By Way Of Mention Weekend Visits Among Marble Residents
Mr and Mrs Fred Crow hosted Sunday guests including Beattie Morrow and family from Cherryville. Several Marble residents hosted relatives from Gastonia Blacksburg Belmont and Waynesboro over the weekend. Edith Queen spent the weekend with her parents RL Queen in Marble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Crow
Beattie Morrow
Cherryville
Joe Ladd
Marble
Elbert Payne
L. V. Fuller
Belmont
W. A Brown
Gastonia
Troy Wrigh
Dale Smith, Jr
Blanche ‘Smith
Harold J. Queen
Marbie
Edith Queen
Adam Byers
Jim West
Spindale
W. T. Philips
Blacksburg
Carl West Also
Randolph Yarboro
Route 2
H. B. Jones
Mouses
Andy McCarter
Bethany
Bob West
Horne
Raleigh
J. S. Hope
Grady McFarland
Charlotte
Queen of Marble
Free Cotton Classification Service For North Carolina Growers
The U S Department of Agriculture offers free cotton classification and market news services to organized cotton improvement groups in North Carolina. County agents handle applications, and producers not yet in a group may join or form one by August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
U. S. Department of
State College Extension Service
Jenkins
U. S
Auto Races Set for Charlotte June 13
Major AAA auto racing brings Indianapolis stars to Charlotte for a first summertime event at the Southern States Fair Grounds. Sam Nunis Speedways will conduct the sprint program as the 500 winners may race here. The fast half mile track will host the event with dust control to ensure clear viewing for spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nariotte
AAA
Indianapolis
Charlotte
Southern States Fair Grounds
J. S. Dorton
Southern States Fair
Sam Nunis
Nunis
Boss Cently
Apolis
Charlie
South
Farm Safety Week Slated for July 25 31
President Truman declares National Farm Safety Week July 25 31 to curb thousands of farm accidents. National Safety Council and U S Department of Agriculture sponsor the 1948 observance aiming to remove at least 30 million farm hazards. Each family urged to eliminate one hazard per member and promote long term safety on every American farm and resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
National Safety Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Farm Safety Push Highlights Rising Deaths and Injuries
The National Safety Council warns that farm life risks grow with a 52 percent rise in motor vehicle deaths among farm residents from 1944 to 1947. In 1947 nonwork deaths and injuries could total about 14,000 and 1,100,000 respectively, alongside 4,300 worker deaths and 300,000 injuries in work settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Take Your Place in Parite Security and Savings
Uncle Sam urges workers to save with bonds now and grow future take-home pay. The piece emphasizes security today and the value of disciplined savings as a path to better prospects. It also notes postwar changes in farming with more farmers becoming landowners and the U.S. Department of Agriculture reporting shifts away from tenant farming. It mentions soybeans as a rapid domestic response to wartime oil shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraite
Seltea
America
Air Reservists Aid Navajo Hopi Tribes With Supplies
Reservists joined a veterans group to ship aid to starving Navajo and Hopi tribes in Arizona. Supplies collected by the association were flown to recipients by reserve pilots from Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aval
Veteran's Association
Arizona
Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
California
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Staplers
Herald Publishing House
Shelby
Home
Marion
Lenoir
Lincolnton
the Herald
R. Lee Blanton
Frank Lee Blanton
Waynesboro
Cleveland
Roller Mill Co
Shelby, North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Fred
Paes
A Chiat As
W. K. Dellinger
Dan Your
Marion Wishart
Dellinger
Kings Mountain Laundry
Kings Mountain
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