Island-Hopping Vet Goes To Dogs and Cows by Air
James Leach, a 40 year old flying veterinarian from Eastham Massachusetts, divides his practice between a farm hospital and Nantucket. He averages 20 to 25 calls weekly on the island using a pontoon equipped airplane. Leach served as a coast guard K 9 trainer during the war and earned his veterinary degree at Villanova in 1943. He later piloted ships cargo of UNRRA animals to Poland and now operates a amphibious plane based on a 60 acre farm fronting a salt water inlet.
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Eastham
Mass
NEA
James Leach
Leach
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Villanova
Poland
Case of the Girl In Black Panties
Oakland. A cabdriver Stewart Yeager recounts a redheaded woman in only black panties who rode in his cab then vanished. Papers from his jacket disappeared at the hotel after she returned his jacket and fled into darkness. A man reportedly checked in with her and was not found.
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Oakland
Calif
Stewart Yeager
Yeager
Exchange Club Meeting Time and Venue Change
The High Point Exchange club will meet Monday at 6 30 p m at the South Main Street Methodist Church. The meeting place was changed from the Lutheran church to the Methodist church.
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High Point Exchange Club
South Main Street Methodist Church
Lutheran Church
Five Chicago Negro Boy Scouts Die Crossing Icy River
Five Black Boy Scouts aged 12 to 14 drowned when they attempted to walk across the Des Plaines river near their forest preserve camp west of Park Ridge Illinois. Rangers said the ice broke under them as they crossed the frozen stream. Names given were Ronald Hatcher Terry Allen Noah Philbot Roger Jones and John Davis.
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Chicago
Des Plaines
Coberben
Park Ridge
Ill
Forest Preserve
Ronald Hatcher
Terry Allen
Noah Philbot
Roger Jones
John Davis
Lyon Agency marks 75th anniversary serving furniture industry
The Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency and the High Point office celebrate 75 years since Robert P. Lyon founded the agency in 1876 in New York. Arthur S. Lyon leads the firm with coast to coast offices and a growing staff in High Point.
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Southeastern
High Point
Furniture Commercial Agency, Co
Lyon Furniture Merchantile
Eshelman
Johnson Street
John A. Jr
N. C
New York City
Helen Bonner
Honduras
Central America
Wes
Korea stamps arrive as UN control shifts in Korea
New stamps from Korea feature ROK flag and Syngman Rhee amid northern mountains. A rare 1840 penny black sheet sold for 400 guineas to a British collector, part of William Sugden’s collection. Sudan but not Egypt stamps also noted with new issues and the Denhol U S Album announcement. The New England stamp show, May 18-20, 1951 in Boston, includes ASDA and junior exhibits.
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Korea
United Nations
Korean Peninsula
White Mountains
U. N
Syngman Rhee
Dark
Esse
Great Britain
William Sugden
George VI
Sudan
U. S
Denhol
New England
American Stamp Dealers Association
Boston
New York
ASDA
US Post Office
Fogleman Awarded Bronze Star for Korea Service
Sgt Clyde K Fogleman 22 son of Mrs Dora Fogleman 443 West Lexington has received the bronze star medal for meritorious service in Korea during July 31 to November 2 He is a chaplain's assistant and organist in the army since 1945.
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Clyde K. Fogleman
Dora Fogleman
West Lexington
Fogleman
Korea
Ogleman
William Penn Grad Receives Purple Heart in Korea
The Enterprise reports alumnus Pvt. Alonzo Griffin from William Penn and High Point was listed missing after heavy fighting in Korea but reappeared. Sgt. William A. Jackson sent details of Griffin firing a malfunctioning weapon, then taking up a rifle amid encirclement. He suffered frostbite and wounds, was later found, and awarded the Purple Heart in Japan.
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High Point
Korea
Enterprise
William A. Jackson
Alonzo Griffin
William Penn School
Jackson
Griffin
Grifin
Hene
Japan
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Royal Egyptian Geographical Society
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Winston Road
Sage Eldwyr
Gary Cooper
Pride OF the Yankees
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