Relatives Fail to Visit Many Hospitalized Vets
The VA reports about one third of more than 52,000 veteran mental patients in VA hospitals have had no family or friend visitors in a year or more. Some hospitals show nearly half long unvisited. cases include patients since World War I and a 1944 admission with minimal contact. VA plans intensified outreach via hospital social services and voluntary committees to reengage families and friends.
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Winston-Salem
Veterans Administration
Department of Medicine and Surgery
Harvey J. Tompkins
Psychiatry and Neurology Division
Tompkins
Mr. Y
Mr. X
George
Florida
Social Service Department
Voluntary Services Committee
Mystery F4 Fighter Wreck Remains Unsolved as Scrap Sold
A Navy F-4 fighter with loaded machine guns is dragged from the Pacific bottom by a fishing boat and sold for scrap. The Bureau of Standards notes a new method to measure ultra thin slices, with 750 slices matching a human hair. Transonic describes speeds near the sound barrier around 760 mph at sea level.
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Astoria
Orc
INS
Pacific Ocean
Bureau of Standards
Deaths and Funerals Advance for Miss Alta Burchett
Funeral services for 16 year old Alta Francis Burchett were held Monday at 2 pm at Glenola Baptist Church with Rev. Charles McBride and Rev. J. C. Reynolds officiating. The service featured church choir and Protus Wood on piano, with Protos Wood and six others as pallbearers and interment in the church cemetery. John Henry Crotts, 75, of Lexington Route 2, died in a Winston-Salem hospital after years of decline. Born in Davidson County, he was a Reedy Creek Church of Christ member since 1934, married to Sarah Embler in 1900. Survivors include three daughters, one son, 13 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a host of relatives. Funeral is Thursday at Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church.
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Alta Francis Burchett
South Main Street
Glenola Baptist Church
Charles McBride
J. C. Reynolds
Ennis St. Wesleyan Methodist Church
Protus Wood
Rupert Trivett
Stoney Pierce
Walter Gray
Earl Reece White
Joe Sam White
Ralph Carter
Clyde Spencer
J. W. White
Keith White
Sonny Burchett
Leon Burrow
Thorn Williams
Thurston Williams
Carvil Nichols
Bob McKinnon
Church Cemetery
Thomasville
John Henry Crotts
Lexington
Winiston-Salem
Davidson County
Ames
Susan Wall Crofts
Reedy Creek
Roy Wright
Odeila Crofts
Route 2
Bryant
Fair i Grove
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
Funeral Rites Held for Miss Nancy Stanley
Funeral services for 93 year old Nancy Stanley were held Tuesday at 3 pm from Springfield Friends meeting. Rev. Milton Hadley and Rev. FE W. Jones officiated. Music by a ladies trio and organ. Pallbearers included James M. Huff Van Reddick Jr James B. Reddick William Folwell Wesley Johnson and R J Folwell. Springfield Cemetery.
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Nancy
Nannie) Stanley
J. S. Reddick
Fairfield Road
Springfield
North Carolina Swine Breeders Reach 1949 Sales Totals
North Carolina purebred swine breeders sold 618 hogs across 23 sales in 1949, bringing in 48,666 dollars. The North Carolina Swine Breeders Association and Extension Service organized the events to educate farmers and place quality hogs, with Clinton and Smithfield hosting leading sales.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Jack Kelley
State College Extension Service
Kelley
North Carolina Swine Breeders Association
Extension Service
Clinton
Poland
China
Smithfield
Rocky Mount
Berkshire
Charlotte
Dunn
The
State Swine Breeders Association
Illinois cheese study shapes mild limburger flavor
In Urbana Illinois the University of Illinois explores milder limburger by hand picking bacteria for flavor. Dr S L Tuckey describes using whole milk and a peppermint oil note for frosting flavoring. The article also notes high annual soap usage in the United States.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Ilinois
S. L. Tuckey
McKenney on Bridge Highlights Charity Club In New York
The May fair Bridge Club in New York under Harry Fishbein and Mrs. Phyllis Schellenberg funds charity parties, including a Christmas event for the Children's Cancer Unit at Memorial Hospital. A duplicate game featured a diamond distribution misplay and a six hearts bid discussion, plus a note on a new convertible car top in autos.
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Santa Claus
Harry Fishbein
Phyllis Schellenberg
Mayfair Bridge Club
New York
Bridge Players
Children’s Cancer Unit
Memorial Hospital
West
North
East
South
Declarer
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Jester
New England Mutual
George D. Davis
High Point
By Jimmy Hatlo
Bicrome
John Crotts
Alta Burchett
Nancy Stanley
Bell-ans
ST Ty
Association
Blue Cross
Hospital Care Association
Security Bank
N. C
Bill 'Oing
United States
Jeff
Wachovia
Bill
Members
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member
Federal Reserve System
McKenney
Aos
Coble
Coble Dairy Products, Inc
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