Alamance County Pioneers County Manager System
Alamance County led by W. O. Warren and later W. S. Vestal implements a county manager plan. The 1923 act assigns duties including purchasing, highway and bridge control, finances, tax supervision, and county property management. Vestal, a popular farmer and leader, serves as manager with limited independence and broad admin duties.
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Paul W. Wager
Department of Rural-Social Economics
The
State University
North Carolina
Wagner
Alamance County
United States
General Assembly
Board of Commissioners
Upo
W. O. Warren
Warren
W. S. Vestal
Alamance
Vestal
Alamance Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Hhs
Women Smokers Given Half of German Cars
Berlin reports a German rail ruling designates half the train space as smoking compartments. Another directive improves traveler comfort with a thousand small cushions issued for rent at 25 cents each, linen covers included.
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Berlin
Europe
Germany
Brilliant Social Round at University Ends Weekend
At Chapel Hill on May 18 a busy weekend of university social events closed with the Grail dance at Bynum gymnasium. Five dances occurred including the senior ball in red and black decor, the Sigma Phi Epsilon and Acacia functions, and a tea dance honoring visiting teams from Woodberry Forest Augusta Military Academy and Virginia Episcopal School.
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Chapel Hill
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Acacia
Woodberry Forest
Augusta Military Academy
Virginia Episcopal School
Bynum Gymnasium
Jack Wardlaw
Buck Carr
Norfolk
Eleanor Ewing
Walter Spearman
Charlotte
Eunice Glenn
Asheville
Alex Mendenhall
Theme song teased for Life magazine humor strip
An editor dismisses a joke about editors while a contributor suggests a theme song for the Life feature. The exchange hints at editorial humor and a playful behind the scenes mood.
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Life
Rapid Transit Doctor Bites Notions on Arrival
A hospital doctor questions a patient about his arrival as the patient responds fluently with the illness. The exchange, quoted in the Tid-Bits feature, captures a wry moment about medical and urban transit life.
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General Hospital
Textile inventory listing of sacques and Gertrudes
A plain slips and muslin garments inventory notes six sacques and two plain Gertrudes. The entry records fabric type and quantity without further details.
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Triplets
Belk
Belk-Stevens Co
Emerywood
Country Homes Magazine
High Point
Southland
Union
Old North
Stephen C. Clark
England
Mt. Vernon
Normandy
Brittany
France
Mediterranean
West
Clark
S. C. Clark
H. L. Cook
Washington Street
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