Books for Colored Readers Highlight Local Library Additions
The public library lists new non fiction and fiction titles for Black readers including Birds over America Comfort Quakers in the Modern World and Rise Up and Walk Lindley among non fiction. Sports books and novels feature titles about the Cubs Mangrum and Davis. Local notices cover church meetings water pageant and community events with multiple upcoming weddings and trips.
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America
Self
Comfort
Foley
Goerech
Richards
Lindley
Brier
Silliman
Brown
Pittsburgh Pirates
Lieb
Chicago Cubs
Mangrum
Cooke
Tunis
Cureton
Jim
Brucker
Berry
Best
Huggins
Williams
Caudil
Davis
Land
Warner
Hambty
Fleming
White
Gloster
Edmonds
Moon
Booker T. Washington
Mathews
United States
Frazier
Home Remedy Claims Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain
An advertised home remedy promotes Ru-Ex Compound claiming rapid relief from rheumatic and arthritis pain. The plan involves mixing four tablespoons of lemon juice with a quart of water and taking two doses daily, with a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
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Ned Druwnae
Yaa Guarentee
Oceanographers Discover Valley Off Catalina Island
Scripps Institute scientists in La Jolla report a vast 60 mile wide by several hundred mile long sea valley southwest of Catalina Island. They say the valley teems with plankton and may be the sardine population’s birthplace as part of ongoing studies of California coastal sardine habits.
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LA Jolla
Cal
INS
Scripps ‘Institute
Catalina Island
Pacific Ocean
West Coast
Paul Horrer
California
Five Juniors Win Scrapbook Prizes at Library
Five youngsters received prizes for scrapbooks in the final story hour of the summer reading club at the public library. The awardees were Josephine Dunbar June McCrary Jane Folger Mary Agnes Blair and Betty Jo Jackson for the most original scrapbooks made from books read during the summer.
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Josephine Dunbar
June McCrary
Jane Folger
Mary Agnes Blair
Betty Jo Jackson
Thomasville Debates School Funds Allocation From Bond Issue
Thomasville faces uncertainty over how the state 50 million school bond funds will be divided. The local system plans to use about 85 5 000 of 121 168 for Church Street School additions including a cafeteria and classrooms while seeking 55 000 more from the state. An elementary building over 200 000 is a top need with additions estimated at 70 000 15 000 already allotted from county capital funds and state approval required for the remaining 55 000.
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Thomasville
Church Street
G. H. Arnold
Board of Education
How to Play Canasta Wild Card Retains Own Value
McKenney explains canasta rules for four handed play. Jokers and deuces are wild cards and count 50 points when used in melds. A meld requires at least two natural cards and up to three wild cards. Wild cards cannot be traded back to players and may be added to completed canastas. A concealed hand awards 100 bonus points if all cards are melded in one turn without prior melds. To go out with a concealed hand either partner has a canasta or the hand contains a canasta.
Mosquito Varieties and Bahama Islands Count
The text notes thousands of different kinds of mosquitoes and mentions about 3,000 islands in the Bahama group. It presents a general factual observation about biodiversity and geography without a central event or person.
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Bahama Group
Dr. Charles Leek Returns To Pulpit
Dr. Charles F. Leek pastor of the First Baptist church in Thomasville returns to lead services Sunday after three months away for illness. The comeback ends August Youth Month and begins the church fair season. Mrs. C. C. Prince led Youth Month as 173 Baptist youths filled church posts.
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Thomasville
Charles F. Leek
First Baptist Church
C. C. Prince
Baptist Church
College Student Returns From Cuba
Charmone Rose of Winston Salem, rising senior at High Point college, returned from a three month Cuba stay where she taught reading and writing and conducted Bible school classes. She was among 11 U S students to visit Cuba and served as the North Carolina delegate of the Methodist student movement. They stayed at the home of Rev John Stroud and his wife, Methodist missionaries.
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Ramseur
Saint Mark Church
R. B. McRae
Church OF God Assembly
Gurley St
Cleveland
Leonard Street
4Th
Washington Streets
Henderson-Thornton
Ann Elizabeth Henderson
Charleston
S. C
la Mae McConnell
Calvin E. Thornton
North Brookfield
Mass
Andrew Corbett
Alder St
G. FE. Henderson
Fred Willames, Jr
Selma
Ala
Emma Elaine Henderson
Carol Ann McConnell
High Point
Best Maie
Larry Thornton
Brookfield
Maid of Honor
D. C. Carter
Tallahassee
Fla
David C. Carter
Geraldine Hayes
Leola Goff
Baltimore
Hayes
Leroy Hayes
Furlough Street
Jessie Moore
Salisbury
Truman
Lara Bennett
Underhill Ave
Montha Bennnett
New York City
White Plains
N. Y
Curtis Quick
Pearlick
Tesday
Tuscaloosa
North Carolina College
N.Y.U
A. & T. ‘College
William Penn
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
William Polk
Washington, D. C
Nice
Jay Doster
North Street
Myrtle Williams
Aliquippa
Pittsburgh
James Henry Bell
Forest Walters
Charmone Rose
Winston- Salem
High Point College
Cuba
United States
North Carolina
Methodist Student Movement
Studets
John Stroud
Methodist
Squid Locomotion Methods Summarized
The passage explains squid movement including crawling with tentacles, forward swimming, fin-assisted propulsion, and backward swimming through expelling water from the mantle cavity. It mentions distinct modes of locomotion used by squids.
Food Habits in Elderly and Nutritional Advice
A 1949 medical column explains that eating preferences form early and persist into old age, with risks from faulty diets. It covers need for more protein, caution with fats, stomach acid changes, and the role of physician guidance in tailoring diets for elderly patients. It also cautions against chronic laxative use and urges dietary measures to relieve constipation.
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King
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