Seven-Block Historic Walking Tour Opens in Wilmington
The Historic Wilmington Tour debuts March 29 at 10 a.m. with interior access to seven blocks of historic properties including the Burgwin-Wright House and Governor Dudley House. Organized by the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce, tickets sold at Thalian Hall, hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
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Wilmington
Greater
Burgwin-Wright
Lord Cornwallis
The
Colonial Dames of America
Governor Dudley
Historic
Wilmington Foundation
Edward Bishop Dudley
North Carolina
Dudley
Daniel Webster
Thalian Hall
Thomas G. McCaskey
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
At Wit’s End: Mother and Daughter Compare Crowns and Lives
A reflective piece portrays a daughter and her mother comparing paths to royalty. The narrator recalls childhood clashes with a pressuring mother who idolizes Elizabeth II and pushes for marriage, children, and social status while the narrator values independence and personal milestones. The excerpt ends with the mother’s persistent praise of Elizabeth and a stubborn remark about the narrator’s own life.
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Mother
Polio vaccine plea and immunization guidance
Dear Ann Landers urges parents to vaccinate children against polio and other diseases. Health officials note free oral polio vaccines in Chicago and Cook County, with guidance to contact local health departments for access. Recommendations cover polio schedule and other vaccines by age, stressing boosters and potential changes to combined shots.
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Ann Landers
Hope
Chicago
Cook County
Board of Health
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano, Jr
Trenton
N.J
Las Vegas
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Monte Carlo
New York Stock Exchange
Beauest
Newcomers Learn About North Carolina
Lane Turner of the Travel Development Section discussed the state's places of interest at the YWCA meeting of the Newcomers Club. He showed a film The Goodliest Land and noted annual tourist numbers and their economic role.
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Lane Turner
North Carolina
Newcomers Club
YWCA
Gatewood Avenue
Turner
Susan Kaley
Sally Brown
Lee Hodorowski
High Point Tennis Assn
Skip Queen
Robert Burkett
Charles Alim
Reynolds
Author-Lecturer To Discuss Shaping Future Of Women
Janet Giele of Brandeis University will speak on Shaping the Future of Women at Guilford College in Founders Hall Gallery. The free talk is part of Women as Shapers, a Guilford Colloquium series. Giele, a Heller School lecturer, has written on women’s status in eight countries and works with multiple foundations.
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Guilford College
Greensboro
Janet Giele
Brandeis University
Founders Hall
Guilford Colloquium
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Survivor
Barbara Desbecker
Buffalo, N. Y
Buffalo
Buffalo Blizzard
Zebulon Latimer
Lower
Cape Fear
St. John’s Art Gallery
St. John’s Lodge
Wit’s End
By Erma Bombeck
Guilford Optical CO
North Main ST
Opticians
Jack Southerland
Aubrey Bowman
Hoyt Wilson
Hareman
Canasta
Jean Denny
Janice Sinkovitz
Bangladesh
Ghana
Egypt
Mexico
Japan
France
United States
Poland
Ford Foundation
Giele
America
Radcliffe College
Russell Sage Foundation
Aging and Society
E. Lilly Endowment Inc
Family Service Association of America
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Dr. Giele
National Institute On Aging
Earlham College
Piedmont Hearing Aid Center
N. Main - Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Ashland Street Baptist Church
Ashland St
Archdale
Harold Parker
Bill Watson
Main Street
on-Salem
Bank Dmc
Gil
Ravers
P. Box
Jamestown
CaArsox + MUSIC CO
Elm ST
Wanes Mall
Winston-Salem
High Point Public Library
Valleydale Chunk
Bologna
Valleydale” Bacon
Sanaa
Archdale Meat Center
South Main Street
N.C
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