Reforestation of waste lands urged in North Carolina
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh Nov. 23 Foresters urge reforestation of idle lands to turn unproductive farm areas into revenue sources. They cite 20 000 pine seedlings planted on an abandoned peach orchard and estimate 4 000 000 idle acres could yield about 2 per acre yearly with protection. Potential long term value includes timber worth 90 per acre and recreation benefits.
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Clayton
Conservation Department
North Carolina
United States
F. H. Claridge
Lake States
Cross Country Fliers View Three Sunsets
Oakland dispatch notes a trans continental flight tracing a route over three mountain ranges at sunset. Planes glimpse the sun setting and rising again as hills cut off and reveal Old Sol three times in a few hours, creating an eerie sunrise illusion.
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Oakland
Cal
Guilford Carpenter Endorses Van Del Compound Remedy
Local carpenter William Little, 47, six miles south of Greensboro, credits VAN DEL COMPOUND with curing long standing stomach and liver ailments. He reports relief from pain, digestion improved, bowels regulated, poisons cleared, and no headaches since starting the medicine. A coupon offer and Ring Drug Co. purchase details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Little
Greensboro
Little
Van-Del Compound
Ring Drug Co
Pilgrim Study Talk Delights Fifth Grade Students
Mrs Hoff man shared her Plymouth trip with Miss Wagner's fifth graders on Tuesday afternoon. The event accompanied a Pil grim sand-table and visuals from Plymouth grade materials. Parents joined the school audience as committees led by Miss Morrison Welborn and Mrs Shipman organized program music exhibit and general arrangements.
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J. F. Hoffman
Miss Wagner
Plymouth
Misses Morrison
Welborn
Misses Barnett
Tipton and Allen
Local booster E K Ingram championed high school athletics
Ingram a long time school board member and merchant, backed mass athletics and improved facilities from Welch Field to the new high school. His sons excelled in baseball and basketball, and he urged school health and sanitary building measures while praising local support and fair play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. K. Ingram
E. K
Eli) Ingram
High Point
Asheboro
Colored Normal School
Mr. Ingram
Ingram
W. G. “Foxy” Shipman
Arthur Lyon
Gene Jarrett
Welch
Robert
Irvin
Steve
Agnes
High Point College
Smithfield
Inzram
Hird School
Fayetteville
Lafayette Military Academy
Emma Blair School To Stage Musical Play For Fund Drive
Emma Blair teachers will present a two performance musical play in the auditorium next Tuesday to raise funds for school needs. The show How to Be Happy Though Married uses kitchen utensils as instruments with each teacher in the kitchen orchestra. L A Stookey and Miss Ira Hensley assist with practices and novelty numbers. Admission 10 cents for pupils and 25 cents for adults and children for the evening show at 7 36. Chapel program featured Miss MacMillan fifth grade presenting The First Thanksgiving in four scenes about Pilgrims Puritans Indians and the first feast with authentic costumes and settings.
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Emma Blair
L. AL. Stookey
Ira Hensley
City School Department of Music
MacMillan
England
Plymouth
Holton applies for filling station at North Main and Church
Public notice states H. R. Holton has filed to erect a filling station at the corner of North Main and Church streets. City Council will consider the proposal at a meeting on Tuesday November 26 1929 at 7:30 PM. The notice is issued by order of the City Council dated November 23 1929.
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H. R. Holton
North Main
Church Streets
Book Week Program At Oak Hill School
An attractive and instructive Book Week program was held in Oak Hill School auditorium on Thursday afternoon. Children from each grade presented charts bookmarks posters booklets and constructions creating a colorful display while showcasing individual talent. Plays on caring for books and promoting good reading were performed by Miss Ella Ormond and Miss Canolia Geddie with Ruth Welborn's second grade among others.
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Oak Hill School
Ella Ormond
Canolia Geddie
Ruth Welborn
Owens Speaks on Suitable Books at Elm Street PTA
A large crowd of parents and teachers attended Elm Street School PTA last week. Henry Grady Owens of the high school faculty spoke on suitable books for school children and discussed many titles and reading approaches.
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Elm Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Henry Grady Owens
Owens
Fourth Grade Play Delights at Book Week Event
Miss Chatfield's fourth graders presented the play Book Characters crafted for Book Week. Miss Spencer's and Miss Gaylor's fourth graders performed two part songs. Mrs. W. G. Kirkman's second grade won the attendance banner with 57 percent parent turnout.
Hap Roberts Ends 105Hour Endurance Drive
Hap Roberts completed a 105 hour endurance test in an Essex coach covering 1385 miles. Gulf Supreme motor oil aided the run with a sealed crank case. Inspector R M Abernathy praised the car after inspection and recommended continued use. Roberts rested in the Coffield store window for 21 hours.
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Essex
Roberts
Coffield
Maécon Junior College Adds Aviation Course in New York
Sub-debutantes at Maécon Junior College in Tarrytown learn aviation basics as the school expands its curriculum with a new aviation course taught by Guggenheim professor Roland Hi Spaulding.
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New York
Maécon Junior College
Tarrytown-on-Hudson
Roland Hi. Spaulding
Guggenheim
Aviation lectures spark interest for girls at school
Mrs. C. E. Mason leads a program on aeronautics with lectures twice weekly. She says girls should study aviation not only to fly but to meet a future demand for aviation writers, reflecting broader educational goals.
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C. E. Mason
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Guilford Carpenter
van del Compound
Louise
Allen
Mrs. Harper
Esther Key
Lucile Morrison
Yow
David T. Yow
Ek, K. Ingram
Emma Blair School
Sils
H. G. Owens
Elm. St
Parent- Teachers Association
Hap Roberts
Pellagra
S. E. Maddox
Carbon Hill
Ala
Turkey
R. W. Younts
Packard
Goodyear Tires
Hap” Roberts
Goodyear
America
Hill
Dale
Ohio
Florida
Arizona
New Mexico
Pacific Coast
Hiatt Tire Company
West High Street
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