Crescentite Emerges As Urban Crescent in Carolinas
The Crescentite describes Piedmont urban dwellers in a wide arc from Raleigh to Greenville, with Greensboro, Winston Salem, Charlotte, and other cities forming a dense Crescent along with Spartanburg and Danville. The UNC Urban Studies Program reports on origins, occupation patterns, and civic attitudes shaping this growth and outlines future research and policy needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Fisher
Chapel Hill
Carolinas
Piedmont
Raleigh
Greenville
S. C
Greensboro
Winston - Salem
Charlotte
Salisbury
Lexington
High Point
Thomasville
Burlington - Graham
Durham
Concord
Kannapolis
Spartanburg
Gaffney
Gastonia
Shelby, Hick
Eee
Crescent
Kernersville Church Sets Ceremony
The Baptist church in Kernersville plans a standard Sunday schedule with Sunday School at 9 45 a m and morning worship at 11. At 11 20 the congregation will move to the new Oakhurst Street site for a ground breaking ceremony. The church traces to 1884 with 10 charter members and has moved its buildings over the years from West Mountain and Cherry Streets to N Main Street. The current property was bought April 11 1915 and the first service in the new building held April 27 1916.
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Oakhurst Street
West Mountain
Cherry Streets
N. Main Street
Baptist Church
Woman Locked In Bank By Frank Warren Sparks Scene
A brief account reports a woman trapped inside a bank during an incident described with a flurry of comic and chaotic details. The scene drew onlookers behind city hall as a passerby serenaded from outside with a falsetto chorus.
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Frank Warren
Enterprise
Thomasville
Two Car Families On Rise
Detroit reports a steady increase in two car households from 4 million in 1950 to about 8 million this year with three or more cars also growing. A late 1950s survey counted nearly a million such families by summer, shaping auto industry expectations.
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Detroit
United States
Ringgold
Ford
General Motors
Chrysfarmer
Boynton
J. B. Stewart
Carmakers see market shift to second cars and farm buyers
The big three and imports gained share as smaller models appeal to owning a second car. A decade ago farmers led two car families with a workhorse farm jalopy and a nicer car for town use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Motors
Studebaker- Packard
Wake Forest appoints L H Hollingsworth college chaplain
Dr. L H Hollingsworth, former president of the Baptist State Convention, becomes Wake Forest College chaplain and campus religious coordinator. He will lead chapel programs, direct the Baptist Student Union, and coordinate with Methodist and Presbyterian groups while strengthening faculty ties. Hollingsworth, a Greenville S C native raised in Asheville, views this role as a lifetime challenge and plans speaking tours to promote Christian education.
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Winston-Salem
First Baptist Church
Boone
L. H. Hollingsworth
Appalachian State Teachers College
Wake Forest College
General Board of
The
Baptist State Convention
Ae Dee
Hollingsworth
Baptist Student Union
Methodist
Presbyterian
Episcopalian
Wake Forest
Gardner-Webb
Association
Greenville
S. C
Asheville
Chunn
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High Point Thomasville
Spartanberg
Salisbury Aiso
Lexinghyn
Greensbore
Teres
Burlington-Graham
Chopé Hill
Piedmont Crescent
Kernersville
Eeeee
Wal
City Hall
General Electric
Weathertron
al- Electrics Meat
Pune
N. Main St
Ocean Forest Hotel
Florida
Hollywood Beach
John Tyler
Myrtle Beach
Ray Cooke
By Marie Grant
High Point Factory
Warner's Wayside Furniture
Sedgefield
West Washington St
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