Growth in Ashe County Sparks North Carolina Industry
A North Carolina feature notes a new Sprague Electric plant in Ashe County bringing jobs home from distant states. The piece highlights migration patterns, local industry, and Mennonite settlement while praising local open air drama in Boone and the push for homegrown opportunity to raise per capita income.
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West Jefferson
North Carolina
Ashe County
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Tam C. Bowie
Watauga
Avery
Alleghany Counties
Sprague Electric Company
North Adams
Mass
Sprague
Ashe
Currituck
Boone
Kermit Hunter
John Wesley 250th Birthday Sparks Global Methodist Legacy
The article marks John Wesley born in Epworth England 1703 and 250th anniversary. It outlines his founding of Methodism, global church by 1950s with hospitals, homes, colleges, missions, publishing, and schools. It notes Wesley's travels, Oxford origins, Georgia mission, Aldersgate conversion, and enduring influence of his teachings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Epworth
England
Globe
United States
Wesley
London
Oxford
High Point College
High Point
Methodist Church
America
Colony
Georgia
Wales
Ireland
American Methodist Church
Lincolnshire
Samuel
Susanna Wesley
Samuel Wesley
John
Susanna
Church of England
Charterhouse School
Dennis H. Cooke
Richard ©. Baker
Wroote
Charles
Oglethorpe
Savannah
Woodrow Wilson
Ben Franklin
Unchanging God and the Cross in Christian Faith
The essay traces notions of God's power and constancy from ancient Israel to Christian teachings. It highlights Jesus as the same God yesterday today forever, the cross as Christian demand, and Paul’s testimony of steadfast love that cannot be separated from believers even amid persecutions and trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Israel
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Leslie D. Weatherhead
Paul
Christ
Apostle
Moffatt
Christ Jesus
Our Lord
Schiaparelli’s Shake at Men’s Fashion Faces Backlash
Robert Ruark argues Schiaparelli should not reform masculine dress to suit women. He cites blue gray and brown staples, argues men resist feminine trends, and notes pink shirts with black ties as fashion stagecraft. He predicts women may buy the line and still fail to unsettle male style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Grandpa
Elsa Schiaparelli
Salvation Army
Madame Schiaparelli
GOP headquarters in Washington bets on sweeping 1954
Peter Edson reports optimism at the Republican National Committee in Washington after moving into new air conditioned offices near the White House. The staff is cut, finances improved, and party leaders foresee tax cuts and Korea peace boosting the 1954 midterm. Ike's popularity cited as central to Republican hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Republican National Committee
White House
International Information Administration
State Department
GOP
National
Leonard Hall
New York
Korea
Ike
Congress
U. S
Senator Smith Illness Shapes North Carolina Counseling in Congress
The North Carolina delegation in Washington and Raleigh weighed future race plans after the death of Senator Willis Smith. Discussions centered on who might enter the next campaign and who should fill immediate appointments to conservation and development boards. Carl Durham pressed for military-linked issues at Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point, while Deane faced land tradeoffs for Fort Bragg and the Yadkin-Guilford water project amid stalled corridors and a pending bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Smith
North Carolina
National Capitol
Congress
Washington
Raleigh
Smith
House
Tar Heels
Lindsay Warren
Herbert Bonner
First
Hugh Alex
Ander
George Shuford
Carl Durham
Camp Lejeune
Cherry Point
Deane
Charlie Deane
Fort Bragg
Yadkin-Guilford County
Yadkin Basin
Yadsinville
Guilford County
Fragmented quotes span politics and leaders
A jumble of quotations includes remarks attributed to Yates on Baltimore slums and a Baltimore inspector, a claim about the Soviet peace statements, Yoshida’s and Churchill’s praise, and a Duke of Windsor comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
Baltimore
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Duke of Windsor
Winston Churchill
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Holt McPherson
W. Patterson, JR
W. B. Austin
Skyland Post
E. M. Anderson
Daniel Boone
Journal A Classic
Methodist Publishing House
Christ Church College, Oxford
Financial District
Aldersgate Street
Society of Christians
Lither
Charles Wesley
Whitefield
Germany
Birmingham
Newcastle
Cornwall
Methodists
Frank C. Salisbury
Robert Ruark
Schiaparelli
Greenwich Village
Signer
Fire Island
Brooks Bros
Peter Edson
Eisenhower
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
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