Second Annual County Commencement Rally in Union County
Children from W Chapel and county schools filled town for the county commencement. A parade formed at Lancaster Avenue School and moved past banners and mottos. Prizes were awarded for declamation and recitation as 117 seventh grade certificates were handed to students, allowing entry to any state high school. Dr. E W Sikes spoke on “The Men Who Do the World’s Work” urging lifelong learning for all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sym| of Education
W Chapel
Lancaster Avenue
Conor
Nesbit
County Board of Education
Amerieine
Monroe
Rey
McNewly
Dvinity of Labor
Conley Haucom
Lee
Sammie Winches
John Howard
Pinchers Chriatten Men of America
Webb How
Benedict Arnold
Reuben Hinson
Ruskin McNeely
Dewey Price
Mary Price
Pemberton's Mill
Bessie Parker
Dick Christ
Gladys Hef Billy
Nora Fincher
Belk
Myrtle Helms
Mary Dennett
Thelma Little
Mabel Helms
Emma Plyler
Mary Austin
I. McNeely
Lancaster Avenue School
United States
L. P. Baucom
Clonnie Medlin
Newton Kesiah
J. B. Lathan
J. ©. Honeycutt
Vance J. Secrest
C. C. Belk
Jt P. Yarbrough
J. J. Parker
Rt. F. Beasley
L. R. Helms
Vance L
E. W. Sikes
Wake Forest College
Messrs
W. 5. Blakeney
J. W. Laney
Vance L. Secrest
B. C. Ashcraft
John Vann
Lee & Lee Company
Ray Funderburk
Mt Holly
Belk Bros
Marshville High School
Waterman
Ashcraft Bros
G. R. McNeely
Nisbet
Wingate
America
Union County
Virginia
North Carolina
Sikes
Weddington Academy to hold closing exercises next week
Wedding ton Academy closes with entertainment by younger pupils on Tuesday April 14 followed by prize speaking and drama by older pupils on Wednesday April 15. Dr T F Marr to give the morning address, Rev Seymore Taylor to preach Sunday night. Dinner on grounds Wednesday. Trinity College vs Buffalo game noted with Monroe players. Goose Creek public school closes April 11 with morning medal contest and afternoon and evening programs.
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Marr
Weddington Academy
T. F. Marr
Seymore Taylor
Spruce Pine
Goose Creek Township
W. L Rushing
Rosalie Winchester
Wingate Notes and A Georgia Robbery Report
Wingate news reports farmers working ground in good weather and locals making small property moves while Dr J St Jerome and J B Bass share a humorous scene. A Georgia robbery tale is questioned as false with Seaboard officials stating no arrest occurred and a messenger returned home.
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Wingate
E. W. Griffin
Willie Gathings
A. F. Green
College Street
Willie Hasty
Dairy Brewer
North Main Street
Wingate Supply Co
J. Cate
J. Edgar Williams
South Main Street
R. L. Womble
Eeelies
Worn
H. A. Redfearn
J. St. Jerome
J. B. Bass
J. Sh
J. B
J. 2
C. BP. Tomist
Journal
Atlanta
Cason
Comer
Norfolk
Piper
Seaboard Air Line Today
C. Fletcher
Southern Express
Seaboard Express
Mire Mingham
New York
Seaboard
Aire
Virginia
What the Monroe Creamery Has Done and is Going to Do
The Monroe Creamery outlines plans to expand milk intake and butter production in Union County. It details two new tracts for settlement near Bakers renamed Shiloh and Pineland dairy land, plus route milk collection, profit from butter fat, and farmer cooperation to build a regional creamery business led by manager Fred W. Blanton.
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Bakers
Monroe Insurance and Investment Company
Stephenson
Union County
Shiloh
Pineland
Lanes Creek Township
The
Monroe Creamery
Monroe
South
Fred W. Blan+ton
Remarkable First Grade Brat Sixth Spelling Victory
Miss Lillian Cuthbertson of Union County teaches at Warsaw High School. Her first grade room has matched and defeated the sixth grade in a spelling contest. The students average seven and a half years old, and excel in reading writing number work drawing and language lessons. The class conquered words not seen for weeks, using practical three and four syllable terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Warsaw
Cuthbertson
Lillian Cuthbertson
Tart
Mise Cuthbertson
Torreon Victory Expands Rebel Territorial Reach
Reports from Juarez and Torreon detail a rebel success that solidifies a large wedge of northern Mexico under Constitutionalists. Villa claims 12,000 Federal losses, while 9,000 Velasco forces retreat toward Monterey. Federals plan to regroup near Tampico as rebels push toward Saltillo and Monclovia.
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Torreon
E Pace
Texas
Velasco
Huerta
Villa
Juarez
Mex
Torroon
Federels
Catanaa
Mexicio
Nogales
Ariz
Eagle Pass
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Pablo Gomez
Monclovia
Monterey
Tampico
Tamaulipas
Washington
Recorder's Court Roundup March 31 to April 6
Records detail multiple cases in a Recorder's Court session from March 31 to April 6. Defendants named include Dock Yow for assault with deadly weapon, Verne Starnes and Perry Starnes charged with various offenses, Jim Cotton for selling whiskey serving four months, Jim Starnes with assault on family, Charles Scott and Will Scott for assault, Sylvester Starnes and Monroe Orchestra at the Rex Theatre noted, Bob Farr and Howard Nelson for ordinance and whiskey cases, Stack charged with carrying concealed weapons with a pistol and liquor, and Ernest Cuthbertson for larceny. Also mentions costs, bonds, and a brief theatre listing.
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Monay
Will Scott
Sylvester Starnes
Jack Stewart
Bob Farr
Howard Nelson
Cdl
Williams
Will Meadows
Will Stack
Stack
Starnes
Laney
R. Montgomery
H. Montgomery
Ernest Cuthbertson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supt
Weddington
Nrce
Trinity College
Buffalo
Charlotte
Phifer Fullenwider
John English
Trinity
Fatty
Jerome
J. Ba Sein
Georgia
Rex Theatre
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carmel Dramatic Club
Confederacy
Rothers
Southland
Daughters of the Confederacy
H. P Meigs
Wingate, N.C
Greensboro
Lookout Mountain
Bee
Jackson
H. M. Eubanks
Statesville
Eubanks
Recorder's Court
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