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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1924
Page
2
Birth notices report the Burke and Walker families welcoming sons at Guilford General Hospital on October 20 and October 26. Social items note UDC meeting on English street with the Alexander sisters, J A Barker’s improvement, Mrs Terry hosting bridge at the Country club with several guests, and a quiet Gordon Cheek wedding witnessed by friends.
Society pages report on weddings and guest visits including Rev T A Sykey officiating and a newlyweds returning to Hillsdale. Illness confines Edith Hedgecock and mother. Club activities include open WCTU meeting in Charlotte, a Wednesday Bridge Club luncheon, a Mah Jong luncheon honoring Mrs Beasley, and Don Pasquale at American Theatre with Federation delegates attending. Local notices cover auto wreck injuries and a dinner party honoring Myrtle Rodwell. Music arrives for local chorus and UDC meeting set with elections.
Mr and Mrs D R Weedon of Boston arrive to spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs K C Denny at their Hamilton street residence. Mr Weedon is the sister in law of Mrs J L Murray of Greensboro. Mrs Murray and Forest Murray host on East Washington street. Miss Ritchie Johnson and Mrs V D Sales departed last night for Baltimore and Washington for a brief absence.
World champion hiker Charles C Franklin from Birmingham Alabama arrives in High Point and will stay until tomorrow. Former regimental sergeant major in the 167th infantry Rainbow division. he recently won the hiker championship from British rival J Scott Evans. He plans a 50 000 mile trek with 38 152 miles already logged and aims to walk to California then sail to Australia. He will speak at the Orpheum tonight sharing travel experiences and ex service men topics.
Frankin met Evans in Raleigh and outwalked him toward Greensboro securing the championship. The Alabama veteran has spoken with President Coolidge King George Poincare and other notable leaders. He aims to finish his 50 000 mile hike by September 1926. He earned his living selling the Veterans Service magazine.
In San Francisco on October 22 postal officials sent to Washington the application of Chester N. Weaver to carry mail by air from San Francisco to New York. Weaver weighed 184 pounds and said air postage would total 728.08 dollars. The report notes there were no windows in ancient Greek houses.
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