Interesting Christmas letter from Wade Roddey recalls Gastonia history
Col Gaston receives a Christmas note from Wade B Roddey of Richburg South Carolina. He shares memories of local history from Chester and Lancaster counties and mentions libraries, churches, and prominent families, plus notes on old pastors and places.
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Col
Gaston
Wade B. Roddey
Richburg
S. C
Wade
Gastonia
Chester County
Howe
Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
Chester Public Library
Lancaster Public Library
Chester
John Hemphill
W. R. Flenniken
Lachlan MacDonald
Chas. Bowen Betts
R. A. Lummus
Chester News
Paul's Cemetery
Webburg
Mount Prospect
Wraxhaws
Willam Richardson
Old Methodist
Yolls
Rocky Mount
Bradley
Andrew Judson Roddey
T. W. Roddey
Bishop Asbury
Carter's
el Bethel
The
Gaston County
Nine year old leukemia patient seeks Christmas greetings
Rex Edison shares a letter from Bob Hansen urging readers to cheer Armand Schulta, a nine year old with chronic lymphatic leukemia in Milwaukee. Doctors urged a special Christmas, as letters and postcards bring comfort. Send greetings from hometowns to Armand Schulz, 901-A West Lloyd Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Rex Edison
Bob Hansen
Milwaukee
Wil
Eagle
Httle
Armand Schulta
Armand Schulz
Mount Holly Gains Early Morning Mail Delivery
Mount Holly will begin early morning first class mail delivery on January 2, with a 7:30 a.m. bus from Charlotte. City delivery starts January 16 at 8 a.m., with Dewey Hunt and C Alvin Killian as carriers. Residents urged to provide mailboxes and house numbers for efficient routing.
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Mount Holly
O. L. Hoffman
Greensboro
Hoffman
Charlotte
Dewey Hunt
C. Alvin Killian
American Village
Spring Hill
Circle Drive
Catawba Heights
Charlotte Avenue
City Hill
Goree resigns AYP posts as Chittum named treasurer
Irby M. Goree resigns as director and secretary treasurer of American Yarn and Processing Company effective December 31, 1949 after six years in the role. Lewis E. Chittum is elected treasurer, with background in Monitor Controller and CPA work. Frank H. McKinney is promoted to secretary and assistant treasurer.
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Mount Holly Concern
Chittum
McKinney
Mount Holly
American Yarn and Processing Company
Irby M. Goree
R. 8S. Dickson
Goree
Dickson
American Yarn Organization
Gorce
Lewis E. Chitt
North Carolina
U. S. Navy
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Margaret McClain
Rutherfordton
Frank H. McKinney
Wyland to keynote Piedmont Scout Council meeting
Dr Ray Wyland, national director of relationships at the Boy Scouts of America in New York City, will speak at the Piedmont Council annual meeting and banquet in Gastonia on January 11. Lunch seating at 3 p.m. in the council headquarters building on Third Avenue and South Street is limited to 325 leaders, committee members, scouts, and invited guests. Leigh Food Products Co will provide a barbecue dinner.
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Ray
Wyland
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
Piedmont Council
Council
Third Avenue
South Street
Gastonia
Leigh Food Products Company
Willerve
Mother Dies Of Mrs J E Stewart In Philadelphia
Robert A Hicks of Gastonia reports his mother Mrs J E Stewart died Tuesday at her son Rev Donald E Hicks home in St Albans NL Funeral services set for Friday in Philadelphia with interment Laurel Hill Cemetery She was 72 and survived by children Robert Hicks John Hicks Donald Hicks Kenneth Hicks two stepchildren 14 grandchildren and several great grandchildren
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Robert A. Hicks
Craig Avenue
Gastonia
J. E. Stewart
Donald E. Hicks
SS. Albans
L. 1
Philadelphia
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Stewart
John D. Hicks
Philaipnia
St.ms
N. Y
Kenneth W
Dundee
Steppchildren
O. V. Stewart
Frank Strickler
Pittsburgh
Market roundup shows mixed railroad stock activity
Markets New York December 28 railroad stocks led gains with New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad issues drawing attention. Overall market stayed narrow with few moves beyond half a point. Notable risers included Bethlehem Steel Studebaker J I Case Santa Fe and Standard Oil while Nickel Plate fell sharply and several others declined.
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New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel
Studebaker
J. I. Case
Santa Fe
Southern Railway
Baltimore & Onis
Southern Pacific
National Distillers
Consolidated Natural Gas
du Pont
Union Carbide
General Electric
American Tobacco
Standard Oil (Nj
Johns-Manyilte
Nickel Plate
Raft
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Montomery Ward
American Telephone
Alfed Chemical
American Cyana
New York Cotton Futures Drift Lower Amid Slow Trading
Cotton futures eased in thin trading as scattered hedging and New Orleans selling were absorbed by mild buying and short covering. Market tone stayed quiet with weak textile and spot markets weighing on activity. Analysts expected a 12 to 25 point rise in the mid-December parity to be announced Friday.
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New York
New Orleans
I Prey
Hog market report with varied regional prices
Hog markets in Raleigh report weaker prices by 25 to 50 cents with tops reaching 15.75 at Rich Square and 15.90 at Tar Warsen. Regions listed include Bravlaville Scotland Greenville Clarkton Mt. Olive Goldsboro Washington Jacksonville Kineton Rocky Mount Smithfield Lumberton Fayetteville Clinton and Richmond with 15.75 at Richmond.
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Raleigh
Mncdai
Rich Square
Tarr Warsen
Bravlaville
Scotland
Greenville
Clarkton
Mt. Olive Goldsboro
Washington
Jacksonville
Kineton
Rocky Mount
Smitfield
Lumberton
Fayetteville
Clinton
Richmond
Poultry and Eggs Market Decline in Raleigh Prices
In Raleigh on December 28 the North Carolina Department of Agriculture reports fryer and broiler values remaining steady around 20 to 2 prices, with Grade A large quality noted. Details indicate mixed writs in weekly poultry and egg markets, reflecting fluctuating wholesale levels for fryers and broilers.
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Raleigh
NCDA
Fryers and Broilers
Monly
Butter and Eggs Chicago Nec 23
Butter and eggs markets in Chicago show steady butter with receipts of 675 415 and exports at 16 985. Report notes California sent the most tourists to Britain in 1949, with 16 percent from California, 10 percent from New York, 7 percent from Massachusetts, 6 percent from Illinois and Pennsylvania each. A line about lynx in winter mentions snowshoe-like tufts on feet.
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Chicago
Nec
London
California
Britain
Union
The
Travel Association
New York
Massachusetts
Tlineis
Pennsylvania
State workers to gain half day. three offices affected
Gastonia offices of 22 North Carolina Employment Service Commission staff and 3 Internal Revenue workers will shift to a 40 hour week next week. The half day is part of a state wide change approved by the last general assembly and runs on a trial through June 30, 1950 with a view to permanence.
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Gastonia
General Assembly
North Carolina Employment Service Commission
North Carolina Department of Internal Revenue
Court House
State Personnel Advisory Council
Revenue Office
B. A. Lesler
Lee Turner
Hazel Saunders
Charles Pearson
Faye D. Harmon
Earle W. Brockman
The
Employment Service
Betty Loses Hand But Takes News Calmly
Betty Lou Marbury a 10 year old farm girl had her right hand amputated between wrist and elbow at Baptist Hospital to halt a malignant bone tumor. Her faith remained strong as her father softly conveyed the news and she faced possible death with courage. Local prayer efforts had moved many across the nation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Betty Lou Marbury
Baptist Hospital
Betty
Clay Marbury
Rev Reid Wall to Speak at Maylo and Smyre Churches
The Rev. Reid Wall, superintendent and minister of the Methodist Home for the Aged in Charlotte, will preach at Maylo Methodist Church at 9 45 a m and at Smyre Church at 11 a m next Sunday. He fronts a home capacity of 90 and more than 100 applicants seek admission as the institution nears full occupancy.
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Reid Wall
Methodist Home For the
Charlotte
Maylo
Smyre
Mr. Wall
Emory University
Duke University
University of Chicago
American Society of Gerontology
The
American Hospital Association
National Association of Methodist Hospitals and Homes
Rotary Club
Methodist Home For the Aged
Western North Carolina
Methodist Church
Southeastern
Annual Twin Girl Baby Derby Is Announced
Chicago dispatch reports the second annual Twin Baby Derby offering $500 in rewards to all female twin babies born between midnight and noon on New Year’s Day. Winners announced by John Reed King on CBS Give and Take Jan 7 at 1 30 p m EST. Parents urged to wire details to Ton Twin Baby Derby Merchandise Mart Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
United States
Toni
Deaf Novelty and ‘Toy Company
Johnson & Johnson
Northwestern
John Reed King
Illinois
Shooting Case For Upper Court Prep Grief
Bessemer City resident Buster Froneberger 35 waived hearing to superior court on a deadly weapon assault count. He was jailed on a $500 bond after a Tryon section shooting quarrel with Hat tie Wideman who was wounded in the leg and treated at a local hospital. The case awaits the January 16, 1950 term.
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Buster Froneberger
Bessemer City
R-1
D. B. Price
Tryon
Hattie Wideman
Froneberger
R. J. Stroup
Dust sickness report links to dust exposure cases
At an American Roentgen Society meeting in Cincinnati, dust exposure linked to illness was described. Reports cited include twelve men cleaning a dusty tower in Cincinnati, 49 at Camp Crowder Missouri, and 26 in Oklahoma working in dusty cellars. Also notes pruning moths affecting California prune orchards and a Philadelphia population surge from 1790 to over two million.
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Cincinnati
Roentgen Bay Society
Camp Crowder
Oklahoma
Defense Experts To Talk Issues In New York
Top defense experts will discuss national security and unification of the armed forces at a New York roundtable tomorrow at 2 30 p m Dr Robert H Connery of Duke will head the panel which includes former secretary of war Robert H Patterson Fr Eberstadt a Hoover Commission official Hanson Baldwin New York Times editor Herbert Emersely and professors Elias Hazer and Carrell F Miles from Cornell and Harvard The discussion will cover industrial mobilization plans scientific advances in warfare and more efficient armed services while differing views on a single unified force and a federal department are noted.
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Durham
New York
Robert H. Connery
Duke University
Dr. Connery
Robert H. Patterson
Fr. Eberstadt
Hoover Commission
National Security Task Force
Hanson Baldwin
New York Times
Herbert Emmersely
Public Administration Clearing House
Elias Hazer
Carrell F. Miles
Cornell
Harvard University
Connery
Conery
Patterson
Eberstadt
Navy
Farmers Urged To Save Soil In North Carolina
Sanford, Dec. 28. Agriculture Commissioner L Ballentine cites U S Soil Conservation Service figures showing severe erosion on 3,027,840 acres of North Carolina land, moderate erosion on 5,785,390 acres, and slight erosion on over 9,000,000 acres, urging farmers to conserve soil.
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Sanford
L. ¥. Ballentine
North Carolina
Ballentine
Sanford Rotary Club
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Rent Decontrol Request Moves Forward in Charlotte
Charlotte reports that the city council voted to seek lifting of rent ceilings on May in Charlotte and surrounding areas. Governor Kerr Scott approved the request as a recommendation to federal housing expeditor Tighe E. Woods. A copy of the recommendation was received here yesterday.
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Charlotte
Kerr Scott
Scott
Tighe E. Woods
Clay To Discuss German Situation In Asheville Speech
General Lucius D. Clay, former U.S. commander in Europe, will speak at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce annual meeting next month to discuss current conditions in Germany. Clay resides in Asheville.
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Asheville
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Europe
Germany
Flying Saucers Denied by Air Force Investigation
Washington reports the Air Force has concluded after reviewing 375 rumors of sky objects that there are no flying saucers. The Project Flying Saucer study, begun in 1948 at Wright Field, found reports stem from misinterpretations, mass hysteria, or hoaxes. No evidence supports extraterrestrial visitors or interplanetary spacecraft.
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Washington
Air Force
USAF
Air Materiel Command
Wright Base
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Field
Mars
Utilities panel hears rate hike request in Albemarle towns
The State Utilities Commission is asked to grant permission to raise telephone bills in Elizabeth City Edenton Hertford and Manteo. The filing comes from the Norfolk and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company which serves the Albemarle area.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Elizabeth City
Edenton
Hertford
Manteo
Norfolk and Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company
Concord to Add Filter Plant Doubling Water Supply
Concord will bring a new Hillgrove filter plant online by January 15, doubling city water capacity. The $795,000 plant, built by Wv. B. Higgins Company of Greensboro, will treat Lake Fisher dam water five miles northeast of Concord, increasing output beyond the old plant's three to four million gallons per day.
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Concord
Hillgrove
Wv. B. Higgins Company
Greensboro
Lake Fisher Dam
Four Children Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Inman
Four young children aged four years to six months perished in a fire that destroyed a farm home near Inman, Spartanburg County. Parents Jerry and Irene Parks watched as Sheriff B. B. Brock and volunteers recovered the bodies from the embers after a neighbor spotted the blaze. The incident occurred late yesterday. investigation underway.
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Spartanburg
D. C
Inman
Jerry
Irene Parks
B. B. Brockman
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Warren Gardner
Warren
Mr. Holly
AYP
Scout Council
Wall Street
Jean Paul Roume
Jacques Marinelli
Patricia Claude
Line Renaud
Paris
France
Hamburg
L.P
United Kingdom
India
New Delhi
Defense
Sardar Baldev Singh
Legislative Assembly
Rev
Prague
Lany
Klement Gottwald
Berkeley
Calif
Harold F. Madsen
University of California
U.S
Clay
Ey Caer
Public Service CO
Franare Phone
Gaston Ave
Meadows Grocery
N. C
Walker Auto Finance Co
Tibe
the Gazette
State Banking Department
AETNA
Ete Manta Pro
Atels
Ozarx Ave
Aia Lai
Aod Ey
Bakers
Bromo Seltzer
Bakers Powder
Peruna
Fasteeth
Fletcher Castoria
Kolor- Bak
FITCH
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