Building Fund Photo Caption with Officers
The list names the officers and members in a building fund group photo. Monroe Kennedy is Secretary with D F Hudson as Recording Secretary. In back row left to right are J C Yarbrough chairman, C C Goodson member, C B Alexander councilor, Troy C Jones financial secretary, L W Glenn treasurer, and Ward en Bobby Stocker with Barbee credited for the enterprise photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Monroe Kennedy
D. F. Hudson
Jack Beck
Bobby Stocker
Outside Sentinel
Back Row
J.C. Yarbrough
Ing Fund
C. C. Goodson
Building Fund
C. B. Alexander
Troy C. Jones
L. W. Glenn
Enterprise
Barbee
Mark Brock
Elmer Johnson
C. B. Koontz
Quotas in Flue-Cured Tobacco Debate Cast on July 19
Guest writer Bill Hannah of the North Carolina Farm Bureau explains the 1930s history of tobacco quotas and urges flue-cured growers to vote on July 19 to continue the acreage allotment system. He notes impacts of quota neglect on prices, exports, and the broader economy, with emphasis on Tobacco Associates and imports.
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Bill Hannah
N. C. Farm Bureau Federation
Bright Leaf Belt
Tobacco Associates
BIG Stake Tobacco Associates
China Sells Food to India 1951 Rice Offer Accepted
India bought 100000 metric tons of food grains from Russia in 1951 and exchanged tea shellac tobacco and jute. Food Minister R A Kidwai said there is no 1952 purchase plan, but China offered 100000 tons of rice on a cash basis which India accepted.
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NEW Deship
India
Russia
R. A. Kidwai
Gues
Ted
China
Kidwai
Ancient Roman pottery unearthed near Kingsley England
Roman pottery dating to the first century was uncovered by laborers laying a new foundation near Kingsley. The dig also yielded a rotary corn grinding stone, a quartzite pounding stone, and several iron ingot fragments dating from 100 to 50 AD.
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Kingsley
England
Three State Prisons Workers Get Notice of Dismissal
Three office employees of the State Prisons Department received notice that they would be removed from the payroll. Names are Mildred Thompson Dorothy L Smith and Margaret Pollock all told they could seek transfers within state agencies by Friday. The move ties to a new prison reorganization program effective July 1 with no stated reason for firing.
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Raleigh
State Prisons Department
Mildred Thompson
Dorothy L. Smith
Margaret Pollock
Walter Anderson
J. D. Wilson
Thompson
Department
H. H. Honeycutt
Smith
Pollock
Gulls Seize Mice at Didsbury Plowing Contest
Mother Nature showed her power as plowmen coaxed field mice from furrows in Didsbury Canada. Hundreds of mice surfaced and gulls swooped in for a feast in this peculiar farming event.
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Didsbury
Canada
Talking for Buncombe recall ties to North Carolina convention
North Carolina delegates debate roll call voting at the Republican convention showing how back home interests shape each vote. The article recalls the old tale of a Western Carolina congressman “Talking for Buncombe” and notes delegates vote to record positions for home audiences.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Buncombe
Western Carolina
Congress
Eisenhower
Amateurish Detroit Robber Caught After Stage Costume Fail
Robert Fournier, 19, attempted a $75 candy store robbery in Detroit. He wore an 83 degree outfit with a coat and scarf, used a child’s dart gun, and fled in a stolen chartreuse car. Police arrested him an hour later based on victim description.
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Detroit
Robert Fournier
Fournier
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Mechanicsville Council
Junior Order
United American Mechanics
Capital Square
Therm
Percy
Story
N.C. Lawmaker
By Lynn Nisbet
H. F. Seawell
Charles Raper Jonas
St.joseph
Ic Shoe
LE — Fc SH i
SALE
Jena
Sample Shoe Store
N. Main ST
Rise Furniture Company
High Point
Asheboro
Thomasville
Kester Bros. & Sons
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