Memorial Day Parade and Services Highlight Community Events
The annual Memorial Day activities sponsored by American Legion John McLean Post 196 are set with a 3 PM parade start and a 4:30 PM post parade from Fourth and Hobson Streets. Speakers include John W. Langford, with Wm Penn Band providing music at Greenhill cemetery. Other community notices follow including scholarships, class night at Wm Penn High, and church and club events.
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American Legion
John McLean Post 196
John McLean
Wm Penn
William Luck
Byron Haworth
Bernard Phipher
Margaret Williams
Odell Walker
Minals
S. E.burford
van Catledge
Livingstone College Theological Faculty
Salisbury
John Cey
Detroit, Michigan Urban League
Mamie J. Steed
Downing St
Pearson Memorial Ame
A. M. Jones
Grenehill Cemetery
Criterion Club
Yteen
Helen Boulware
L. S. Merritt
S. B. Davis
F. S. Russell
M. D. Rivers
YWCA
Rev
F. O. Bass
Camp Friend
Marie Winchester
A. Lemons
H. Coles
L. Kendall
Rev. W. F. Elliott
B. and P. Club
Court OF Calanthe
Ladies Auxiliary
Post
E. Washington St
YPC
St. Stephens
Amec Zion
Christine Moser
YOUNG
Young Peoples Stewardship Club
Mt. Vernon
Helen Leach
Daniel Brooks
Legion
The
Legion Aumiliary
Violet White
Kivett Drive
Mesdames
Cornelia Keeble
Dorothy Rice
Lizzie Simpson
Irma Withers
Ils Stewart
Rival Students Return Terrapin To Maryland U
Johns Hopkins students retrieved a 400 pound bronze terrapin from the University of Maryland campus after a 500 student clash. Maryland troops freed three Hopkins hostages unharmed after a motorized raid on College Park led to a police action with about 200 officers involved.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Solu of Maryland
University of Maryland
Hopkins
College Park
Pie Hurling Waitress Freed Of Assault
Diana Guance a 30 year old waitress was granted dismissal of an assault charge in Jackson Mississippi after she smeared a chocolate pie in her former boss Chris Costas face at the Ritz cafe Costas did not appear to press charges and later forgave her with a restaurant for hire sign posted.
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Jackson, Miss
Diana Guance
Chris Costas
Ritz Cafe
Costas
Rev A P Stephens Goes To Lumberton
The Rev A P Stephens will preach his last sermon in Burlington tomorrow before moving to Lumberton where he has accepted charges at several Baptist churches. He served Red Springs five years and Morehead City ten before coming to Hocutt Memorial church nine years ago. He is a former member of the Baptist State convention general board and a Lumberton native.
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Burlington
A. P. Stephens
Lumberton
Red Springs
Morehead City
Hocutt Memorial Church
General Board
The
Baptist State Convention
Recital At Oak View School Highlights Students
Carey J. Davis led about 50 children in his annual recital at Oak View School on Friday night. Dixie Epton won for most progress in piano, Bonnie Mack topped both glee club and band, and Ida Layne earned progress in piano. Barry Ruth and Charles Jones received band awards for outstanding work, with Frances Ann Motsinger and Floyd Bottoms serving as marshals.
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Carey J. Davis
Oak View
Dixie Epton
Bonnie Mack
Glee Club
Ida Layne
Barry Ruth
Charles Jones
Frances Ann Motsinger
Floyd Bottoms
Flagstad Leaves for London Opera Tour After War Return
Kirsten Flagstad, renowned Wagner soprano and former Metropolitan Opera star, departed by plane from New York on an operatic tour after finishing a concert circuit of 10 cities. The report notes she spent the war years in Nazi-occupied Norway and has now resumed international performances. The article also mentions a Department of Agriculture note on fresh strawberries supplying the daily vitamin C quota.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farmer Pleased With His Pasture
GOLDSBORO R Lewis a Wayne county farmer from Rosewood is pleased with a temporary pasture seeded last fall The mix used included rye grass oats and crimson clover The planting fertilizer was 400 pounds of 6 8 6 fertilizer with follow up acid and calnitro applications in February and March
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Goldsboro
R. Lewis
Wayne County
Rosewood
C. S. Mintz
State College Extension Service
Lewis
Demonstration of Corn Hybrids Planned in Wake County
St Gauze farm in Northside Route 1 will host a corn hybrid demonstration. Six hybrids Dixie 17 N C 26 N C 27 N C 1032 Tennessee 10 and T 20 will be planted in the same field with identical cultivation and fertilization.
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Raleigh
Wake County
St. Gauze
Northside
Route 1
Clover Popular With Turkeys
WADESBORO J L Tice An son county farmer and turkey producer finds land seeded to lacine clover and orchard grass ideal for grazing turkeys. J W Cameron county agent says 10 acres were seeded last fall and 1 000 turkeys are thriving. A system of rotating lots prevents overgrazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadesboro
J. L. Tice
Anson County
J. W. Cameron
State College Extension Service
Tice
New Sleeping Dining and Club Cars Arrive for Polish Railways
The semi official Rzeczpos polita reports Poland will add 20 new sleeping cars on southern and eastern railways along with five dining cars and several club cars soon in an effort to restore normalcy to the Polish State Railways.
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Warsaw
Poland
Rzeczpospolita
Studios Eye Better Movies In Hope Of Curing Shrinking Cinema Market
Hollywood studios face a shrinking cinema market despite a profitable year. Rising labor costs overseas competition and tax changes strain profits while production slows to 420 films in 1947. Independent producers survive as larger studios cut expenses and adjust schedules. In Colombia a public official inspects chickens for emeralds.
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Studios Eye Better
Howard C. Heyn
Hollywood
Motion Picture Association
MPA
Motion Picture Export Association
MPEA
Muzo
Colombia
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Wm Penn High School
Tara Beatty
Lemons
YMCA
Century Club
20Th Century Club
Brooks Memorial Church
Friendship Baptist Church
Rev. W. G All
Silver Star Singers
St. Matthews Holiness Church
Heavenly Gospel Singers
Pearson Memorial Arch
Mabel Webster
S. G. Hunt
Mae Hargrave
Eugene Byrd
Byrd and Johnson
Thomasville, N. C
Florence Ross
Garenia Horne
Hazel Smith
Doris Carter
Ten Elling Appraisal
North Carolina
Financing Southeast
Kirchofer
Arnold Securities
Raleigh, N. C
Charlotte, N.C
Wall St
New York
Raymond A. Latham
High Point, NO
South Main ST
Winston St
Thomasville
Indianapolis
Resort Airlines
Charlotte
Speedway
Ragent
Airline
Ata
Cleee
College Street
Maryland U
Rev. A. P. Stephens
Oak View School
Treasury
Department
Western Electric
Jeff
N. Main ST
High Point
Audiphone CO
Woodbine CT
Greensboro
Sheraton
Phon
poTet
C. C. Schiffeler
General Manage
Buick
W. F. Mauldin
High Point, N. G
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