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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1931
Page
13
Virginia Maryland and North Carolina athletic directors favored continuing the Southern Conference after a meeting following the Virginia VMI game. They discussed splitting to form a Southern Big Ten but expressed that full membership would continue if scholastic standards remain the key difference.
Pursuant to a deed of trust dated January 19, 1926, Paulip Medlin and Ellen Medlin, with L. Orr as successor, defaulted. The Trustee will offer the property at public auction November 17, 1931, 2:25 PM, in front of the Municipal Building, Greensboro area, describing a 7500 square foot tract along Archdale Public Road. Cash sale. Peacock & Dalton, Attys.
At the December meeting in New Orleans representatives from Virginia V. Pp L, V. M. 1, Washington and Lee, University of Maryland and the University of North Carolina attended the conference session.
Hartford champion Battalino will defend his world featherweight title against Earl Mastro of Chicago at Chicago Stadium on November 4. Matchmaker Nate Lewis secured Battalino’s signature in New York and later signed Mastro. The bout is scheduled for 10 rounds.
In Memphis 1829 a baby named Edmond Richards was christened in a finely made robe. Now in 1931 his great granddaughter Mary Dell Richards will wear the same robe at her christening.
Allen Jay high school soccer team defeated Randleman 2 to 1 in a closely contested match. Armstrong and Cox scored for Allen Jay while Carlyle netted Randleman’s only goal in a well played thriller before a large crowd.
Public sale to satisfy a $300 deed of trust by Prankaw and wife Robbie Ganaway to W J Idol trustee for High Point Sonia Building and Loan Association. Property in Guilford County described as Lot 4a Block B Loflin Inley & Son plat, Plat Book 28, page 28. Sale November 17, 1931 at 2 15 PM, cash.
Yale travels to Chicago to face Amos Alonzo Stagg’s Maroons on Stagg Field amid talk of another Stagg upset. The piece notes Stagg’s past shocks like 1905 Michigan win and 1929 Washington rout, and describes Yale adapting with new aerial tactics and mixed backs schemes while Chicago drills multiple offensive sets and even uses Notre Dame style line play for prep.
Adjutant John O Beirne of the Salvation Army returned from Raleigh with his Great Dane Lady who won the Danes class and best of breed, plus fourth in the working dogs group. Lady, nearly 11 months old at 29 inches, is AKC registered and owned by O Beirne. Irene Yarnell also entered her German Shepherd Echo of Alexander, 11 months, who took first in the puppy division.
Leo E Bourque of Cape Cod Mass is cycling across the United States to California he has completed half his journey after 29 days on the road and plans to ride back east. He expects the return trip to be shorter thanks to the road knowledge gained.
A Department of Commerce expert estimates the prescription filling capacity of American drug stores to be more than ten times the current demand, indicating ample supply against need.
Raleigh schools suspended classes to let pupils visit the North Carolina State Fair now at peak attendance. About 25 000 people came yesterday for fruit exhibits a dog show and Wake Forest versus N C State football. The state department of agriculture called the annual fair a decided success after moving supervision to that department.
DURHAM Oct. 16 After more than half a century apart two boyhood chums renewed their friendship at the Yorktown Va celebration. Marshal Petain France s World War hero and J Jourdan a Durham resident were schoolmates at age 13. Jourdan came to America with his family after Germany crushed France in the war of 1870.
Football volunteers nationwide back a fund for the unemployed with Tennessee, Mississippi A and M among responders. Eastern plans include Army vs Navy at Yankee Stadium December 12 and Yale Brown Dartmouth Holy Cross elimination at New Haven December 5, with Princeton Pennsylvania Columbia Cornell in a December 9 Yankee Stadium event. Rutgers and Devin and Elkins also show willingness. Big Ten weighs options, may extend the season to aid charity.
After years of search the spawning beds of the halibut have been found in shallow ocean waters within 40 miles off Alaska. J. P. Babcock chairman of the Canadian American halibut commission notes these areas are where large fish go to spawn and such banks should yield valuable information on halibut life.
Bad breath coated tongue biliousness or headaches signal constipation. Do not use violent purgatives. Cascarets, made from cascara, cleanse your system pleasantly and completely. Relief is prompt and lasting, strengthening bowel muscles. Ten cents a box at drug stores.
Pearl Annette Jones became the bride of Aubrey Elmer Hughes in a brown and beige wedding gown of velvet and chiffon. The dress featured seed pearl embroidery and a brown velvet bodice adorned with a beige ostrich feather plume.
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