Debuts in Capital City Fall Short of Splendor
Washington society announces a conservative debutante season with modest gowns and home stays. Notable introductions include Miss Atlee Wirgman from Philadelphia, Miss Dorothy Nicholson tied to the Mount Vernon exhibit hostesses, and Miss Mary Elizabeth MacArthur, niece of General Douglas MacArthur, along with several other scions and a Hungarian minister’s daughter Miss Gladys Szechenyi.
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Washington
Washington Society
Doherty
Papa
New York
Atlee Wirgman
Philadelphia
W. Wayne Wireman
Dorothy Nicholson
Jesse W. Nicholson
Paris
Mount Vernon
Army
Mary Elizabeth MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Margaret Gibbons
Henry Gibbons
Jane Thorpe
George C. Thorpe
Gladys Szechenyi
Szechenyi
Newport
Capitol
Clara Grant
A. 8. Grant
North Carolina druggists elect new leaders in state association
A. C. Cecil of High Point is named by the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association as second in command, with Polk C. Gray elected president. Other officers include James M. Hall Sr, H. M. Cooke, J. Grover Beard, and Co. C. Fordham Jr. The 1932 convention will be in High Point in June after Wrightsville Beach hosted this year. Cecil owns multiple Cecil drug stores and has UNC pharmacy training.
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North Carolina
A. C. Cecil
Greensboro
Polk C. Gray
Statesville
A. Earl Weatherly
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
James M. Hall, Sr
Wilmington
H. M. Cooke
Salisbury
J. Grover Beard
Chapel Hill
Co. C. Fordham, Jr
High Point
Wrightsville Beach
Cecil
School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
Cecil’s
Cecil-Simpson
West End
Cecil-Russell
Thomasville
Wartime ships awaiting fate in graveyard
New Orleans reporters tour 56 U. S. laid‑up steel ships in the Mississippi River, part of a once mighty fleet used to advance World War I, later repurposed to feed Europe and move munitions. Now rusting, some vessels are stripped while watchmen guard each graveyard ship.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
U. S
America
United States
N C Business Women To Meet In October
Greensboro report on district meetings of the North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs set for October in Burlington for the third district and October 23 in Smithfield for the fourth district. The third district includes Greensboro Mount Airy Winston-Salem Leaksville Spray Burlington and Reidsville with Miss Fannie Y Mitchell as district president. The fourth district comprises Raleigh Henderson Rocky Mount Wilson and Smithfield with Miss Ruth Wilson as district president.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Burlington
State
Smithfield
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem
Leaksville-Spray
Reidsville
Fannie Y. Mitchell
Leaksville
Spray
Raleigh
Henderson
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Ruth Wilson
Sale of Valuable Land by Trustee in High Point
Public sale of Lot No. 8 in Roland Park Circle Guilford County North Carolina. The deed of trust date October 19 1928 to W A J Idol Trustee for High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association describes a 5000 dollar note defaulted. Sale set for September 22 1931 at 2 35 PM in front of High Point Municipal Building.
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M. C. Crowson
Irene Old Crowson
W. A. J. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
City of
High Point
Roland Park Circle
Brantley Circle
Ardmore Circle
Wife Intervenes Sparks Fire On Car To Stop Jail Raid
Warren Ohio area reports tell of Harry Fife who, after his wife called the sheriff during a quarrel, spilled gasoline on his car and ignited it. The sheriff arrived to find a flaming vehicle as Fife declared the stunt was to prevent his wife from using the car while he was jailed.
Never Too Old Motorist Proves Doubters Wrong
Mrs. A. Stanton Cooper, 67, defies critics by biking 200 miles to Scarborough and back in a week and a half. Friends in Hampton urged against her plans, but she demonstrates determination and stamina.
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London
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Mildred Sheffield
Shellman
Delta Delta Delta
Brenau College
Gainesville
Chateau Frontenac
Quebec
N. C
Ruth Campbell
High Point Enterprise
Tong Moka
Peook
Orr
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