Turn About Thomasville recalls first fire engine run
A 1922 Thomasville tale recounts the first test run of the town’s new engine led by Police Chief Wimberly with Fire Chief Charles White aboard. The tobacco barn blaze at Perfect Taylor’s site on Lexington road burned before the responders arrived.
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Thomasville
Chairtown News
Walter Rapp
First National Bank
H. G. West
Salem Street
Wimberly
Charles White
Perfect Taylor
Lexington Road
Ward Street Church Society Presents Willie's School Daze Play
The Women’s Society of Christian Services of Ward Street Methodist Church presents a two act comedy Willie's School Daze Written and produced by Ray M Caudle The play features four cast members from Oak Hill and Ward Street church residents and will be staged March 11 at 8 PM at Oak Hill School.
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Willie
Women's Society of Christian Services
Ward Street Methodist Church
Oak Hill School
Ray M. Caudle
Oak Hill
Ward Street Church
Tiny drawn stainless wire achieves 25 miles per pound
A fact notes that stainless steel can be drawn into wire so fine that one pound yields about 25 miles of threadlike product. The statement highlights extreme ductility and potential applications in precision wiring.
Fort Bragg Soldier Faces Death Penalty
Pvt Eldridge Wood 25 of Fort Bragg and Fayetteville West Virginia faces trial next week for criminally assaulting a two year old girl. He is also charged with first degree burglary a capital offense. Witnesses include the victim's father and mother and his brother who run a restaurant between Fayetteville and Fort Bragg. They testified the soldier was seen leaving the apartment above the restaurant before the infant was found in distress.
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Fayetteville
Eldridge Wood
Fort Bragg
W. Va
George Neaman
Cumberland County Superior Court
George Masouraraf
Danville Home Cut In Half Over Highway Project
A Danville Illinois homeowner refused to move his house for a new highway and the county responded by sawing the structure in half leaving the lot partly vacant.
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Danville
Cross-Ruff Insures Winning Small Slam
In a New York Athletic Club bridge session Jack Kennedy demonstrates a clever cross-ruff. The hand features Kennedy ruffing with the jack of spades after dummy holds the king, then leading spades to establish diamonds. The anecdote includes a Texas player’s comments on luck and lead choices.
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New York
Jack Kennedy
Texas
Jack
West
Queen of Diamonds
Card play ends in six-odd diamond sweep
Spade led to lure the king and ten, Fast returns a club and Jack declines the finesse. He wins with ace of clubs, ruffs ten of clubs in dummy, returns jack of diamonds and scores a heart from his hand. He leads nine of diamonds from dummy, East covers with ten, Jack ruffs, then ruffs queen of clubs in dummy with seven. His eight of diamonds forces East's seven and six and four of diamonds, yielding six-odd.
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Jack
Dummy
Mast
Spade
Fast
East
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Homer Beck
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America’s Card Authority
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