Robie Macauley A Writer On The Rise At Woman's College
Greensboro October 14 Robie Macauley a Woman's College of the University of North Carolina faculty member is highlighted as a rising author noted for his preface to Ford Madox Ford Parade's End and his own fiction. The piece details his education Kenyon Bard College Iowa and career, his Vogue essay on Ford Madox Ford, and his teaching experience with both male and female students.
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Greensboro
Robie Macauley
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
New York Times Sunday Book Review
Caroline Gordon
Woman's College
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Ford Madox Ford
Ford
Uncle Sam
Kenyon College
Bard College
New York
University of Iowa
Alfred Knopf
Sewanee Review
Arts Forum
Odd Lawn Ornament Grew From Pile of Cement Waste
Thomasville tale of a ton cement ball found on 130 West Main Street. T. H. Shirley piled waste cement into a four foot diameter ball, hauled it to his yard and painted it, turning it into a landmark and driveway marker. Now aluminum-coated, it remains a local curiosity as the Shirley cement business continues in rear of the home.
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Thomasville
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Main Street
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Rufus E. Shirley
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Thomasville Cement and Vault Company
National Highway
New Perkins
Shirley
Rufus Shirley
British officer turned actor seeks parts in Hollywood
Hollywood briefs recount Major C S Ramsay-Hill, a former British army officer with 12½ years in the Middle East, who has repeatedly been hired as a technical adviser rather than an actor. He recalls odd location changes and a stubborn quest for acting roles, plus other glosses on film work and a stand-in cat tale.
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C. S. Ramsay-Hill
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Berlin
Mans Ramsay-Hill
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Paris
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Suez
Ramsay-Hill
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Palestine
Georgetown
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Ramsay Hill
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Gold Coast
Bill Mauldin
Wilfred Anderson
Rockfish Run in Dare Waters Off Nags Head
Striped bass have begun migrating along the Dare County coast with large catches by anglers trolling in the Albemarle Sound North River area. A party on Capt. Charlie Perry s charter boat landed 84 rock. A group from Washington DC and Detroit aboard Capt. Dan Lewark s Dixie caught 33. Fish weighed two to seven pounds each.
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Dare County
Albemarle Sound
North River
Charlie Perry
James Gallagher
Washington, D. C
J. B. Ellsworth
Harold E. Phelps
Detroit
Mich
Dan Lewark
Dixie
Insurance covers acting chimp Bonzo in Bedtime For Bonzo
International announces it has insured Bonzo, a five year-old chimpanzee, for 10000 against accidents from acting like a human. In Bedtime For Bonzo Ronald Reagan and Diana Lynn foster the chimp as a child while trainer Hank Craig recalls Bonzo’s risky movie mishaps and near strangulation incidents.
Show Boat sets new film musical sequence record
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer asserts Show Boat contains 22 musical sequences, a studio claim of a new high for a single film surpassing Till the Clouds Roll By which previously held 21 sequences.
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Holly Wood
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Duke Issues Study of 17th Century Plays
Duke University Press announces a new study by Dr. Aline Mackenzie Taylor titled Next to Shakespeare. The book examines Thomas Otway's Venice Preserv'd and The Orphan, exploring their historical appeal, actors, and audiences over two centuries as a narrative of changing dramatic taste. Dr. Taylor, associate professor at Newcomb College, holds degrees from Newcomb and Bryn Mawr and has published in Tulane Studies in English and other journals.
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Duke University Press
Aline Mackenzie Taylor
Thomas Otway
Venice
Shakespeare
England
Playhouse
Tulane University Graduate School
Newcomb College
Bryn Mawr College
Tulane Studies In English
Journal of English
Civil Service Exam After Eighteen Years
Frank Szabo finally has a civil service exam date after an 18 year wait. He first requested notification in 1932 for a laborer in charge post and now learns the test will be held November 2 1950. Szabo, 51, remains a county yard superintendent and will keep his present job. Water use. More cities adopt ordinances regulating water use for air conditioning units to conserve supplies per the American Public Works Association.
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Cleveland
Frank Szabo
Szabo
Civil Service Commission
Chicago
INS
American Public Works Association
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