Leonard Street school hosts A and T college choir in concert
Leonard Street school presents the A T College Chor al society of Greensboro in a March 15 concert at 8 15 p m in William Penn High School auditorium conducted by Coleridge A Braithwaite Harvard graduate recently discharged from the U S Army The 50 voice mixed chorus has toured widely in the eastern states and the public is invited
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Leonard Street School
A&t College Choral Society of
Greensboro
Wm. Penn High School
Coleridge A. Braithwaite
Harvard
U.S. Army
A & T College Choral Society
Mrs J M Myers Dies At Home On Putnam Avenue
Emma Jordan Myers 92 widow of J M Myers died at 831 Putnam avenue Saturday at 4 30 p m after years of ill health Born in Davie county June 3 1853 she was daughter of William and Jane Jordan Married to J M Myers who died in April 1925 Surviving are three sons Thed Lee and J C Myers two daughters Mrs M Snider and Mrs Gertie Dunwell High Point twenty seven grandchildren forty six great grandchildren seven great great grandchildren two brothers John and William Jordan Winston Salem three half sisters Mrs Janie Coe Mrs Eupha Creed Mrs Mittie Winneman and two half brothers Rufus and Jim Jordan all of Winston Salem Member Green Street Baptist Church Funeral services will be from North Park Baptist Church Monday at 3 p m Rev Julian S Hopkins and Rev J W Loy Jr will officiate Interment in Oakwood Cemetery
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J. M. Myers
Putnam Avenue
Davie County
William Jordan
Thed Myers
Lee Myers
J. C. Myers
Green Street Baptist Church
North Park Baptist Church
Julian S. Hopkins
J. W. Loy, Jr
Oakwood Cemetery
Information Center Reports Over 500 Monthly Veterans Cases
The local veterans information center has handled an average of more than 500 cases per month since opening around October 15. The 542 appeals from local veterans in the past month were announced by Miss Virginia Ryan, executive secretary, as the center prepares a report for the veterans council executive board. The center acts as a referral agency, directing veterans to the best local organization to handle their problems.
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Veterans’ Information Center
Veterans’ Council
South Main Street
Virginia Ryan
Before nena War a the average American ae tat three pairs of leather shoes
A garbled sentence appears to discuss the average American purchasing three pairs of leather shoes annually before a war. The fragment lacks clear entities, dates, or events to identify.
Automobile Is His Just For The Axing
Harrisburg Illinois report says Wendell Baker wanted a car and traded with Matt J. Fiala who kept a 1931 vehicle in a garage. A tree grew tall and wide enough to block the door, and Baker climbed the tree to reach the car.
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Harrisburg
Ill
Wendell Baker
Matt J. Fiala
Baker
Fiala
Regional Scout Official Here Thursday
Frank Dix deputy regional executive for the extension of scouting for Negro boys will attend a High Point divisional committee meeting at Leonard Street School at 7 30 p m on March 14 All divisional members and others interested in Negro scouting are urged to attend A moving picture titled for Negro Boys will be shown Dix a native of Alabama began his scouting career in various troop offices rose to Eagle Scout He graduated Berea College and trained at the national training school of the American and became assistant executive of the Paw area council Little Rock Arkansas He later led Flaming Arrow council Lakeland Florida and then joined Greensboro area council In 1941 he joined the national council as a regional executive with four headquarters later serving as executive on the boat with headquarters in Atlanta Georgia overseeing the extension of Scouting for Negroes
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High Point
Leonard Street
Berea College
National Training School of the America
Paw
Little Rock
Arkansas
Flaming Arrow Council
Lakeland
Florida
Greensboro
Ain't He a Bear? Borough Waitress Injured Hug Incident
A Bound Brook hospital attendant says a local waitress needed treatment after a bear hug from her boyfriend. The woman says she knows the real meaning of a bear hug and the incident occurred in Middlesex Borough New Jersey.
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Middlesex Borough
N. J
Bound Brook Hospital
Downstairs Section of Library Ready for Opening
The city library plans to reopen at a new location. The downstairs area is ready but upstairs work continues. Librarian Mrs Elizabeth Gurley and staff say progress will be steady as items are organized. Crates have been removed from the porch and interior areas show a settled space.
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Ing
Elizabeth Gurley
Gurley
First iron furnace in Virginia built in 1619
Readable text notes the first iron furnace in the United States was constructed in Virginia in 1619, marking an early industrial milestone.
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United States
Virginia
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