Red Cross Highlights Post Flood Relief Triumph
The American Red Cross describes its near unprecedented relief effort after the Mississippi flood, aided by Army Air Forces Navy Coast Guard and volunteers. It details camp shelters, inoculations, house reconstruction, livestock care, and broad international aid while noting 91 disasters in the year and 12 other floods elsewhere.
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Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Mississippi
Great Valley
Great Relief Agency
America
The
United States
Florida
Relief Fund
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Sissippi
American Legion
Ada
Cuba
Great Britain
Japan
China
Chile
Peru
Panama
Guatemala
Haiti
Santo Domingo
Colombia
Germany
France
Mercy
Social Bridge Parties Highlight Lexington Week
Mrs. G W Mountcastle hosted a Tuesday Morning Bridge club outing at West Third avenue with fall flowers and Hallowe en place cards. Mrs Woodrow McKay and granddaughter Frances Louise McKay assisted. Mrs Willis Vestal won high score. Mrs George Kempton led visitors. An elaborate luncheon followed. Mrs D A Shoaf entertained a rock club in honor of Mrs W M Haver at East Center street with dahlias and prize wins for high and low scores.
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Lexington
G. W. Mountcastle
Bridge Club
West Third Avenue
Winnifred Bragaw
James Adderton
C. C. Wall
Joe Thompson
C. A. Hunt
Lloyd Hunt
Camille Hunt
Woodrow McKay
Hallowe’en Bridge
Willis Vestal
George Kempton
D. A. Shoaf
East Center Street
W. M. Haver
Baltimore
Lee McCrary
T. E. McCrary
J. A. Smith
Shoat
Haver
R. Lacy Leonard
A. Timberlake
J. C. Leonard
C. M. Wall
B. C. Young
Walser
E. B. Raper
C. M. Clodfelter
L. R. Russell
W. J. Vestal
J. R. McCrary
Washington D C Bride Weds Local Lumberman in Thomasville
Miss Mary Swink formerly of this county and Z Griffith Smith of this city married at the Lutheran parsonage in Thomasville in a surprise ceremony. Rev. Ritchie officiated in the presence of a few friends. The bride, daughter of Mrs Allison Swing, has worked in a Washington business office. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs G W Smith, studied at UNC and helps in the family lumber business.
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Mary Swink
Washington, D. C
Z. Griffith Smith
Thomasville
Mr. Ritchie
Grace Lutheran Church
Allison Swing
Holly Grove
Davidson County
Mr. Smith
G. W. Smith
University of North Carolina
Mrs. Lowe Honored At U D C Convention Socials
Mrs. John T. Low recently returned from Asheville where she attended a United Daughters of the Confederacy convention. She joined the executive luncheon at Grove Park Inn and participated in the U D C reception at the Woman's Club amid a series of social courtesies. She is past state president of the American Legion Auxiliary and national committee woman for the organization.
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John T. Low
Asheville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Grove Park Inn
Woman's Club
Lowe
American Legion Auxiliary
Lexington High School Hostesses Entertain Football Team
A group of young women from Lexington High School hosted the Lexington football squad at Lexington Country Club on Friday evening. Mr and Mrs E W Staples acted as chaperones. The event featured ten minute dates for amusement and finished with refreshments.
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Lexington
Lexington Country Club
E. W. Staples
Puff Cuffs A Velvet Coat With Fur Trim
A simple black velour coat features a shawl collar in black pony and is styled to be different with puff cuffs trimmed in fur.
Needed a Machine Tit-Bits excerpt
A harassed man is shown around a factory where a guide points out a machine that does the work of thirty men. The man smiles glumly and quips that at last he sees what his wife should have married.
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Mississippi Valley
the Red Cross
Lumbus
Arkansas City
Ark
Melville, la
Civilized World
Ina
Greenwoo Miss
Lexington Society
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