Kiwanis Meet At Pinehurst November 5 and 6
High Point will send a large delegation to the Kiwanis district meeting at Pinehurst on November 5 and 6. A long convention program includes speakers, sessions, and a banquet with district leaders and International officers.
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High Point
E. W. Siks
Merica
Kiwanian McLeod
Abdeen Club
Kiwanian
Abereen Club
Alva M. Lumpkin
Kiwanis
Dr. @. Bunch
Cheraw Club
C. R. Brady
Newton
C. R. Pugh
Elizaeth City
Presiding
L. L. Powers
Cheraw
Lynch
E. W. Sikes
Fred C. W. Parker
International
Treasuer
Sikes
Kiwanian Creasy Proctor
Kinston
Henry Heinz
International Treaster
Charles W. Gold
International Tastee
Harry T. Adams
Gvernor
John M. Moss
International Presidnt
Carolina
America
Eltige Elmore
Jos. L. Bolles, Jr
Song
Invention City
Frien Services Today at Friends Church
Rev Tom Alderman Sykes leads Bible school at 6 45 with Horre Haworth as superintendent The brotherhood meets in the onyx at 9 45 There will be no evening worship or young people meeting due to the congregation uniting at the tabernacle
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Frien
Friends
Tom Alderman Sykes
Bible
Horre Haworth
Brotherhood
Friends Church
Tabernacle
High Point to be served by two federal marked highways
J Elwood Cox announces High Point will be linked by two U S marked routes, No 10 from Greensboro and No 76 from Winston-Salem, under a federal plan approved by the highway commission. The scheme aims to boost High Point publicity and tourism as North Carolina counties reach nine federal marked roads.
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High Point
J. Elwood Cox
Cox
Will
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
United States
Qualified Seaplane Trophy Racers Listed At Bay Shore Park
Bay Shore Park, Baltim ore Oct 24 AP lists qualified starters for the Jacques Schneider international seaplane trophy race in five minute intervals. Names include Lt James Doolittle USA Curtiss biplane, Capt Hubert Baird England Gloster Napier II, Lt G T Cud dih USA, Lt Ralph Ofstie USA, Lt G De Brianti Italy Macchi monoplane and Lt Ricardo Morselli Italy Macchi. Previous winners shown with year and aircraft such as Provost France Deperdussin 45.25 mph and Bologna Italy Savoia 106.35 mph.
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Bay Shore Park
Baltimore
James Doolittle
United States
Hubert Baird
Allon
England
G. T. Cuddihy
Nation
Ralph Ofstie
G. de Brianti
Italy
Macchi Flying Boat
Ricardo Morselli
M. Provost
France
C. H. Pixton
L. Bologna
Savoia
Record of early seaplane speed attempts and outcomes
The notes document 1922 Henry C Biard from England achieving 110.76 mph in a super marine seaplane, 1928 David Rittenhouse of the U S Navy with a Curtiss seaplane at 145.7 mph, and 177.38 mph in 1924 with British and Italian entries amid Wreck and withdrawal.
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Henry C. Biard
England
David Rittenhouse
U. S. Navy
Gurney Briggs Named Music Director at Wesley Memorial
Gurney Briggs of High Point has been elected director of music at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, succeeding Dan W. Smith who recently resigned. Briggs has previously served as director of music at West Market Street Methodist.
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Gurney Briggs
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Dan W. Smith
Mr. Briggs
West Market Street
Greensboro musicians lead at dist church and Wesley Memorial
Announcement from Greensboro notes dist church has housed a top High Point musician for two years and Mrs. Bascom Whitaker of Greensboro is elected organist at Wesley Memorial Church. She and Mr. Briggs will begin new duties next Sunday.
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Dist Church
Greensboro
High Point
Bascom*Whitaker
Wesley Memorial Church
Briggs
Weidemeir Bond Forfeited In Chicago Inquiry Case
John V. Weidemeir failed to appear in the St. Louis criminal court to answer charges tied to a Chicago inquiry into his career. His $5,000 bond was ordered forfeited after he did not show up. He allegedly swindled six women met under various aliases.
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ST. Louis
John V. Weidemeir
Chicago
The Gold Rush Greatest Chaplin Comedy at Sea of Popular Fancy
Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush debuts next Wednesday after sixteen months of solitary work by Chaplin. The film blends comedy and pathos with a rugged Alaskan frontier tale of a valiant weakling facing peril and skeletons, delivering humor, drama, satire, melodrama, and slapstick in a ten reel epic.
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Charlie Chaplin
Crater
Broadhurst Theater
Chaplin
Charlie
Adot
Carolina Scouts Award Medals for Heroism
The Boy Scouts of America announces four medals and 22 certificates for heroism issued by its national court of honor. North Carolina youths are named among medal recipients and heroism certificate honorees. A Goldsboro boy credits UNC led life saving instruction from Chapel Hill leaders conference for rescuing three girls from drowning.
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Boy Scouts of America
National Court of Honor
North Carolina
H. C. Hunter
Goldsboro
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Boy Scouts
Hunter
Alabaster Lamps of Tut’s Day Astonish Experts
London reports Howard Carter, co discoverer of Tutankhamen tomb, says Egyptians 3 275 years ago made alabaster lamps finer than modern electric lighting. He revealed lamps found in the tomb show how ancient Egyptians illuminated their homes.
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London
Howard Carter
Tutankhamen’s Tomb
Carter
Rochester Sister-Visit Noted by Elm Street residents
Mrs Walter Wright of Rochester New York visits her sister Mrs John D Rogers at 209 Elm Street. The social arrangement highlights family ties and local hospitality in the Rochester community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wright
Rochester, N. Y
John D. Rogers
Elm Street
Do Wider Pants Reveal a Student Mind at William and Mary
William and Mary faculty surveyed on whether wide trousers indicate intelligence. Most doubted a direct link though some tied expansive dress to a robust mind. Professors from ancient languages to English weighed in noting conservatism, personality, and changing gender norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of William and Mary
School of Journalism
Department of Ancient Languages
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Tommy Milton
Bob McDonough
Altoona
Harry Hartz
Bob
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Wesley Memorial
New Theater
Sheraton
Tut
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Williamsburg, Va
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Landis Electric Shoe Service
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Paul W. Transon
Penny
N. Main
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F.O
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