Study Club Hears Mrs Morris On Brazil
Mrs J A Morris spoke to the Utopian Study club on Brazil at a gathering hosted by Mrs O B Bonner on Wedge Dale Drive. She covered Brazil’s settlement, Portuguese inhabitants, governance, land grants to settlers, 1825 independence, and 1888 slave emancipation with other notable facts.
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Study Club
J. A. Morris
Utopian Study Club
O. B. Bonner
Wdgedale Drive
Morris
Brazil
Laurance Ingram
Community church events announce bazaar and choir cantata
The Woman Wesley Bible class hosts a Christmas bazaar on Saturday December 16 at the North Main Street building with gifts and a luncheon to raise funds for baskets for needy families. Ward 87 circle meets tonight, Archdale class gathers, and Emmanuel Lutheran presents Paul Bliss cantata Christmas with a girls choir and a senior choir and named soloists.
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Woman's Wesley
Woman Wesley Bible Class
North Main Street
Brass Rail
He Ecity
Allen Burton
Circle Three
Ward Street
M. B
Hodgin Street
Heart Sisters
Archdale
Woman's Bible
Archdale M. B. Church
A. B. Williams
R. A. Lemmons
J. C. Lawrence
Paul Bliss
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
F. L. Conrad
Clarence Schultheiss
Maler Meadows
Court Denies Appeal of Condemned Man
William Bunk Deal must die in the electric chair for the murder of Lewis Chavis in Robeson county after the state supreme court denied his appeal from Robeson county superior court. Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy noted the record shows Deal shot Chavis after arming, with self defense evidence unsuccessfully offered.
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Raleigh
William
Bunk) Deal
Lewis Chavin
Robeson County
State Supreme Court
Deal
B. H. Cranmer
Walter P. Stacy
Chavis
Armip
Budget Commission Drafts Revenue Bill Ahead of Assembly
Raleigh reports the state advisory budget commission will meet to begin drafting a revenue bill for January presentation to the general assembly. The appropriations bill nears completion and will be reviewed by the commission prior to action.
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Budget Commission
Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
Budget Bureau
Commission
Nation Holds Global Lead With 17000 Tons of Gold
Report notes approximately 17,000 tons of fine gold are held by this country, the largest share of the world's supply owned by any nation.
Plans Completed For Emerywood Country Club Card Party
The Emerywood Country Club special entertainment committee has set plans for the final card party of the year tomorrow at eight. Games include bridge rock and setback with prizes for top performers. Host couples include Mr. and Mrs. James B. Love and Mr. and Mrs. C Arthur Kirkman. refreshments by the club and reservations due tonight.
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Emerywood Country Club
James B. Loveeee
C. Arthur Kirkman
Processing Tax Increase Below One Percent in Cost of Living
Washington reports that the processing tax hike to pay farmers for controlled production adds less than one per cent to living costs. Economic adviser H. Bean estimates 1984 retail sales around 28.0 billion dollars and processing taxes under 5.6 hundred million. He notes most price rises reflect rebound from earlier low levels.
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Washington
H. Bean
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Florida Frost Nips Veggie Crop Bank Outlook
Florida’s vegetable crops suffered heavy frost damage at night, leaving prices rising by fifteen cents to a dollar per bushel on greens. The cold December weather halted tender truck crops, causing a large loss though no widespread shortage was reported.
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Jacksonville
Fra
Florida
Hubby
Baby
Kinston Publicity Agent Bennie Smith Dies
Kinston's unofficial publicity agent Bennie Smith, itinerant showman, died of a stroke. A New York native who made Kinston home 25 years ago, he publicized the town in hundreds of papers. The chamber of commerce awarded him a medal for his work. He was about 60.
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Kinston
Bennie Smith
Smith
New York
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Crystal
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Bride
Lila Lee
John Peine
Harrison, N. Y
James Kirkwood
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