Highway Patrol To Tour State In Five Day Parade
North Carolina officers and 37 patrolmen begin a five day introductory parade from Camp Glenn Sunday at 9 am. They travel through Beaufort Raleigh Durham Greensboro and Charlotte before returning to Raleigh for oath of service on July 1.
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Charles D. Farmer
Camp Glenn
Beaufort
Raleigh
New Bern
Washington
Greenville
Tarboro
Wilson
Durham
Hillsboro
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Mocksville
Hickory
Statesville
Morganton
H. M. Kistler
Highway Commission
Marion
Asheville
J. G. Stikeleather
Ninth Highway District
Charlotte
Chimney Rock
Lake Lure
Rutherfordton
Shelby
Gastonia
Wilmington
Lumberton
Burgaw
Kenansville
Goldsboro
Smithfield
New Markham Airport Plans Include Amphibian Landing Lake
The Aviation corporation proposes a Chicago suburb airport at Markham Illinois featuring a small lake for amphibians to alight. The one mile square site lies 12 miles from downtown Chicago with hangars service stations and a ground radio station to guide planes. Space for 190 shops and hangars. Partners include Universal Interstate and Embry-Riddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aviation Corporation
Markham
Ill
Universal, Interstate
Embry-Riddle
Sketches Of Jamestown Memorial Address 1929
Extracts from the historical address delivered at the annual Jamestown Memorial Association meeting on June 16 1929 in Jamestown North Carolina. The notes reflect local history, notable figures, and community memory from the Jamestown M I Church event.
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The
Jamestown Memorial Association
Jamestown M. I. Church
Jamestown
North Carolina
Cox
L. Lea White
Charles D. Melver
A. M. Seales
W. T. Whitsett
Joseph S. Ragsdale
Jamestown’s Deep River Heritage and Educational Rise
A detailed retrospective traces Jamestown Guilford County from early Quaker settlements along Deep River to Old and New Jamestown. It covers the Mendenhall family, the founding of schools and colleges, the 1854 railroad conflict, the Jamestown Female College, Civil War impacts, and notable local families shaping education, religion, and industry.
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Jamestown
Guilford
Mendenhall
Woodburn
Stanley
Field
Johnson
Potter
Parr
Shelly
Causey
Sherwood
Church
Gardner
Armfield
Coffin
Horney
Blair
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Earl of Granville
Mendenhall Mill
James Mendenhall
Guilforg County
Mim James
Deep River
Henry Humphrey
Greensboro
Humphrey
Martha Robbins Tilden
William Stanley
Lindsey
Scientific
Federal
Reece
J. Harper Johnston
North Carolina Railroad
Old Deep River
Nicholson
Guilford County
McAlister Worth Family Reunion Celebrated in Asheboro
In Asheboro on June 22 the McAlister and Worth families held their annual reunion as a casual picnic at the old McAlister home on North Street. Family members from across the region shared lunches under trees, recalling history of the house built around 1880 by Dr. John Worth and collaborators.
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Federal
Scientific
Jamestown Female College
Dow Alley
Lorenzo Dow
Little Brick Church
College
Robbins
Alexander Robbins
Union Street
William Stanley
George Mendenhall
Judith Mendenhall
Germanton
Philadelphia
Mendenhalls
James
George
Richard
Nereus
Judith Gardner
Nantucket
Minerva T. Mendenhall
Quaker Church
Jamestown
Deep River
New Garden
Springfield
Center
M. E
South
Old Jamestown
New Jamestown
Joseph S. Ragsdale
Elias Thornton
E. A. Guyer
Harper Johnson
Joshua Bethel
Robert E. Hunt
Moses J. Hunt
College of the Church
John W. Freeman
Nereus Mendenhall
Julius M. Weatherly
Flint Hill
Chee Wilson
E. Faucett
Julius M Weatherly
Petal Yss
Asheboro
McAlister
Worth
North Street
Johnsthan Worth
Hal M
A. W. McAlister
Hal M. Worth
Dr. Worth
North Carolina
May McAlister
T. G. McAlister
J S. McAlister
John W. McAlister
Charters Granted in Raleigh and Charlotte
Certificates of Incorporation announce the North Carolina Hotel Company of Raleigh to operate hotel apartment house and cafe business with authorized stock 375000 and 10250 shares common. Subscribed stock four shares by W E Fountain John W Hudson Jr H A Underwood and others. Pioneer Enterprises Inc of Charlotte to operate leasing buying and selling theatres with authorized stock 100000 and subscribed stock 500 by G F Coley H M Goodhue and EF A Hilker.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Hotel Company
N. C
W. E. Fountain
John W. Hudson Jr
Tarboro
H. A. Underwood
Pioneer Enterprises, Inc
Charlotte
G. F. Coley
H. M. Goodhue
EF. A. Hilker
United States Tops Global Lumber Exports
The United States leads the world as the largest exporter of lumber and lumber products, maintaining a dominant role in global timber trade and supply chains. The position reflects extensive forest resources, industrial capacity, and established export networks across key markets.
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United States
Diamonds Found In Meteorite Fragments On Earth
Small diamonds have been discovered in meteorites that have fallen to Earth. The find suggests space rocks can carry precious mineral material to our planet.
Despondent woman ends life after cat death in Charlotte
Dorothy Davis, 40, of Charlotte NC, killed herself in Danville after her Persian cat Fan Tan died from poisoning. She told police she had nothing to live for following the cat's death. Coroner records death as suicide by a two story hotel fall from Chatham earlier in the week.
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Danville
Dorothy Davis
Charlotte, N. C
Chatham
Fan Tan
Waterways and canals stretch across British Isles
The British Isles boast 3,825 miles of navigable waterways and canals built at a total cost of about 500 million dollars.
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British Isles
Hoovers Leave for Fishing in Virginia
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover depart the White House for a fishing retreat near Madison Virginia. Guests include Secretary Hyde and writer Mary Sullivan with others in the party. Return date is not set, with a possible stay through Monday.
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Virginia
Washington
Hoover
White House
Madison
Hyde
Mary Sullivan
Lawrence Richey
Joel Z. Boone
Hawaiians Play Football Barefoot Popular Pastime
Hawaiians are noted for playing football without footwear, a traditional practice linked to local athletic culture and informal street games. The habit reflects a casual approach to sport and community recreation.
Lee's Laxative & Cathartic Compound Advertisement
Describes Lee's Compound Cathartic as quick relief for gas, indigestion, and stomach distress and promises long term stomach health. Claims one bottle proves relief and removes dizziness, headaches, and other symptoms. Mentions Mann Drug Store in High Point, North Carolina and a 10 day sale price of $1.00.
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Lee
Mann Drug Store
Mann Drug Stores
High Point
N. C
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Highway Patrol
Es Dionysius of
Halicarnassus
Thomas Carlyle
Ralph Waldo Emerson
J. Sherwood
Sherwoods
Richard Mendenhall
Tanyard
Shubal Coffin
Old
George C. Mendenhall
Calvin H. Wiley
Alson Gray
John F. Speight
C. F. Harris
Isaac Thacker
J. W. Field
Cyrus
J. Wheeler
S. G. Coffin
John 5. Rankin
L. W. Batchelor
James P. Speight
W. A. Harris
Methodist Protestant Conference
MSS
M. P. Conference
Logan Female Seminary
Female College
Methodist Protestant Church of the North Carolina Conference
J.S. Ray
G. W.W. Hege
Scientific Street
Masonic Lodge
James Ruffin Mendenhall
George Co. Mendenhall
Duncan A. MacRae
Cheraw
James Sloan
Stoneman
George Stoneman
California
Oakdale Cotton Mills
Tellmont
R. P. Dick
Frank Armfield
Beard
Vore
Manumission Society
Yearly Meeting
Sally Ann
Potters
E. J. Coletrane
W. A. White, Jr
Joseph Addison
Guilford College
Great Southern Railway
Sedgefield
Guilford County Sanatorium
M. P
High Point College
City of
Alexander Worth, Jr
Hal V. Worth
Hal, Jr
Thomas C
William and Francis
Jim Walker
Randleman
Jas
Pou
Lacy Little
Lithia Mills
Om Lnm
Elizabeth Arden
Hart Drug Company
Elizapers Arpen
Fifth Avenue
New York
Bond Street
London
Paris
McAlister-Worth Family
Charlotte Woman
Studebaker
Dictator
Steerin
Erskine
NBC
Henry Motor Sales Co
Montlieu Avenue
Studebaker and Erskine
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