ORD To Celebrate 170th Birthday Chaplain Corps
ORD To Celebrate 170th Birthday Chaplain Corps personnel at RAF overseas replacement depot in Greensboro will on Sunday July 29 observe the 170th anniversary of the chaplain corps. The corps totals about 8,000 with two thirds serving overseas. The first formal recognition of chaplains’ legal status was granted by the Continental Congress on March 29, 1775.
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RAF
Overseas
Greensboro
Ag Oo
A Chaplain Corps
Continental Congress
John Hurt
Virginia
United States
West Point
Mexico
Taylor
R. T. Amos Named On Northwestern Policy Committee
Milwaukee July 26. A policy holders committee for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance includes Leon Foley, Stanley Allyn, Robert Robertson, oe Kennedy, and Robert T. Amos. The panel, chosen from policyholders, operates independently of the company, selects its auditors, and distributes its report to all policyholders yearly.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Bosagewrioren
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Leon F. Foley
Stanley C. Allyn
National Casheter Co
Dayton
Ohio
Robert P. Robertson
Beloit
Oe Kennedy
Re & Company
Moline
Ill
Robert T. Amos
Amos Hosiery Mills
High Point
N. C
Northwestern Mutual
Wa Ite
Death of Will Fleming Wilson tobacconist at 48
Will Fleming Wilson 48 a Wilson tobacconist died unexpectedly yesterday in Waycross Georgia while traveling to the Georgia leaf markets. The funeral will be held here tomorrow. He had left Wilson Saturday for the market opening.
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Will Fleming Wilson
Will Fleming
Wilson
Waycross
Chaplains Train for Army Roles at Fort Devens School
Seventy four regular army and seventy two national guard chaplains attend the chaplain school at Fort Devens Massachusetts. They study military organization counseling morale and discipline and perform map reading raves registration and other battlefield duties. Calisthenics drills and road marches build endurance while training covers chemical warfare defense first aid and personal security. The evangelistic zeal of the corps and the response of those it serves show the government religious program’s worth.
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Regular Army
National Guard
Fort Devens
Mass
Water's Fine 31750 Swim In City Pool
City lake pool saw 31 750 swimmers from June 10 to July 22 with average daily attendance of 738 and daily revenue around 165 55 dollars. Negro pool averaged 82 swimmers daily totaling 3 539 and 516 01 dollars in revenue for the same period. Attendance this year far exceeds last year due to polio epidemic.
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City Lake
Reece Snyder
Parks and Recreation
Snyder
Plan For New Hotel May Be Postponed For Time Being
Operators of the Sheraton hotel consider adding 64 or more rooms to the existing 125, with work likely to start when labor and materials are available. A new hotel at another site is on hold while modernization of the Elwood hotel continues to make it one of the state’s most modern. The superhighway plan could reroute traffic around the city, affecting hotel demand as High Point modernizes to accommodate tourist and business visitors.
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Sheraton Hotel
Elwood
Greensboro
High Point
Charlotte
City Adopts Rear-Load Garbage System With Four New Trucks
High Point announces a revised garbage collection plan with four new closed trucks costing 7000 dollars. City workers will pick up from street curbs rather than alleys, using baskets to transfer refuse from household containers. Cooperation and a future sanitary inspector are urged to enforce ordinances.
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High Point
City — Works Department
Rdy Braden
Public Works Department
Braden
Men Urgently Sought for Hawaii War Work
Mrs. N. Stults calls for men to fill unskilled and skilled wartime jobs in Hawaii. Interviews at the U S employment office from July 26 to 31. Transportation and housing provided. Ages 18 to 55 with draft clearance. 30 or younger require 4 F 1 C or 1 A L.
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Japan
Hawaii
N. Stults
U. S
U. S. Employment Service Office
Stults
Service Members Honored at First Methodist Sunday
Church to recognize local service men and women in the 11 oclock worship. Two members who made the supreme sacrifice Clyde Hunter Bass Jr and George Emory Humphreys will be honored. Holy communion will be observed and Rev Wilson O Weldon will deliver a suitable sermon.
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First Methodist Church
Clyde Hunter Bass, Jr
George Emory Humphreys
Wilson O. Weldon
Rev J G Walker Dies In Forest City
Mrs W B Penny wife of Archdale pastor travels to Forest City for funeral of her brother in law Rev J G Walker burial planned at Hawfields Presbyterian church near Burlington remaining arrangements pending relatives arrival
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W. B. Penny
W. P. Penny
Archdale
Forest City
J. G. Walker
Hawfield’s Presbyterian Church
Burlington
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Ems
Wagger
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AAF
Robert B. Weaver
R. T. Amos
Northwestern Policy Committee
Insurance Companies
Adjustment & Collection Agency
Harry W. Brooks
Wachovia Bank
Division of Sanitation
Tro Ett
O.P.A
Pullmans
Dunhill Service
Blue Ridge
Dunhill
Elwood Hotel
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