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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1949

Page

10

International flavor at Guilford College grows with new student Camille Fade

Camille Fade from Brummana Lebanon joins Guilford College amid its expanding international presence. The Syrian student transferred from a Pennsylvania prep school after earning an American Field Service Scholarship from a pool of 500. He admires the college coeducation and liberal rules and notes friendly American women, while hoping to visit his family in the “Switzerland of the East” someday.

Guilford College Camille Fade Brummana Lebanon Palestine Camille Pennsylvania Cambridge Oxford American Field Service International Committee Guilford Liberal College Fayetteville Switzerland

Four Accidental Deaths Mark Quiet North Carolina Weekend

With pleasant weather, North Carolina saw only four accidental deaths over the weekend. A 16 year old, Edward McLelland, was electrocuted by a kite string on a high tension line. In Liberty, Bobby Hester, 2, was killed by an automobile. Woodrow Goodwin, 36, was fatally crushed when a tractor fell from a loading platform at Wadesboro Sator. Claude A. Mitchell of Hobbsville died Friday night after being struck by a car.

Associated Press Edward McLelland Liberty Greensboro Bobby Hester Wadesboro Sator Woodrow Goodwin Claude A. Mitchell Hobbsville

Graham Man Named Head of Marines

Greensboro report states North Carolina Marine Corps elected W. S. Wards Jr as president at a special meeting yesterday He succeeds C H Southerland of boro The group voted to divide the state into three regions with a junior vice commander to be named by Ward

Greensboro North Carolina Marine Corps En W. S. Wards, Jr Graham C. H. Southerland Boro Ward

North Carolina receives first birth number in new system

Graham baby Christopher Robin Weiss of Graham is assigned NCs first birth number 1 32 49 000001 for births on or after January 1. The system uses a national format with a leading 1 for the U S and 31 for North Carolina. The digits reflect year and a serial sequence.

Raleigh Christopher Robin Weiss Graham North North Carolina Division of Vital Statistics State Board of Health U. S

Member of Prominent Family Is Buried

Mrs. Bleecker Springs Scott aged 79, sister of Col. Leroy Spring and widow of banker John M. Scott, was buried in Charlotte after a long illness. She died in a local hospital the day before.

Charlotte Springs South Carolina Bleecker Springs Scott Col Leroy Spring John M. Scott

Public Hearing On Booze Steals Show In Raleigh

Raleigh February public session highlights a liquor vote public hearing that captivated attendees but yielded little decisive progress. Lawmakers introduced many bills while committees advanced several items, notably school aid consolidation and rural road financing, with ongoing debate on funding sources and bond issues.

Raleigh General Assembly Joint Appropriations Committee Budget Commission

Duke Professor to Speak at National Cancer Conference

Dr Guy m associate professor of neurosurgery will represent the Neurosurgical Division of Duke Hospital and Medical School at the American Cancer Society conference in Memphis Tennessee from February 25 to 27 He will join a brain cancer round-table with sixteen representatives from major U S medical schools and Canada

Durham Guy m Duke Hospital and Medical School American Cancer Society Memphis Tenn Odom Canada

Avenue of the Americas city and pioneering flight questions

The item lists quiz questions about the Avenue of the Americas city answers and notable historic feats. It references a first Atlantic solo flight by a woman and asks who spoke a famous line about peace. It also mentions Bea Benadaret’s early career and Gordon Rufus Clapp’s TVA chair tenure.

Atlantic Ocean Argentina Bea Benadaret Jack Benny New York Bea Hollywood Orson Welles Jim Bannon Gordon Rufus Clapp David Lilienthal The Tennessee Valley Authority Ellsworth Wis Clapp Lawrence

Let Our Country Be A Monument Of Wisdom And Liberty

A quotation by Daniel Webster asserts the nation should be a vast monument to wisdom peace and liberty under God. It expresses a fervent wish for a free peaceful republic admired worldwide.

Daniel Webster

Love and Home Prospects for Family Ties

Be co operative and affectionate at this time to family and warm friends. Love and domestic matters are well signified for you during the next 12 months. It should be a good idea to conserve resources during this time. A happy home life is prophesied for the child born on this date.

Birthday salutes to Auden Sheridan and Yawkey

The text notes birthday congratulations for English poet Wyston Hugh Auden, actress Ann Sheridan, and Boston Red Sox owner Thomas Yawkey.

Wyston Hugh Auden Ann Sheridan Thomas Yawkey Boston Red Sox

Relief Funds for Snowed In Farmers and UN Donation Promised

Congress approved 44 million dollars in loans for snowed in farmers and ranchers in the western disaster belt and backed a 16 million dollar donation to aid displaced Jews and Arabs in the Middle East. The House set the loan bill for quick passage. Senate action expected next week. Leaders signaled delay on other business as Washington observes Washington's Birthday with dinners and speeches. The blizzard bill would funnel loan funds through the regional Agricultural Credit Corporation and may require narrow changes. Other schedules include overtime status for longshoremen and construction workers and a veterans pension fight seen for March 14.

Respect Education Committee Assembly House Finance Senate Finance Committee Hose Roads Committee United Nations Middle East Capitol Hill George Washington Andrew Jackson Abraham Lincoln Washington Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation Rules Rankin Veterans Committee

Death notice for Clifton Matthews at High Point Memorial

Clifton Matthews of 407 Lofton Street died Sunday at High Point Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for a week. Surviving are his mother Mrs. Susie Matthews and brother Roy Matthews, both of this city. Funeral services will be held at Hoover's Funeral Home Tuesday at 3 p.m.

Clifton Matthews Lofton Street High Point Memorial Hospital Susie Matthews Roy Matthews Hoover

Funeral services for Miss Lot tie Mae Dockery

Funeral services for Miss Lot tie Mae Dockery who died Friday at her parents home on 105 Price street will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church with Rev D D Mason in charge. A brief service will follow at her home church in Jackson Springs North Carolina.

Lottie Mae Dockery Price Street Emmanuel Baptist Church D. D. Mason Jackson Springs North Carolina

Coltrane Rites Held for Local Resident at St Mark Church

Funeral services for William Coltrane age ? will be conducted Tuesday at 3 30 p m at St Mark Methodist Church. He died here Saturday at 1500 West Street.

Coltrane William Coltrane West Street St. Mark Methodist Church

Workmen Clear Rail Track After Florida New York Train Wreck

Workmen continued clearing the wreckage of 29 cars from a Florida New York fruit and vegetable train that piled up eight miles north of Southern Pines. No injuries were reported. Power lines were down and some areas lost electricity. Conductor D D Wicker and engineer Alec Hendry, both of Hamlet, North Carolina, were aboard.

Southern Pines Seaboard Airline D. D Wicker Alec Hendry Hamlet N. C

Cabarrus Votes on Beer and Wine Referendum

Cabarrus County voters decide today on the legal sale of beer and wine continuing amid nearby counties voting similarly. Balloons spiders and katydid sounds noted in separate observations.

Cabarrus Concord North Carolina

College official Clapp aids TVA growth in personnel roles

After graduation he remained at the college in successive posts as personnel officer, director of publicity and assistant dean. He joined the TVA at its inception in the personnel department and later became director of personnel. Clapp and wife Mary Chase Peck have two sons.

The TVA Clapp Mary Chase Peck

February 21 in history highlights

On February 21 1947 the Senate confirmed David F Lilienthal as chair of the atomic energy committee. The Washington Monument opened in 1885 and on the same date in 1932 Eamon de Valera was elected president of the executive council of the Irish Free State. Verdun saw a German attack in World War I on February 21 1916.

David F. Lilienthal United States Senate Atomic Energy Committee Washington Monument Eamon de Valera Executive Council Irish Free State Eire Verdun France

Socially addressing professors in college etiquette

When meeting a professor in social settings such as a tea, address a doctor as Dr. So-and-So. If he holds the title professor, use Professor. For an instructor, use Miater.

Miater

How'd You Make Out A Brain Teaser Roundup

A compact historic quiz item questions readers about New York City Patrick Henry Amelia Earhart and Buenos Aires. The entry frames five prompts seeking quick identifications and connections to famous figures places and ideas.

New York City Patrick Henry Amelia Earhart Buenos Aires

Palmer Wins Classic In Tight Finish Over Middlecoff

Palmer cards a 67 for a 272 total to overtake leader Middlecoff, who missed a key 20 inch putt on the final hole. Middlecoff led after 54 holes but Palmer capitalized on the closing putt to claim the win as the winter tour moves to Harlingen Rio Grande Valley.

Palmer Middlecoff Middlecroff Memphis Harlingen Mangrum Skip Alexander Southern Pines N C Horton Smith Detroit Mich Fred

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