High Point Man Returns to Swannanoa Mail Route After 50 Years
Cecil Smith of High Point, once the 18 year old rural route carrier in 1909, is invited by James Parks to revisit Swannanoa’s mail route on its 50th anniversary. He recalls earning 60 dollars monthly, furnishing his own horse, and delivering from a muddy era to modern roads.
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Beale Fletcher
Swannanoa
Paris Cecil Smith
High Point
James Parks
Smith
Parks
Morgan Smith
Patton Cove
Civil Service
Asheville
France
Consolidated Underwriters of
Kansas City
Lois
State Legislature Actions Draw North Carolina Focus
Senator Kemp highlights annexation and ward system changes amid tax withholdings debate. Kirkman backs nonpartisan reform while praising education progress and new laws on annexation, milk pricing emergencies, polio vaccine rule, and a 75 cent minimum wage.
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Kemp
General Assembly
North Carolina
Sen. Kirkman
Bar Association
City Council
Tar Heel FFA closes meeting in Raleigh
The North Carolina Future Farmers of America closed its annual meeting Friday. Officers were elected and honored guests included William Pence of the Rowan Salisbury Chamber of Commerce and Bill Humphries of the Raleigh News and Observer. Norris Teleen of Pinetope received the honorary farmer citation as the state press member was elected.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Future Farmers of America
Ing
William Pence
Rowan- Salisbury Chamber of Commerce
Bill Humphries
Raleigh News and Observer
Champion Paper & Fibre Co
Norris Teleen
Pinetope
Norris Ca
South Edgecombe On
State Press
New Rescue and First Aid Service Inaugurated Here
A new High Point rescue and first aid service became available to assist in emergencies including entrapment, drowning, and asphyxia. Funded by J W Sechrest & Son Inc and led by Red Cross official Talmadge Ellington, the unit is equipped with gear for land rescues and supports standard ambulances, with a trained crew on duty at all times.
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High Point
Talmadge Ellington
High Point Red Cross
Red Cross
J. W. Sechrest & Son, Inc
Wagor
Ellington
Sechrest Concern
North Carolina
Roaming Piedmont notes on drought, building, and local life
The article observes drought impacts on crops with recent rains easing the edge of the dry spell near High Point. It covers Lions Club finance, wanted posters at the Thomasville police station, and rapid suburban expansion with Cedar Lodge sale signaling exodus to rural areas. It also describes a floor nailer in use at Jamestown School auditorium and references heavy vehicle exhaust during travel through the region.
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High Point
W. P. Hedgecock
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
Hedgecock
Kermit Green
Thomasville
Cedar Lodge
Fair Grove
Piedmont
Jamestown
Woman Dies In Subway Stabbing In New York
A 17 year old girl identified as Elizabeth Oulds is held on a homicide charge after stabbing Beatrice Rock 24, a State Department interpreter escort, to death in a subway corridor. Rock’s husband was away. police traced the suspect from a witness account calling her Queenie.
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New York
Seshey Steate
Elizabeth “Queenie” Ouldis
Polce
Queenie
Beatrice Rock
State Department
Edward
Mrs. Rock
Queens
Man Charged With Shooting Of Mechanic
A 34 year old North Carolina man, Beverly Mason Langley of New Bern, is jailed on a $10,000 bond in Richmond on a charge connected to the shooting death of Preston Mercer, a 36 year old mechanic at a South Richmond service station. Langley faced a July 7 Police Court hearing after police said he traveled from North Carolina to discuss family troubles with Mercer. Raymond Cox pursued Langley after hearing shots and fired three warning shots. Mercer was found with a gunshot wound to the temple.
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Richmond, Va
North Carolina
South Richmond
Beverly Mason Langley
New Bern
N.C
Langley
Preston Mercer
Richmond
Mercer
Raymond Cox
Cox
Tretton
Bond
Lancey
Cumber
Combe
Resort Vienna Booms as Motorist Camp Site
A chaotic OCR fragment notes Vienna and Yalta in 1945 context with Roosevelt Churchill Stalin, hinting at a travel scheme or motorist camp. The text is garbled but implies a tourism push or tour agency activity linked to Crimea and wartime diplomacy.
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Vienna
Yalta
Crimea
Ort Eames Wees Fae
Ghana and US sign aerial survey pact on mineral potential
Accra Ghana and the United States sign a jointly financed agreement to conduct an aerial survey of West Africa's mineral potential at a cost of 280 000. The project funds will cover survey work and related activities.
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Accra
Ghana
United States
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Cision
City Hall
Kirkman
Evtee
Legisature
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Michigan
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Finance Committee
Tar Heel
FFA
Tal Ellington
Bob Safrit
John Wilson
Braxton
Randolph
R. E. Muth
Thomasville Lions Club
Lions
Muth
John Spurgeon Jr
Wallburg
Spurgeon
Jimmy
Lynn Spurgeon
Johnny Hedgecock
Braxton Yeounts
Joint Survey
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