North Carolina club women report on 1930 plans and Pellagra study
Home demonstration club women in North Carolina file activity reports all month detailing health habit checks and score cards, officer elections in Forsyth, new Union Cross girls clubs, and Pellagra study in Mineral Springs. Curb markets in Asheville and Rocky Mount post strong sales as clubs prepare Christmas gifts and sewing classes. Chapel Hill hosts UNC Alumni Loyalty Fund meeting to promote private gifts and long term support for the university.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Farm Extension Division
State College
Delano Wilson
Mecklenburg County
Forsyth
Union Cross
Mineral Springs
Asheville
Adna Edwards
Gaston County
Jane S. McKimmon
Chamber of Commerce
Edna Draper
Cleveland County
Mary Thomas
el- Bethel Club
Polkville
Piedmont
Rocky Mount
Effie Vines Gordon
Nash County
Chapel Hill
Council of the
University of North Carolina Alumni Loyalty Fund
Leslie Weil
Goldsboro
Loyalty Fund Council
Pri
John Henry and the Negro Legend Gains Wide Praise
Professor Guy B. Johnson’s new book John Henry, released by the University of North Carolina Press, receives high praise from reviewers nationwide. The work traces a southern legend, using authentic dialect, and blends social study with literary quality, drawing commendations from Mark Van Doren in The Nation.
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Chapel Hill
Guy B. Johnson
John Henry
University of North Carolina Press
Johnson
Paul Bunyan
South
Professor Johnson
Mark van Doren
Teacs
North Carolina
Odum
University of North Carolina
Pleads For Beards In France By Maurice de Valefee
Paris reformer Maurice de Valefee argues French men should grow beards to preserve the national character. He contends beards define the French touch and that shaving them away would erase a distinct French trait.
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Paris
Maurice de Valefee
Steckle to Perform Music Program at Guilford
Guilford College invites the public to Memorial Hall next Saturday evening for a concert by Edwin M. Steckel head of Gastonia High School Music Department. Steckel will present a varied program drawing on his teaching experience and local musical interest.
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North Carolina
Piedmont
Guilford College
Edwin M. Steckel
Gastonia High School
Memorial Hall
Steckel
Barbed exchange over civility after drinks
A Madrid joke describes a wife advising limit after whiskies and proposing sarsaparilla. The husband admits difficulty in pronouncing the word and jokes about his drunken slur.
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Buen Humor
Madrid
Davidson Board of Education On Tour Of District Schools
Davidson County officials tour ten small districts east of Lexington to promote a proposed large school consolidation. If adopted the plan would convert the last short term Davidson county schools to eight month term schools. Participants include Prof. Hasty and board members O. T. Davis G. Wrenn H. D. Townsend Dr. M. L. Kesler and Paul F. Evans.
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Davidson Board of Education
Lexington
County Board of Education
Davidson County
Board of Education
G. Hasty
Board of Eduation
O. T. Davis
GC. Wrenn
H. D. Townsend
M. L. Kesler
Paul F. Evans
Judge Oglesby Speaks at Lexington Armistice Day
Judge J. M. Oglesby of Concord addressed the joint Lexington American Legion post and Legion Auxiliary observance of Armistice Day in the Legion hall. An oyster supper and string music were featured, drawing many ex servicemen and others.
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Lexington
J. M. Oglesby
Concord
American Legion
Legion
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Yale
Weil
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Steckle
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