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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1943
Page
16
An article by G. Darwin Peavy promotes bicycle treasure hunts as a way to combine physical training with observation and alertness. It describes planning, scent clues, scoring, and prizes, plus possible end events like a hot dog roast or swim.
Tired of the Maypole idea try making May Day baskets this year. Use a discarded Easter basket or round box covered with paper and a painted wire handle. Fill with spring flowers pussy willows ferns and leaves and tuck in a May day fairy crafted from a light bulb or eggshell.
The editor muses on color meanings and a playful theory that purple blends red courage with blue loyalty to symbolize kings. It suggests studying colors to choose ones that suit and please you, noting colors vary in mood and effect.
Five riddles presented by Charlotte Marshall this week test readers with wordplay and biblical allusions. The list includes questions about warmth and branches, Lot’s wife and salt, a cook’s hands compared to a garden, a girl’s name linked to a tribe, and a riddle about a black dog’s color.
A complainant, Sandy MacDonald’s father, tells the newspaper that if further jokes about Scots are printed he will quit borrowing the paper. The line mocks repeated gag material and signals reader reaction.
The term buccaneer arose from hunter traditions on Hispaniola. French colonists who hunted cattle fled to Tortuga after Spaniards tried starvation. From peaceful hunters they became soldiers of fortune, preying on Spanish ships and cementing the pirate image.
The Kitchenette feature presents Aunt Peggy Voorhees from Trenton New Jersey winning a dollar in War Stamps for a cherry muffins recipe. The directions include canned sour cherries sugar flour salt baking powder shortening and milk with egg white folded in and baked in twelve cups for about 25 minutes. The story ends with a quip about a fat man’s wife sewing a button on his vest.
A home science note explains how carbon tetrachloride gas makes a soap bubble float in warm water and shows the gas is heavier than air. It describes cooling steps, lighting a match to demonstrate fire quenching, and balancing bags to prove density.
Boys finishing high school in June are offered immediate aircraft industry employment or a four to six week refresher course. Courses cover Sheet Metal Work, Riveting, Instrument and Radio, Blueprint Reading, Engine Overhaul and more. Applicants need a physical, birth cert, draft card, and Social Security number and should contact the factory employment office or local U S Employment Office.
A classroom scene shows a teacher prompting James to spell cloth and questioning the coat’s material. James remains silent and then offers a cryptic response about using his father’s old pants for the coat.
A set of fragmented phrases references a fir tree a fresh ape a flower a Sioux and a greyhound. The readable parts suggest wordplay likely forming hidden connections or pun clues within a historical page segment.
In Northern Rhodesia the village tailor holds aristocratic status as chief or sub-chief duties hinge on clothmaking. Bark cloth is produced from Musamba trees, shaved, hammered, soaked, and oiled, then stretched into pliable fabric. The process spans days, with the clothmaker entertaining locals through chant and stories while a future apprentice watches.
Robert Austin of Muncie Indiana reports Boy Scout duties and war effort honors. He collected over 1500 pounds of paper 100 pounds of rubber and various metals on drives. He trained in Messenger service earned an arm band and served in dim-out. He helped build model Navy planes for a B 26 Wellington and Blackburn Skua earning honorary lieutenant status. He made pins for girls raising funds for War Stamps and this letter earns a dollar in War Stamps mailed to 201 Riverdale Avenue.
A playful note imagines giraffes facing a cold and throat pain, joking about how such a plight would bother a goat. The fanciful line blends animal life with a humorous result.
Rozella Christiansen of Oaks Oklahoma a 12 year old eighth grader describes making beaded rings and bracelets sold for 15 to 50 cents. She custom fits items by measuring fingers and wrists and designs use white with blue red orange or green trims. The paper praises her method and awards a $1.00 War Stamp prize for published letters.
A question directs readers to locate a dangerous action shown in the image that could harm national defense, urging verification elsewhere on the page and implying potential risk or misstep addressed by the publication.
Ants are not all models of industry as some slave‑driving warrior ants show. They capture enemies' eggs, train them as slaves, and some colonies rely on slave labor for food. The driver ant numbers in millions and can overwhelm large prey, including rhino and elephant, unless prey escapes to water.
A patrol wagon proves serviceable in a tight situation as officers adapt a rugged vehicle for urgent transport. The improvised choice highlights practical needs over comfort in challenging conditions.
A note claims defense blunders lead to buying three pairs of rayon stockings each time. Rayon takes twice as long to dry as silk, and wearing damp stockings shortens their life. The idea is to have more pairs so drying can be thorough.
A reader asks eight quiz questions about geography science and literature including bound states of Pennsylvania cube edge count Tiny Tim material succulent meaning Northern Lights and Carlsbad Caverns location with a leap year check for 1954.
A playful line describes Mary baking a small cake to please her father. He sets the cake on a hickory stick and uses it as a makeshift mallet, turning a treat into a playful tool.
The text lists several entities and items such as states New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland West Virginia and Ohio along with items like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and references to hair wool or fur and the Aurora Borealis plus a series of numbers and phrases.
A word puzzle in verse asks solvers to place three English poets so their names form a diamond. The center is a tri poet, the second line hints a shy term, the third guides, the fifth shouts, and the sixth a legal term for a thing. Solve by arranging these hints into a word diamond configuration.
A playful instruction to transform LINE into POEM and SCAN into FEET via five steps, each step a real word. It envisions poetic word chains and author Shelley as the thematic anchor.
A list of crossword style clues with answers implied by a behead and curtail wordplay. Includes references to parts of speech, measurements, and objects such as prints, metals, animals, and household items. The puzzle ends with behead and curtail word transformations yielding a cooking utensil.
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