Roanoke College Board Reports Half Million Endowment Progress
At Roanoke College in Salem Virginia on January 23 the midwinter board meeting saw President Smith report $250000 subscribed toward a $500000 endowment drive. Three thousand sixty eight donors include 482 alumni. a nationwide appeal targets the remaining alumni with a continuation campaign and volunteer support from trustees and alumni to reach the goal.
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Farmers Favor Gas Tax To Fund State Highway Plan
Rockingham Farm Bureau with over 500 members yesterday endorsed a gas tax as a revenue source for the pay as you go highway plan. Half of the 30 cent motorist tax would go to county funds for feeder or farm to market roads. A mass meeting is set for February 19 to gauge county sentiment on the bond issue, with State Senator Harry Byrd among those invited to present road construction facts.
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Farmers Debate Bond Issue in Local Letter
The Star publishes a readers view urging voter consideration of a bond issue with criticism of state lawmakers. An allegory about two farmers contrasts unequal effects of laws, suggesting farmers face unequal prosperity while urging informed civic action. Also notes Prof. G C Woodson departing Mt. Falls for Grayson Kentucky to teach commerce and Christian Normal College duties.
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New Joint Pain Remedy Joit-base Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts Joit-base as a cure for stiff swollen inflamed rheumatic joints. It claims to remove agony reduce swelling and make joints supple after ordinary cures fail. Available at Boyd Drug Company Franck Baker & Son and others.
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Virginia could see 26 percent rise in high school grads
Preliminary reports from Virginia four year high schools indicate about 4 000 graduates this year, with nineteen schools not yet reporting. State superintendent Harris Hart says if confirmed the rise would exceed last year by about 26 percent.
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Virginia
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