Enrollment in Davidson off Lexington schools falls trend
Lexington September reports show city school enrollment rising for Senior and Junior High grades as outer district enrollment opens. Rural schools record a 1,248 drop from last year with Reedy Creek down 74 and Pilot down 6 percent. Fairgrove up 40, Hasty up 24, Silver Valley up 18, Churchland up 1. Total rural enrollment 5,996 versus 7,244 last year.
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Lexington
Lexington City Schools
Reedy Creek
Pilot
Reeds School
Davis-Townsend
Denton
Fairgrove School
Thomasville
Hasty School
Silver Valley
Churchland
Etheridge Urges N C to Secure Public Works Funds
North Carolina should not lag in securing federal public works aid under the NRA, says R Bruce Etheridge director of conservation and development. He urges local agencies to plan projects to gain a 30 percent grant with remaining funds as a loan and highlights sewage facilities and waterworks as priority builds for winter employment.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
NRA
Bruce Etheridge
Department of Conservation and Development
Etheridge
American Nun May Be Sainted
A pronounced consideration of whether the American nun will be canonized is linked to her potential receipt of federal allotments, with debate framing her sainthood as influenced by access to government funds.
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Frances Xavier Cabrini
Chicago
Italy
Frances
United States
Negro Jail Helper Aided Prisoners To Escape From Prison
STATESVILLE Sept 15 Officers sought four others who escaped from jail after one of five who fled returned to report that Will Miller a black jail helper supplied tools for the break. Ernest Kerr who was free only half an hour came back to identify Miller and describe the plan. Farle Blythe 22 held up M B Stewart at a filling station July 27 and was in jail since August 8 awaiting trial. The remaining escapees were at large.
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Statesville
Ernest Kerr
Will Miller
Miller
Farle Blythe
M. B. Stewart
Stewart
Blythe
Old Man Low Mood Buried In Sanford
Sanford residents witnessed a public funeral for Old Man Low Mood after a Roosevelt New Deal celebration the previous day. The gala included a parade stunts contests speeches a street dance and a public wedding ceremony ending with a Blue Eagle ball.
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Sanford
Train Cormorants Taught to Dive for Fish in China
Chinese researchers train cormorants to dive for fish using a neck cord that prevents swallowing the catch. The birds catch fish then return to handlers who retrieve the fish, enabling harvesting without food intake by the birds.
Three Black individuals named Barn Alexander Blythe and Hunsucker
Officers say Blythe is also wanted in Greenville D C on highway robbery charges. Barn Alexander Will Hunsucker and James Turner are identified as Black in the report.
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Barn Alexander
Will Hunsucker
James Turner
Blythe
Greenville
D. C
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Louisville
Kentucky
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Concord
Malaga
Milford Brand
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Lifebuoy Soap
Maxwell House Coffee
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Pillsbury Best Flour
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Old Reliable
Campbell's Tomato Juice
Eee
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