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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1953
Page
7
The article explains how darkness duration, not light, governs flowering and bulb formation in many plants. It cites long night delaying blooms in long night plants, onion bulbing, strawberry runners, and chrysanthemums’ sensitivity, with examples of midnight lighting delaying blooms and poinsettias requiring 12 to 13 hours of darkness for flowering.
North Carolina dairy interests schedule Artificial Breeding Promotion Week from August 17 to 22 to encourage non users to adopt the proven sire program. The Asheville field day August 18 features the American Breeders Service stud with frozen semen demonstrations and talks by Dr. Vic Rice.
Negro agricultural teachers and farm agents from Bertie Northampton Hertford and Gates counties have completed plans for the Roanoke-Chowan Junior Dairy Cattle Show to be held September 10 in Sunbury Gates County. State Negro Farm Agent R E Jones will speak at a banquet at T S Cooper High School in Sunbury with prizes for first second and third place plus showmanship and grand champion awards. A new feature this year is a post show sale allowing boys to bid to sell their animal to the highest bidder.
Four-H judging finals in State College August 11 12. Associated Country Women of the World meeting in Toronto August 12 23. Vegetable Crops Field Day in Hendersonville August 13. Wheat Marketing Quota Referendum August 14. North Carolina Beekeepers Summer Meeting August 14 15 in Boone. 4-H Poultry Shows August 15 November 10. Negro 4-H Club Wildlife Camp August 17 22 at Reedy Creek State Park Cary. Bee keepers Association meeting August 17 18 Cullowhee. American Breed on Service Field Day August 18 Asheville.
More than 1 100 acres of idle land were returned to production by 879 North Carolina 4 H Club youths from 71 counties who planted about 1 150 000 seedlings in winter. Alleghany led with 146 500 white pines. Surry Moore Rutherford Stokes Chatham Mitchell Montgomery followed.
North Carolina will host eighty-seven 4-H poultry shows and sales this fall. About 10,000 pullets aged six and seven months will be sold across 82 counties from 90,000 chicks started in spring. Chains select 12 top birds from 100 for judging with proceeds funding new stock and prizes awarded. Sales last year averaged $2.40, with Chatam County sales averaging $2.98. Next events include Statesville August 1 and several towns August 19–21.
A one story brick store at 1530 5 Main St burned last night after a short circuit in a refrigerated meat counter sparked the blaze. Firefighters forced entry and kept the fire to a small area, causing water and smoke damage. Fireman FE W Gill cut hand while fighting the flames. A second alarm Saturday reported a couch fire at 22544 Russel St caused by a smoker who fell asleep, with only slight damage.
Herbert Lee Bishop 41 of 207 Ennis Street was cited for failing to reduce speed at an intersection after his car collided with Wilbur M. Slate 45 of 703 Carr Street at 10 40 am yesterday. Damage totaled 225 with no injuries.
A study notes that the average whisker in a beard exhibits greater tensile strength than iron. The finding highlights the toughness of hair fibers in comparison to traditional metal materials.
Thomasville police report 29 year old Thomasville Route 1 resident Worley Kindley was arrested after a Main Street crash. He faced possession of hypodermic supplies and powder evidence, drunken driving, reckless driving, and brakes violations. A narcotics agent joined the probe while Kindley claimed powders were penicillin. He pleaded not guilty. bonds set and multiple suspensions imposed.
Thomasville Negro soldier Levon Watson, discharged on June 2, was arrested on desertion charges and released after proving a valid discharge. Military authorities ordered him to return to Camp Jackson, S C, for reprocessing, with Veterans Service Officer Morris planning to accompany him to Fort Jackson to ensure proper separation. Authorities say Watson’s discharge may have been cancelled by error and that final pay was not issued.
A rear end collision on Kennedy Hill U S 29 two miles from High Point involved Manson Harrell of Rélite 5 High Point in a car and Willie Nathaniel Mack of 124 Park St Thomasville in a truck. Mack was arrested for reckless driving.
Mrs. Hattie Taylor of 48 C Daniel Brooks Apartments died after a brief illness in Kate Billings Reynolds Hospital. She is survived by a daughter Caroline Taylor of High Point, three sisters Annis Hester Ruth Rogers of Oxford and Janie Downey of Asbury Park New Jersey, four brothers Cary Downey Edwin Downey Ernest Downey June Downey and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be at Mt Olive Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 30 p m. Body lies in Hoover's Funeral Home until service. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
Thomasville Lions Club withdraws its 50 reward for tips leading to conviction of those who dynamited two homes and the chair company power supply during the strike. Police and sheriffs receive 30 day notice letters. total rewards previously offered include 1100 with 1000 from the Asville Chair Company. Investigations continue while authorities seek information on the dynamitings and related explosions injuring a child.
Police report thieves forced a rear window and office door at City Garage and took about $250 in receipts from a concession stand. A Temple Curry Motor Co. break-in over the weekend left no theft. Superior Sign Co. on Montlieu Avenue was entered Saturday night with an easily opened rear door. nothing else missing.
In Clathe, Kansas, contractor painter Bob Layton with two helpers worked under a broiling sun and almost finished the wrong house. The householder praised the work while Layton quipped the heat made him paint the wrong house for the first time in his 45 year career.
Weekend police activity in Thomasville capped a busy period with 34 arrests and 75 offenses. Notables include Worley Kindley of Trinity charged with narcotics and drunken driving, reckless driving, and improper brakes. Also named: Lonzo Baird, Rolles Summey, Julian Craver, Jefferson McKenzie, Carl Sechriest, Everett Allison, Dillon Jones, Clinton Fowler, Jack Davis, Hoyte Hunter, and Aline Lewis in various offenses. Hunter and Lewis were jailed at Royal Spot Cafe for selling beer on Sunday, bonds set at 600 dollars each for Recorder's Court August 17.
A Virginia man, Blen Alvin Young, 34, was jailed on a fugitive warrant for allegedly fleeing Virginia to avoid prosecution for false pretense. Bond set at $300, case to be heard next Friday in Municipal Court before Judge Archie Myatt.
During the 1552 defense of Metz Francis Duke of Guise deployed nuts as cannon ammunition to bombard Spanish forces. This improvisation conserved cannon balls for anticipated enemy mass assaults.
Fast relief for headaches neuralgic pains and minor aches with the BC formula offering a blend of several popular pain relievers. Available as tablets or powders in 10c 25c and family bottles of 50 or 100 tablets. Large sizes save money.
Funeral services were held for William Henry Campbell Sunday at 2 at Harold C. Davis Chapel with Rev. Woodrow W. Robbins. Interment followed at Pine Hill Cemetery Burlington. Pallbearers were C. C. Grady P. K. Frye J. M. Daniel Lee Craven W. S. Lewis and C. W. Spencer. Campbell died Thursday after six years of illness. William Grover Summey Sr. of 905 Thissell St. died Sunday at the local hospital from a heart attack after a long health history. He was born June 21, 1891 in Transylvania County and lived in High Point 43 years. He belonged to Green Street Baptist Church and worked at Slane Hosiery Mill as a fixer. Surviving are his wife Carrie Lanier Summey one son Pvt. W. G. Summey Jr. four daughters and nine grandchildren along with five brothers and two sisters. Funeral services for Summey will be held Tuesday at Green Street Baptist Church with Rev. E. F. Sullivan officiating. The body will be at Yowg's Funeral Home until Monday 4 p.m. then moved to the residence. In stateTuesday 1:30 p.m. until service. Interment in Floral Garden Park Cemetery family plot.
J F Molenge of Greensboro High Point airport reports North Carolina now has its own forecast center run by the U S Weather Bureau starting this week. Raleigh will issue Tar Heel forecasts replacing Atlanta for Georgia and the Carolinas. Early indications show improved accuracy, with errors under three degrees, as the system tests new state forecasts.
A Britannica encyclopedia note explains that Earl damasks similar to table linen fabrics are referred to as diapers in certain regions, highlighting naming variations across locales.
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