Patterson 10 to be tried Wednesday in murder case
John Patterson, a Black man bound over from High Point municipal court on a murder charge in the death of Johnnie Gilliam on Christmas night 1925, will be tried in Greensboro Superior Court next Wednesday as a special one week criminal term begins Monday. Previous acquittal noted in report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patterson
High Point
Johnnie Gilliam
Greensboro
Monay
Patterson
George A. Younce
Gilliam
Important Meeting For St Marys Church Attendance
Parish House doors open Friday evening at 7 45 according to Rev H N Bowne rector. He says issues affecting every son will be discussed and urges full attendance of the church membership for the session at St Marys Church on Parrias Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Parrias Avenue
H. N. Bowne
Slaying Allegation Ties To Local Home
Gilliam was alleged slain in front of Jim Friday's home on Taylor street. Umphs Barringer is accused of the murder. Ace Mayberry will be tried Monday on breaking and entering and violating the prohibition law. James Dumas to be tried Wednesday for larceny. Judge Thomas J. Shaw to preside. Guilford grand jury ordered to meet in special session on malpractice charges against county magistrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilliam
Jim Friday
Taylor Street
Jr. Order Will Stage Degree Work Friday
Guilford lodge No 23 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will meet at their East Washington street hall Friday at 7 30 p m for degree work. All members are urged to attend and visiting members are welcomed to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Coung
United American Mechanics
East Washington Street
Douglas Speaker Or Rotary Today On Adventuring
Douglas, a Greensboro adventurer and Georgetown student, spoke to the Rotary Club on scouting’s value. Introduced by Bunn Hackney, he recounted three key expeditions with scouting ties including Africa and Alaska, and a recent scientific Alaskan crater expedition with Father Hubbard. He urged scouting as character building and national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dick Douglas
Greensvoro
Rotary Club
Bunn Hackney
Douglas
Georgetown University
Africa
Alaska
Father Hubbard
California
Alaskan
HGH Point Elks 10 Meet Tonight at Broad Street Lodge
A special session of High Point Lodge No. 1155 B P O E is held tonight at Broad Street lodge rooms at o'clock. Committees will be appointed and winter plans discussed. Col D H Milton urges large attendance. Regular meetings resume Oct 8 at 7 30. New six month membership cards Oct 1 to Apr 1 1982.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Lodge
Broad Street
Col
D. H. Milton
High Point Citizens Share Hobbies From Astronomy to Stamps
The article surveys High Point residents from educators to police staff, detailing hobbies from astronomy, music, and stamp collecting to fishing and hunting. Notable figures include T Wingate Andrews, Rev. Tom A Sykes, Eugene Parrish, Rev. Roy I Farmer, W F Bailey, and J H Hubbard, each pursuing passions alongside their public roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wingate Andrews
T. A. Sykes
John Mebane
High Point
High Point City
Mr. Andrews
Schutert
Beethoven
Verdi
Haydn
Mendelssohn
Chopin
Paderewski
Kreisler
Toscannini
Martinelli
Tom A. Sykes
Central Friends Church
Sykes
Vienna
Eugene Parrish
Sergeant Parrish
Roy I. Farmer
First Methodist Protestant Church
Farmer
Mr. Bailey
J. H. Hubbard
Izaak Walton
Lions Club backs Boy Scout drive and night school plan
The Lions Club endorsed efforts to maintain High Point night schools this term and supported the upcoming Boy Scout drive. A committee was named to aid fundraising, and the club joined civic groups and the chamber of commerce for a state highway and good roads leaders dinner near September 17. A petition to reconsider abolishing night schools was presented and signed. the finance committee was asked to report on a Community Fair donation, and Grover N. Jones spoke on city administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
High Point
Elwood Hotel
Lions
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Good Roads
Country Club
Roy Smartt
A. J. Koonce
H. A. Cecil
Jim Woollen
Lloyd Flythe
Glenn Ward
Leo Welch
Grover N. Jones
Rufus Russell
Paul Yopp
Atlanta
al Boynton
Ottis Spain
Walter Sprye
W. R. Kester
N. W. Bales
Dr Conrad to Talk on The People of Paradox Land
Pastor A B Conrad of the First Baptist church opens a sermon series next Sunday night titled The People of Paradox Land. The first talk, The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man, sets the pattern for dates through October with topics like The Foolish Wise Man and The Dead Live Man. Services start at 7:30 PM and all non worshipping individuals are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Conrad
Paradox Land
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
Dick Douglas to Speak at Kiwanis Meeting Tomorrow
Greensboro boy scout explorer Dick Douglas, who spoke today at the Rotary, will address the Kiwanis at noon tomorrow in the Elwood hotel luncheon. He will recount Africa experiences from the Martin Johnson expedition four years ago and discuss his book about the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Douglas
Greensboro
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Elwood Hotel
Scout Douglas
Africa
Martin Johnson
Boy Scouts Hear African Tales At Local Meeting
A lively program organized by the committee promises entertainment at the meeting. Local Boy Scouts are expected to attend and hear a fellow scout recount experiences in Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Bend slugger unchains wild swing ends with bat hits spectator
In Bend Oregon a batter twice missed on a third strike and then flew for a wild swing, the bat slipping free struck a spectator on the arm and ricocheted through the windshield of a parked car amid a chaotic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bend
Ore
Casey
Bill Rasmussen
Society Guests Return From Ten Day Motor Trip
Mrs. J. M. Brintle and Doris join Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wood and Mrs. J. O. Wood after a ten day tour visiting Johnny Wood in Philadelphia then New York Atlanta Atlantic City and Washington D C The group traveled via Shenandoah Valley Also noted is Mrs Byron Meadow ill at High Point hospital yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Brintle
Doris
Herbert Wood
J. O. Wood
Johnny Wood
Philadelphia
New York City
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Washington, D. C
Shenandoah Valley
Byron Meadow
High Point Hospital
Hotel men meet called by young hotel officials
R K Young proprietor of the Elwood hotel calls a meeting of Southern Hotel association group No 4 at Alamance hotel Burlington this Saturday with a 5 o'clock business session and a 7 30 dinner. Notables invited include C C Sanders King Cotton Greensboro and B I Bugg Melbourne Durham presidents of the association with Thomason secretary en route to speak in Norfolk Va. A mysterious submerged valley is reported in the North Sea between England and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. Young
Elwood Hotel
The
Southern Hotel Association
Piedmont District
Alamance Hotel
Burlington
Cc. C. Sanders
King Cotton
Greensboro
Greeters Association
B. I. Bugg
Melbourne
Durham
Southern Association
Harry C. Thomason
Association
Thomason
Bugg
Hotel Monticello
Norfolk
Tidewater Hotel Association
North Sea
England
Europe
Local P T A members plan county conference at Bessemer
Scores of High Point P T A members will attend the county conference at Bessemer School near Greensboro on Thursday September 17. The program includes a devotional opening at 10 o clock, talks on Parent Education and school law provisions, standard certificates, and group conference sessions led by local leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer School
Greensboro
Burlington Highway
J. W. Burke
Gibsonville
County Congress
Congress
C. O. Burton
State Congress
W. W. Martin
T. R. Foust
E. Ff. White
W. A. White, Jr
Myrtle Ellen LaBarr
M. N. Willard
EB. E. White
R. Homer Andrews
Violation of Health Law Charged Against Three Local Citizens
Warrants issued by City Sanitary Inspector Claude Hussey target George Barringer Jesse Burns and Grady Capel. Alleged failure to connect their sewers triggers health law charges in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Me
Claude Hussey
George Barringer
Jessie Burns
Grady Capel
Clear Skin Promise and Blood Health Claim Ad
An old advertisement touts 5.8.8 as a tonic to improve skin and happiness by increasing red blood cells. It claims a 100 year record of vitality, stresses fresh vegetable ingredients, and encourages readers to start taking 8.8.8 now with a larger size offered for price savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S
Police Honor Cherry Ball Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Cherry Ball were held at 10 30 this morning attended by nearly all High Point police officers. Ball died at his home 1316 Longstreet Tuesday after illness since April. He was father of G T Ball, a police member here. Interment followed at Mechanicsville Baptist cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. C. Pike
H. M. Ridge, Jr
W. E. Carroll
E. 8. Dowdy
J. Clyde Hoover
I. DP. Venable
W. A. Burton
Tuna Gates
T. F. Robbins
Iris Caudle
Tressie’ Caudle
Dollie Michael
Iola Wright
Hat
Friddle and Parrish To Attend Chapel Hill Police School
Police Chief W. G. Friddle and Desk Sergeant Eugene Parrish depart this afternoon for Chapel Hill to attend the evening session of the Police Chiefs School. Senator J. W. Bailey and Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt will close the session tonight. Friddle plans to arrange with Brummitt to address High Point police later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friddle
Parrish
Chapel Hill
W. G. Friddle
Eugene Parrish
Police Chiefs’ School
J. W. Bailey
Dennis G. Brummitt
Mr. Brummitt
High Point
Yale Expedition Heads to Himalaya for Ape Origin Study
A Yale team plans an expedition into the Himalaya mountains and Western Tibet to search for clues about human development from an ape-like ancestor. The goal is to trace evolutionary history by examining ancient remains and ecological context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Himalaya Mountains
Tibet
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Peggy Shannon
Marjorie Rambeau
Charlie Chash
ROUGH
Theodore Dresser
Paramount
Publix
Kincey
High Point Circus
Woodbury Avenue
Nelson Family Guide
Franz Wolka
Aerial Walters
Billetti
Poontinran
the Ring Drug CO
North Main Street
Rotary
HGH Point Elks
Lodge Hall
Albany
Oxford
Justice Court
FBI
Tom Tyler
the Man From
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King OF Wilds
Nancy Carroll
Kiwanis
T. A.S
Wagzger’s Ladies’ Shop
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Wrenn Street
High
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Anderson Helms
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