First Families In Davidson Include Many Patriot Pioneers
John O. Garner profiles southern Davidson County early settlers, noting English Scottish Irish and German origins. It highlights loyalist ties, mixed European names, and later support for American independence with figures such as Israel Cox, David Smith, Samuel Reed, Jesse Harris, and James Daniel, active from 1776 through the Revolutionary War.
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Israel Cox
David Smith
Samuel Reed
Jesse Harris
James Daniel
John
Garner
Davidson County
England
Scotland
Ireland
Germany
Europe
America
North Carolina
Yadkin River
Virginia
Wheeler
Rowan County
Rowan
Camerons
Carricks
Carrolls
Daniela
Feezers
Coles
Smiths
Longs
Reeds
Holmes
Coxes
Crown
Davidson
James M. Daniel
Free Gas Cooking School Opens at Paramount Theatre
Hundreds of women are expected for The Enterprise free gas cooking school at the Paramount Theatre opening Tuesday morning. Miss Ella Outland will lead demonstrations from 10 to 12 with free recipe leaflets and market baskets awarded daily, inviting all local residents to attend.
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Ella Outland
Enterprise
Paramount Theatre
High Point
Enterprise Free Gas Cooking School
Miss Outland
Lemon Juice Recipe for Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
A simple home remedy claims to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis quickly. Mix Ru-Ex Compound with a quart of water, add four lemons, and take two tablespoons twice daily. results may appear within 48 hours and a money back guarantee is offered if no improvement.
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Mann's
Eokerd'’s
Walgreen's
Install Eastern Star Officers in Kernersville Ceremony
Kernersville chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star installed officers for 1940 41 at the chapter room with a large turnout. Mrs T O Wright of Oak Ridge and Dr O L Joyner of Kernersville were named worthy matron and worthy patron. Also installed were C W Williams associate patron Miss Lona E Dean secretary Mrs Lake Snow treasurer Mrs Ralph Fagg conductress Mrs A N Linville chaplain Mrs R Blackwell marshal Mrs R L Justice Ada Mrs J M McCorkle Ruth Mrs C W Williams warden Major R P Larkins sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Kernersville
Order of the Eastern Star
T. O. Wright
Oak Ridge
O. L. Joyner
M. M. Allred
Grand Chapter
North Carolina
A. B. Waynick
C. W. Williams
Lona E. Dean
Lake Snow
Ralph Fagg
A. N. Linville
R. Blackwell
R. L. Justice
Ada
J. M. McCorkle
Ruth
Warden
R. P. Larkins
Sentinel
Oak Ridge Cadets to Hold First Spring Parade Today
Oak Ridge cadets will assemble at 3 p.m. in streamlined new formation for their first Spring Dress Parade of the season at the Oak Ridge Military Institute. Led by the Oak Ridge Band, they will be inspected by Colonel Edgar H. Bain before a rifle drill to music. Thousands of spectators from across the state are expected.
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Oak Ridge
Army
Oak Ridge Military Institute
F. P. Holt
Oak Ridge Band
Edgar H. Bain
North Carolina Reserve Officers’ Association
Horton McNeill Boost Government Economy
Democrat Horton and Republican McNeill campaign on government economy in North Carolina. Horton, speaking at Rohanen School near Rockingham, calls for maximum service at minimum cost while McNeill accuses the New Deal of abandoning Jeffersonian principles. Eight other gubernatorial candidates rested over the weekend.
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North Carolina
SpPeecwes Jy Caperuay
W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
Rockingham
Robert H. McNeill
Statesville
Hight
Horton Forces
Missing Drexel Girl Located
Hazel Nichols a 14 year old Drexel girl reported missing last Sunday was found in Asheville at the Union Bus Terminal and taken to the police station as a vagrant. She said she rode with a group including another girl and two boys and left after a male companion began drinking. Her father was notified and planned to come for her.
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Asheville
Hazel Nichols
Drexel
Union
Harrison Nichols
Charles Dermid
Dermid
Funeral Rites Held for Ann Marlene Cain
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2 PM in the old Methodist Church for Ann Marlene Cain five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Cain of the Friendship section Guilford County Rev C B Way and Rev Lyman P Lance officiated with music by the Smith trio of Colfax The church main auditorium was filled with relatives neighbors and friends of the family.
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Kernersville
Old Historical Methodist Church
Ann Marlene
Robert Cain
Friendship
Guilford County
C. B. Way
Lyman P. Lance
Colfax
Smith Trio
W. Woodson Daniel Jr Remembered As Honored County Figure
The obituary honors Woodson Daniel Jr of Denton for his lineage and civic involvement. It notes his ancestry from the old home place on Lick Creek west of Denton and mentions his sons and grandson residing at the ancestral home. The tribute reflects his valued role in the county's development and his family legacy.
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Lexington
London
George II
James Daniel
Rebecca Adderton
Salisbury
Robert Moore
Davidson County
Skinners Mountain
Daniel
James
Rebecca Daniel
Travis
Pondexter
Virginia
Maryland
Jayphase
Woodson Daniel
Nancy Harris
Jesse Harris
Lick Creek
Denton
Daniels
Alexander Shemwell
Baxter Shemwell
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Justices of the Peace
Ransom Harris
James Burkhead
Court of Common Pleas
Yadkin River
Jackson Hill
Hayes Harrison
Thomas
Murphy
Woodson
Travis Daniel
Mary Nifong
H. Clay Daniel
Thomas Daniel
J. J. Bruner
Old Rock Springs
Alleghany Township
Bruner
Woodson Daniel, Jr
J. M. Daniel
Doby Daniel
Healing Springs
T. W. Daniel
T. H. Daniels
Eire plans to make beet growers part owners of sugar factories
Ireland proposes a program to give beet growers stakes in sugar beet factories through shareholding or cooperative structures, aiming to align grower interests with factory performance and local rural development.
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Eire
Local campaign managers named for Ashe Wayne counties
The article lists appoints L. P. Colvard of Jefferson and Harry W. Tatum of Goldsboro as campaign managers in Ashe and Wayne counties. J. M. Broughton of Raleigh announces Walter E. Johnson of Winston-Salem would run his Forsyth campaign. L. Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount says he is convinced he will be elected because the people want a business man. Mayor Thomas B. Cooper of
Boyette Named Chairman of North Carolina Bankers Group
J L Boyette of Clinton was named chairman of the North Carolina Bankers Association group in Wilmington. The note mentions a sore throat after a campaigning week with a red white and blue sound truck and a Western North Carolina tour planned this week. Filing deadline for county legislative and township offices was 6 pm yesterday except in convention-nominated counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers
New Bern
J. L. Boyette
Clinton
North Carolina
Bankers’ Assocition
Wilmington
Nort Carolina
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Eastern Star
Thomas Jefferson
Sharlee
Bernard
Beraud
Ann Marlene Cain
RED Cross
New Lot
Harllee’s
Harllee
Meity Faery
Pontiac
Mountains
Mich
General Motors
Americas
Atkinson Motors
Wrenn Street
High Point, N. C
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