O Henry of Polecat Creek details birthplace and youth
Mrs. Ethel Stephens Arnett presents a memorial edition claiming O Henry William Sydney Porter was born near Polecat Creek in Guilford County North Carolina not Greensboro. The book recounts his boyhood, education and early work tracing his path to Texas and fame as a writer.
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O. Henry
Polecat Creek
William Sydney Porter
Greensboro
Ethel Stephens Arnett
Guilford County
Piedmont Press
William Sidney
Porter
Algernon Sidney Porter
Mary Jane Swaim Porter
North Carolina
Evelina Maria Porter
Lindsay Street
W. C. Porter & Co
Richard Halls
la Salle County
Texas
Austin
New York
Enchanting Humor in a Peradore Mirror Tale
J B Priestley’s Enchanting Humor offers a brisk satire set in Peradore where Princess Melicent owns a magic mirror that reveals who thinks of her. London ad man Sam Penty is drawn into a clash of sorcery as Malgrim and Marlagram duel. The blend of Arthurian fantasy and 1961 advertising life yields witty, brisk scenes and a playful tone.
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Little Bush League
Peradore
Camelot
Melicent
Malgrim
Sam Penty
London
Madison Avenue Type
A. D
Damosel
Sam
Marlagram
Twain
Althea Returns to Connecticut Coast Home After Illness
Dr Gavin Ogilvie narrates a unfolding tale about Althea a young Kentucky woman recovering from paralysis and her wealthy aunt Fanny Bolivar. A house guest Sam Ransome and neighborly doctor reveal a past event that caused Althea’s long illness and guilt while the complex plot heads toward a haunting resolution.
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Althea
Kentucky
Fanny Bolivar
Switzerland
Connecticut
Sam Ransome
Fanny
Gavin Ogilvie
Senator Noon on the Third Day review
James Hulbert discusses a liberal U S Senate member facing a career crisis amid a labor reform bill fight. The Missouri senator John Burnett, in office 26 years, seeks a fifth term as his governor protege enters the primary, shaping a high stakes political clash.
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James Hulbert
Holt, Rinehart
Winston
United States Senate
Washington
John Burnett
Missouri
Burnett
The Enchanter by Robert Newman review
A review of The Enchanter describes Carl Harris and his wife Anne pursuing their daughter Sara to France where she has joined Leo Burelle, a wealthy multifaceted enchanter who mesmerizes their circle. The novel blends art world themes with a hypnotic power over a cosmopolitan set and a Harris subplot about artistic direction.
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Robert Newman
Houghton Mifflin
Carl Harris
Anne
Sara
France
Harris
Leo Burelle
Harrises
Coup Seven Days in May Novel Review
Fletcher Knebel and Charles Bailey present a thriller about a seven day White House crisis in the 1970s. President Lyman negotiates a nuclear disarmament treaty but faces a restive public while a conservative Joint Chiefs of Staff faction plots a military coup timed with a presidential transition.
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Fletcher Knebel
Charles W. Bailey
Harper & Row
White House
Jordan Lyman
Feemerov
Senate
Joint Chiefs of Staff
James M
Jim) Scott
Pentagon
Congress
Capitol
Lyman
Washington
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library Week
The High Point Public Library releases a weekly bookmobile timetable for Sept 10 to 14. Locations include College Village Shopping Center Emery Road at Hillcrest Rock Spring Road Eaton Place Hedrick at Ashe and Franklin Street at Worth Avenue among others with daily morning and afternoon slots.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Council
Gatewood
Emery Road
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Emerywood
Hedrick
Ashe
English Street
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford Road
Ragan
Willard Sreet
Gordon Street
Elwood Street
Wendell Street
Daniel Brooks
Richter to Miss London Gala Due to Stroke
Sviatoslav Richter, famed Soviet pianist, cannot perform at the Royal Festival Hall in London next month because of a slight stroke from high blood pressure. He has already canceled Edinburgh engagements and may cancel his 1962-63 American tour.
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Sviatoslav Richter
London
Royal Festival Hall
Richter
Dimitri Shostakovich
Britain
Edinburgh
Shostakovich
Maxim
Antietam Bloodiest Day Ends In Stalemate
Lee and McClellan clash near Sharpsburg Maryland at Antietam Creek and the sunken lane in the bloodiest Civil War day. Union and Confederate forces suffer about 22 700 dead and wounded with no clear victor. Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation days later.
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Sharpsburg
Maryland
McClellan
Lee
Harper's Ferry
Boonsboro
South Mountain
Cornfield
Sharpssburg
Stone Bridge
Joseph
Joe) Hooker
Jackson
Dunker Church
Sunken Lane
Virginia
Hooker
Joseph K. F. Mansfield
Joe Hooker
Mansfield
Bloody Lane
Antietam Creek
Ambrose E. Burnside
Georgia
Robert Toombs
Burnside
Rhode Island
Edward Ferrero
A. P. Hill
Harper’s Ferry
Potomac
Shepherdstown
England
France
Antietam
Abraham Lincoln
Woman SERPENT'S DELIGHT by Ruth Park
Ruth Park's novel follows the Pond family led by Ma Pond as each woman pursues her own path. Geraldine's claimed vision sparks a furor among daughters granddaughters and other relatives while suspense over the vision's truth keeps readers engaged.
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Ruth Park
Doubleday
Geraldine
Pa Pond
1962 63 Tiger Cheerleaders Organized For Dudley Game
The 1962 63 cheering squad has been organized with members Carol Holly Laurene Dumas Mary Goode Wanda Finley Connie Tyson Jennie Ricks Mary Lattimore Margaret Rogers Elaine Harrington and substitutes Linda Hairston Naomi Robinson Thelma Foard Maurice Ingram Mrs Nabors teaches with the group First Parent Teachers meeting set for Monday at 8 The Tigers host Dudley High Friday after two wins undefeated season start.
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Carol Holly
Laurene Dumas
Mary Goode
Wanda Finley
Connie Tyson
Jennie Ricks
Mary Lattimore
Margaret Rogers
Elaine Harrington
Linda Hairston
Naomi Robinson
Thelma Foard
Maurice Ingram
Nabors
Tigers
Dudley High
Tiger
Farewell concert tour planned by National Music Theatre
Z. Melnikov notes a fall farewell concert tour across the United States and Canada under the National Music Theatre and recalls the operatic throb of the Golden Age of opera.
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United States
Canada
National Music Theatre
Z. Melnikov
Thomasville High pep rally and pageant notes
The Thomasville pep rally energized students as football players and cheerleaders led cheers and the school fought song. The marching band and majorettes were not listed among participants. band leader Chester Litwin plans halftime entertainment at home and away games. Brenda Knight, Miss Davidson County, will represent the school September 20 at the Lexington county fair.
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Page 2-D
Chester Lit
Thomasville High
Davidson County
Brenda Knight
Brenda
Lexington
Presbyterian Home Expands Facilities in North Carolina
Expansion of the Presbyterian Home adds front space and new walkways, with landscaping and a memorial wing. Opened in 1952 after a North Carolina Synod study, admission is open to those 65 and older, prioritizing Presbyterians from North Carolina. Richard A. Short of High Point is executive director. board president J. B. Watt of Charlotte. J. Sanders Dallas of High Point is VP and treasurer. Mrs. Henry V. Koonts of High Point is secretary. Dallas led the building and furnishings committees. Dedication and open house are tentatively planned for early November.
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Presbyterian Home
North Carolina Synod of the
Presbyterian Church
North Carolina
Richard A. Short
High Point
J. B. Watt
Charlotte
J. Sanders Dallas
Henry V. Koonts
Dallas
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