Memorial Plaque for Uncle Joe to Honor Cannon at Guilford
Greensboro on May 16 will host a dedication ceremony for a granite boulder bearing a bronze memorial plaque near Joseph G. Cannon's birthplace on the Guilford College campus. U S House Speaker Joseph W. Martin will speak, with Miss Mary Elizabeth Cannon unveiling and Congressman Carl T. Durham introducing him. If weather fails, ceremonies move to the college gym.
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Greensboro
Joseph W. Martin
U. S. House of Representatives
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Guilford College
Martin
Washington
Uncle Doe
Danville
Mary Elizabeth Cannon
Carl T. Durham
Boyce Announces Vacancies for Army Escort Duty
M Sgt Elwood H Boyce announces limited vacancies for U S Army Enlisted Reserve Corps members to serve 8 to 12 months on active duty as escorts for returning World War I? dead. Locations include Memphis Atlanta and Charlotte with pay and travel allowances. applicants must meet enlistment requirements and be World War I veterans.
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United States Army
Elwood H. Boyce
Army and Air Force
East 11Th Street
Howe
Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
Georgia
Charlotte
North Carolina
United States War Force
New Dog Tract To Open At Morehead Soon
North Carolina opens its first pari mutuel dog racing track in Morehead City with a formal opening set for June 8. A schooling period starts June 16. The $200,000 facility seats 3,500 spectators plus 500 standing on the concourse at the Morehead Bliz site five miles west of downtown.
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Morehead City
North Carolina
Paul Cleland
Carolina Racing Association
Cleland
Morehead Bliz
Gulf Stream fishing gains pace amid late start
Maorehead City May 1 Gulf Stream fishing, delayed about two weeks, has come into full sway. Catch reports list Ralph Britton Archie Tunstall and Frank Betricia among early leaders. Capt Bill Ballou’s Victory party tally includes amberjack and other species in improving conditions.
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Maorehead
Ralph Britton
Archie Tunstall
Frank
Vickory
N.C
Bill Ballou
Weekend visits fill Littleton area homes with relatives
Multiple families and friends from Littleton, Raleigh, Henderson, Warrenton, Norlina, and Roanoke Rapids spent the weekend with relatives in Littleton and nearby towns. Visitors included J. D. King, J. W. Myrick, Rodney Glasgow, and Midshipman James Myrick, among others.
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Joe Myrick
J. W. Myrick
J. D. King
Littl
James Hawkins
Glenn
Empor~ia, Va
Littleton
John James
Wake Forest
Walter Myrick
James Myrick
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Leigh Glasgow
Charles Lambeth
Rodany Glasgow
Sam Riggan
Norfolk
Clinton J. Smith
Greenville
John Fenner Nelson
Rodney Glasgow
UNC
Chapel Hill
Melvin Khuns
Newport News
W. T.threewitts
Bertha Thrower
John Hei Thrower
H. M. Baldwin
Heathsville
M. T. Neville
Selma Johnston
Enfield
Pearle Fisher
A. J. Watkins
Henderson
Helen B. Ragland
Mr. B. Browning
Mesdames M. Nelson
Cleve Stallings
Joseph F. Pippen
Roanoke Rapids
Mesdames
W. A. Harriss
Currie Pegram
Macon Moore
E. J. Troxel
Ahoskie
Esmond Bradley
Raleigh
Rufus Bradley
Jack Moore
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Mae Notheatt
Ben D. Moore
Ridgeway
Episcopal Church
Little Judy Wagner
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Uncle Joe
Boyce
Morehead
Gulf Stream
Betricia
O. R. el Ur
William Brown
Barbara Ann
Bell Vie
George Robinson
Sue Robinson
Norlina
Robert Patterson
William Boyce
Jin Boyce
Warrenton
J. B. Boyce
Henry House
Nashville
Mary Spruill
Hattie Spruill
William F Stokes
Billy and
Joseph
Joseph P. Pippen
Beth Partin
Alice Partin
Evelyn Newsom
Robert Newsom
Ed Fisher
Kenith
Clinton
Ella Walker
Richmond
Hervie Walker
Jimmy Moore
Frank King
C. Wilkie
Everetts
Kennedy Home
Kinston
Claude Johnston
Wilkie
Baptist
Thomasville
Bapst
W. E. Wagner
New York City
Jesse Pegram
L. R. Smith
Garland
Roy
Spain
Annie Farmer
Robert T. Currin
State College
C. L. Currin
J. M. Riggan
Penney’ Associates
Mabel Weaver
Plaid
Miss Frances Jenkins
Patrica Nantz
Penney Annual
Bemberg Prints
Rayon
Penney
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