Retiring High Point teacher Anna Mendenhall celebrated for five decades
Anna Mendenhall longtime dean of girls at High Point High School will retire next month after about 45 years in teaching. A Guilford College graduate of 1909 she taught in Semora Welch Mount Airy Wilson County and High Point and held the post of director of religious education before returning to the High Point senior high math department. A testimonial dinner by former students will mark the occasion.
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Anna Mendenhall
High Point High School
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Anna
Ann
Guilford College
Piedmont
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Semora
Welch School
High Point
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Mount Airy
Wilson County
Wilson
Haverford College Graduate School
Philadelphia
Haverford
Central Friends Church
Oak Hill
Senior High School
Sturkey
Ice in Antarctica Could Encase Earth in 120-Foot Layer
Scientists report that residual Antarctic ice is sufficient to cover the planet with a global sheet 120 feet deep. This estimate reflects totals of remaining ice mass and highlights potential climate implications.
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Antarctica
Thomasville High Heeds Music Staff Honorees
Thomasville High School dedicates the 1954 Growler to two young music staffers Miss Betty Jo Smith and Ralph Gabriel. The pair are praised for hours of service teaching and directing music across all four Thomasville schools and for fundraising to support school activities. Miss Smith resides on Homestead Ave in High Point, while Gabriel hails from Chicago.
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Thomasville
Kathryn Jones
Growler
Bob Stevenson
Betty Jo Smith
Ralph Gabriel
Thomasville High School
Thom
Asville High School
Miss Smith
Gabriel
Chair City
Homestead Ave
High Point
Ee Gabriel
Chicago
Legal requirements for marriage licenses in North Carolina
The law details medical fitness reports for applicants and notes exceptions for venereal disease cases. It states NC does not require a waiting period except Pamlico County for non residents, 48 hour pre filing. It explains how marriage validity is usually determined by the place of the ceremony with public policy exceptions.
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North Carolina
Pamlico County
Register of Deeds
GOP Leader Calls End to McCarthy Army Hearing
Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Hall urged halting the McCarthy-Army hearing to focus on the Eisenhower program. After a GOP Executive Committee session, the group endorsed Eisenhower administration and 83rd Congress achievements and authorized a Midwest National Committee meeting in late summer. Yellowstone National Park is noted as the greatest wild bird and animal preserve.
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Leonard W. Hall
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GOP
83Rd Congress
Midwest
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