Woman's Wesley Bible Class Hallowe'en Social
The Woman's Wesley Bible Class of Wesley Memorial Church hosted a Halloween social on October 12. Guests arrived greeted by ghosts, enjoyed readings and fortune slips, viewed costume impersonations, and toured a Mystery Cave with themed treats. Seventy three aprons were showcased from prior class sewing for a bazaar, with prizes awarded for attendance and apron making.
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Hallowe'en
Woman's
Wesley
Wesley Memorial Church
Reid Kearns
Cora Yatel
Lena Butler
Chamber of Horrors
Thurton Kearns
Lucy Johnston
Dred Peacock
Maggie
Jiggs
Pearly Gates
Lillie Swann
George Washington
Chamelin—Eve
Reece Williams
Sir Walter Raleigh
Miss Tucker
Queen Elizabeth
Emma Brower—Darrow
A. C. McGee
Diogenes
Betsy Ross
T. W. Albertson
Napoleon
C. L. Lewis
Benjamin Franklin
Thurlow Kearns
Carrie Nation
T. W. Sprinkle
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
W. A. Bivons
Witches Council
Fountain of Youth
Nell Brower
Elva Gissom
Life
Emma Brower
Eloise Johnston
Tea Flower Show At Springfield Museum
The Woman's Auxiliary of Springfield Memorial church hosts a tea at the Springfield Museum of Old Domestic Arts on Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock. The museum showcases over five hundred historically valuable items and offers tours by curator John J. Blair to explain each piece. High Point residents are invited to visit the first public opening.
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Springfield Memorial Church
Springfield Museum of Old Domestic Arts
High Point
North Carolina
Springfield Museum
Paul R. Bowen
High Point College
Social Calendar Mixes Meetings and Weddings Across Week
A busy week in High Point features the Musical Art club meeting at the Sheraton with Mae Kirkman presiding, and a full slate of garden clubs, W C T U, and Eastern Star events led by local presences. Annie Robbins bride elect garners teas, luncheons, and a large Wednesday tea while preparations for her wedding with E E Mendenhall Jr. unfold through Friday. Daisy Smith returns from Cleveland as Cloverdale hosts a Thursday Child Study group with Ansley speaking. Miss Robbins’ wedding and related receptions fill the social program.
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Musical Art Club
Sheraton Hotel
Mae Kirkman
Wilton Barnes
High Point
Council of Garden Clubs
H. A. Millis
North Main Street
W. C. T. Club
T. J. Gold
Sedgefield
C. F. Tomlinson
Business and Professional Girls’ Club
Mary Kearns
Addie Moore
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Clyde Fitzgerald
Raleigh
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Springfield Museum of Old Domestic Arts
Springfield Friends Church
Publc
Needlecrat Club
BE. R. Outland
Woodrow Avenue
John C. Whitesell
Rotary Drive
Annie Robbins
Emerywood Country Club
Seborn Perry
Willis Slane
West Emerywood
E. E. Mendenhall, Jr
Margaret
Frances
Agnes Leak
Gredensboro
Emerywood Club Party Postponed To October 25
The Emerywood Country club card party scheduled for tomorrow night is postponed to Thursday October 25 due to conflicting dates. Further notice will appear later. The change was announced today by Mrs Ward.
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Emerywood Country Club
Miss Annie Robbins Bride Elect with Week of Parties Planned
Miss Annie Robbins and EF. E. Mendenhall Jr. plan a Saturday evening wedding at the First M. P. church after a week of social events in her honor. Hosts include Mrs. C. B. Mattocks and Mrs. D. E. Richardson, with teas, bridge luncheons, buffets, and a rehearsal at the bride’s parents’ home. Rev. H. H. Robbins will officiate.
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Annie Robbins
EF. E. Mendenhall, Jr
Miss Robbins
Alice McRae Caldwell
Miss Maroe
Helen
Ruth Mendenhall
Sedgefield
C. B. Mattocks
J. H. Walker, Jr
Will E
Cc. C. Robbins
H. H. Robbins
M. P
Randleman
Guilford College Freshmen Visit Local Family Homes
Lyndon Floyd Wilson a Guilford College freshman spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Wilson on Fast Farriss Avenue. His guest was Francis Maloney a fellow Guilford freshman from Camden New Jersey. Francis P Gorman returned to Washington Dc after a weekend at Miss Virginia Greenwood's home 610 Highland Avenue.
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Lyndon Floyd Wilson
Guilford College
Floyd Wilson
Fast Farriss Avenue
Francis Maloney
Camden
N. J
Francis P. Gorman
Washington, Db. C
Virginia Greenwood
Highland Avenue
Sunshine Class Election Tonight at Pilgrim Holiness Church
The Sunshine class of Pilgrim Holiness church meets at seven tonight at Mrs. John Harris home on Gurley Street to elect new officers. Attendance is urged for the local church group event.
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High Point Council of Jewish Women
al Swarts
Farriss Avenue
Phillip Silver
Sunshine
Pilgrim Holiness Church
John Harris
Gur
Ley Street
Mrs Boynton Honored At Tea By Mrs Sheetz At Home
Informal tea in Melbourne Florida honors Mrs A B Boynton Jr hosted by her mother Mrs Bertha Sheetz at 211 East Green Street. Guests include Mrs A B Boynton Sr and Miss Charlene Brown with staff serving tea and sandwiches. The Boyntons depart for Melbourne after brief visit. Also notes the Dickersons returning from Cleveland after the death of Mrs L D Dickerson with funeral held there midweek.
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Ophelia Cooper
Anna Mae Manley
Margaret Alice Price
Dorothy Samuels
Bessie Carter
Betty Joe Kidd
Savanah Carter
Billie Robinson, Jr
Alene Emory
Sarah Evans
Jancey Delight Dillon
Oleane Clodfelter
Oleane
Allen Smith Ridge
C. E. Ridge
Willowbrook Street
Allen Smith
James Wood
Inez Pierce
Sarah Frances Hart
Clyde Connor
Mary Stewart
Sonny” Connor
A. B. Boynton, Jr
Melbourne
Fila
Bertha Sheetz
East Green Street
Clara Cox
Sheetz
A. B. Boynton
Norman Fidler
Roland
Fidler
Beasley
Norman H. Fidler
England
F. R. Taylor
Mrs. Boynton
Fla
W. W
Five Year Old Fatally Burned in Mount Vernon Furnace Death
A young longtime handyman Stone confessed to throwing Nancy Jean Costigan, five, into a furnace in the Pel Hutchinson apartment building Mount Vernon. The child’s body was identified by a ring and pocketbook as investigators pursued Stone, a former reformatory termist, while witnesses recalled Nancy Jean playing nearby.
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Nancy Jean
Long Island
C. Russell Newhouse
Pel- Hutchinson
Mount Vernon
Richard J. Costigan
Forest Hills
Charles Hutchinson
Hutchinson
H. G. Cornell
Stone
Rena Johnston
Bilverstein
Hartford
Conn
Miners Demand Living Wage, Threats Rise in Mine Standoff
Miners press a weekly $3.50 living wage as operators cite weak coal demand. Forty four strikers surfaced in grave condition after mass unrest. women and families plead outside the Danube Steam Navigation mine owner’s gates as protests sharpen. The company refuses further talks until wage and hours demands are granted, noting 15,000 carloads of unsold coal and only about 4,500 miners employed.
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Danube Steam Navigation Company
Pecs
Dismissal Sought in Bigamy Trial of Fred Guerin
In municipal court, defense moves to dismiss the bigamy charge against Fred Guerin after evidence shows a February separation, a later Alamance divorce, and a subsequent marriage. The judge postponed ruling to consider whether the Alamance divorce validity can be challenged in local court.
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Teague
Alamance Court
Fred Guerin
Gertrude Guerin
Martinsville
Lewis E. Teague
Guerin
Alamance County
Gaston A. Johnston
North Carolina
Alliance Superior Court
W. G. Friddle
Guertin
Junior High School Names New Student Council Officers
The Junior High School elected officers for the student council led by 8 W. Taylor as president and Donald Wilson as vice president with Sarah Sears as secretary and Betsy Saunders as reporter. Mayors and council members from many rooms were listed, with sixth graders guided by Miss Frances Taylor and seventh graders by Miss Pat Archbell.
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W. Taylor
Donald Wilson
Sarah Sears
Betsy Saunders
Odell Brown
Roger Taylor
Ava Neil Taylor
Myrtle Mowbray
Billie Barker
Floyd Bradner
Eloise Rangin
George Boggs
Eunice Parker
Virginia Benton
Charles Pierce
Jimmy Millis
Betty Warner
Susannah Matthews
Floyd Hepler
Rachael Conrad
Mary Jane Wilson
Forrest Linthicum
Nancy Dean Davis
Arthur Jones
Death of John H Freeman in local hospital
John H Freeman aged 25 of the Redding apartments College street died at a local hospital after a two week illness. He was born July 20 1908 in Montgomery county son of George and Minerva Freeman. Surviving include father Sophia sister Viola and four siblings. Funeral at Marlboro Friends church Tuesday at 2 pm with interment in church cemetery. Body sent to sister Mrs Lamberth 249 Proctor street.
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John H. Freeman
Redding
College Street
Mr. Freeman
Montgomery County
George
Minerva Wilson Freeman
R. D. Fowler Transfer Company
George Freeman
Sophia
D. A. Freeman
High Point
May Lamberth
Merchants Warned of Check Flasher in Greensboro
Local merchants were alerted by the High Point Merchants Association about a check flasher who passed a bogus check on the George Brown Distributing Co. of Greensboro to a shoe store on Saturday. The check was made out to and endorsed by A. M. Wall.
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High Point Merchants Association
George Brown Distributing Company
Greensboro
A. M. Wall
Hospitals Gauge North Carolina Surplus Of Approved Centers
The American College of Surgeons named 65 North Carolina hospitals on its approved list with 24 provisionally approved after the 17th annual hospital standardization report. Criteria include organized medical staffs, complete records, lab and X ray facilities, and monthly clinical reviews to improve patient care.
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North Carolina
American College of Surgeons
Franklin H. Martin
Martin
United States
Canada
American College of ‘Surgeons
Albemarle
Yadkin Hospital
Asheboro
Randolph Hospit
Authorities Review Check Fraud Case Involving Local Firm
The subject listed an address on Highland Avenue and signed as L. C. Brown. It is learned that the company’s checks require signatures from George C. Brown or H. G. Wright. The man bought two pairs of shoes, then cashed the remaining amount.
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Highland Avenue
L. C. Brown
George C. Brown
H. G. Wright
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Club News
Moffitt’s
North Main
Colonial Drive
Entre Nous Club
W. C
Beavans
G. Robichaux
Mary Simmons
C. Robbins
Junior Service League
Eee Manor
Valette J. Harriss
Beta Pi Club
Rockford Road
C. C. Robbins
BE. BE
Mendenhall
E. KE
First Methodist Protestant Church
Fae
Cloverdale
Ansley
Daisy Smith
Salisbury
Mrs. Smith
Cleveland
Tenn
Emerywood Club
BAY Street P.T. A
Ray Street
South Main Street
Efird’s Department Store
Needlecraft Club
Gospel Tabernacle
H. P. Williams
Paul
Thessalonians
Apostle Paul
Lord Jesus Christ
Stephen
Jesus Christ
Jno. H. Freeman
Asheville
Asheville Mission Hospital
Aston Park
Biltmore
Banner Elk Grace Hospital
Charlotte—Charlotte Eye, War, ‘and Throat
Mercy Hospital
New Charlotte Sanatorium
Presbyterian Hospital
St. Peter’s Hospital
Durham
Duge
Lincoln Hospital
Watts Hospital
Fayetteville
Highsmith
Fletcher—Mountain Sanitarium
Eee
Carolina Orthopedic
Greenboro—Clinic
L. Richardson Memorial Hospital
St. Leo's Hospital
Sternberger Children’s Hospital
Wesley Long
Eee County
Henderson —— Maria Parkham
Hickory
Richard Baker
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Huntersville — Mecklenburg
Kinston — Memorial General Hospital
Laakaville
Leakaville
Rutherfordton
Rutherford Hospital
Rowan General Hospital
Sanatorium
North Carolina Sanatorium
Sanford
Lee County
Shelby
Southport
Brunswick County Hospital
Statesville
Davis
H. J. Long
Tarboro
Edgecombe General Hospital
Tryon
St. Luke's Hospital
Waynesville
Haywood County
Washington
Tayloe
Wilmington
Bullock
James Walker
Wilson
Moore-Herring
Winston-Salem—City Memorial Hospital
Forsyth County
Wrightsville Sound
Babies
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