Missionary David W Herring and his China work
Susan Herring Jefferies details her father Rev David Wells Herring a North Carolina Baptist missionary who served in China for over 40 years before his 1927 departure due to political conditions. The book notes his clashes with the Southern Baptist Mission Board and his emphasis on local church support and autonomy. It also traces the family’s prominent Baptist connections and Jefferies own writing life in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wells Herring
China
Southern Baptist Mission Board
Mission Board Association
North Carolina Baptist
Susan Herring Jefferies
Papa
Halo
John F. Blair
Confucius
Jefferies Examns
Herring
United States
Rev. Herring
Gospel
Southern Board
Jefferies
Meredith College
Raleigh
Charlotte
North Carolina State College
Southern Baptist Church
Ralph Herring
Southern Baptist Convention
Owen F. Herring
Wake Forest College
Alec Herring
Formosa
Mary
Owen Herring
High Point Baptist
E. W. Price Jr
Green Street Baptist Church
Spy The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
John Le Carre’s Spy The Spy Who Came in From the Cold is praised as a finely crafted spy novel. It follows British agent Leamas in Berlin and London as he becomes a discredited operative who is drawn into a dangerous double agent plot with East Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John le Carre
Coward McCann
Reds
East Germany
Seamas
Brevard invites young artists to auditions in several states
Brevard Music Center seeks Alabama Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Virginia Maryland Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee West Virginia residents aged 19 to 30 for the Young Artist Competition Auditions. Winners perform at Transylvania Music Camp as soloists with or without orchestra and receive a $100 cash award. Auditions in April at Florida State University Tallahassee Salem College Winston-Salem University of Alabama Tuscaloosa and University of Maryland College Park. Send applications to James Christian Pfohl President Brevard Music Center Office Box 4263 Brevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Fla. Salem College
Winston -Salem
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Maryland
Best Sellers List Snapshot from The Group to The American Way of Death
A catalog of top fiction and nonfiction titles with entries including The Group by McCarthy The Shoes of the Fisherman by West The Venetian Affair by Macinnes Caravans by Michener The Living Reed by Buck Mandate for Change by Eisenhower Profiles in Courage by Kennedy The American Way of Death by Milford Rascal by North JFK The Man and the Myth by Lasky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
West
Macinnes
Michener
Buck
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Milford Rascal
North
JFK
Lasky
Sports Profile Mirror of American Life
Book review by Robert H Boyle examines how baseball reflects American society from amateur origins to professional prominence. It traces class-driven access, social clubs, and the sport’s commercialization through chapters on different classes, the Negro players, and the Harvard Yale weekend, ending with a nod to Frank Merriwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SPORT
Mirror of
Robert H. Boyle
Little, Brown
New York
Knickerbockers
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Eckfords
Cincinnati Red Stockings
Boyle
England
Sports Illustrated
America
Country Club
Harvard
Frank Merriwell
Gilbert Patten
Alfred P Sloan Jr Publishes My Years With General Motors
General Motors founder Alfred P Sloan Jr., former chief executive and innovator in auto industry, has released a new book titled My Years With General Motors through Doubleday. Sloan, who shaped modern corporate structure, continues to influence American industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors
Doubleday
Alfred P. Sloan
Sands Of Marriage A Change Of Plea
A Carolina summer novel follows lawyer Tom Rich and Miriam Henderson as Tom's affair strains his marriage to Virginia. The story centers on marriage disintegration, parental tensions, and a manslaughter case involving a teen. the crisis tests the couple’s attempts at salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina
Tom Rich
Atlanta
Miriam Henderson
Jennie
Virginia
Tom
Miriam
Rick
Fred
Grace Stebbins
Grace
Absurd Confusions by Ludwig in New Sophistication
Review of Jack Ludwig’s Absurd Confusions in New York Graphic. The critic praises Ludwig’s hep jargon and Smart-Aleck dialogue while noting Lovecraftian surreal twists. Characters include Joseph Gillis, a Roxbury baker’s son, and Lucifer as a foil. The piece satirizes Ivy League pretensions and campus culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ludwig
New York Graphic
Ludwig
Mac
Harvard
Joseph Gillis
Simon Galsky
Roxbury
Mass
Radcliffe
California
Gillis
Lucifer
Devil
Yakyak
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Library Week
The High Point Public Library announces its bookmobile stops for the week beginning January 2024. Routes run Monday through Friday at multiple neighborhoods including College Village Shopping Center, Pine Valley Road, Oakview Road, Bridges Street, Ingleside, Old Winston Road, Parkside, Tabor, E Lexington, Hedrick, English Street, Rotary, Ridgecrest, Wynnewood, Ragan Street, Franklin Street, Clara Cox Circle, Willard Street, and Elwood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
College Village
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Oakview Road
Woodview
Bridges Street
Futrelle
Ingleside
Westover
Old Winston Road
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
Hedrick
Ashe
English Street
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford Road
Ragan
Willard Street
Gordon Street
Elwood Street
Wendell Street
Pattern of unrest grows in Kuching confrontations
In Kuching Sarawak British troops guard the border as terrorist bands from Indonesian Borneo raise fears of a Saigon like upheaval. Indonesian officers are blamed for raids while local officials weigh Sukarno's role and the prospect of intensified conflict. Chinese form the largest local group among about 785 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarawak
Sabah
British North Borneo
Sukarno
Kuching
Indonesian Borneo
Malaysia
Indonesia
Borneo
Malaya
Emai
Jet Tummy Hits Stewardesses in Air Travel Debate
The article discusses jet tummy, a term for gas pressure issues during high altitude flights. Doctors note cabin pressurization and air expansion can cause ear, sinus, or abdominal discomfort but advise that many travelers, including some with mild ailments, can fly safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Assultant
American Medical
Uumen
Consulti Ple
Seajheart
Denver
Ludwig G. Lederer
U.S
Lederer
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Susan H. Jefferies
Teatro Apollo
Rome
Manon
Massenet
Opera Comique
Paris
Walter Piston
Mischa Elman
Elman
Carnegie Hall Audi
Ence
Metropolitan Opera
HOUSE
Gian Carlo Menotti
Roberta Peters
Teresa Stratas
Lili Chookasian
Nicolai Gedda
George London
Ezio Flagello
Morley Meredith
Clifford Harvuot
William Walker
Gerhard Pechner
Calvin March
Robert Patterson
Paul Frank
Andrea Vells
Arthur Graham
Gabor Carelli
Norman Scott
Carlotta Ordassy
Janis
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
Paul Hindemith
Germany
Hindemith
Ing
Mathis der Maler
Bernstein
Beulah Moton
Musical Art Club
R. T. Amos
Forest Hill
Grady Miller
First Methodist Church
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Opera Institute
Asheville
Boris Goldov
Camilla R. Bittle
Lippincott
Tad
Island
Viet Nam
Laos
Saigon
Vientiane
Britain
Federation of
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