Acute Housing Shortage Amid Rent Upturn Noted
Local real estate agents report an ongoing housing shortage with few desirable rentals and waiting lists. Expect partial relief from two renovations, but no cure soon. Real estate values rise slightly amid hints of inflation and a busy October for sales and rent collection. Thanksgiving observances in High Point include Sunrise service, baskets for needy families, and multiple church services.
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North Main Street
Richardson Street
Hamilton
Steele
Congress
Sale of license plates begins next Saturday
The Carolina Motor Club Piedmont branch announces license plate sales start Saturday December 1. Motorists must hold 1934 taxes or sign sworn affidavits for new cars bought before December 15 when plates can be displayed. Extra staff will handle the year end rush.
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Millard Todd
Carolina Motor Club
Yeeter
Todd
Greensboro
Piedmont
Motor Club
Christmas Seal Sale Opens Friday to Fight Tuberculosis
The Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale starts Friday November 30 with local Junior Service League leading efforts. Seals will be sold at drug stores and a post office table, with factory and business outreach through Christmas. The 15th anniversary sanitorium movement seal marks this year, and a coast-to-coast broadcast closes the kickoff. The drive funds remain vital as TB still claims many lives yearly.
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James Lyon
League
Junior Service League
Lyon
United States
LIVERMAN AND MASON AWARDED NEW YORK MUSIC SCHOLARSHIPS
Hubert Liverman of 203 Thurston Street and W. E. Mason of Greenville South Carolina, both UNC sophomores and High Point High School graduates, received permanent scholarships to the New York School of Music. They will study under Aloys Kremer and Granville English, noted figures in piano and composition, with Liverman aiming to focus on music composition.
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Hubert Liverman
Madie. Liverman
Thurston Street
New York School of Music
Aloys Kremer
Granville English
Liverman
University of North Carolina
High Point High School
English
Kremer
Europe
W. E. Mason
Greenville
8. C
New York
Federal Check Tax Abolished After January 1 1935
Charles H Robertson North Carolina revenue collector announced the federal two cent tax on bank checks will end after January 1 1935. The tax was collected from depositors with banks and will be removed, saving individuals and businesses per check. A ten percent tax on safety box rentals remains in place though revenue from it is not large.
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Charles H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Positor
Frank Morris Held on Liquor Charge After Raid
Frank Morris of 406 Park Street was arrested after a police raid on his home netted more than seven gallons of liquor. He faced a violation of the Turlington Act with bond set at $500. Officers found a concealed floor trap in a small closet and recovered liquor as the wife emerged from a closet with a quart ready for delivery.
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Frank Morris
Park Street
Morris
Plan to Unite Methodist Churches for Thanksgiving Service
Southern Methodist Episcopal churches in the city plan a joint Thanksgiving service at Wesley Memorial church next Wednesday at 7 30 p m except Ward street church which holds its own revival. Rev 5 M Needham of Calvary will preach and Rev J P Hipps of Main Street will lead prayer. Music by Wesley Memorial choir and a gift offering for the Methodist Children's Home in Winston Salem.
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Central Friends Church
Southern Methodist
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Southern Methodist Episcopal
Wesley Memorial Church
Main Street
Calvary Highland
Ward Street
M. Needham
Calvary Church
J. P., Hipps
Main Street Church
J. Gurney Briggs
Wesley Memorial Choir
Winston-Salem
Fire in Miller cottage attic. damage minimal
Thomasville dispatch reports a small attic fire at the Mills Home Miller cottage sparked by ignited rags. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly with negligible damage.
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Thomasville
Garner Honored As Leading Producer In Special Campaign
N L Garner of this city was named leading producer for Occidential Life Insurance during a 46 day campaign honoring president Laurence F Lee of Raleigh. Garner wrote 81 applications totaling 178000 dollars and spoke for the field force at Lee birthday party. Lee announced over 1500000 dollars in new business written by the sales force across ten states during the contest.
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N. L. Garner
Occidental Life Insurance Company
Laurence F. Lee
Raleigh
Garner
Lee
Adventist Lecture At Theater Tonight
The Seventh Day Adventist lecture at the Carolina theatre tonight at 7 30 will ask when the righteous go to heaven and how long they stay there. It claims the righteous will not spend eternity in heaven but upon the new earth and will be illustrated by sterootican sites. Free literature on the subject will be distributed.
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Carolina Theatre
Local Finger Print Expert's Testimony Aids In Conviction
Lexington scene reports Johnny Copeland a Thomasville Negro was convicted in Davidson and sentenced by Judge Hoyle Sink to six to ten years in the state prison based on expert fingerprint testimony.
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Lexington
Johnny Copeland
Thomasville
Hoyle Sink
Davidson
Hendrix joins Bloom Furniture Exchange staff
J C Hendrix, formerly with Hendrix Furniture, is now part of Bloom Furniture Exchange staff. The announcement was made yesterday.
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J. C. Hendrix
Bloom Furniture Co
J. ©. Hendrix
Hendrix Furniture Company
Bloom Furniture Exchange
Immediate Toy Donation Drive Urges High Point Fire Department
Chiefs and firefighters appeal for toy donations to repair and gift to needy children before Christmas. With weeks behind last year and few toys received, volunteers encourage residents to drop off unwanted toys at the nearest fire station for repair and distribution to hundreds of local kids.
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High Point
E. K. Ingram
Alumni Banquet Caps High Point College Homecoming
High Point college celebrated a homecoming with over 150 alumni. Dr G I Humphreys praised former student support during lean years and noted the banquet marked ten years since founding. Morning chapel addressed youth foundations followed by sports events and an alumni dance.
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G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
J. Clay Madison
Roberts Hall
Dr. Humphreys
Milbourne Amos
Wilber Hutchens
Misa Alma Andrews
Dorothy Hoskins
Emerywood Country Club
Alex Mendenhall
Trial Begins In Thom asville Coca Cola Robbery Case
A superior court trial this afternoon dealt with breaking and entering and larceny tied to the July 30 safe robbery at the Thom asville Coca Cola Bottling Company. The panel heard $3,750 cash was taken, higher than initial $1,000 estimates, with J. W. McMahon of the High Point police department aiding the inquiry.
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Perior
Thomasville
Coca Cola
J. W. McMahon
High Point Police Department
Thief Cops Play's Cop's Gasoline and Oil Tragic Result
Julius A. Green played the policeman in the American Business club's stage production The Spider at a local theater. He then burned out a bearing in his car yesterday due to lack of oil, criticizing the dirty tricks described by onlookers.
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Julius A. Green
Mr. Green
American Business Club
The
Illustrated Talk At Church Tonight
Tonight at the First Evangelical and Re formed church on South Main and Russell streets Rev. W R Shaffer will present a stereopticon lecture on the Japanese in America. The images aim to show life in America and its Christian influences while inviting public attendance for valuable insight and inspiration in Christian service.
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First Evangelical and Reformed Church
South Main
Russell Streets
America
W. R. Shaffer
Japan
Christ Jesus
Parade inaugurates Christmas season in High Point
Thousands lined Main Street for the city’s annual Christmas parade sponsored by the Merchants Association inaugurating the shopping season. Southern Dairies won best professional float. Pilot Life and Sunshine Laundry took second and third. Richardson’s Department Store won best amateur float. Barbara Davis won prettiest pony, Mary Lou Cecil best decorated bicycle, with other prizes and window decorating to be judged in early December. Stores expect longer hours starting December 14 as toylands open and Christmas merchandise fills displays.
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High Point
Local Merchants’ Association
Main Street
Drum and Bugle Corps
The
American Legion
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Sunshine Laundry
Richardson's Department Store
C. E. Sheloff
8. C. Clark
Henry Grady Owens
Son Ice Cream Company
Cecil's Drug Store
Cut-Rate Furniture Company
Washington Furniture Store
Barbara Davis
Paul Davis
Roy Fowler, Jr
R. D. Fowler
Mary Lou Cecil
A. Coke Cecil
Grace C. Baker
Marade
High Point Merchants Association
W. E. Davis
Lois Welborn
Pat McSwain
EB. Snow
EB. C. Criddlebaugh
Charles M. Brown
Lions Club to sponsor charity film at Paramount Theater
The High Point Lions Club will host charity pictures at the Paramount Theater with two showings at 2 and 4 pm. Proceeds benefit local charitable agencies, Ushers will be Lions members, and admission is charged for a morning of wholesome entertainment featuring Peg O My Heart with Marion Davies and a comedy.
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Peg O
My Heart
Paramount Theater
High Point Lions Club
Marion Davies
High Point
Lions Club
Pictures to be shown at Central Friends Church
Westtown Boarding School photographs will be shown at Central Friends Church at 7 30 pm on Wednesday November 28. Miss Elizabeth W Paige and Frederick W Swan will present moving pictures and explain the school aims and ideals. Westtown, an old Friends school, now admits a few non Friends. dress rules have relaxed but core simplicity remains. Cora Worth Parker is the only High Point student currently attending. Attendance urged.
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Westtown
Central Friends Church
Elizabeth W. Paige
H. A. White
Frederick W. Swan
Cora Worth Parker
High Point
Weattown
V. F. W. Post To Meet On Monday Evening
High Point Post No. 619 Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a meeting at the V F W hall Monday night at 7 30 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
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High Point Post No. 619
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F. W. Hall
Post
Ed Millis Named General Chairman of Scout Campaign
J Ed Millis chosen as general chairman of the Uwharrie Council Boy Scouts annual finance drive. Campaign set for December 11 and 12 with a full setup to be announced soon. Millis praised for youth involvement and leadership within Randolph Davie Rowan Davidson counties and Jamestown High Point area. The council, organized in 1920, now has 603 Scouts and four admin centers led by H A Mills as president and B W Hackney Jr as scout executive.
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J. Ed Millis
Uwharrie District Council
Boy Scouts of America
Uwharrie Council
Boy Scouts
Millis
Uwharrie Council of
Randolph
Davie
Rowan
Davidson
Jamestown
High Point
H. A. Millis
Thomasville
Lexington
Salisbury
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Deep River Friends Plan Quarterly Meeting Next Saturday
The Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends churches will meet at Central Friends Church next Saturday. The day opens with the Ministry and Oversight meeting at 10 a.m., followed by worship at 11. A business session will follow lunch in the afternoon, with Miss Clara I. Cox and Rev. Reuben J. Payne as presiding clerks directing the program.
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Deep River Quarterly Meeting of Friends Churches
Central Friends Church
Clara I. Cox
Reuben J. Payne
Navy recruiting hits peak quota at Salisbury station
R. C. Ross, machinist's mate first class and in charge of the U S Navy Recruiting Station Salisbury, says the December quota is the largest since the station opened in May 1934. Applications are coming in daily from boys seeking a Navy career at the post office building.
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R. C. Ross
U. S&s. Navy
Salisbury
Ross
Navy
Hiso
Buing
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High Point Christian Endeavor Union
Central Friends Church Annex
Christian Endeavor Societies
Robert Smith
City Union
Methodists
Unite Services
Southern Methodists
City
W. F. Pleming
Humphreys
Rae
Efird’s Department Store
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Martin Dry Cleaning Company
Mann Drug Ecompany
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Public Utilities Company
Gib
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J. ED Milims
Ions Club
V. F. W. Post
ED Millis
Mr. Millis
Drive
A.J. Koonce
Main ST
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