale
Sorosis Club
Jamestown
Thanksgiving Ball Planned by Trumpeteer Club at Sedgefield Manor
Readiness surrounds the Thanksgiving Ball sponsored by the Trumpeteer club at Sedgefield Manor on November 25. Bernard Fowler and his Rhythm Masters will play for the first ball, designed to welcome home club members and others from area colleges. Five young ladies from the region will serve as sponsors with escorts from High Point Winston Salem Greensboro.
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Trumpeteer Club
Sedgefield Manor
Bernard Fowler
Betty Sechrest
High Point
Clarence Idol
Ruth Pollock
Hammett A. Cecil, Jr
Phyllis Pinkston
Winston Salem
Bill Bennett
Mary Owen Donaldson
Greensboro
A. N. Gardner, Jr
Gloria McCall
Alfred Lea
Kappa Gammas Study Health And Efficiency
The Omega chapter of Kappa Gamma National sorority held a lecture at the Sheraton hotel led by Dr. P. E. Lindley educational director. Members discussed bodily defects and mind, activity, exercise, health habits and food, body temperaments and moods, and how health affects general efficiency.
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Omega Chapter
Kappa Gamma National Sorority
Sheraton Hotel
P. E. Lindley
Birth Announcement for Nancy Long Garland
Mr and Mrs R Gaines Garland announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Long born Monday November 22 at Burrus Memorial hospital.
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R. Gaines Garland
Nancy Long
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Kearns Family Announces New Daughter Birth
Mr and Mrs Charles Kearne of Rockford road announce the birth of a daughter at Burrus Memorial hospital this morning. The child has not yet been named.
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Charles Kearne
Rockford Road
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Pageant at Elm Street School Tonight With Harvest Queen
A Thanksgiving pageant titled O Come All Ye Faithful will be staged this evening at 7 30 in the Elm Street school auditorium. The junior and senior choirs of ten voices perform with interpretive dances as the Harvest Queen portrayed by Jean Rike appears in procession. A small admission fee funds needed school equipment.
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Elm Street School
Jean Rike
Randleman Bride Honored At Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs. Azel Millikan recent bride honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. Ethel Millikan Mrs. Cletus Brookshire and Mrs. Leonard Ward novel contests prizes went to Mrs. Watson and Lola Millikan plum pudding and whipped cream served at the Brookshire home Also notes on Glad Girls class meeting and local residents travel and visits including Miss Alice Coble returning from Los Angeles and Rozelle Smith visiting a Greensboro hospital
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Randleman
Ethel Millikan
Cletus Brookshire
Leonard Ward
Brookshire
Azel Millikan
Watson
Lola Millikan
High School Beta Club Adds Seven New Members
The Beta club welcomed seven new members including Frank Talley and Wilma Tay with the initiation ceremony highlighting their commitment to service and school activities.
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Frank Talley
Wilma Tay
Christmas Decorations Talk Set by Asheboro Garden Dept
Asheboro Woman's club garden department will hear Mrs. Frank Morton Sr. discuss Christmas decorations at the November meeting on Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Curry Loflin's home. Hostesses include Mrs. BE Hedrick and Mrs. W A Underwood with a special mantel arrangement planned.
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Asheboro
Frank Morton, Sr
BE. L. Hedrick
W. A. Underwood
Loflin
Charles Fox
L. E. Milks
James Cheely
Lewis Whitfield
Mrs Burton Reaches Her Eighty Second Birthday
Mrs. Fannie W. Burton of 910 Montheu Avenue receives greetings on turning eighty two. The note mentions her long life and includes a historical nod to James Appleton, father of prohibition, born February 14 1786.
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Fannie W. Burton
Montheu Avenue
James Appleton
Prohibition
VEW Auxiliary Benefit Party Voted Success
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars hosted a benefit bridge party at the V F W hall on North Main Street. Eleven tables played bridge and setback with prizes donated by local merchants awarded to top scorers including Mrs N N Garner and Mrs Kenneth Eilington among others. Refreshments followed as the event concluded.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F. W. Hall
North Main Street
N. N. Garner
Kenneth Eilington
Charlies Tew, Jr
Clarence M. Bean
W. E. Smith
Ruth Elizabeth McMahon
Clyde Hoover
Paul J. Shaver
Ray Gallimore
Geneva Long
E. A. Whiden
Tom Pitts
R. G. Weant
Auxiliary
Pentagon Girls Meet This Evening
Pentagon Girls club members hold their regular meeting this evening at the home of Miss Leora Mebson. The drive area is noted with a schedule entry and local organizer names appear in the brief.
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Pentagon Club
Leora Me
Tree species Peculiar to North American Continent
The Arizona cypress, Douglas fir, hickory, sequoia, western yellow pine, and white pine trees are peculiar to the North American continent.
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Arizona
North American
Whales Known to Live Across Vast Time
Historical claim notes that some whales may reach ages far beyond common estimates. Scientists debate maximum lifespans citing species differences and limited aging data.
Miss Bond Hosts Bridge Party in Thomasville
Miss Sallie J. Bond entertained at her home with four tables for contract bridge honoring Misses Margaret Haywood and Matilda Alexander of Troy. High scores went to Lucille Kirkpatrick and Vera Dixon. Additional gatherings noted include the Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. W. K. McGee and visits by Rev M O Alexander and the Rowe family.
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Thomasville
Sallie J. Bond
R. C. Harville
Margaret Haywood
Matilda Alexander
Troy
Eunice Reece
Lucille Kirkpatrick
Vera Dixon
Haywood
Alexander
Lucille Robinson
Eather Chatfield
Agnes Rigby
Clarice Rose
Beulah Norment
Isabelle Mouton
Margaret McLeod
Florence Lawrence
Vann Stringfield
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
First Baptist Church
W. K. McGee
B. E. White
Elizabeth Hamrick
Charles F. Lambeth
M. B. Hite
R. G. Jennings
John A. Broadus
Archibald Johnson
George Bullock
Margaret Bullock
Dick Bullock
Mary McEachern
Red Springs
M. O. Alexander
Raleigh
W. W. Rowe
Lenoir
Local Camera Club Secures Permanent Headquarters Here
The High Point Camera club has a permanent quarters at 246 12 North Wrenn Street above Dr A C Jones offices. The next meeting is scheduled there on Wednesday December 1. The club plans a dark room and assembly storage facilities. Officers are J Robertson president and Charles P Drake secretary.
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High Point Camera Club
North Wrenn Street
A. C. Jones
J. ‘ Robertson
Charles P. Drake
Visible writing on typewriters changed typing in 1883
The development of visible writing on typewriters began in 1883 allowing writers to see letters as they were typed. This innovation marked a shift from opaque ink to direct paper visibility, improving accuracy and speed for typists.
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Play To End Entertainment
Altrusans
Letitian
Emerywood
Coats
Moffitt
NORTH
Lebanon
Ladies Aid Society
Woman's Missionary Society
Ward Street Church
Bilison
Sedgefield Hunt
Kappa Gammas
Nancy L. Garland
Kearns
Glad Girls
Randleman Baptist Church
Bessie Williams
Lavenia Headrick
Nelle Robbins
Dorothy Henley
Jor, Doris and
Dorothy McDaniel
Hazel Owens
Betty Pope
Larry Hammond
Fayetteville
Claud Newlin
Norfolk
Mary Mitchell
Dr. Butler
C. D. Kistler
Co. W. Brandon
C. D. Vestal
K. G. Tanner
Hi. E. Reece
Asheville
Alice Coble
Charlie Coble
Los Angeles
Calif
Rozelle Smith
Leo
Clinte Hospital
Asheboro’s Clubs Garden Dept
Mrs. Burton
VEW Auxiliary Benefit Party
Pentagon
Stephens
Stephens Bible Study
J. M. Stewart
Forest Avenue
Ezekiel
Nora Andrews
Nat Walker
Jane
Pessy Anna Shoppe South Main
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