Virginia Rusk a calm wife with firm views on life and marriage
Virginia Fossie Rusk born 1915 in Boston grew up in Seattle. She met Dean Rusk at Mills College and married him a year after graduation. The couple have three children and later moved to Scarsdale before his Rockefeller Foundation presidency. She manages family life in Washington and pursues Mills alumnae work, gardening, and rare oil painting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Rusk
Contaous
Dean Rusk
Virginia Fossie
Boston
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
Mills College
Oakland
Rusk
Mills
David
Burb
New York City
Rockefeller Foundation
Women Legislators Lead North Carolina Progress
The third article highlights NC women in state politics, noting Sue Ramsey Ferguson as the second woman state senator, along with Craven, Erwin, Roden, Davis, Pierce, and Cook. It discusses party dynamics, electoral history, and the push for more women under the Capitol dome. It also touches on tobacco farm labor shifts and new mechanization research in NC and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ramsey Ferguson
Alexander County
Senate
N. C
Joe Erwin
Erwin
W. Harold Williamson
New York
Georgetown
North Carolina
Craven
American Legion Auxiliary
Grace Taylor Rodenbough
Stokes
Rachel Davis
Lenoir
Tressie Fletcher Pierce
Alexander
W. N. Cook
Macon
Cook
Johnson
Kennedy
Tobacco News
The
Tobacco Institute At
Washington
Keyauwee Area Scouts Schedule Two Exhibits
Keyauwee area Girl Scouts announced two exhibits now planned. The first exhibit will be March 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. The Thomasville venue remains to be scheduled. A cookie sale report was given and an extension for the sale was approved by the group at the Girl Scout office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Thomasville
Keyauwee Area
Girl Uts
M. B. Anderson
Gir Scout Ofice
Moving Day Brings Adams Memorial plaque to Adams Memorial YWCA
The J H Adams Memorial Plaque moves from 1108 N Main St to 112 Gatewood Ave marking a new Adams Memorial YWCA. The plaque, donated by Mrs Adams and family in 1939, honors Mr Adams and will symbolize the YWCA home and activities in High Point.
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N. Main St
J. H. Adams
Gatewood Ave
YWCA
Adams
Carter Dalton
The
E. Farriss Ave
High Point
Adams Memorial
Nathan Ayers
Allen Watkins
Watkins
Adams Memorial Ywca
J. W. Lindsay
Charles Reddick
New Y
Union Hill Home Demonstra tion Club Meeting With Mrs Cagle
The Union Hill Home Demonstration Club will meet Wednesday with Mrs. C E Cagle at her home 1210 Cedrow Ave. The meeting will begin at 1 30 p m.
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Union Hill Home Demonstration Club
C. E. Cagle
Cedrow Ave
Gardenettes Plan Conservation Program at Bowling Alley
Gardenettes will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in the conference room at College Village Bowling Alley. A conservation program is planned for the session with members and guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Village Bowling Alley
Xi Psi Chapter To Meet Monday
Weather permitting Xi Psi Exemplar chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority meets Monday evening with Mrs Ralph Norman. The group gathers at 200 Roland Park Ave at 7 30 o clock.
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Xi Psi Exemplar
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ralph Norman
Roland Park Ave
Girl Scouts Extend Cookie Sale in High Point
The High Point Girl Scout Council extends the annual cookie sale from February 6 to February 13 due to bad weather. Scouts will continue selling cookies at local booths and door to door until the new deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Girl Scout Council
Midweek Meeting Set By Burbank Garden Club
The Burbank Garden Club plans a Wednesday meeting at the home of Mrs. W. B. Wray. The gathering begins at 10 a.m. at 601 Parkway.
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Burbank Garden Club
W. B. Wray
Garden Club meets at Mrs Elliott Hester home
Gay Blade Garden Club meets at 10 o clock Tuesday morning at Mrs Elliott Hester’s Greenway Drive home. Mrs Iris Gaither will speak on table setting.
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Gay Blade Garden Club
Elliott Hester
Greenway Drive
Iris Gaither
Trinity PTA Slates Meeting With Russia Trip Talk
Trinity High School PTA schedules a 7 30 p m meeting in the school auditorium. Sixth grade devotions precede a speech by Dr Dean Pruette superintendent of High Point schools about his recent trip to Russia.
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Trinity Pta
Trinity High School
Dean Pruette
High Point Schools
Russia
VFW Auxiliary Hosts Visitors and Donations
The VFW Post 1960 auxiliary met at the post on W Burton Street with social hosts Mrs. Jack Jefries and Mrs. A H Kimble. Letters of appreciation from department officers were read about a tea honoring the national president. Donations were voted to the heart fund and Salisbury VA hospital prizes for a March carnival. Visitors from Chair City included Frances Bryant and Maxine Fabbre. The group plans to meet again February 16.
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VFW Post
Post
W. Burton Street
Jack Jeffries
A. H. Kimble
C. F. Suttenfield
Heart Fund
Veterans Hospital
Salisbury
Kimble
Thomasville
Frances Bryant
Maxine Fabbre
Bryant
Chair City
Asheboro couple announces April 16 wedding plans
Diana Ruth Johnson of Asheboro and Lt. (jg) Frederick O Neil Jones of Virginia Beach announce their engagement. The wedding is set for April 16 at First Methodist Church in Asheboro. Diana, a UNC graduate and Bayside Elementary teacher, and Fred, a Duke alumnus and US Navy officer, plan to attend UNC Law School. Also note Alaska has 107000 residents in 70800 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Richard C. Johnson
Diana Ruth
Frederick O'Neil Jones
Virginia Beach
W. J. Jones
Charlotte
First Methodist Church
Miss Johnson
University of North Carolina
Alpha Delta Pi Sorority
Panhellenic Council
Chapel Hill
Bayside Elementary School
Bayside
St. Jones
Duke University
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Angier Biddle
Duke
Amphibious Forces
USN
Atlantic Fleet
University of North Carolina Law School
Club Meet At Ruark Home Hosts Garden Group
Mrs. James Ruark of 327 Woodrow Ave hosts the Out to Grow Garden Club on Thursday with Mrs. Everett Wall as associate hostess. The second flower arranging session will be led by Mrs. Hugh Kellam. Meeting starts at 10 a.m. Also noted, the U S Post Office collects about 300 million dollars annually for delivering business mail.
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James Ruark
Woodrow Ave
Out To Grow Garden Club
Everett Wall
Hugh Kellam
U. S
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Ing
University of California
Richard
Richie
Peggy
Scarsdale
Mrs. Dean Ruse
Capitol Square
Stephen Wrather
Tobacco Division
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
John Rolfe
America
University of Kentucky
N. C. State College
Keyauwee
Beauty Buy
Lamarick
Ty Price
le Merick
Beauty Salon
College Village Shopping Center
Helene Curtis
Roux, Revlon
Clairol
la Marick
Betsy Hansen
Dorothy Gueth
Young Women’s Christian Assa
Club
Mrs. Cagle
Xi Psi Chapter
Girl Scouts
Pta News
Skeen
VFW Auxiliary
David Cox
John Hampton Adams
Young Women’s Christian Assn
April
Alaska
Ruark
PCS
Gilbert
Washington St
Continental Beauty College
the Arcade
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