Archdale VFW to Build Home Thanks to Local Merchant
Archdale will receive a VFW home funded by Byrd's Curb Market owner B A Byrd. The project costs about 7000 with in kind help and reduced material prices. Archdale VFW and Ladies Auxiliary will use the building, with 37 members now and 10 new entrants. charter closes in October and a 150 member goal is set by Christmas.
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Archdale
B. A. Byrd
Byrd
Archdale School
Archdale Post
Service details of Archdale chapter member and wartime record
The subject served in an anti aircraft unit in World War II overseas two years. He participated in the ETO including Normandy Northern France Rhineland Ardennes and Central Europe earning six medals and five bronze stars. He notes his punctual service with no time lost during the two years. The piece also mentions early mobile radio equipment installed in a motor car in 1901 by Marconi.
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Archdale Chapter
ETO
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Ardennes
Central Europe
Guglielmo Marconi
Cities Glaring Lack In State Liquor Laws
INS reports two major gaps in state liquor laws. Most states do not require literacy or legal knowledge to obtain licenses. The study shows 11 standards govern licenses, with New Hampshire strictest at seven and Nevada and Georgia liberal with one each.
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International News Service
NEW York
INS
Thomas J. Donovan
Licensed Beverage Industries
Donovan
App
New Hampshire
Nevada
Georgia
United States
Bar
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Illinois
Wyoming
Blind Friendly Checks Debut At Omaha Bank
An Omaha National Bank teller designed a new check for blind users with raised lines marking date amount payee name and signature and two right side thumb print spaces. Blind customers receive the checks free with stamps fingerprint ink pads and a signature option. signed signatory blanks may omit prints for those who can sign.
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International News Services
Omaha
Neb
INS
Eugene Oglebay
Omaha National Bank
A. J. Rhodes
Lawrence Cooke
Irving Benolken
FBI
White Cane Drive by Lions Club to Start Monday
Local Lions begin the annual White Cane Drive on Monday with members selling lapel pins. Lion Russell Holt chairs the High Point club White Cane committee. The North Carolina Association for the Blind funded an operation aiding a youth implied in the photo.
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North Carolna, Association For the Blind
Lion Russell Holt
High Point Club
North Carolina
The
North Carolina Association
Bus Overturns Near Hickory Injuring Thirteen
Thirteen people were injured when a Queen City Trailways express bus left highway 70 near Hickory and overturned several times. Eight patients were treated at Valdese General Hospital. Driver Clyde Reese of Asheville said he lost control on a curve while meeting a car. R E Greene of Marion was most seriously injured but not believed critical. Officer O Kelly expects Reckless driving charges.
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Hickory
Valdese General Hospital
Queen City Trailways
J. H. O'Kelly
Morganton
Clyde D. Reese
Haywood Road
Asheville
R. E. Greene
Marion
N. C
O'Kelly
Reese
Masons Gather At Waynesville Today
Masons from the Carolinas and surrounding states arrive for the annual summer assembly of the state grand council at Black Camp grounds in Waynesville North Carolina. Registration begins tomorrow with the first York Rite session opening Monday and a colorful master degree expected to be conferred at the armory.
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Waynesville
Sept
North Carolina
Assembly of State Grand Council
Black Camp
Carolinas
Boy Leaves Home To See President In Chicago
In Chicago a 7 year old boy named Boss left home to catch a glimpse of President Truman's train. He walked to the railroad, carried 10 sticks of gum, and was missing for about 16 hours before being found by his mother watching the tracks. The President's train passed at 3 15 a.m. and workers will refill the excavation.
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Chicago
Truman
Frank
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Lions Club
Rhue's Chicken Bar
Thomasville
City Auto Auction
Punney
Heidenberg Lace
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Terminix
Terminix CO
W. C
South Main
Peaney
Heidenberg
Penneys
Penney Price
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