Benefit party at Sheraton by B'Nai Israel ladies
The Ladies Aid Society of B'Nai Israel Synagogue plans a benefit musical and bridge night at the Sheraton Hotel. Various club notices follow including meetings of the Lottie Holden class Roycroft Junto Thursday contracts club Canterbury club and High Point Garden Club pilgrimage to boxwood gardens.
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B'Nai Israel Ladies
Ladies Aid Society of
B’nai Israel Synagogue
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Garden Club
A. 8. Parker
Hillcrest Drive
Williams-Lillington Boxwood Gardens
Louisville
Penn Boxwood Gardens
Madison
Mrs Hunter Burton Undergoes Serious Operation At High Point
Mrs. Hunter Burton of Thom asville underwent a very serious operation at High Point Hospital last Saturday and is recovering satisfactorily. Mrs. W. E. Paul of Elkin is visiting here this week with Mrs. C. A. Ring on Oakwood Court. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton returned to their home at 303 Lindsay Street after summering in Montreat. W. J. Goldsmith of Briggs Avenue is ill at Burrus Clinic undergoing treatment for an infected hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Davis III
Friends of
J. C. Davis
South Main Street
Mr. Davis
High Point Hospital
Wilma Hayworth
Lawrence Hill
High Point
York
D. C
Hill
B. C. Hayworth
Msg
Florence Staley McIntyre
Helen
Amos Yakley
Thomasville
South Carolina
Bridges Street
Hunter Burton
Charles T. Hamilton
Lindsay Street
Montreat
W. J. Goldsmith
Briggs Avenue
Burrus Clinic
Kiwanis Tournament Opens Pinehurst as Convention Begins
At Pinehurst on October 21 a golf tournament opens the Carolinas Kiwanis district convention. The three day session includes a Thursday boxing show by Fort Bragg soldiers with Governor Gardner, Governor Blackwood of South Carolina, Fort Bragg commander Lanus McCloskey, and Kiwanis International trustee Russell S. Perkinson among attendees.
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Pinehurst
Carolinas
Kiwanis
Fort Bragg
Gardner
Ibra C. Blackwood
South Carolina
Lanus McCloskey
Russell S. Perkinson
Petersburg
Kiwanis International
Assignments Ten Play Committees Announced
The Woman's Club of Senior High to stage College Flapper October 29 30 at the auditorium with Mrs L R Johnston as general chairman. Miss Marjorie McHugh directs the fast moving comedy and a local cast is rehearsing at Bay Street school. Committees include cast publicity ticket costume and financial with multiple named members.
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L. R. Johnston
Marjorie McHugh
Bay Street
Johnston
Frank Marr
Margaret Hauser
R. H. Sechrest
H. T. Hudson
C. H. Rhodes
R. L. Waynick
W. J. Fraley
Geddie Strickland
John Abels
R. W Riggins
J. E. Marsh
Baptists to Meet in Greensboro for Burnett Talk
Promotion committees of the Piedmont Baptist association will meet at First Baptist church in Greensboro to hear George Burnett, Texas lay leader, tomorrow night at 7 30. Clarence A. Smith, moderator, announces the event and urges attendance. Burnett will explain the Every Member Canvass Campaign to begin November 29 and run through December 6, with Perry Morgan as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Baptist Association
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
George Burnett
Texas
Clarence A. Smith
Perry Morgan
Burnett
Smith
Roll Call Meeting for High Point Lodge 1155
High Point Lodge No. 1155 B P O E plans a roll call meeting tomorrow at 7 30 pm in the lodge hall. Col D H Milton secretary says several entertaining features are planned. D D Parsons Exalted Ruler will preside and urges a large attendance to resume lodge activities after summer vacation and support upcoming projects.
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High Point Lodge
D H. Milton
D. D. Parsons
Col
Milton
Snail Races Become Winter Craze in Britain
Patience-trying races grow popular as snails compete in Wales and crowds wager substantial sums. Tor toise races are featured at London parties hosted by young society people.
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New Wales
Britain
Wales
London
Indo-China topic to be shared by Olson at Gospel Tabernacle
Rev J D Olson, returning mis sionary from Indo-China, will speak at the Christian and Missionary Alliance convention at 7 30 this evening. He will show stereopticon slides and share facts on Alliance mission activity in Indo-China. The Alliance reports 10 000 adults baptized, 114 stations opened, 26 churches self supporting, Bible translated into Annamese, two Bible schools, and 51 missionaries serving a 22 000 000 population with 12 tribal groups totaling 800 000 members.
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J. D. Olson
Indo-China
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Olson
Alliance
Evangelical Missionary
Annamese
Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
Pi Omicron Sorority to Meet Tomorrow at Central Friends Church
Pi Omicron sorority schedules a 7 15 pm meeting in the annex of Central Friends church tomorrow night. Previous meetings were at the YWCA but moved due to a scarlet fever case. A Kirkman will lead the session.
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Pi Omicron
Central Friends Church
A. Kirkman
One of Oldest of Colored Men Dies
Jim Bynum, a longtime High Point resident and prominent African American business figure, died suddenly at his Leonard Street home. The age and cause were linked to a cerebral hemorrhage. he previously operated an ice and coal plant with a notable local presence.
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Jim Bynum
High Point
Leonard Street
Hopkins Kin Win Heirship Fight in Randolph Courts
More than 100 Tar Heel claimants to the millions amassed by Mark Hopkins, who left Randolph county in 1849 to become a railroad builder, won a Randolph Superior Court ruling establishing heirship. Norman Lee Freeman seeks California probate appointment as administrator, with hearings moved to November 9. the case centers on the old Hopkins homestead near Crow Creek and disputes over ownership and fraud in estate handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Hopkins
Randolph County
Great Western Railroad
Norman Lee Freeman
California
Hopkins
Edward and
Hanna Crow Hopkins
Randolph Superior Court
N. A. Sinclair
Tony
Mr. Freeman
Sacramento County
John H. Longden
North Carolina
Moses Hopkins
Mary Frances Sherwood
Freeman
Centenarian Irishman recalls OConnell era and eight cent days
Michael Coughlan, who died aged 110 in the Tullamore district of Ireland, remembered the days of Daniel OConnell and the time when men worked for eight cents a day.
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Michael Coughlan
Tullamore
Ireland
O’connell
Chamber of Commerce discusses cotton acreage and furniture exhibition
The chamber recalls past efforts to reduce cotton acreage and notes a Col umbia 1919 resolution. At a March 16 meeting plans for a Furniture Exhibition Building were revived with hotel accommodations seen as a hurdle. A survey committee was formed and $100 was allocated for Jamestown building research. The push helped High Point secure the Southern Furniture Exposition Building, boosting local industry.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Columbia
A. E. Tate
Caldwell
Dalton
Tomlinson
Kearns
Fred N. Tate
J. W. Harriss
Frank Wineskie
Clark
C. F. Long
Jamestown
N. J
Chamber Treasury
Southern Furniture Exposition
London Warns Americans Over Swindling Schemes
London authorities warn American travelers after numerous reports of old time swindling games. A visitor was duped by a genial stranger with an Irish fortune, paying 2000 dollars as a guarantee and awaiting the share.
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London
Atlantic
Charles Ross Wins Third in Dulnain Rifle Tournament
Charles Ross aged 87 wins third prize in a recent rifle tournament in Dulnain Scotland while shooting without glasses reflecting his steady aim and long experience.
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Charles Ross
Dulnain
Scotland
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Lottie Holden
E. C. Holden
Roycroft Junto
Robert Browning
Canterbury Club
Carson Burns
Burns
Danville
T. J. Gold
John Henry
C. C. Prince
Matt Wall
Ruth Bowne
Paul TenHoopen
Fred Crowell
John &. Welborn
Grover Kester
Christian Endeavor Society
First M. P. Church
Tyson Ferree
Dennyce McAdams
Myrtle Davis
W. O. T. Club
Alexander
Mary Alexander
English Street
C. F. Tomlinson
United States
Virgin Islands
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Minnie Alexander
Mesdames A.S. Parker
Hiram Armentrout
C. M. Hauser
Gilbert Clark
H. A. Millis
Carter Dalton
A. 8. Caldwell
R. K. Stewart
Mesdames Gurney Kearns
Oscar Moffitt
Seborn Perry
A. Sherrod
V. A. J. Idol
New Jersey
Moffitt’s
North Main Street
Baptists
Piedmont Association
CLAS
Col. Milton
Charles Strong
Pi Omicron Sorority
Randolph Courts
Eugene
Marcelle
Eugene Perma
E. Green St
KDKA
Johnson
Brownbilt Shoe Store
Sechrest Funeral Home
Beavans
the Ladies’ Store
Kaplan’s Shop
Thompson
Dr Scholls
N. Main
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