Boys Arrive at Camp Cheshire at Lake Lure
Lake Lure June 11 Camp Cheshire the boys summer camp of the Episcopal Church Diocese of North Carolina opened Saturday at Chimney Rock Camp for Boys with Rev Henry Lane of Raleigh as director A 12 day program of activities includes Holy Communion on Wednesdays and Sundays a national training course for the young people's service league and Red Cross life savers A girls camp Penick opens June 21 at the same site under Mrs F N Challen of Charlotte N C The staff arrived Friday and began duties
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Lake Lure
Cheshire
The
Episcopal Church
Diocese of North Carolina
Chimney Rock
Henry Lane
Raleigh
Lane
Red Cross
Young People’s Service League of the Church
Camp Penick
F. N. Challen
Charlotte
N.C
Flag Presentation to Rutherford Volunteers in 1861
An elderly survivor recalls the flag gift to Rutherfordton's Rutherford Volunteers, later Company G of the 16th North Carolina Volunteers, on the eve of service. Miss Ellen Mitchell presented the banner, with pledges of faith, valor, and honor, as Captain C. T. N. Davis led the company in battle lore and local homage.
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Rutherford Volunteers
16Th
North Carolina Volunteers
Rutherford Press
Ellen Mitchell
C. T. N. Davis
Seven Pines
Rutherfordton
Ellen L. Mitchell
Captain Davis
South
Mountain
Virginia
Washington
Davis
North Carolina
A. Hamby
Rutherford
North Carolina farm notes and oddments from state history display
North Carolina agents report smut resistant oats developed at Hartsville South Carolina with field trials noted. A pasture in Cleveland County yields $9.00 more per cow when used, prompting plans to sow eight more acres. Bertie County peas reach 147 baskets per acre versus a 100 basket county norm. Wilkes County apple thinning nets around $6.53 per grower. Mortgage blanks and mail-order pricing for thinning apples also appear in notices.
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Coker
Hartsville
South Carolina
North Carolina
R. B. Dixon
Cleveland County
Bertie County
Carolina
Wilkes County
Camps Lead by Reese Combs at Chimney Rock Camp for Boys
Reese Combs directs Chimney Rock Camp for Boys overseeing programming and operations. The statement assigns leadership for management of the boys camp and its activities.
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Reese Combs
Chimney Rock Camp
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Episcopal
Southentern
Bell Telephone -Egraph Company Incorporated
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Forest City
N. C
Clarence Griffin
State Hall of History
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
Forest City, N. C
Oakland-Pontiac
United States
Ion
Oakland
General Motors
Fisher
Sinc
Huntley -Motor CO
Oakland-Pontiac Sie
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