Record #:

14161

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Riding the Fantastic, Ragamuffin Riders, the DQI's, the Kooner-johns - all of these events played a prominent part in celebrating the Yuletide season many years ago.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 29, Dec 1949, p3, 20, il

Subject(s):

Christmas

Record #:

14162

Author(s):

Lowery, Raymond

Abstract:

Cameron Shipp got his start as a writer in North Carolina, and has risen from a small-town newspaper reporter to one of the best-known publicists and authors in the country.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 29, Dec 1949, p4-5, f

Subject(s):

Journalists; Shipp, Cameron, 1903-1961

Record #:

14163

Author(s):

Allen, Harold B.

Abstract:

Some folks described Rev. John A. MacLean's idea as a brainstorm when he began talking about raising funds for the restoration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the dropping of the atomic bombs; now it has grown into an international project.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 29, Dec 1949, p6-7

Subject(s):

Cities and towns

Record #:

14164

Author(s):

Dean, Earl

Abstract:

Many strange stories have been told about the Great Dismal Swamp, but few are quite as weird as the storm of the hermit, who for years lived along in a tree-top back in the depths of this desolate wasteland.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 29, Dec 1949, p7

Subject(s):

Dismal Swamp (N.C. and Va.)