One-Teacher Schools Costly, NC Reports Raise Concerns
North Carolina spends about 1.12 million dollars for teacher salaries in 610 one teacher schools with 16 059 pupils. Average cost per pupil is 69.57 while many schools have 26 plus pupils per room. Officials urge consolidation though some areas cannot. Most units are Negro schools with few white exceptions noted in Mecklenburg and Cleveland counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
SeoCen
J. E. Hunter
State Board of Education
Cleveland Punty
Mecklenburg
Cape Cod cranberry industry roots traced to 1816
The cranberry trade on Cape Cod begins with yea Hall as the first successful grower in 1816, a milestone in the region's agricultural history. New York City meanwhile reports over 2,200,000 dwelling units, reflecting urban scale.
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Cape Cod
Yea Hall
New York City
Greensboro High Point Dairy Council Wins Annual Award
The Greensboro High Point Dairy Council based in Greensboro won the National June Dairy Month award for the third time in three years. Miss Jane Umstead accepted the first place trophy at the National Dairy Council Winter Conference in Milwaukee. The council competes in Group C for areas under 250 000 population and credits local dairymen and staff for strong June Dairy Month campaigns.
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Durham
Greensboro-High Point Dairy Council
Greensboro
W. J. Ashbaugh
Durham Dairy Products
National Dairy Council
Ashbaugh
Greensboro High Point Council
Greensboro-High Point
Groy
North Carolina
Winston-Salem- Lexington
Ceipt
Umstead
Sarah King
Frances Wagner
California Dairy Council
Omatha, Neb
Dairy Council
Man Throws Bricks In Postoffice
In Charlotte on January 30 a 67 year old man Lewis Richard Carroll told U S Commissioner Nat White he threw two bricks through the main post office doors after finding them at a construction site He claimed he picked up the bricks and walked two blocks to the post office while admitting a long history of drinking.
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Charlotte
U. S
Nat White
Postoffice
Lewis Richard Carroll
Carroll
Raleigh Tenants Benefit From Rent Reduction
Veterans in the 142 annex of Raleigh’s low cost housing learn a $6 monthly rent cut due to higher oil prices, effective Saturday. Commissions note about federal property damage case against Commissioner White bound over to federal district court.
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Raleigh
Annex
Cies
Commelasio Sioner White
Carroll
Federal District Court
Furniture Queen Miss Roma Williams Crowned in High Point
Miss Roma Williams named Furniture Queen at the first Southern Furniture Coronation Ball in High Point. She will reign as Queen at Jeff's Drug Store, sponsor of the pageant, Saturday from 11 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 6 pm. Public demand urged meeting Miss Williams at Jeff's Drug.
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Roma Williams
Southern Furniture
High Point
Jeff's
Miss Williams
Jeff
Queen of
Furniture City
Rights of Veterans Are Set Forth In Attorney's Opinions
Raleigh dispatch reports attorney general opinions on veterans rights and related public matters. Key points include direct commitment of non compos mentis veterans to VA or state hospitals, retirement system eligibility during war service, guardianship for minor veterans in estate matters, county authority on courthouse leasing, Sunday beer and wine sale regulation, six month post-violation license renewal blocks, driver financial responsibility rules, and weapon confiscation return rights.
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Raleigh
Cure Renta
Attorney General's Office
Veterans Administration
Boards of County Commissioners
State unemployment ranks decrease slowly in North Carolina
North Carolina's unemployed ranks are decreasing, though slowly, according to a report from the state employment security commission. December 1946 unemployment compensation checks totalled $296,695, said Director R. Fuller Martin of the commission's unemployment service division.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
R. Fuller Martin
Commission
Sinus Sufferers Find Care For Misery At Cecil's Drug
Sinus sufferers report relief from nasal congestion and sinus headaches after using KLORONOL. The remedy, sold at Cecil's Drug Store 121 No Main St, costs $3.00 per bottle with a money back guarantee and is marketed for hay fever and nasal congestion relief.
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Cecil's Drug Store
Main St
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North Carolina Dairy Industry
N. C. State College
Tar Heel Supplymen’s Association
J. F. Neeley
George Coble
Lexington
North Carolina Dairy Foundation
Col. J. W. Harrelson
State College
Sam Edwards
James Kilgore
Dairy Educational Committee
North Carolina Milk Producer's Association
North Carolina, Dairy Products Association
Tar Heel Ae
James H. Hilton
School of Agriculture
State Agricultural Experiment Station
Neeley
Deanilton
Dairy Products Association
Itty Ilia
Kyee
Iit Se
Bes
Esso
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Coor
Bewine
High Point Dairy Council
Furniture Queen
Cinoch
Duke Power Company
The
Hedmost
Crobinas
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
Dodge - Plymouth
W. Commerce
Willowbrook
Wampole’'S
SAS
Hepatica
Cas
Ima
Gillette
Razor
Lax
Willard
Vigk’s
Stanback
Fletchers
Fitch
Magnesia
Castoria
DR. Miles
Squibb
Colgate
Jergen
Peg
Scot
Pablum
KOTEX
Bones
Alka-Seltzer
Blue Blades
Drene
VICK
Trushay
Pertussin
Vitallis
Johnson
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