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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1955
Page
23
A columnist riffs on an upcoming national Can Opener Week May 1 to 8. He jokes about centering a statue of the modern house wife with a can opener and discusses canned foods and privacy, including a caution about intruding on personal mail. He notes a neighbor’s anecdote about a plant opening mail and warns against privacy violations in a sharp aside.
The reader is offered a portrait of love, loss, youth, and Ireland in Elizabeth Bowen’s new novel. Not a fast paced plot but a crafted study of characters anchored by a bundle of love letters as the narrative pivot. Bowen’s artistry places this work among today’s intelligent literary fiction.
Review notes Bob Hopes Have Tax Will Travel by Pete Martin from Simon and Schuster traces Hopes rise from Cleveland to vaudeville and Broadway. It covers radio to TV, early gigs with Crosby and Arden, and his WWII troop entertainment tours, highlighting his relaxed TV style and wartime morale impact.
A New York Viking Press island tale fills with magic and friendship. Elspeth Bragdon portrays nine year olds Ann Marsh and Betsy Gates on a four mile off shore Maine isle. Real New England characters coastal light and Coast Guard men give sturdy kindness and humor.
A shy 13 year old girl, Mary Lou, witnesses a murder through a school window. Teachers doubt her, classmates doubt her, and she faces a creeping danger as the killer looms outside. The tale blends mystery with a portrait of a troubled memory that shapes her.
A child friendly tale of Timothy Hoppitt the rabbit reporter who writes of a pretend lion in the woods. The story blends suspense with humor as editors and animal characters from The Daily Blade interact and a warm ending arrives. Dolbier, Providence Journal editor, crafts convincing animal personalities and a humane, accessible narrative for both children and adults.
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