Nursing Aims at Junior High Draw to Attract Students
Martin Memorial School of Nursing officials urged early interest to recruit qualified girls from junior high. A meeting with county and Mount Airy principals and guidance counselors discussed pre training in chemistry and allied subjects, possible collaboration with a community college, and expanding degree work. The school notes its graduates consistently score above state averages on licensing exams. Staff hosting duties were performed by Pauline Irwin Eloise Neal Merle Johnson Barbara Brown and administrator John Lockhart.
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Nursing
Martin Memorial School of Nursing
Mount Airy
Theombita
Echoos of Nursing
Martin Memorial School
Pauline Irwin
Eloise Neal
Merle Johnson
Barbara Brown
John Lockhart
Hevital
Deer Hunting Danger Report Sparks Medical Watch
Minneapolis doctors conducted long term tests on 37 deer hunters over 40. One in ten may face serious heart trouble during an all out hunt. Four of the men showed abnormal heart activity halting the test. Report notes odds may improve for hunters who leave the field early.
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Minneapolis
Fou
Tobacco weed control advances via chemical hoeing progress
Agricultural research backed by Nickles for Know-How funds shows chemicals can replace hoeing in tobacco weed control. Studies from 1949 to 1959 support combined herbicides and tillage, enabling fewer cultivations and cleaner fields. Farmers’ self-assessments fund the program at N. C. State College, with five cents per ton paid by feed and fertilizer buyers.
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N. C. State College
Mrs. Ida Dix Ryder Rites Set Sunday
The funeral for Mrs. Ida Dix Ryder 67 of Seromota Florida, formerly of Mount Airy, will be Sunday at 2:40 PM. She was a native of Surry County, daughter of Jack and Ids Norman Dix and widow of Amos Ryder. Surviving are brothers Will Dix of Cas, Va and Walter Dix of Nashville, Ga, and a sister Mrs. Ethel Dix Barnes of North Wilkesboro. Burial in Oakdale Cemetery at Moody Funeral Home.
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Amos Ryder
Surry
Ida Dix Ryder
Seramota
Fla
Mount Airy
Surry County
Jack and
Ids Norman Dix
Willa Dix
Cans, Va
Walter Dix
Nashville, Ga
Ethel Dix Barnes
North Wilkesboro
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