Red Cross Xmas Seal Days Set Across State
Preparations for Red Cross Xmas Seal Days on December 5 to 7 include school observances on the 5th synagogues on the 6th and churches on the 7th elaborate programs are planned. Phil p P Jacobs assistant secretary notes that 3 500 000 in seals over eleven years funded about 100 000 000 in tuberculosis facilities nationwide. South Carolina recognizes the need for hospitals and aims to continue the fight until the disease is abolished with 6 500 000 seals for letters and parcels statewide. Also an advertisement for RAT SNAP rat control appears from Westfield New Jersey Har om Drug Co.
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Red Cross
The
National Association
Mr. Jacobs
South Carolina
Remarkable record by Miss Amick at cotton picking
The Dispatch News notes 82 year old Miss M. E. Amick of Route 4 Chapin picked 1,500 pounds of cotton to test her bale making. she set a local record while reporting quarterly jail commitments across South Carolina show declines in homicide, assault, burglary, larceny, and prohibition violations for the last quarter compared with June.
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Dispatch News
M. E. Amick
Route 4
Chapin
Miss Amick
Lawlessness on Wane Through South Carolina
The State board of charities and corrections released crime statistics for the quarter ending September 30 showing a gratifying decrease from the prior quarter. There were fewer commitments to jail in the state, indicating an improving trend in law and order.
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State Board of Charities and Corrections
South Carolina
Columbia
Nurses Needed at State Hospital Shortage Grows
Columbia reports a wartime boom in new openings for trained women has drawn many nurses from the field, creating a significant shortage across state hospital services and affecting patient care.
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Columbia
State Hospital Seeks Young Women Nurses
Dr. C. F. Williams, superintendent at the State Hospital for the Insane in Columbia, reports a worsening nursing shortage. He calls for young women aged 18 to 25 to enroll, noting many training advantages and numerous openings to learn the nursing profession.
Napier Clark wedding in Chapin draws local interest
Special to The Dispatch News reports the wedding of Dorothy Watner Napier and a Clark attended by many in Chapin. The ceremony at Greenwood marks a notable social event for the community with friends and relatives present and coverage in local society notes.
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Greenwood
Dispatch News
Chapin
Dorothy Wat
Natives Napier and J Rhett Clark Wed in Greenwood
The wedding of Miss Napier and J Rhett Clark took place in Greenwood last Tuesday afternoon with Rev. John C. Wilson of Lander College officiating. After a simple reception the couple left for a Florida honeymoon. Mrs Clark, former Richland county demonstration agent, has many friends in the county. Clark, a Lexington County native with Chapin area ties, worked in government service in Richland and is well regarded by friends hoping for a long, happy marriage.
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Napier
J. Rhett Clark
Greenwood
John C. Wilson
Lander College
Mrs. Clark
Florida
Miss Napier
Richland County
Clark
Lexington County
Chapin
Small papers fear paper shortage threatens presses
Washington November 17 small daily and weekly newspapers face destruction as ink and newsprint supply runs thin. Representative Reavis Republican of Nebraska told the House that publishers risk being unable to print. The shortage endangers local papers and their communities.
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Shington
House
Reavis
Nebras
Rat Remains Odorless After Months Behind Barrel
James Sykes a Westfield New Jersey butcher recalls a rat he believed dead for seven months. He set RAT-SNAP behind a barrel and months later found the rat dead with no odor. Product sold by Harmon Drug Co in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00.
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James Sykes
Westfield
N. J
Harmon Drug Co
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Barre
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Pamine
Swansea, S. C
Postoffice
Rubin
New York
the Quality Store
Rubin & Peskin
Lexington
Enterprise Hardware Company
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