Lifelong North Carolina educator Dr J G Greer leads Mills Home
Dr J G Greer longtime Mills Home superintendent and father to about 700 children grew up in Zionville Watauga County born December 4 1881 to Phillip and Mary Greer He studied at Appalachian Training School UNC and Columbia taught history and citizenship at Appalachian Training School from 1910 to 1932 Married Willie Spainhour in 1916 they promote mountain ballads and dulcimer music He dreams a Smoky Mountain pioneer life pageant past Rotary leader state speaker White House Youth and Democracy conferences and has served in politics and on orphanage boards He has two children I G Greer Jr and Joe Greer a medical student at Wake Forest College
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J. G. Greer
Mills
Dr. Greer
Zionville
Watauga County
Phillip
Mary Greer
Sutherland High School
Appalachian Training School
Boone
University of North Carolina
Columbia University
Greer
North Carolina
Mr. Greer
Constitutional Hall
Washington, D. C
Smoky
Thomasville
Deep River News Highlights Local Social and Church Events
The Deep River community reports on visits to Salisbury for Baraca Philathea and a speech by ex governor Clyde R Hoey. Local students attend Wallburg High School graduation and a mid year missionary conference in Greensboro. Several families host dinners and visits with relatives and church members, with notes on trips to Guilford College and a C E Society meeting. War stories note sailors suits returning to Northern Ireland children.
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Enterprise
Deep River
E. J. White
Salisbury
Baraca-Philathea
Goodson
Clyde R. Hoey
W. F. Wheeler
Wallburg High School
Jeoffrey Traynham
Abbott's Creek
McWhorter
G. S. Foster
High Point
Florence White
C. E. Society
Charlotte
A. W. Yates
Berry Mart prices show strawberry crates in NC markets
Raleigh May 1. Prices for twenty four quart crates of strawberries in North Carolina markets ranged from 3.25 to 3.60 dollars. Burgaw sold 100 crates from 3.50 to 4.75, Wallace moved 600 crates from 3.25 to 4.75, Chadbourn about 130 crates from 3.60 to 5.30, with strong demand and light sales reported elsewhere.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Burgaw
Wallace
Chadbourn
Court test for scrapped cars near highways urged in Meck case
Tom Mattox and J E McCorkle filed in Mecklenburg Superior Court for injunctive relief challenging a state law that bans leaving scrapped automobiles and parts within 10 yards of a paved highway unless screened. The action seeks to declare the statute unconstitutional.
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Charlotte
Tom Mattox
J. E. McCorkle
Mecklenburg Superior Court
New Pastor Sunday at Sugar Creek Presbyterian
Charlotte May 1 Rev Neill R McGeachy is to be installed as pastor of Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church Sunday night in a formal ceremony attracting church members and local clergy.
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R. L. Borum
Trogdon
Asheboro
Hickory Grove Methodist Church
Borum
D. W. Jones
Richmond, Va
T. J. Jones
Charlotte
Neill R. McGeachy
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church
Hendrix elected director of UDC District 2
May 1 in Granite Falls Mrs. J. W. Hendrix of Statesville was elected director of District 2 of the North Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
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Granite Falls
J. W. Hendrix
Statesville
North Carolina
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Canton Office Opens With OPM Representative
George G. Arthur district representative of the Office of Production Management opened an office in Canton for training within industry. Arthur, a Canton division vocational supervisor for Champion Paper and Fibre Company, was loaned to the federal government three months ago.
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OPM
Canton
George G. Arthur
Arthur
Champion Paper and Fibre Company
Health officer called to two months active service
Winston Salem May 1 Dr J Roy Hedge Forsyth County health officer has been called to two months active service as senior surgeon with the U S Public Health Service He will leave Monday to assume duties in the eastern section of the state
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Winston-Salem
J. Roy Hedge
Forsyth County
U. S. Public Health Service
Crowded field in Edenton mayoral election
Edenton voters face a crowded municipal race Tuesday with twenty-two candidates for eleven offices. Mayoral contenders include incumbent J H McMullan LeRoy H Haskett and former councilman T Wallace Jones.
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Edenton
J. H. McMullan
LeRoy H. Haskett
T. Wallace Jones
North Carolina Dental Society Meet Set May 12 14
Dental authorities from across the United States will speak at the 67th annual convention of the North Carolina Dental Society in Pinshurst May 12 to 14. President Dr. G M Parks of Winston-Salem will lead a lineup including Dr. Fred D. Miller of Altoona Pa Dr L R Main of St Louis Dr Gerald T Simmons of Chicago Dr N Hodgin of Warren Va Paul H Bennett of Tucson and Dr Walter Leabo of Shreveport La and Dr James E Alguier of Philadelphia.
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Tional
N. Hodgin
Warren
Paul H. Bennett
Tucson
Rte
Walter Leabo
Shreveport Law
James
E. Alguier
Philadelphia
370 Plumbing Licenses Reported At Raleigh In 1930
Raleigh May 1 An announcement from W W F Morrison executive secretary of the state board of examiners of the North Carolina plumbing and heating contractors states 370 licenses issued during 1930 Morrison submitted a check for 1090 60 to the state treasurer and reported a surplus of 1454 11
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Raleigh
W.W. F. Morrison
State Board of Examiners
North Carolina Plumbing and Neating Contractors
Morrison
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