More Vocational Courses Urged for N. C. Schools
Raleigh July 22 The State Education Commission hears that North Carolina must expand vocational education to align with the state economy. A Caldwell led committee notes manufacturing surpasses agriculture and urges school training to match occupational needs. Read 7,235 student responses across 85 high schools.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Education Commission
Commission
Harry B. Caldwell
State Grange
Dr Boyd Named Mathematics Professor at Greensboro College
Dr Elizabeth Nicely Boyd of Hunter College New York has been chosen professor of mathematics at Greensboro College succeeding Annie M Pegram who retires after 46 years. She will begin in September as the college enters its 111th year.
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Elizabeth Nicely Boyd
Hunter College
New York
Greensboro
Annie M. Peram
Luther L
Pegram
Greensboro College
Durham
Boyd
Pennsylvania
California
Juniata College
Columbia University
Duke University
Cambridge
England
West Virginia
Greenbrier College
W. W. Sawyer
Scripts Mathemat
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White Salmon Chamber War on Rattlesnakes
White Salmon and Bingen chamber of commerce sealed off a rattlesnake den in Jewett Creek canyon and used tempting morsels of muriatic acid and cyanide to rid the area of the snakes, an act described as a wild west style effort.
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Wash
Tompkins Spent Only $77 In His Primary Effort
Dan Tompkins of Sylvan filed a final report to Secretary of State Thad Eure showing a Democratic lieutenant governor primary campaign cost of 77 dollars with 25 dollars in contributions. The report notes four candidates were delinquent on final statements, with Marvin Lee Ritch and Donald B. Sherrill also filing, while Olla Ray Boyd stays delinquent. The attorney general will send notices and allow time for responses.
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Raleigh
Dan Tompkins
Sylvan
Thad Eure
Tompkins
Eure
Harry McMullan
Campaioe E
Marvin Lee Ritch
Charlotte
Donald B. Sherrill
Greensboro
George Lay Bequeaths Estate to Wife and Two Daughters
The will of George B. Lay filed for probate in Cambridge Massachusetts leaves a $1,300 estate to his widow and two daughters. Lay formerly of Hopkinton Massachusetts and a former federal government employee in Korea died May 6 and was buried in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Cambridge
Mass
George B. Lay
Hopkinton
Lay
Korea
Raleigh, N. C
Rockingham County Polio Drive Opens to Raise Funds
A drive for 10000 to battle polio starts in Rockingham County and runs through August 15. Mrs John Lee Wilson Madison treasurer says county funds are nearly exhausted and most of 4500 sent from the National Foundation has been spent on the outbreak.
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Leaksville
Rockingham County
John Lee Wilson
Madison
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
National Foundation
Ambulances Restricted To 45 MPH In Greensboro
Greensboro officials order enforcement of a 45 mph speed limit for ambulances and fire trucks after a fatal Walker Avenue crash. Councilman Orton A. Boren calls for stricter rules citing dangerous traffic conditions and urges stop-and-proceed cautions with sirens on.
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Greensboro
Orton A. Boren
Walker Avenue
Boren
Seminole Buys Statesville Cotton Mills
Greensboro based Seminole Mills to acquire the Statesville Cotton mills, four Burlington units to be moved, with operation as rayon and spun weaving. Title transfer expected by September 1, facilities to be vacated by October 1. United Merchants and Manufacturers holds the parent stake and lists global operations in several states and countries.
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Statesville Cotton Mills
Burlington Mills
Seminole Mills
Greensboro Corporation
J. S. Schwab
United Merchants and Manufacturers
Statesville
Inole
Burlington
Greensboro Company
Seminole
Bar-Mil
Old Fort
Clear Water
Union, Bath
Buffalo
S. C
Elberton
$90 000 School In Greensboro Approved
Greensboro July 22 A community appeal from years past nears fulfillment as the board of education approves low bids totaling more than 90 000 for Gillespie Park school auditorium gymnasium work. Superintendent Ben L. Smith says the chairman and secretary may sign contracts when funds become available July 26 with work expected to start immediately after.
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Greensboro
Board of Education
Gillespie Park School
Ben L. Smith
Progressives Face Ballot Hurdle in Mecklenburg County
In Charlotte on July 22 the Mecklenburg county elections board reports 2,294 residents signed petitions to place Progressive party nominees on the general election ballots. Only about 800 signatures may be certified under state rulings. 10,000 are needed statewide.
Polio Care Moves as Greensboro Ward Sees Transfers
Greensboro reports crowded orders at the ORD emergency polio isolation ward drive seven new cases including a High Point and a Thomasville patient. Camp Sutton hospital receives transfers while Central Carolina Convalescent hospital site work surges and local labor union offers free labor.
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Greensboro
ORD
Camp Sutton Polio Hospital
High Point
Thomasville
J. Steve Morgan
Elizabeth Gallimore
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
High Point Local 676
Plumbers and Steam Fitters Union
Murray Saunders
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Car collision cited in Hagerstown police report
In Hagerstown Maryland July 22 two city police officer Harry Frush and deputy sheriff Robert G Miller collided. Frush issued Miller a ticket for reckless driving and misconduct in the incident.
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Miller
Frush
Hagerstown
Harry Frush
Robert G. Miller
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