Troop 13 Wins Scout Honors For Third Time
Troop 13 sponsored by Emanuel Lutheran Church earned a banner for best attendance and most awards at a court of honor held at the junior high school. The unit scored 232 points in its third consecutive win as Troop 80 from Calvary Methodist performed a camp fire scene. More than 240 merit badges were awarded with 36 second class, 21 first class, four star, two life, and one bronze palm awarded while Harris Covington chaired the advancement committee.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Paul H. Hope
Dewey Gunter
Charles Shutell
Calvary Methodist Church
Hower
Harris Covington
Advancement Committee
Publishers Get Strange Requests
New York publishers report odd orders from readers with mixups in titles. Columbia University Press recalls a request for Behavior in Pants resolved with Behavior Development in Infants and a deluxe edition of United Nations Charter. Other quirks include Algebraic Emotions misread as Algebraic Equations and Crime in Relation to Relations sent as Crime in its Relations to Social Progress.
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New York
Columbia University Press
Columbia Press
Black Shank Ravages Tobacco in Rockingham County
In Reidsville on July 26 the black shank disease of tobacco is causing significant losses across Rockingham County. Heavy rains and wet soil foster the fungus, with first time sufferers including W. B. Mitchell of Reidsville Route 2 and John Rakestraw of Reidsville Route 4.
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Reidsville
Rockingham County
W. J. Reams
State College Extension Service
W. B. Mitchell
John Rakestraw
Girls State Studies Government Procedures in Election Prep
The Girls State citizenship project at North Carolina Woman's College continues through Friday with 226 high school seniors studying governmental procedures. Speakers include Miss Louise Alexander of the college and former legislator C. L. Shuping of Greensboro as the North Carolina American Legion Auxiliary sponsors the event on campus.
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Greensboro
Girls State Citizenship Project
Louise Alexander
North Carolina Woman's College
C. L. Shuping
North Carolina American Legion Auxiliary
Woman's College
One-Eyed Victor Fights Gorilla at Spokane Show
A one eyed black tiger weighing 185 pounds fought a 244 hour battle with a 312-pound gorilla before 400 spectators at Liberty Lake amusement park. The gorilla was fatally wounded and shot by Ruby Wild Animal Show attendants after a cage door was left open. The panther lost an eye earlier and was subdued with chloroform after the melee that began with a left open cage.
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Ther
Spokane
Liberty Lake
Bus Plunges Down Embankment No Serious Injuries Reported
A Queen City Trailways bus traveling from Charlotte to Myrtle Beach plunged down a 17 foot embankment near Mullins South Carolina injuring several passengers but none seriously. Driver Elijah Maurice Haigler said he swerved to avoid a truck. Thirty injuries listed include South Carolina and North Carolina residents with multiple names.
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Mullins
S. C
Queen City Trailways
Charlotte
N. C
Myrtle Beach
Here
Queen City
Elijah Maurice Haigler
Monroe
Cpl
E. G. Summerty
State Highway Patrol
Sylvia_ Sellers
Conway
Albert Simpson
Rock Hill
Charles Sessions
Hartsville
Susie Johnson
Rena Eady
Dessiphine Rogers
North
Sales from Farms Peak in September Through November
More than 42 percent of total farm sales occur during September October and November highlighting a seasonal farmer sales pattern across the autumn quarter.
Leaf buds signal 1936 crops in High Point area
The High Point Enterprise notes tree growth and the coming summer crop season as leaf buds appear on trees. It mentions preparations and seasoning ideas such as creamed shrimp sauce with onion juice and cooking sherry, while touching on local summer plans for 1935.
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High Point
N. C
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Scout Troop 13
Uwharrie Council
Court of Honor
Dick McDowell
Jimmy Sink
Ronnie Russell
Jackie Chesson
Lawrence Wise
Bobby Freeman
Kenneth Steele
Robert James
Bruce Clodfelter
Norman Zimmerman
Paul Hope
Scout
Larry Sloop
Dick Gantt
Paul Boyles
Charles Curry
Charlie Honeycutt
Enterprise
F. Hill
Jeff's Drug Store
N. Main ST
Co-Op Universal
High Point Fox Service
Kk. W. Bundy, Mer
S. Main St
Troop 13
Wash Loan CO
Cincinnati
Joseph Decker
Pearl Runyon
Glasgow
William H. Runyon
Wachovia
Credit Services
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
S&c
Federal Reserve System
Hudson
Sky
America
Sloop Auto Sales and Service
W. Broad ST
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