Nine seniors receive diplomas at Davidson high school
Nine seniors at Davidson high school received diplomas at commencement exercises Monday night. Rev Frank R Brown Dean Hood Theological Seminary delivered the principal address. The Glee club sang The Heavens Are Telling Where'er You Walk There's A Balm In Gilead. Sandra Blalock gave the salutatory and Leon Taylor the valedictory.
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Davidson High School
Frank R. Brown
Hood ‘Theological Seminary
Livingston College
Salisbury
Glee Club
Gilead
Sandra Blalock
Leon
Summer students return home from colleges
Miss Annell Brown of St Pauls College Lawrenceville Va and Miss Geraldine Harris of Morristown College are home for the summer. Lincoln Academy seniors participated in the annual senior musical with Lorraine Adams and other seniors performing various piano numbers. Miss Roach, now a Fisk University freshman, holds scholarships from Omega Psi Phi Ford Foundation and the University after withdrawing as Lincoln Academy senior.
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Annell Brown
St. Paul's College
Lawrenceville
Geraldine Harris
Morristown College
Morristown
Tenn
Lncoln Academy
Lorraine Adams
Alberta
Whiteside
Spindale
Lincoln Academy
Retirement of Winthrop professor Dr. Sadie Goggans
Dr. Sadie Goggans, longtime Winthrop College professor and Newberry native, retires after a career in education spanning South Carolina public schools, Newberry and New Richland counties, and Texas. She earned a B.S. from Winthrop and advanced degrees from Columbia University. A member of education honor societies, she plans a summer tour of England and Europe.
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Sadie Goggans
Cie
Emene
Enaee O
Winthrop
Goggans
Columbia University
Winthrop’ College
South Carolina
New Richland
Newberry
Counties
Texas
Bridges Hurt Not In Ship Blast On USS Bennington
Richard A. Bridges of Kings Mountain serves in the navy and was aboard the USS Bennington when an explosion and fire killed 100 and injured hundreds aboard. The carrier returned toward Newport Rhode Island from Quonset Point as Air Task Group 181 crews launched from the flight deck. Bridges reported he was unhurt to his parents by telegram and phone. He is married to Mary Ledwell.
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Richard A. Bridges
Kings Mountain
Navy
Newport
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Quonset Point
Oceana Naval Air’Station
Norfolk
Bennington
Bridges
New York
R. Bridges
Waco Road
Mary Ledwell
Rambling Sketches Of Oak Grove News
Mrs William Wright writes about Oak Grove visitors including Horace Bell and family, Wright and Wolfe households hosting guests, and several trips to Asheville and Kings Mountain hospital. North Carolina cotton output in 1953 was 449000 bales, 21 percent below 1952, while April 1954 milk production reached 161 million pounds, up about one million from a year earlier.
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Oak Grove
William Wright
Acaentas
Horace Bell
Nancy
Mary Wright
Bobby
James Bell
Grover
Arnold Bell
Culp Ford
Francis
JW. Watterson
Martha Love
Stokes Wright
Laura Wolfe
Lawrence Wolfe
Mary Pearl
Wolfe
John Wolfe
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Leland
Mississippi
Quince Philbeck
Martha Lovelace
Willam Wright
Wright
North Carolina
Bound Over On Assault Count For George Houston
George Houston was bound over to Superior court on an assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill charge after a recorder's court proceeding. Judge Tack White presided as Carlee Roseboro prosecuted, with bond set at 500 dollars. Officers Warren Ellison and P R San ters testified to the events. A sentence for Walter Burris was nine months on the roads with suspended sentence on good behavior and costs. Humphr ies received a 30 day road sentence suspended on costs. Four were found guilty of public drunkenness, one not guilty. Herman Rayfield’s case continued. Roy Revels and Andrew Smarr faced additional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Houston
Superior Court
Recorder's Court
Ater Po
Caube
Tack White
Bf Carlee Roseboro
News
Houston
Warren Ellison
P. R. Santers
Walter Burris
Wattersry Seled
Herman Rayfield
Conte
Roy Revels
Andrew Smarr
Cansier Street
Charlotte Youths Visit Battleground
About 45 fourth graders from Plaza Road Grammar School in Charlotte visited Kings Mountain National Park. Chief Hugh A. Logan Jr. reported the group arrived by 9:30 train, was escorted by police, toured the park, and had a picnic lunch before returning on the 2:53 train.
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Plaza Road Grammar School
Charlotte
Kings Mountain National Park
Hugh A. Logan
Logan
Bee Pa Prospects Signal Shift in Livestock Marketing
Bee Pa prospects indicate fewer steers will be marketed but more cows and calves are expected to be sold during the remainder of 2854 than in the same period earlier.
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Carpenter Street
Eugene M. Robinson
Leon Taylor
John Mitchem
Woodrow Mitchem
Hos
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Brown
Dock Etters
Julia Janet
Rinda
Gardner-Webt
Fdmlaslon
Mountai
Caarer
Ney
Organization A
Opty Hal Gae
Charl M. Graves
Ditrict
City Board of Commissioners
Recreation Commission
Fred W. Plank
Bennett Construction Company
W. A. Williams
Wrexperts
Grigg Garage
Ict News
al . Adams
P.O. Box
Philco Golden
Philco
Gault's Appliances
Piedmont
Mrs. Hendrick
Ademy
Edwin Thompkins
Compact High School
Johnson C. Smith University
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Elijah Ross
Mt. Olive
Pe Ee Ae
Friendly Aid Society
S. I. Clement
Mt. Olive Church
Mt. Olive Baptist
Genester B. Jackson
Ruth ‘Mitchem
Battleground
Linwood Cake Shop
Virginia O. Hamrick
Linwood Drive
K.M. Drug
Parker
Uotter
Kings Mountain Drug Company
Oribe
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