Sunset Romance Trade Signals Alan Sells Painting
Jill Wentworth arranges to buy Alan Jeffry’s painting Sun Over Seville for $3,000 through an art dealer to launch the young artist. The couple share a celebratory taxi ride and a kiss on a bus, amid doubts about risk and fate as Jill fears exposure of wealth.
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Jill Wentworth
Alan Jeffry
Jack Wentworth
Jill
Sylvia Sutton
Alan
Seville
Wentworth
Televne
Miss Lancaster
Chrysler Building
Metropolitan Museum
Wentworth Town House
Missing Man Hunted In Edenton Waters
Edenton search crews hunt for Thomas J. Burgess of Tidewater Construction missing since Saturday after a barge he was aboard caught fire at the mouth of the Roanoke River. Firefighters extinguished flames. Burgess was not aboard when the barge was towed away to Plymouth, South Carolina.
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Edenton
Thomas J. Burgess
Tidewater Construction Company
Roanoke River
BE. L. Hansen
Albemarle Sound
Burgess
Plymouth
State Machine Likely To Be Quiet In Senatorial Race
Raleigh dispatch notes NC political players expect the Gardner machine to refrain from active intervention in the Reynolds Hancock senatorial contest. The calculus weighs prestige and future control, with a decisive backing risking backlash in the 1940 state primary even if Hancock wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hancock
North Carolina
Robert R. Reynolds
Frank Hancock
Mr. Gardner
Hoey
Reynolds
East
Quality Club Elects New Officers at Pickett Mills
The Quality Club held its October meeting at the Community House with a barbecue supper. New officers were elected: Earl Kimble president, Bill Campbell vice president, Elizie Rose secretary, J. E. Kimes treasurer, W. A. Hunt chairman, R. C. Reavis reporter, Joe Harrelson custodian.
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Quality Club
Earl Kimble
Bill Campbell
Elizie Rose
J. E. Kimes
W. A. Hunt
R. C. Reavis
Joe Harrelson
Sunshine Club hosts fortune telling guest at Friday meeting
The Sunshine Club held its regular meeting Friday night October 22 with about 20 attendees. Games and refreshments were enjoyed by all, and guest Mrs Wanick told fortunes.
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Sunshine Club
Wanick
Boy Scouts of the Pickett Mills Community
The Boy Scouts of the Pickett Mills Community troop No 23 participates in local scouting activities and community service events under district guidance. Members and leaders collaborate on neighborhood projects and troop governance.
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The
Boy Scouts of the
Pickett Mills
Troop No
Regular meeting held Thursday night in October
A local body conducted its regular meeting on Thursday night October 21, outlining agenda items and procedural discussions. Officials reviewed ongoing projects and upcoming deadlines, with brief public comments before adjourning.
Play to Be Given by Ennis Street Weslyn Methodist Church
The Ennis Street Weslyn Methodist Church will present a play titled Missionary Play this Sunday night November 7. Leading roles will be played by Virginia Conner, Margaret Jones, and Lucille Brady. Exact showtime to be announced in this column.
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Ennis Street Weslyn Methodist Church
Virginia Conner
Margaret Jones
Lucille Brady
West End Church L L L Class Halloween Party
The West End Baptist Church L L L class hosts a Halloween party at the Community House Friday night October 29. The event invites families and children for a seasonal gathering with activities and refreshments.
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West End Baptist Church
Local Families Spend Weekend with Relatives Across Town
Mrs. Charlie Ray and Frances Hobbs are ill at home on Tryon and Redding streets. Numerous visits occur: Hemric with his mother. Hinshaw at the mountains. Jones and Cash couples with Winston-Salem relatives. Stewart family with Harrelson and Shears. Holbrook family with Rose parents. Durham family with Lula Clark. Combs with Wilkesboro kin. Forrester family hosts E V Hubbard and Irene Edwards. Blackburn and family visit A J Kelly. Forrester kin hosting Irene Edwards.
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Charlie Ray
Tryon Street
Tildy Smith
Martha Bennett
Reidsville
Forest Elliott
Frances Hobbs
Redding Street
N. G. Hemric
Sallie Hemric
Max Hinshaw
Mountains
S. A. Jones
Wade Cash
Mr. Jones
Winston-Salem
Nathen Stewart and
Henry Durham
Greensboro
Mrs. Durham
Lula Clark
English Street
Thomas Combs
Mr. Comb
Wilkesboro
E. V. Hubbard
Washington, D. C
T. C. Forrester
Roy Blackburn
Hanes
N. C
Mr. Blackburn
A. J. Kelly
Five Years For Manslaughter Of Two Years Ago
Gastonia October thirty first reports Claude Gregory aged 35 pleaded guilty to the fatal manslaughter of Coy Sims a 31 year old relief worker. Gregory faces a five to seven year term in the state prison after his plea in the two year old case.
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Gastonia
Claude Gregory
Gregory
Coy Sims
1935 argument ends with slaying tied to arrest in Columbia
Gregory, recently arrested in Columbia South Carolina, described wandering across the South as the source of the slaying, marking the culmination of a prolonged argument from 1935.
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Lumbia
S. C
Gregory
Denton Social Roundup Brightens Weekend Travel
Denton residents and visitors fill a weekend with visits to Greensboro Asheboro and South Carolina. Notables and families report trips to Blue Ridge mountains and High Rock while local workers cope with an injury at Biltwell Chair. The note ends with a cultural jab about Mohammedan etiquette.
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Merritt Tysi
Thomasville
Tysinger
Thomas Tysinger
Denton
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