Local Nurse Exam Top Scorer Doris Robbins Named
Doris Kathleen Robbins of 321 Louise Avenue topped the North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners graduate nurses list after the Winston-Salem examinations on March 21 and 22. The Raleigh board announced 116 of 133 passed and will be registered. 62 grads were from other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Robbins
T. C. Robbins
Louise Avenue
North Carolina Board of Nurse Examiners
Winston- Salem
High Point College
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte
Queens College
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Board
North Carolina
Doris Kathleen Ns
Betty Lou Wood
City Memorial Hospital
Violet A
Raw General Hospital
Burma
Iss Ruby Pearl Teste
Alice Marie McKnight
Preshea Hospital
Iss Mary Virginia Revis
City Hospital
Winston-Sa
Keep Clear of Clutter by Elsie Robinson
A Cape Cod cottage owner shares a strict anti clutter rule passed down by generations. The narrative contrasts a neat, orderly home with the speaker's own accumulating possessions and urges letting go of outdated notions and belongings for a calmer, freer life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Amos
Surratt Returns to Camp Carson After Visit
Pfe. Robert W. Surratt has returned to Camp Carson Colorado after a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Surratt on Route four and visiting other relatives in the city.
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Pfe
Robert W. Surratt
Camp Carson
Colorado
Mrs. C. R. Surratt
Route Four
Mrs. Florence E. Wood Dies After Illness at Route 4
Mrs Florence E Wood 31 wife of Baxter Wood died at her Nathan Hunt Drive home Route 4 High Point after six months of declining health and four weeks in serious condition She was born February 21 1915 in Burke county daughter of J J and Annie Cannon Surviving are husband two sons Edgar Lewis and Roland Eugene Wood a daughter Betty Lou Wood parents J J and Annie Cannon six brothers and four sisters Funeral arrangements pending with services likely Monday at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church.
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Florence E. Wood
Baxter Wood
Nathan Hunt Drive
High Point
Wood
Burke County
J. J
Annie Cannon
Mechanicsville
J. J. Cannon
Gus Cannon
H. W. Cannon
Charlie Cannon
David Cannon
John L. Cannon
U. S. Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Robert L. Cannon
U. S. Navy
James E. Kelly
Ola Cannon
FE. L. Wood
Valdese
Effie Craig
Lenoir
Koonce Funeral Home
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Funeral Rites for William Kester and John W Allred
Funeral services for William Kester and John W Allred were held or announced with interment in Oakwood Memorial Park and Floral Garden cemetery. Kester died at his son's home and Allred died in Morganton with clergy from Emmanuel and Bethel Lutheran churches and Green Street Baptist church officiating.
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William Kester
Grover Kester
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Lyerly
Bethel Lutheran Church
Rowan County
Kester
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Joan W. Allred
John W. Allred
Morganton
Green Street Baptist Church
Julian S. Hopkins
Thomas Strickland
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Clarence Sawyer
Alton Sawyer
Lem Bouldin
L. P. Mikels
Jack Dunn
Wreckage of Navy Blimp Discovered
Naval, army and coast guard crews found the storm‑downed navy blimp wreckage in the Gulf of Mexico off the Mississippi River. Nine of the 10 crewmen are missing. Ensign William Thewes of Lakewood Ohio was rescued and returned to base in Houma Louisiana. The blimp reportedly fell after a 40 minute battle with a thunderstorm during routine patrol.
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New Orleans
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Eighth Naval — District
William Thewes
Lakewood
Ohio
Houma
Thewes
Gulf
Knight Elected President of News Editors
John S. Knight was chosen president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors at its two day meeting in Washington. He succeeds Roy Roberts of the Kansas City Star. New officers include Wilbur Forrest first vice president and Nathaniel R. Howard second vice president. Walters Howard and Lawrence named to the board of directors with Jones Wallace Canham and Roberts also a director for the coming year.
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Washington
John S. Knight
Sabtahed
American Ciety
Roy Roberts
Kansas City Star
Wilbur Forrest
Nork raid-Tribune
Nathaniel R. Howard
Cleveland News
Basil L. Walters
Minneapolis Star Journal
Dwight Young
Dayton Herald
David Lawrence
United States News
B. M. Meckelway
the Washington Star
Walters
Howard
Lawrence
Alexander F. Jones
Washington Post
Tom Wallace
Louisville Times
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor
Roberts
Returr
German Prisoner Captured in South Carolina
Herman Mueller, a German war prisoner who escaped from Camp Gordon near Augusta, Ga, was captured in Columbia, South Carolina, FBI agent Ed Scheidt announced. A Columbia civilian alerted police, and Mueller was taken into custody. Fellow escapee Gerd Gutzat and two others remain at large.
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Charlotte
Herman Mueller
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Columbia
S. C
Ed Scheidt
FBI
Mueller
Gerd Gutzat
Notable church educational leaders join Western North Carolina Conference
Miss Bowman and Dr. Stinespring profile in the Western North Carolina Conference annual note. Bowman, longtime High Point religious education director at Wesley Memorial, also worked with Methodist boards in Chicago and Nashville before youth work in Tennessee. Stinespring, Duke Old Testament professor since 1936, holds Yale Semitics PhD and led Yale American School Expedition to Jerash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew University
Bowman
High Point
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Chicago
Educational Board
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist , Church
Nashville
Duke School of Acion
Virginia
Meiveracy of
Yale
American School of Oriental Research
Yale-American
Jerash
Johns Hopkins
Jerusalem
Stinespring
L. E. Teague Dies After Heart Attack in Thomasville
L E Teague 62 prominent Thomasville furniture executive died at City Memorial hospital after a heart attack. Born September 8 1881 in Randolph County he moved to Thomasville in 1907 and held an executive post with Standard Chair Company for 36 years. Survivors include wife Dora Lassiter two daughters two sons in the Navy two brothers and two sisters. Funeral set for Tuesday at First Baptist Church with interment in City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
L. E. Teague
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Tea
Randolph County
George W. Teague
Mary Elizabeth Leach Teague
Oe Hill
Southern Railway
Standard Chair Company
First Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Masonic Order
Fair Grove Grange
Home Building and Loan Association
Dora
M. O. Alexander
Beaufort
F. A. Maier
Lee F. Tuttle
Main Street
Charles R. Patterson
Grace Lutheran Church
Scout Camp Demonstration Next Weekend at Camp Uwharrie
Scout executive B W Hackney announced a Friday to Sunday demonstration at Camp Uwharrie. About 526 Scouts from Thomasville Lexington Salisbury Mocksville and High Point will participate with a hike from Jamestown to the camp carrying gear. Jake Thompson chairs camping with health and safety lead Tom English checking troop layouts. Visitors may attend Saturday as boys depart Sunday morning. V mail note included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hackney
Jake Thompson
Jamestown
Tom English
Mrs Johnson Passes After Long Illness in High Point Area
R R Johnson, 45, longtime High Point resident, died Saturday after extended illness. Born July 6, 1898, to A A Mendenhall and Nancy Younts Mendenhall, she belonged to South Side Baptist Church. Survived by two marriages and many children, including Fred, Ch ton, Clyde, Ray, Laura May, and Bertn. several grandchildren. Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville handling arrangements.
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Thomasville
R. R. Johnson
High Point
Route Two
California
Ch Ton Andrews
Italy
Clyde Andrews
Navy
Ray Andrews
Laura May Hopkins
Point Route
Bertn Andrews
Albert Johnson
Ralph Johnson
Margie Johnson
Nang Johnson
One
Gayle Commands Battalion In Italian Theater
Lieutenant Sidney A. Gayle directs a battalion in Italy that runs a complete repair shop for damaged equipment. The unit, with many members from North Carolina and Tennessee, handles overhaul of worn artillery and guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayle
Italy
Sidney A. Gayle
S. A. Gayle
1012 Drive
Associated Press
Lawton
Oklama Command
North Carolina
Tennessee
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Ruth Hardy Rea
Banner Elk
Charlotte Hensley
Violet A. Young
Betty Ammon
Margaret J. Braswell
Amelita
Kathryn Bullard
Billie Pressley Byron
Dorothy Lake Cagle
Sue Dell Edwards
Frances Gray
Eleanor Haywood
Janie Carlyle Hearn
Elease Lovett Hickson
Marenthia MacKilby
Geraldine Lewis
Evelyn Donovan McCall
Julia Pecolia McGill
Rebecca Parker
Lucy Grees
Gladys Evelyn Williams
Fayetteville
Irene Fudy
Marion F. Emerson
Edna Ray Gibson
Elizabeth R. Hall
Evelyne Woodson Moore
Annie A. McLeod
Louise Petergon
Edna Earle
Gloras Hayes Bullock
Dorothea Coleman
Margaret Campbell Culbreth
Mildred Grace Kornegay
Pauline Edwards Miller
Annie Marjorie Smith
Christine Davis Reid
Fannie Belle Joyney
Shellie Mae Medlin
Maxine Gardner Newman
Adele Glennee
Nancy Ann Seawell
Rocky Mount
Bertie Allean Adams
Lily Christine Adams
Sadie Critcher Barker
Margaret Russell Gray
Mildred Windley Griffin
Shirley F
Thelma Lee Cutler
Elizabeth R. Knowles
Mary Lee Sutton
Wilmington
Frances St Carr
Hyacinth Devane
Betty Fair
Florence Doris Johnson
Marguerite Johnson
Annette S. Rackley
Nina Scott
Hazel Cleo Smith
Geneva V. Watts
Winston Salem
Margaret Bailey Cecil
Nellie Rose Foster
Pansy Edmona Kirkman
Dorothy Sue Long
Bernice Mildred Middleton
Mary Virinia Reayis
Mary Kathryn Reed
Elsie Robinson
Elvira
White House
PFC
Priend
Route 4
Knight
West Broad Street
Duke Endowment
Brownnings
Mt. Olive Circuit
W. E. Howard
Cooleemee
F. J. Stough
Duke's
Olin D. Sharpe
Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout Council
Johnson
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FE. McNeill
Sale
Pik. McNeilel
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