Wallburg Postmaster Mae King retires after 41 years
Mae King retires as Wallburg postmaster after 41 years, tracing a family line of postmasters back to 1915 and noting the post office serves 130 families plus 30 more by general delivery. She plans garden work, visits with children and grandchildren, and continuing local ties beyond the job.
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Wallburg
Mae Ha King
King
Mae Ha Tuttle
Liberty Piedmont Institute
John Waller Tuttle
Davidson County Board of Education
Abbotts Creek
Alice Slate Tuttle
Mae Ila Tuttle
Ben King
Kings
Wallburg Baptist Church
John
St. Petersburg
Fla
Carlyle
San Jose
Calif
Louise Morgan
Knoxville
Tenn
Walter King
Charles M. Wall
George W. Clinard
Kang
Ben
Liberty Piedmont
Institute
LPI
Roaming the Piedmont summer birding and peach forecasts
The piece recalls quail calls on Old Greensboro Road and nearby fields during a warm morning, notes grain harvest observations from oats and humidity effects, reports June 1 peach crop estimates across nine states with Georgia and South Carolina leading, and ends with Car Care Council advice on modern cooling systems and annual coolant flushing to prevent corrosion in hotter engines.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Peach State
Car Care Council
Rape Case Tests Rights of Defendants and Victims
A Portage County Ohio rape conviction from 1970 and its lengthy appeals expose the tension between protecting defendants' rights and safeguarding victims and society. The subject had a long prior record, including indecent exposure and assault on girls, with appeals questioning sentencing and confession voluntariness. The piece argues for consideration of victims and potential need for treatment or restraint.
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Portage County
Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Arwona
Omo
Thial
Lillian Woo Appeals Voters In Thomasville Visit
Davidson County residents see campaigns from Reagan family and local hopefuls as Lillian Woo, candidate for state auditor, visits Thomasville to critique state agencies and waste. She aims to expose inefficiencies and push eliminations, aligning with a Carter era approach.
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Ronald Reagan
Thomasville
Nancy Reagan
Jim Hunt
Waverly Aikens
Corrections Dept
David Jones
Lillian Woo
State Auditor
General Assembly
Office of State Auditor
Woo
Georgia
Jimmy Carter Carter
North Carolina
Sir Wao
Aftie
It Was No Small Miracle We Survived Our Infancy
In a 200th birthday reflection the article recalls how America nearly failed to become independent. Caesar Rodney’s 80 mile ride to Philadelphia secured a unanimous vote for independence. It also links the perilous 1776–1780 period with key moments at Brooklyn and West Point, underscoring how close the nation came to not lasting.
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America
Paul Revere
Caesar Rodney
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Richard Henry Lee
United States
Independence
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Delaware
Rodney
Benedict Arnold
John Paulding
David Willams
Isaac van Wart
West Point
Washington
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Mre Ila King
Greensboro
Chestnut Drive
Bob White
Jerry Hedgecock
Jerry
Don Oakley
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Davidson
Davidson County
Berry's
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
Dover
John Adams
Sir William Howe
George Washington
Brooklyn
Virginia
Howe
Long Island
Manhattan
Jamaica Pass
Tarrytown
N.Y
John Andre
John Anderson
Andre
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