Tom Sawyer Style Rescue Plan Proclaimed by Writer
Retired executive Eugene Ackerman argues reading classic juvenile works such as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn can curb delinquency. He notes modern drugstore magazines promote violence and pornography, inspiring concern as his new novel Job and the Bank Robbers follows two boys in an 1890s Indiana town entangled with a bank robbery gang.
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Eugene Ackerman
Ackerman
Job
Indiana
Jed
Joe
Monasteries in Egypt Dwindle from 1200 to Eight Remaining
A brief note recalls that from 1,200 Christian monasteries once thriving in Egypt’s deserts only eight remain occupied. It also mentions Lady Mary Montagu, the English writer, who for 11 years avoided mirrors and was considered beautiful.
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Egypt
Mary Montagu
Truck crashes into farm cistern in Kentucky
Chester Whitaker of Cynthiana started a cistern project and ordered a ready mix truck. The cement truck’s brakes failed as it backed toward the cistern, filling the excavation with a cement truck and four cubic yards of dumped and dry concrete. Truck owners chose not to raise the wreckage.
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Cynthiana
Chester Whitaker
Whitaker
Diabetes Meeting by High Point LPN Chapter
The High Point Chapter licensed practical nurses will meet Monday at 7 30 p m at the Guilford County health center Monthey Avenue. Mrs Margaret Kearns will speak on Diabetes at the session.
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High Point
Guilford County Health Center
Monthey Avenue
Margaret Kearns
Dig N Dream Club To Meet
Dig N Dream Garden Club will meet Tuesday evening with Mrs Lang Mullinix at 1502 Cherokee Dr at 8 o clock. A chrysanthemums program will be featured at the meeting.
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Dig ‘N
Dream Club
Dig
Dream Garden Club
Lang Mullinix
Cherokee Dr
Miss Walser to Be Feted by Local Hosts
Miss Virginia Walser, fiancee of Stephen Francis Hicks Jr., will be honored at a Thursday luncheon hosted by Mrs. William P. Phillips and Mrs. John H. Davis at 1 p.m. The event will be held at the Davis home 918 Country Club Drive.
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Virginia Walser
Stephen Francis Hicks Jr
William P. Phillips
John H. da
Davis
Country Club
Fleurette Garden Club Meets At Mrs. Stanford Home
The Fleurette Garden Club will meet Monday at 8 o'clock at 1023 West College Drive, the home of Mrs Ray Stanford. Mrs C W Thomas will present a program on Dried Arrangements with club members participating.
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Fleurette Garden Club
Ray Stanford
W. College
C. W. Thomas
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INEC
Ier
Baks
Jacqueline
Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran
Ueline Cochran
Jac
Hine
Tom Sawyer
Europe
Valette J. Harris
New York
Snow Studio
ST. Timothy Methodist Church
Nathan Hunt Drive
High Point, N. C
Philip H. Gibbs
Cooleemee Methodist Church
Cooleemee, N. C
A. C. Gibbs
Insurance
Piedmont
West Washington St
Vis
Fleurette Club
Pleasur Point Dealer
Bedford Sales Company
N. Wrenn ST
Crocus
Thalia
Rodden Furniture Co
Open Stock Rodden Furniture Company
S. Main St. Ext
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