Graham County in North Carolina Has No Negro Residents
Robbinsville N C AP a sociological anomaly in the Southeast Graham County has no Black residents in its population and only one incorporated community Robbinsville the county seat is the sole town. Historical notes say a single Blythe family once squatted in Rye Field Branch before 1872 when the county formed and built a self sufficient community with a small school led by Blythe women.
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Graham County
Karl Fleming
Robbinsville
N. C
North Carolina
Graham
Clay County
Hayesville
U. S
Fontana Dam
Bryson City
Maryville
Tenn
South Carolina
Ted Jenkins
Blythe
Rye Field Branch
County
Santeetlah Lake
Cherokee County
Alexander Blythe
Jenkins
Blythes
Oliver Millsaps
Alexander
J. D
Riley Orr
Cheoah Dam
Tapoca
Tallassee Power Co
Alcoa Aluminum
Prison Inmate Aids His Nation
Gatesville North Carolina AP Ted Willard a 24 year old inmate at Gates County Prison Camp has volunteered since 1952 for the Ground Observer Corps GOC serving as a post clerk. He has logged about 9000 hours and earned praise from Tech Sergeant Richard B Gray for dependability while aiding the nation’s defense.
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Gatesville
N. C
Ted Willard
Ted
Ground Observer Corps
GOC
Charlotte
Richard B. Gray
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Virginia
Willard
Gates Camp
Umstead
Butner
Durham
World traveler basu defies u s police on trip stops
Ram Chandra Basu a 22 year old mechanical engineering student from Calcutta on a round the world motorcycle trip says U S police ranks above any other he has faced. He reports being stopped 210 times searched several times and jailed once for questioning in his Tucson stop. Basu notes the experience tops 38 countries he has visited.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ram Chandra Basu
Calcutta
India
United States
Basu
U. S
Episcopal clinic on canvassing set for Durham
Finance officials of George E. London Raleigh in charge of arrangements for the Diocese of North Carolina announce a one day clinic on fund raising canvassing methods. The program at St. Phillip's Church Sunday Sept 28 will feature lay speakers from Salisbury Chapel Hill and Raleigh.
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Durham
George E. London
Raleigh
Episcopal
Diocese of
North Carolina
St. Phillip’s Church
Diocesan de
Thomas Fraser
Winston-Salem
William Murdock
Salisbury
George Esser
Chapel Hill
Robert Tyson
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Haywood County
Paantie Strus
Burtner
Green ST
Lissworth
E. Green ST
Charles Grateau
Penney’s
Penney
Tinyle
Saque
Baby’s
Orson Cardigan