Poem Recalls Stars and Bars Apron Inspiring Gettysburg Return
At a UDC session in Memphis a poem told how a girl’s Confederate stars and bars apron inspired weary Confederate soldiers returning from Gettysburg. The tale recalls Tom Watkins, who died carrying the apron, and notes the garment remains in existence as part of a historical pageant at the convention in Maryland.
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Gettysburg
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Tom Watkins
Virginia Frazier Boyle
Confeder
Maryland
Kentucky officer notes girl in apron at meeting
Major McDonald of Louitaville Ky, with General Henry K. Douglas, tried to identify a girl in an apron at a gathering. The U D C re elected Mrs. Byrne of Charleston W Va as president general and named Mrs. Fatson of Charlotte NC and Mrs. Gordon Smith of Auta Ga as honor presidents. Baltimore was chosen as the 1933 convention city and the convention ends today with new officers elected including Mrs. Mackaille of Baltimore as second vice president general.
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Kentucky
Army of Northern Virginia
McDonald
Loutaville
Henry K. Douglas
Jackson
William BH. R. Byrne
Charleston
W. Va
T. W. Fatson
Charlotte
N. C
Gordon Smith
Auta
8. C
Notice of sale of land under deed of trust in Guilford County
Trust deed by J Schwartz and Ida Schwartz to Ben L Herman dated 1992 and defaulted leads to sale on December 20 1932 at 2 PM. Property in High Point township Guilford County North Carolina Lot No 4 Block B Willenbar Terrace plat registered in Guilford County deeds office. Sale subject to all liens taxes and street assessments. Trustees Ben L Herman.
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J. Schwartz
Ida Schwarts
Ben L. Herman
High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Willenbar Terrace
N. C
Ben LL. Herman
Sale of Real Estate By Trustee in High Point Township
Sale of valuable land by trustee under deed of trust from Roy B Byrum and Maude W Byrum to W A J Idol Trustee dated October 30 1928 filed Guilford NC. Property in Oak Hill High Point Nos 19 and 20 Plat B 2 Plat Book 4 page 145. Terms are cash. Publication dates November 18 23 and December 2 9.
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Roy B. Byrum
Maude W. Byrum
W. A. J. Idol
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
Oak Hill
Guliford County
A. J. Idol
Wright Memorial Dedication Slated at Kitty Hawk
The United States dedicates a 60 foot granite pylon at Kitty Hawk tomorrow to Wilbur and Orville Wright. Secretary of War Hurley will give the address with Navy Secretary Adams present. The Akron airship may fly overhead as dignitaries from several states attend the ceremony beginning at 11 a.m.
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Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Flest
Patrick J. Hurley
Charles Francis Adams
Navy
Akron
Lakehurst
Atlantic
North Carolina
J. C. B. Ehfinghaus
Elizabeth City
Lindsay C. Warren
Camel history in the United States linked to Africa
Smithsonian paleontologist Dr. Charles W. Gilmore says camels once roamed the United States and were small counterparts of African desert camels as he digs around.
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Washington
United States
Africa
Charles W. Gilmore
Smithsonian Institution
Skeletons of tiny prehistoric camels found in Rocky Mountain foothills
In the Rocky Mountain foothills this summer archaeologists uncovered the remains of diminutive camels, with skeletons measuring about two and a half to three feet tall, shedding light on ancient fauna in the region.
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Rocky Mountain
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