Thomasville Graduation Rites Slated
Thomasville High School holds the baccalaureate service at Main St. Auditorium with Dr. Harry D. Alt House delivering the sermon, introduced by Dr. J. A. Palmer. Invocation by Rev. Charles S. Wessinger. scripture by Rev. Harold M. Robinson. Graduation exercises Friday at 8 p.m. feature speakers Harriet Hilton Patsy Smith Carol Batten Martha Allen Tommy Long and Linda Myers.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Harold M. Robinson
Memorial Methodist Church
Harriet Hilton
Patsy Smith
Carol Batten
Martha Allen
Tommy Long
Linda Myers
UNC's Dr Hudson To Attend Harvard Folk Music Conference
Dr Palmer Hudson, Kenan Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, has been invited to a Harvard summer conference on folk music and the ballad. Harvard officials list folklorists Carl Sandburg Samuel Bayard Jean Ritchie John V Kelleher and Charles Seeger among invitees for the gathering.
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Chapel Hill
Palmer Hudson
Kenan
University of North Carolina
Harvard University
Bertrand H. Bronson
University of California
Hudson
Harvard
Carl Sandburg
Samuel Bayard
Jean Ritchie
John V. Kelleher
Charles Seeger
State Parks To Open Next Weekend For Summer Visitors
State parks will open next weekend and are expected to draw near two million visitors through the summer. Singletary Lake in Bladen County hosted 9,801 visitors last year and can accommodate 100 campers in its group camp. The 1 000 acre park forest includes a large mess hall, kitchen facilities, electricity, lake boats for hire, and meteorite formed lake. The 1955 act moves several historic parks under the Archives and History Department by July 1 1955. Restoration of Tryon Palace at New Bern and work at Town Creek Indian Mound near Mount Gilead are noted with funding from notable benefactors and state appropriations.
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Singletary Lake
Laden County
Elizabethtown
Bladen State Forest
Bassart Lake
General Assembly
Department of Conservation Andvelopment
Alamance
Charles B. Aycock
Wayne County
Brunswick Town
Brunswick County
James Iredell
Edenton
Chowan County
Rendezvous Mountain
Wilkes County
Town Creek Indian Mound
Montgomery County
Tryon Palace
New Bern
Craven County
Department of Archives and History
Department of Conservation and Development
Yar
William Tryon
Mount Gilead
Little River
Making a Go of Life Read Psalm 91
A devotional note urges applying spiritual laws to daily life to gain serenity peace and power. It argues that divine power is ready when one acts on spiritual receptivity and follows Jesus rules to redeem life. The piece ends with a reflective exercise on thoughts and mind guard duties.
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Jesus
Grandfather Mountain Sports Car Hill Climb Set Next Sunday
The third annual Grandfather Mountain Sports Car Hill Climb will be held near Linville North Carolina on June 5 with time trials in five classes. Entrants from six states plus the District of Columbia race from 10 a.m. to noon up a 1500 foot climb over about 2.5 miles. Spectators reach viewpoints along the finish line and Mile High Swinging Bridge area. parking for roughly 200 cars at the mountain top.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Linville
N. C
U. S. 221
Grandfather Mountain
Sports Car Club of North Carolina, Inc
Sports Car Club of America
North
South Carolina
New Jersey
Virginia
Texas
District of Columbia
Tony Haigh
Hampton
Maurice Poole
Greensboro
Johnny Belk
Hickory
Convention Table Rock
Mountain Top
Mile High Swinging Bridge
U. S
Man Made Wind Tunnel Powering U S War Effort
In Tullahoma Tennessee the Arnold Engineering Development Center conducts high speed wind tunnel tests to simulate flight up to 3 500 miles per hour for super sonic engines missiles and aircraft. The facility uses variable air speeds temperatures and conditions to study failures and improve safety and efficiency, saving money materials time and lives during future flight testing.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
United States
Middle Tennessee
Arnold Engineering Development Center
Ge. H. H
Hap) Arnold
Army Air Forces
AEDC
Heligoland Opens for 1955 North Sea Tourist Season
Pan American reports Heligoland in the North Sea opens for the 1955 tourist season. The Hapag-Hapag steamer departs from Hamburg to the island for day trips with beach recreation and camping. A tent restaurant runs through the summer and 16 duty-free booths are available.
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North Sea
Heligoland
Hamburg An
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Rush Strayer
Besuttel Ocean Forest Hotel
Myrtle Beach
Aan
Bete
Meee
Noland CO
Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corporation
Peer
Turpin Electric CO
C. L. Turpin
High Point, N. C
Salem Steel CD
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