Counties Share Burden of Old Age Pensions in Proposed Bill
North Carolina lawmakers debate a bill requiring counties to cover one-third to one-fourth of old age pension costs while counties, welfare boards, and commissioners approve eligibility. The plan caps pensions at 60 a month for those 65 or older and scales amounts by need. federal and state funding split the rest. Aid to dependent children would be 18 dollars monthly plus 2 for each additional child, with total aid not exceeding 65 dollars unless in special cases.
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J. C. Baskervillterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
Senate
L. Lavely
Rocky Mount
Ernest Gardner
Elby
Welfare
Mrs Elledge Hosts Social Evening in Thomasville
Mrs Elledge hosted a Monday evening dinner at her Thomasville home attended by Mr and Mrs McCager Edge and other local families. The event featured a five course menu and central silver canabra with yellow tapers as decor.
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Rs Street
McCageredge
Elledge
Lucy Eason
R. Jennings
Alma Jennings
Snell
T. C. Faulkner
Mary Adeline Leeda Rucker
Marietta
Rena Clodfelter
George H. Ard
Raleigh
Edward Old
Evelyn Lyles
Osboro College
G. W. Lyles
Mary Louise Thacker
D. H. Wall
Graham, & C
Lena Pratt
Salem Street
Aud Green, Jr
Charlotte
Robert Howie
B. H. Williamson
Ben
Frances Tabor
Statesville
Marion Pickens
Louisville
Rey
C. M. Pickens
Annie May Atwater
Danville
Mock Trial at Community House to aid flood relief
The Pickett Mills community hosts a mock trial at the Community House Saturday at 7 to raise funds for flood victims. Peggy Joyce faces Robert Revels for breach of promise, with Judge E W Knight presiding and a drawn jury list.
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Pickett
Peggy Joyce
Robert Revels
E. W. Knight
B. W. Jenkins, Sr
T. B. New
W. A. Hunt
J. H. Faircloth
W. E. Akins
B. Carter
Elza Rose
Herb Groce
Sallie Hemric
R. C. Reavis
Ernest Kimes
John Farr
Hattie Morris
Tommy Hooker
February Furniture Sales Create Opportunity to Brighten Home
New York reports February 1937 furniture sales offer budget friendly options from walnut antiques to modern pieces. Readers are urged to refresh living rooms basements and bedrooms with versatile tables chairs and storage.
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New York
Duncan Phyfe
Calotabs Promised to Help Cure a Cold
Calotabs claim to aid Nature by cleansing the intestinal tract and promoting elimination. The regimen is one or two tabs at first night and a repeat on the fourth night if needed. The product is marketed as a thorough eliminant and diuretic, priced at five cents per family package and one package.
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Lee
Fiat
Cosmetics hues changing for spring fashion
The article notes women are spending more on cosmetics as bills clear for the new year. It advises selecting a powder shade matching skin tone for a luminous spring look, favors darker red lipsticks over orange tones, and suggests light rose-pearl nail varnish. Emphasizes proper grooming, clean hands, and a night cream routine to combat dry skin from dry air and cold wind.
Faithful Benno Meets a Parade of Gotham Characters in Newsroom
A New York receptionist Benno at a Manhattan newspaper endures a stream of visitors from scoops that vanish to week-old, astrologers, pseudo scientists, women debating Mussolini and Ethiopia, to Sea stories and letters to editors. The piece notes vivid city life and mentions locales, people and cultural figures of the era.
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New York
Benno
Manhattan
Daily Journal
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Fourth Eastate
The Longest Authentic Sea Serpent Reaches 10 Feet
A recent report announces the largest verified sea serpent measures 10 feet in length. Scientists note that no larger specimen has been documented. The finding adds a curious data point to ongoing maritime folklore research.
Scouts Award Big Batch in Two Court of Honor Sessions
Twenty eight Boy Scouts and five Cubs received awards in the High Point council Court of Honors. Senior Court met at Wesley Memorial Methodist church and Junior Court at First Presbyterian with honors including star, pathfinding and civic service.
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High Point Boy Scout Council
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
First Presbyterian
Elwood Sink
Hale Hardee
Alton Hardee
Douglass Holbrook
Glenn B. Liner
Clyde Wood
Melvin Stroupe
Star
Geo. Conner
Jack Brown
Lloyd Flythe
Russell Clark
Arthur Kaplan
Geo. White
Carl Bailey
Don Wilson
James Agner
Clifford Brown
Robert B. Hicks
Billy Conner
Joe Woolen
Bob Amos
Jimmy Millis
Sidney Bailey
Billy Simmons
Herbert Speas
Jimmy Ellis
Johnny Thomas
Rank
Tomgold
Albert Klemme
Wolf My Kearns
Bobby Koontz
Silver Arrow
Bruce Quigley
Miner’s Lettuce Flavor From Ants Beliefs
Early California Indians prepared miner’s lettuce near red ant nests to coat leaves with formic acid from the ants. The resulting infusion was said to impart a vinegar like flavor to the plant.
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California
Dr Alex R Stant Named Head of Guilford Dental Society
Dr Alex R Stant elected head of the Guilford County Dental Society for 1937 at a January Greensboro dinner. Officers include Sam W Shaffer as vice president and Dr W R Hinton Jr as treasurer. The UNC post-graduate extension course starts locally April. The society agreed to hold a joint meeting with the Guilford County Medical Society on February 4.
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Greensboro
Alex R. Stant
Guilford C Dental Society
Cotton Hotel
J. W. Holt
Sam W. Shaffer
W. R. Hinton, Jr
J. T
Uni of
North Carolina
Gui County
Medical Society
Wake Forest college session ends with Guilford men
Wake Forest announced 18 Guilford county students were among about 1 000 in the recent college session check up. Eleven hailed from Greensboro, six from High Point, and one from Stokes. The High Point list includes J W Slate Jr, S D Sykes Jr, J F S T Hensley, and W J Hunt among others.
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Wake Forest
Guilford County
Greensboro
Point
J. W. Slate, Jr
J. W. Slate
S. D
R. A. J. M. Sykes, Jr
J. M. Sykes
J. F. S. T. Hensley
William C Handy and America's Jazz Dawn 1912 Memphis
Prominent musician William C Handy central to early jazz in 1912 Memphis era. The article outlines Handy’s influence shaping a new music style with roots in African American communities and the evolving national music scene. Historic context ties Handy to the Memphis scene and the broader spread of jazz expression.
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William C. Handy
America
Memphis
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