Davidson Commencement Plans Are Completed
Davidson College announces the 11th commencement exercises from May 31 to June 2 with reunions for classes including 1897 1884 1903 and 1922. Activities include Alumni Council meeting ceremonies at Phi Hall a noon luncheon and multiple concerts and lectures led by Dr J K Foreman Thor Johnson and others. About seventy five seniors will graduate in Chambers Auditorium.
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Davidson College
Phi Hall
O. L. Barringer
F. A. Drennan
W. A. Goodman
C. T. Ragan
E. L. Hall
J. H. Hall
E. H. Harrison
P. F. Hen
Senoor
Chambers
J. K. Foreman
Thor Johnson
Mountain Names Stir Up Debate
DENVER Mountain parents Mr and Mrs Walt Mountain faced a naming dilemma after their first child Rocky reflected a theme. They expected a girl for the second and planned Sierra but the baby was a boy named Sandy after a flurry of playful suggestions from well wishers.
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Sierra
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Poon Lim Survives 133 Days Afloat After Ship Sunk
Chinese steward Poon Lim aboard the torpedoed S S Benlomond survived 133 days drifting in the Atlantic before rescue in World War II era. His remarkable endurance makes him a world figure in wartime survival.
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S.S. Benlomond
Atlantic Ocean
More Comfort Wearing FALSE TEETH
Advertisement describes PASTEETH powder sprinkled on upper and lower plates to hold them firmer, reducing looseness and odor. Claims minimal taste or sensation, alkaline non-acid formula, no souring, and available at drug stores.
Mrs Elizabeth Fishel 76 Dies in Thomasville Home
Mrs Elizabeth Charity Fishel aged 76 of 104 Spruce Street Thomasville died at her daughter Mrs Henry Hartman’s home after a four month illness. She was born January 23 1871 in Davis County and lived in Thomasville 12 years. Surviving daughters Mrs Fry of Lexington and Mrs Fry of Fy 2 Ville. one sister Mrs Tosh of R1 Lexington. 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday at Friendly Moravian Church 18 miles north of Thomasville with interment in the church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Elizabeth Charity Fishel
Spruce Street
Henry A. Hartman
Davi County
Friendly Moravian Church
Vile
Fred Byerly
Ville
Fry
Lexington
A Tosh
Spruce_street
Church Cemetery
Parenamine Six Promises New Plasma Alternative
Detroit based report details Parenamine 6 per cent a milk protein hydrolysate by Frederick Stearns Sterling Drug. Developed by Dr Melville Sahyn it restores tissue in burns and wounds and provides essential amino acids beyond plasma, with hospital access planned by year end.
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Sterling Drug Company
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Funeral Rites for Norman D Lippincott Held at Sechres
Norman D Lippincott 77 died in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. in Sechres funeral chapel led by Rev. Paul Tudor Jones of First Presbyterian. Burial followed at Oakwood Memorial Park. Pallbearers were Ernest Bailey Gravesar Thompson Raymond Hutchins Walter Robertson Earl Cole Edward Hutchins. Flowers carried by friends.
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Sechres
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Ernest Bailey
Graesar Thompson
Raymond Hutchins
Walter Robertson
Earl Cole
Edward Hutchins
Funeral services for Betty Brown Madison
Betty Brown Madison 72 wife of John Brown died at 10 45 Saturday at her Rt 1 Sandy Ridge home. Services were held at the residence this afternoon at 2 o clock led by Rev J A Jogge and Rev T G Williams. Burial was in Sandy Ridge Presbyterian church cemetery. Surviving: husband John Brown. three daughters Mrs James Windham High Point and Misses Pearl and Hazel Brown of the home. two sons E M Brown High Point and O H Brown Charleston S C. a stepdaughter Mrs George Wilkins El lerbe. 12 grandchildren. a sister Mrs Ollie Ferguson Sandy Ridge.
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Betty Brown
John Brown
Rt. 1
Sandy Ridge
J. A. Jogge
T. G. Williams
Sandy Ridge Presbyterian Church
Pearl
Hazel Brown
E. M. Brown
High Point
O. H. Brown
Charleston
S. C
Ste
George Wilkins
Ellerbe
Ollie Ferguson
Two Local Notables Die in Separate Obituaries
Jake Weeks of Wilmington died suddenly near Goldsboro while visiting friends. Coroner attributed death to heart trouble. funeral plans incomplete. Gaston D. Blalock, former Stanly County sheriff, died after a long illness in Albemarle. funeral services were held.
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Goldsboro
Wilmington
Fred Malpass
W. A. Seymour
Gaston D. Blalock
Col Warren Adger Fair Dies After Legendary Service
Col Warren Adger Fair, 74, a veteran of the Mexican border expedition, World War I, and a newspaper correspondent in the Spanish American War, died in a Lincolnton hospital. Funeral services were held for the Abbeville native in Lincolnton.
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Corn Protected From Disease Experiment Yields Strong Stand
In 1946 trials at North Carolina State College soil infected by corn rootworm saw sweet corn protected by organic insecticides. DDT and HCH were dusted into soil before planting with hills of four grains, thinning to two per hill yielded treated rows with 88 to 100 percent stand versus 40 to 50 percent in untreated rows.
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B. B.ton
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Italian Temblor Takes 3 Lives
A southern Italy earthquake yesterday left three dead and about forty injured across Calabria and surrounding areas. The tremor damaged roughly twelve towns and seriously shook the Sicily Mesina region. Ansa reported wide destruction and ongoing recovery efforts.
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Calabria
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Messina
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Democrats Plan June 15 Meeting Leaders from five states to meet in consolidated session
Democratic committee plans a June 15 consolidated meeting in Washington with leaders from North and South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia and Mississippi to facilitate attendance. The Carolinas group had been set for June 12.
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North
South Carolina
Democratic Party
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Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
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Carolinas
Local Seniors Win Nominations for State Scholarships
James Johnson of High Point high school is among 20 nominees to report to Chapel Hill for interviews by university officials for the Herbert Worth Jackson scholarship valued at $500 annually. Rodney Borum is nominated for the Marvin B. Smith Memorial scholarship worth $350 annually for four years based on ability and character.
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High Point
Herbert Worth Jackson
Chapel Hill
Rodney Borum
Marvin, B. Smith
D. P. Whitley
UNC
Gastonia Woman Named North Carolina ARP Young People President
Miss Margaret Carson of Gastonia is elected president of the North Carolina Young People's Christian Union of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at the convention held in Charlotte over the weekend.
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Margaret Carson
Gastonia
North Carolina
Young People’s Christian Union
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
R. L. Sebastian Dies Wounded In Germany
Thomasville report of Richard L. Sebastian a 40 year old former U S Army officer who died at Perryville Maryland Veterans Hospital after two years illness He was wounded in battle at Lansbury Germany with General Patton's army Born February 16 1907 he was the son of the late Henry Clay and Martha Combs Sebastian Surviving are six brothers Reece Lee Albert Sebastian Z T Stanley Grover and one sister Mrs Eva Shaw Funeral service will be conducted.
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Sebastian
Henry Clay
Martha Combs Sebastian
Davidson County
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Lee
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Salisbury
Grover Sebastian
North Wilkesboro
Eva. Shaw
Greeks Launch Second Offensive in Northwest Greece
Greek government forces about 20 000 troops launched the second phase of a general offensive against guerrilla bands in northern Greece. The new drive targets the Pin dus mountains in northwest Thessaly and western Macedonia, covering several hundred square miles. The first operation was described as a success.
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Tessaly
Macedonia
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Burial service set at Rich Fork Cemetery with military honors
The funeral service for a Southside Baptist church member will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with military honors. Interment will follow in the Rich Fork Baptist church cemetery family plot. The body is at the home of Reece Sebastian, 303 Hinkle street.
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Southside Baptist Church
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Reece Sebastian
Hinkle Street
Technicolor Movie At College Tonight
A Technicolor film titled God of Creation will be shown at 7 30 tonight in the High Point college auditorium by a Moody Bible Institute representative. The screening includes a brief lecture and is sponsored by the college’s Ministerial Association. Admission is free with a voluntary offering.
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God of Creation
High Point College Auditorum
Moody Bible Institute
Ministerial Association
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