Wake Forest President to Tour Far East
Dr. Harold W. Tribble, president of Wake Forest College, will depart July 5 for seven weeks of travel in Far Eastern nations funded by a China Medical Rockefeller Foundation grant. He will visit Saigon and other cities, explore advisory ties with medical schools, discuss student admissions, and meet Southern Baptist officials in Tokyo and elsewhere. The trip includes Honolulu, Manila, Bangkok, Delhi, Beirut, and more, returning August 23 via Rome Paris and London.
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Winston-Salem
Far East
Wake Forest College
Harold W. Tribble
China Medical
Rockefeller Foundation
Tribble
South Vietnam
Southern Baptist Convention
Juba
Tokyo
Tone Boag
Dent Iu
Wake Forest
Coy C. Carpenter
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Carpenter
Saigon
International Cooperation Administration
State Department
Vietnam Governos Metenon Ene
Southern Baptists
Honolulu
Taipei
Hong Kong
Manila
Bangkok
Rangoon
Calcutta
New Delhi
Bagdad
Beirut
Rome
Paris
London
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Zurich
Switzerland
Randolph Appointments Announced
Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee names J. D. Ross Sr. as Democratic State committeeman to replace the late E. D. Crawford and nominates W. A. Underwood Jr. for the Randolph County Board of Education to fill the vacancy from Sam W. Miller’s resignation. Formal Underwood appointment expected at the State Board of Education meeting in Raleigh next Thursday.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Democratic Executive Committee
J. D. Ross Sr
W. A. Underwood Jr
Randolph County Board of Education
Ross
E. D. Crawford
Crawford
Underwood
Sapona’ Manufacturing Co
Cedar Falls
Sam W. Miller
Randolph Board of Education
State Board of Education
Raleigh
Thad T. Moser
Randolph Democratic Executive Committee
Four Killed as Shell Fails in Fort Sill Training Demo
During a public demonstration at Adams Hill Fort Sill Oklahoma an artillery shell from an unidentified gun struck bystanders killing four soldiers and wounding ten. The 522nd Infantry Battalion was advancing in a mock attack when the accident occurred helicopters assisted transport of the dead and injured. No next of kin details were released.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Robert E. Kren
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
East Artillery
Adams Hill
522Nd
Kren
Thomasville Girl Aims to Twirl Her Way to College
Betty Leonard, 16, Thomasville High School baton twirler, has won medals and aims to secure a college scholarship through top placements at upcoming baton-twirling contests. She trains with clinics across the Southeast and is coached by notable figures, balancing baton work with clarinet and drum major duties. She hopes a college stipend hinges on future national results.
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Betty
Ralph Leonard
Burton Street
North Carolina
Sandra Brown
Roanoke Rapids
Faye Gooch
Durham
Pd Tlhy
Coker College
Hartsville
S. C
Miss Gooch
Thomasville High School
Ralph Gabriel
Gabriel
Florida State College
Cocert
National
Baton-Twirling Assn
East Carolina College
Florida University
Baton
Thomsam Se Ee Neon
St Teton
Great Southeastern
Inman
University of Mississippi
Oxford
Miss
South
Diplomat Will Teach At School
The Mexican ambassador to Venezuela Dr Salvador Martinez de Alva will join Ohio State University's five week Latin America Summer program starting June 18. He has served as ambassador to Guatemala Nicaragua Ecuador and Venezuela and led Mexico’s delegation to international bodies in Rome London and the League of Nations.
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Columbus
Ohio
Venezuela
Salvador Martinez de Alva
Ohio State University
Latin America
de Alva
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Ecuador
Rome
Mexico
League of Nations
London
Japan
Costa Rica
Uruguay
Honduras
Rural Section Highlights Baptist Leaders from Wagram Riverton
In Wagram and Riverton North Carolina communities a host of Baptist leaders are noted. The Rev Elbert N Johnson cites six authors five editors three doctors and two missionaries born nearby. Names include Gerald W Johnson Wingate Johnston Kate Mathews Foy Johnson Farmer Archibald Johnson Livingston Johnson John Charles McNeill and others connected to Charity and Children and Mission boards. The Spring Hill Church cemetery holds many of these figures.
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Wagram
Elbert N. Johnson
Spring Hill
Riverton
North Carolina
Scotland County
Gerald W. Johnson
Baltimore
America
Wingate Johnston
Winston-Salem
Foy Johnson Farmer
Kate Mathews
Raleigh
Livingston Johnson
John Charles McNeill
Charity and Children
Baptist Children’s Homes
Thomasville
Archibald Johnson
Gerald Johnson
Jon Arch McMillan
Orphange Weekly
Livingston
The
Biblical Recorder
Johnson
T. Marvelle Watson
Robert Jones
Shelby
Wingate Johnson
Hudson McMillan
Riveresa
China
Bahamas
Far East
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Spring Hill Church
Editors Johnson
Overparking Tales and Local Policy Sparks
A column from Thomasville humorously catalogues seven types of parking violators including the Correspondent the Fraud and the Unfettered. It notes a city council meeting to discuss raising enforcement for parking tickets and hints at a new policy. The piece also mentions local squilla divers and an arts and crafts project using clam claws with cuff links and earrings. A Beasley field note ends with a cotton farmer’s jab at soil bank plans and boll weevils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cee Murphy
E. W. Hooper
Hooper
Police Department
Wake Forest Names New Director
Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem names A. L. Aycock associate professor of English as the first director of Admissions. The post combines admissions recruitment and scholarship duties to enhance student selection amid growing enrollment. Aycock will coordinate with the registrar and operate under faculty supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
A. L. Aycock
Wake Forest College
William C. Archie
Aycock
Girl Responds to Sales Tax Increase Plea in Fort Smith
A 10 year old girl in Fort Smith sent Gov. Orval Faubus a letter praising his push for a 16 million dollar state sales tax hike. She said she shined her father's shoes and charged him 10 cents plus a cent tax, enclosing the penny.
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Little Rock
Ark
Fort Smith, Ark
Orval Faubus
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Dr. Tribble
Randolph
Enterprise
Betty Brown Leonard
Drum Major
Thomasville High
Betty Leonard
By Marle Grant
High Point
Kivett Drive
Salem Street
Ham" Murphy
South Pacific
Darrell Winslow
Lexington
Winslow
Jack Beasley
South Carolina
Pametto
Wint Capel
Aero-Marine
Tg Distributed
Bay’s Tire and Recapping Service
S. Hamilton
Pontiac
Lee
Joe
Ontiac
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