Lees-McRae College Closes As Lightning Damages Plant
Lees-McRae College suspends all classes for the term after a lightning strike damaged the power plant and water system leaving the campus without lights or water. Two typhoid cases prompted the decision. exams will be done by correspondence with credit awarded. The Banner Elk project adds a 170 foot well to supply water for the association, Grace Hospital, and the college, funded in part by Mrs. E. B. Puett.
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Tufts
Belmont
N. C
Edgar H. Tufts
Asociation
Lees-McRae Institute
Virginia Hall
Edith Robbins
Wildcat Creek
W. S. Lee
Duke Power Company
H. C. Switzer
University of Tennessee
Banner Elk
East Tennessee Hospital Faces Strain on Capacity
Officials at an East Tennessee hospital report mounting demand that tests current capacity. The article notes the strain affects patient flow and resource allocation, highlighting ongoing efforts to expand services and manage overflow.
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East Tennessee
Lees-McRae College Catalog Reorganizes Curriculum for 1933-34
The Lees-McRae College 1933-34 catalog announces a shift to a four year junior college curriculum. The high school and college departments will merge with tenth and eleventh grades becoming freshman and sophomore years. New staff include Frederick Dickerson as sociology and commercial law instructor and coach, and Sarah Turlington returning as history department head. New business administration offerings include finance mathematics and accounting courses led by Annie Mae Harrington and A L Young.
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Lees- McRae College
Lees- McRae
Lees-McRae
Frederick Dickerson
Davidson College
Dickerson
Sarah Turlington
University of North Carolina
Annie Mae Harrington
Duke University
A. L. Young
Davidson
Tufts Urges Grandfather Mountain Reforestation Camp
Edgar H. Tufts president of Lees-McRae College sent a telegram to Senator Reynolds and Representative Bowers urging federal reforestation work on Grandfather Mountain. Telegr ams from local officials echoed support noting the mountain as a North Carolina landmark and potential for a reforestation camp to restore bal sam groves, trails, and roads.
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Edgar H. Tufts
Lees-McRae College
Robert R. Reynolds
A. L. Bulwinkle
Grandfather Mountain
John Frank Hampton
Newland
Board of County Commissioners
Hugh MccRae
Nelson McRae
Linville
Wilmington
W. C. Tate
R. H. Hardin
Grace Hospital
Banner Elk
Tufts
Daniel Boone National Forest
Avery County
North Carolina
Mr. Tufts
Blowing Rock
Bondage and Hello Everybody at Pastime
The Pastime Theatre shows Bondage for a two day run starting Monday with Dorothy Jordan in a stark unwed motherhood drama led by Alexander Kirkland. Kate Smith appears April 19 and 20 in Hello Everybody with Moon Song and new tunes. Kate weighs 212 pounds and free matinee for heavyset Watauga women. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Men Must Fight screens Friday the 21st featuring Diana Wynyard Lewis Stone and Philips Holmes in a war era drama with future year settings.
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Fox
Dorothy Jordan
Judy Peters
Alexander Kirkland
Kate Smith
Fannie Hurst
Arthur Hamby
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Diana Wynyard
Lewis Stone
Philips Holmes
George O'Brien at Pastime in Alias the Bad Man
On Saturday night George O'Brien appears at the Pastime in Alias the Bad Man. Manager Hamby says real old-time wild west fans have a rare treat in store. Harvey Newlin of Saxapahaw tanned 75 pounds of leather at home this winter and made two sets of lines for his teams and two collars at a cost not over $2.
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George O’brien
Bad Man
Hamby
Harvey Newlin
Saxapahan
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Jackson Mich
Florida
Boone Departmn
T Store
Watauga Drug Company
Boone, North Carolina
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Nyal
Nyal Milk of
Magnesia
Nysis
Neh
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U & Juniper
Atlantic Monthly
the Atlantic
America
Arlington St
Boston
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