Legislative Activity Quickens in North Carolina 1947 Session
Raleigh March 10 Legislation moved briskly as the 1947 North Carolina session nears the end. On day 52 the senate produced 243 bills and the house 620 for 863 total, far above 1945 levels. Local measures predominate with 36 of 45 bills ratified. key actions include fireworks ban and divorce of game and fisheries from conservation.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Senate
House
North Carolina
Division of Game and Inland Fisheries
Department of Conservation and Development
Welcome Relief From Stomach Gas and Sour Food Taste
Do you feel bloated after meals and seek relief from nervous distress? The ad claims SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to aid digestion and improve appetite, sleep, strength, and blood nutrition. It touts non-organic stomach disturbances and nutritional anemia, urging readers to buy and try 655 Tonic.
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Happy People
SSS Tonic
Mrs Kate Harrison Dies in Littleton
Mrs Kate Allen Harrison mother of Dr N M Harrison and Mrs Ernest Swaringen died at her Littleton home yesterday. Funeral services will be at Bethesda Methodist church Brinkleyville near Littleton at 2 30 tomorrow afternoon. She was wife of the late N M Harrison Sr and is survived by six other children including Horace Mitchell Ethel Harrison Thomas Hunter Kate Nelson G W Holliday and John Harrison.
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Kate Allen Harrison
N. M. Harrison
Ernest Swaringen
Littleton
Bethesda Methodist Church
Brinkleyville
Harrison
Swaringen
Horace Mitchell
Revival at Green Street Baptist draws large crowd
Unusually large congregations heard Dr. W Herschel Ford of Atlanta in revival services at Green Street Baptist Church. More than fifty came forward to accept Christ as Fort Worth singer John H Cargill led the singing. Ford announced daily services at ten o clock with messages on Christ second coming and a later sermon on Ye Must Be Born Again. Washington Council D of A to meet Tuesday at 7 PM to organize a degree staff. Manila note: city limits retain one title per day.
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W. Herschel Ford
Atlanta
Green Street Baptist Church
John H. Cargill
Fort Worth
Texas
Ford
Christ
Washington Council
D.of A
Daughters of America
Council Hall
East Comerce Street
Pattern 4610 Bolero Skirt Blouse Set For Jr Miss
Vintage sewing ad describes Pattern 4610 with a gay Latin bolero cut, a puffed blouse, and a matching skirt in Jr Miss sizes. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested design. Orders require 4 cents and include name address style number. also advertises Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book.
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High Point Enterprise
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adama
Red Cross Campaign Lagging 40 Percent of Quota Raised
The 1947 fund drive in the region has completed its first week and reports just over 40 percent of its $19 000 quota, with $7 830 47 recorded at the chapter office. Top contributor so far is a $3 500 payout in the hosiery and textile division, while other divisions show varied progress and several firms have reached 100 percent support.
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Taylor M. Simpson
A. Glenn Smith
W. A. Tomlinson
Marshrniture Company
Heritage and Globe Parlor
Howard Blair
H. Leak
Blair
Colonel Leak
T. W. Sprinkle
Griffith Miles
Earl Hutto
W. C Idol
J. E. Horney
Hamlin Briggs
Glenn Smith
Glenn Hosiery
High Point
Paper Box Company
Jackson Hosiery
Kittytot Hosiery
Sherrod Shirt Company
Alexander's
J. F. Black
Worth RB. Bowman
Dr. N
Heritage Furniture
Jarrett’s
Koontz’ Place
Lester's Jewelry
Marsh
Death of Dr Walter Patten Louisburg College President
Dr Walter Patten 66 longtime president of Louisburg College died at his home from a heart attack. Final rites will be held at Louisburg Methodist Church with services by Dr J Marvin Culbreth and Rev W A Cade. Class activities suspended. A second service will be at University Methodist Church Chapel Hill. Interment in Chapel Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his widow and six children. Cape Horn note appears in text as an OCR fragment.
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Walter Patten
Louisburg
Louisburg College
Louisburg Methodist Church
J. Marvin Culbreth
W. A. Cade
Louisburg College Board of Trustees
University Methodist
Chapel Hill
Patten
Louisbourg College
Paul R. Patten
Mount Olive
Lawrence Patten
San Antonio
Tex
Brooks Patten
Stedman
William C. Scott
Bristol, Tenn
J. Kempton Jones
Rochester
Gene Tierney Seeks Divorce From Oleg Cassini
Los Angeles March 10 Gene Tierney asks court for divorce from Oleg Cassini on grounds of cruelty. She seeks sole custody of daughter Daria three and approval of a property settlement with Cassini who gave up his Russian title to become an American citizen.
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Los Angeles
Gene Tierney
Oleg Cassini
Daria
Cassini
Schools Close Because of Flu in Sanford
Three city white schools suspend classes today due to influenza. Superintendent M A McLean reports 533 of 1,350 students and four faculty members absent Friday. classes suspended for the weekend.
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Sanford
M. A. McLean
Funeral Rites Held for William S Parrish in Thomasville
Funeral services for William Se phus Parrish 41 of 400 Sullivan Street were held at Liberty Baptist church with ministers E C Roach T R York and S T Bayse officiating. Music included duets and quartets and pallbearers from local churches assisted with flowers and burial in the church family plot.
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William
Parrish
Thomasville
William Sephus Parrish
Sullivan Street
Liberty Baptist Church
E. C. Roach
T. R. York
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
S. T. Bayse
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Dayton Jones
Mesdames
M. W. Childers
Mary Childress
John Pittman
John F. Lookabill, Jr
Elvida Black
Will
Will Grubb
Joel Sexton
Charles Clodfelter
Edgar Barley
Calvin Britt
Clarence Barnes
J. W. Baily
Miller Family Mourning Tap North Wilkesboro Father Death
A. A. Miller, father of Ralph FEF. Miller who leads the local employment office, died at his North Wilkesboro home after a brief illness. Mr. and Mrs. Miller left this afternoon to attend the funeral.
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A. A. Miller
Ralph Fef. Miller
North Wilkesboro
Mrs. Miller
Head of Moose Honor Guest Here Tonight
About 200 Loyal Order of Moose members from North Carolina and Virginia gather at the Sheraton for a banquet honoring Leo Ryan supreme governor on a lodge tour. 50 candidates will be initiated after the banquet with officials H Way Russell and A C Schwinzer in attendance.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Mt. Airy
Leaksville
Danville
Leo Ryan
Order
South
H. Way Russell
Thomasville
North Carolina
A. C. Schwinzer
Ryan
Moose
Charlotte
Wilson
Wilmington
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Kate Harrison
Baptist Church
Manila
North America
Mt. McKinley
Alaska
Bradford Washburn
New England Museum of Natural History
Red Cross
Myrtie’s
Perkinson's Jewelry
Quality Shoe
Rosainé Shop
Richard's Department
S. Rabinowitz
Sample Shoe
Stanley's Jewelry
Swartzberg’s
N. H. Silver, Inc
Jainback
Tobias, Inc
Wright-Womble Pitts
Sara Wagner Company
Wilson's
Wright's
Youngen's
Lexington, Salisbury
Union Bus Station
N. Wrenn Street
Cape Horn
Hoorn
R. E .Miller
American School
Commercial Trust
Philadelphia
America
OF War
U. 5S. Army
Greensboro, N. C
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