Contract Awarded for New Hospital at Thomasville
Lexington notes a contract award for Davidson county’s City Memorial Hospital to Gray Concrete of Thomasville for the building and to W. W. Dick of Greensboro for heating and Harry G. Biddell for plumbing. Otis Elevator of Greensboro and Fry Electric of Lexington secure other bids. Total cost about 160000 dollars with 30 to 40 beds, future expansion to 100 beds. Funded by the late T. J. Finch gift and Duke foundation, from Brown Finch estate settlement proceeds after a train death in 1926. Work starts immediately, completion in a few months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Davidson County
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Gray Concrete Company
W. W. Dick
Greensboro
Harry G. Biddell
Otis Elevator Company
Fry Electric Company of
C. C. Hartmann
T. J. Finch
Duke Foundation
Brown Finch
North Carolina Railroad Company
New Notaries Commissioned Across North Carolina
Raleigh Sept 21 New notaries of public commission named E B Foster Reidsville Co T Gillikin Morehead City James Louie Rose Siler City C V Simmons Lillington Geo B Terrant Statesville R K Webb Hickory and Walter Fulford New Bern date and locations listed in official notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Notaries of Public
E. B. Foster
Reidsville
Co. T. Gillikin
Morehead City
James Louie Rose
Siler City
C. V. Simmons
Lillington
Geo. B. Terrant
Statesville
R. K. Webb
Hickory
Walter Fulford
New Bern
Orpheum Opens Under New Policy Tomorrow
The Orpheum theater reopens tomorrow with a new entertainment policy and a triple bill. Headlining is the Evinston-Williams Carolinians in Linger Longer Letty with Frankie Bernard in the title role and Bartley Cahill as the male lead. The program also features vaudeville acts Neil Fletcher Emmett Merrill Morley and Cahill in Close Harmony the Jack Ulmer dancers and on screen Aesops Fables plus Broadway hits for the local engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
High Point
Evnston-Williams ‘‘Carolinians
Oliver Morosco
Letty
Frankie Bernard
Bartley Bernard Cahill
Walter Catlett
Neil Fletcher
Boy
la Parisienne
Emmett Merrill
Winter Garden
Morley
Cahill
Jack Ulmer
New Orleans Pitcher Leads Napoleonville to Sugar Parish Title
Guy Paul, a young New Orleans pitcher, worked in all 20 games for Napoleonville in the Sugar Parish league championship season. He lost one game, posted a 9 5 0 record, walked two, hit one, and struck out an average of ten batters per game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Guy Paul
Paul
Napoleonville
Sugar Parishes
University of Oregon reveals top sports by participation
In Corvallis Oregon base ball attracts 80 percent of male students as the sport with the highest participation. Track leads varsity sports with 63 entrants while football has 52 signups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvallis
Ore
University of Oregon
Whiteoaks of Jalna by Mazo De La Roche reviewed
A high spirited though florid review of Whiteoaks of Jalna detailing Granny’s iron rule and a large Jalna clan. It summarizes characters like Granny, Nicholas, Ernest, Augusta, and the grandchildren and notes the dramatic, fate driven ending with Granny’s death and the family’s hoped for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mazo de la Roche
Maze da la Roche
Jalna
Whiteoaks
Jala
Granny
India
Boney
Nicholas
Oxford
Ernest
New York
Finch
Augusta
Philip
Meg
Renny
Eden
Piers
Wakefield
Benny
Alayne
Pheasant
Fate
Gammon
Air Transportation In North Carolina Expands Rapidly
North Carolina aviation shows rapid growth with August figures from Curtiss Flying Service detailing about 29 000 miles flown and 14 000 passengers from Raleigh alone in 219 hours. Nationwide Curtiss data show 1 900 000 miles across 83 117 passengers from 35 bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Curtiss Flying Service
Curtiss
Greensboro
Spartanburg
Atlanta
North Carolina
Eastern Air Express, Inc
New York
Miami
Transcontinental Air Transport
Curtiss Service
Southern Skylines, Inc
Florida
Charles S
Casey) Jones
United States
Jones
D A R Buys Woodland Gift To Connecticut
Windsor Conn July unknown report states the D A R will purchase woodland and donate it to Connecticut as a remembrance of the virgin forest land. Each member is asked to contribute 30 cents toward the purchase.
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Windsor
Conn
Connecticut
Daughters of the Revolution
Milkmen Demonstrate Bottle Break Resistance in Toronto
O B Schier of Baltimore will throw crates of bottles against a brick wall before 1 500 International Milk Dealers Association members in Toronto. A machine demonstration in October shows crates packed to resist severe shock, claiming potential yearly savings of 6 500 000 while posing little risk to observers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
O. B. Schier
Baltimore
International Milk Dealers Association
Schier
Feldark Corporation charter filed in Asheville
One new certificate of incorporation was filed in Raleigh. Feldark Corporation of Asheville is authorized to raise sell and deal in poultry pigeons and eyes with 1900 shares no par value and 610 shares subscribed by Felice F. Clark Kenneth Clark Jr John H Cathey and others of Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Feldark Corporation of
Asheville
Felice F. Clark
Kenneth Clark, Jr
John H Cathey
New Film Warns on Forest Fires From Conservation Dept
Raleigh reports the motion picture Friends of Man sponsored by the department of conservation and development aims to teach the evils of forest fires and how to prevent them. Filmed mainly in Eastern Carolina near Wilmington, it is nearly ready for public showing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Friends of Man
Department of Conservation and
Carolina
Wilmington
Nineteen Nations Still Shy at Gum Exports
Department of Commerce May data show gum exports to 66 countries but 19 nations, among them Denmark Germany Italy Portugal Palestine Turkey and several insular divisions, remain unconverted to chewing gum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Commerce
Denmark
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Palestine
Turkey
Grass Fires Drive Wisconsin Forest Loss Says Lake State
The Lake State forest experiment station identifies dead grass as the principal cause of forest fires in Wisconsin, underscoring fire risk from dry ground cover and prompting caution amid dry conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lake State
Forest Experiment Station
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Notaries
Peach
Eviston-Williams
Orpheum
Matinees
Sis P.m
Eviston
Williams
Cahill & Morley In
Aesop’s Fables
High Point Public Library
Whiteoaks OF
J. C. Baskervill
Woodland
Ritz Theatre
Belle Bennett
Joe Brown
Alberta Vaughn
Molly and
Collegians
Eddie Dyers
Muric
Jack Holt
Dorothy Revier
Father & Son
Texas Anne
High Point’s Big Fair
W. A. Graham
Orphan's Momes
Vincent Kay
Albertine and
Walter Stanton & CO
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