Miss Billie Kester Weds James A Hicks In Home Ceremony
Miss Billie Anne Kester daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Kester became the bride of James Austin Hicks son of Mrs John Elwood Hicks of Baltimore Maryland in a private December 28 ceremony at the Kester home 323 Woodrow Avenue The couple exchanged vows before an improvised mantel altar with no bridal attendants after which the bride wore forest green suit with gold blouse and hat and orchid accessory The bride attended Stratford Hall Danville VA and Maryland Institute of Fine Arts The groom attended Harvard University earning a BS in physics and works as an actuarial student with Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance in Hartford They will reside at 12 Willard Street after a wedding trip to northern points
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Billie Anne Kester
William A. Kester
James Austin Hicks
John Elwood Hicks
Baltimore
Woodrow Avenue
Hicks
Stratford Hall
Danville
Maryland Institute of Fine Arts
Shester
Mr. Hicks
Harvard University
Connecticut Maatual Life Insurance Company
Mink Price Slump Hits Moderate Fur Buyers
New York reports a fur market slump as prices fall in the $100 to $1,000 range while mink and luxury furs rebound in demand. Industry leaders blame high living costs and a 20 percent luxury tax, with manufacturers noting scarce fur supply and rising labor and processing costs.
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New York
Morris Gordon
Fifth Avenue
Chinchilla
Albert J. Feldman
Association
June McMechen To Sing At Bennett College Recital
Greensboro June McMechen renowned soprano appears at Bennett College on Monday January 16 as the third Arts League lyceum program reader. The Hannibal Missouri native studied at Howard Julliard and Columbia earning a master's degree in music and has performed across Carnegie Hall Watergate and radio stages. She also joins the Broadway musical Lost in the Stars with Todd Duncan.
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Greensboro
June McMechen
Bennet College
Todd Duncan
College Lyceum
Hannibal
Missouri
Fred Allen
Howard University
Allen
Howard
Juilliard School of Music
New York
Columbia University
mid-West
Duncan
Violetta
Watergate
Washington
Carnegie Hall
Miss McMechen
Maxwell Anderson
Kurt Weill
Old sailing ship Lamar to be replaced by Navy tug
Long Beach California reports the 19 year old windjammer Lamar once a Pacific fleet giant will lose its job as sail gives way to modernization. The ship has served as a sport barge and docked towboat base before the owner replaces it with a 1 million dollar Navy tug. Its fate remains undecided while sister Mindanao has been burned at sea.
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Long Beach
Calif
Lamar
Pacific
Samar
Mindanao
Americans Give Up Isolation
Washington reports that U S diplomats use off the record conferences to gauge public opinion and inform key outsiders while keeping the press in the dark. These confidential gatherings involve 35 to 70 participants with two conference types to shape policy and study results.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson
League of Nations
U.S
State Department
China
Department
George C. McGhee
Near East
North Carolina 100 Bushel Club Welcomes 590 New Members
More than 590 new members will join the North Carolina 100 Bushel Corn Club at its annual meeting on January 26 and 27 at State College in Raleigh. The event, held with the Crop Improvement Association and Seed Producers, features talks by agronomy leaders and includes the Future Farmers of America crops contest, the 4-H Mule corn speaking contest, and the state seed exposition.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College
F. L. Albritton of
LaGrange
North Carolina Crop Improvement Association
North Carolina Foundation Seed Producers, Inc
R P. Moore
L. F. Graber
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
I. O. Schaub
State College Extension Service
Ngs
Future Farmers of America
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Billie Kester
James A. Hicks
Marshall E. Ginsburg
Main St
Monark
Tian
Monark Shade Co
Coats
Aed
Aldren’s
June M’mechen
Bennett College
Clark Beach
Jodphurs
Beacon Robes
Chilkren’s
Ladies’ Oxfords
FLOOR
Belk- Stevens Co
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