210 Year Old Chart Of Massachusetts Bay Found In London
Boston recalls a 210 year old original chart of Massachusetts Bay found in a London book shop by Lieut Edward Rowe Snow. Captain Alberto Kent now owns the chart while Snow and Kent discuss its history. the chart, drawn 1720 1734 by Cyprian Southack, shows an ancient Cape Cod Canal and a vanished route.
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Massachusetts Bay
London
International News Service
Boston
INS
New England
Alberto L. Kent
S. S. Steel Pier
Provincetown
Kent
Edward Rowe Snow
Army Air Corps
Santa Claus
Tower
Snow
Winthrop High School
Air Corps
Tower of London
Cyprian Southack
United States
England
Prince's Head
North Africa
Sureons
Cape Cod
Southack
Samuel Bellame
Esther Williams rises from glamor doubt to star status
Hollywood reports Esther Williams, once dismissed as too healthy for glamor, becomes a rising cinema heartthrob after MGM contracts and a screen debut with Andy Hardy. Her public image shifts from model to potential co star with Red Skelton as doctors urge a year of training before cameras.
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MGM
Esther Williams
Billy Rose
San Francisco
Darry Zanuck
Sonja Henie
Esther
Hays Office
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
Red Skelton
Hollywood
Green Family Reunion Set for September 15 at Shady Grove
The Robert Green family will hold its annual reunion on Sunday September 15 at Shady Grove church in Davidson County. Major Arnold J. Koonce of High Point will be principal speaker with the program starting at 11 30 after a schedule change to accommodate attendees. Music by the Davis brothers orchestra will accompany the event.
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A. Scott Parker, Jr
Lana D Yarker
Josephine W. Lyon
Hurband & BR
LYON
Add
Ander
City of
Wish Point
the Register of Deeds of
Guilford
Wilson, II
W. Prape
Arnfield High Point Savings and Trust Company
Susie Millikan
JF Millikan
Guilford County
High Point
City of High Point
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Forrest
Morris & Morton
Robert Green
Shady Grove Church
Davidson County
Arnold J. Koonce
Davis Brothers Orchestra
Training Fortresses Landed Over Thirty Thousand Times
Flying Fortresses used in training combat crews at Hendricks Field have landed over 32,219 times with only eight minor accidents.
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Hendricks Field
Willing Workers Meet at First Baptist Church Home
The Willing Workers of the First Baptist Church will meet at Mrs. Marie Lumpkin’s home on Murray Street near College Top Thursday at 8 p.m. All members are urged to attend and support the church group. Thelma Roger has returned from Detroit and will resume teaching in Reidsville public schools. Mrs. Hattie Fowler and grandson Sherman Caldwell Jr. have returned from a ten day trip to Charlotte and Pineville. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after the illness and death of Mr. Andrew McLendon, signed by the McLendon Family.
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The
First Baptist Church
Marie Lumpkin
Murray Street
College Top
Thelma Roger
Annie Roger
Leonards Street
Detroit
Mich
Reidsville
N. C
Hattie Fowler
Sherman Caldwell, Jr
Charlotte
Pineville
Andrew McLendon
McLendon
Hosana Tents Meet at Odd Fellows Hall Friday Night
All Hosana Tents members are asked to meet at the Odd Fellows Hall Friday night at 7 30 p m Leader Mrs Anna Hauster says there will be business of importance Cubs to Meet at Ferman Torrence home 709 Leonard Street Thursday at 6 p m All rubbers urged to be present
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Odd Fellows Hall
Anna Hauster
CUBS
Ferman Torrence
Leonard Street
Mr and Mrs Caldwell Return to New York After Visit
Mr and Mrs Harry Caldwell return to New York City after visiting Mr and Mrs Joe Coefield and relatives in Concord Lexington Greensboro and Burlington. Caldwell will report for service in the U S Army upon return to New York.
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Harry Caldwell
New York City
Joe Coefield
Concord
Lexington
Greensboro
Burlington
Caldwell
U. S. Army
New York
Comforting Alaska Letter Sparks Feather Bed Postage
Contractor Roscoe Campbell writes from Alaska about sleeplessness due to the cold. His wife mails a feather bed to help, with a postage cost of 3.17 dollars recorded.
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Kansas City
Roscoe Campbell
Alaska
Third Nursery School Set To Open Monday
Mrs J W McGuinn director for the extended schools service in High Point announced the city will open its third nursery school at 609 Russell Street this coming Monday. Enrollment has increased with two existing sites at Park Street and North Main Street and about 150 mothers have expressed interest in enrolling their children. Additional schools are planned in the near future.
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J. W. McGuinn
High Point
Russell Street
Park Street
North Main Street
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