Shooting on Hoover Street Hurts Four In High Point
A shooting on Hoover Street near Calvary Church injures Odessa Hamlin, with a serious abdomen wound, and Mary Bogin faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge. A separate crash near Five Points leaves Mr and Mrs Harvey with injuries. nine others unhurt. Mrs L D Smith recovers after a Greensboro collision injures her forehead. all incidents occurred within a single weekend.
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High Point
Hoover Street
Odessa Hamlin
Price Street
High Point Hospital
Mary Bogin
Pegles
Calvary Church
Hamlin
Odessa
G. J. Harvey
Burlington
Sechrest
Studebaker
Harvey
Greensboro
Asheville
L. D. Smith
Sedgefield
Dr John L Bennett to Visit Here Soon
John Looker Bennett son of EB Bennett of 520 White Oak street will return home for a visit shortly after taking the state medical examination in Tennessee following graduation from the University of Tennessee. He studied at the University of North Carolina, the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama and will practice medicine in this state.
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John Looker Bennett
EB. L. Bennett
White Oak Street
Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Mr. Bennett
University of North Carolina
University of Virginia
University of Alabama
Marriages Decline Outpaced by Divorces in 1930
Despite a sharp drop in marriages in 1930 and a smaller fall in divorces, the ratio remained about 4.8 marriages for every divorce.
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Iowa
Prohibition Wet Week End Sparks City Arrests
Prohibition sprang a leak over the week end in High Point as police reported one of the wettest weekends. Thirty three arrests for drunkenness and related offenses led to a busy municipal court session. A west side dance raid produced five more arrests for dis orderly conduct and drunk driving. Eight further arrests were for violating the prohibition laws.
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High Point
Lumbermen May Assemble Here In January Meet
Charlotte is eyed as the site for the Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Material Dealers winter meeting. Secretary Treasurer Vic tor Wheeler notes ballots indicate preference for a Charlotte convention. The exact date is not set. High Point chamber and Sheraton hotel back the bid to host next January.
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Carolina Retail Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association
Victor W. Wheeler
Charlotte
Wheeler
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Hotel
St. Mary's Men's Club Sets Tuesday Evening Meet
St Marys church Men s Club will meet Wednesday at 6 30 pm in the parish house announced by president D C MacRae.
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St. Mary’s Men’s Club
St. Mary's Church
D. C. MacRae
City approves bond offer to convert debt into bonds
The Raleigh local government commission approved Stranahan Harris to convert the citys 3 210 000 floating indebtedness into serial bonds bearing five to six percent interest with a 12 to 15 year average life. City Manager Knox and officials from the firm traveled toward High Point as Mayor Grayson announced a council meeting for formal approval.
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Council
Toledo
Stranahan, Harris and Company
Toledo Bond House
Local Government Commission
Raleigh
Charles M. Johnson
Aftarnaon
FE. M. Knox
Financial House
High Point
Johnson
John 8. Pickett
C. 8. Grayson
Grayson
Stranahan
Harris
Resignation of Rev H Norwood Bowne at St Marys Parish
Rev H Norwood Bowne longtime rector of St Marys Episcopal Church resigns effective November first due to ill health after a decade of service. He will reside in High Point with his family and spend winter in Florida for restorative care. A committee will seek a successor with Bishop Penicks visit to discuss filling the position.
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H. Norwood Bowne
St. Mary's Episcopal
C. E B. Diffendal
Mr. Bowne
Hillcrest Drive
Florida
Diffendal
R. C. Preston
R. K. Stewart
D. C. MacRee
R. F. J. Johnson
High Point
St. Mary's
Christ
Christ H. Norwood Bownbe
Exhibit Featuring Local Grown Double Apple and Six-fold Tomato
A double apple and a six fold tomato grown in Patrick county Virginia were shown at The Enterprise exhibit. They were brought to the city by Mrs. Mary Parke of Triangle Lake who visited in Virginia Sunday.
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Patrick County
Virginia
Enterprise
Mary Parke
Triangle Lake
Religious survey for High Point proposed by ministers
A plan to survey all High Point residents to determine church affiliation was presented by Rev. George T. Tunstall at the High Point Ministers association meeting at Wesley Memorial church. The idea, supported by present ministers, aims to unite multiple churches in evangelization, with definite action to follow at a future meeting and a program committee appointed.
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High Point
W. R. Shaffer
First Reformed Church
E. L. Kirk
Calvary Methodist Church
Rev
J. R. Anderson
Welch Memorial Church
Sam Thomas Denies Death Rumor After Fake Accident Report
Sam Thomas of 726 Fairview Street, employed at the Broadhurst theater, surprised locals by entering the Enterprise office alive after false reports claimed he had died in an Asheboro auto crash. Funeral homes Haizlip's and Hoover's had dispatched cars and mourners before the hoax was revealed.
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Haizlip’s
Hoover’s
Sam Thomas
Fairview Street
Broadhurst Theater
Asheboro
Sam
Enterprise
Haizlip
Girl Paralyzed After Accident Near Thomasville
Hattie Sumner of 308 Green Street was reported paralyzed after a late Saturday night automobile crash near Thomasville. Her sister Cora Sumner and Charles Davis sustained dislocated shoulders and abrasions, with Davis likely to be released soon. C. R. Rickard, driver per Davis, was treated for facial cuts and released yesterday. no charges were filed.
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Hattie Sumner
Green Street
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Cora Sumner
Hattie
Charles Davis
Chestnut Street
Davis
C. R. Rickard
Hasty High School
Rickard
Wood boy death suit seeks $39,000 in damages
G A Conrad as administrator sues T D Free for $39,000 over Guy Wood's death after a September 18 automo bile crash. Wood died three days later from brain concussion and other injuries when a car driven by Olin Atkins rolled over him. Free and Atkins face involuntary manslaughter bonds of $1,500. A second suit by D A Goodman against Mann Drug Co seeks $7,500 for injuries after a motorcycle collision on North Main Street September 19.
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Guy Wood
T. D. Free
G. A. Conrad
Wood Boy
Wood
Olin Atkins
Free
Atkins
D. A. Goodman
Mann Drug Company
Gib Russell
North Main Street
Murder Plot Uncovered in High Point Negro Section
In High Point a grisly plot by John Ethridge to murder his wife and bury her in an open grave behind their home was revealed after police were alerted. Ethridge was later arrested after a car stop. a pistol was discarded from the vehicle. Neighbors say he had a bad character and he faced charges of carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct.
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John Ethridge
High Point
Gordy Street
daAeuntk
Ana Dienrd Rawley
Ethridge
8. C. Royals
Edgar Allan Poe
Mamie Whitworth
Ethridge House
Parents Forget Baby Daughter After Visit
Mr and Mrs W B Cecil visit Mrs Bowles on Corbett Street leaving behind two year old Doris. After a frantic dash home they discover she is missing from the car. The family returns and finds Doris playing in the yard unharmed.
Sleepwalking teen falls from porch in Lawrence
Lawrence police report 19 year old Robert Walker walked in his sleep and fell from a second story porch, fracturing his skull. The incident underscores dangers of sleepwalking as medical personnel assess injuries.
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Lawrence, Kan
Robert Walker
Hem-Roid Tablets Offer Quick Piles Relief
Piles result from poor blood circulation causing itching bleeding and protrusion. Internal remedy aims to remove cause, not just treat symptoms. Dr Leonhardt's Hem-Roid promises congestion relief and healing, with Mann Drug Co offering a money back guarantee on one bottle.
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Leonhardt
Mann Drug Co
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Scotland
Kinston
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