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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1955
Page
2
A 1959 column notes shifting old time attitudes toward housework. The modern housewife no longer darns socks or fetches pipes, but assists with home projects and furniture, understands child psychology, serves balanced meals, stays informed, and acts as a good companion. The piece ends with a quip that truth should rarely be fully withheld.
The text argues that parental deception harms a child, leading to later cynicism, while neurosis often causes difficulties rather than being caused by ordinary troubles. It notes neurotics struggle with everyday problems, whereas mature individuals face real troubles with courage, strengthening character.
Irregular price movements prevailed with mixed gains and losses across sectors. Dairies joined the New York Stock Exchange on blocks of 1,000 shares, while Callahan Zinc and Royal Dutch Petroleum traded actively. Curtiss-Wright and North American Aviation posted notable earnings and dividend signals.
Heavy rains forecast for the coastal area threaten inland floods and crop damage. Savannah Beach and other South Carolina Georgia sea islands face high water risk. Red Cross volunteers mobilize along the coasts. military and Marine units prepare hurricane defenses and dunes. City official warns of imminent danger and failed dune protection.
A mix of short items and humor notes covers consumer gimmicks from a drug store promise of free meals if service takes longer than four minutes to a collar made from two halves of a bow tie. Also includes trivia on greetings, Goether quotes, Ypres history, diaper etymology, and a country editor quip about reading.
Norfolk Virginia residents brace for a potential second hurricane event with Diane. Navy shifted 70 planes to inland fields and 45 from Oceana while 80 vessels stay on one hour alert. Ticonderoga Valley Forge Siboney and Macon headed offshore. Burke oath moved to Annapolis. Coastline may face winds up to 55 mph and heavy rain, plus Norfolk ordinance restricting ocean swimming during the storm.
James Dillon warns partition of Ireland will never be accepted while urging patience. Danny Ryan says the Republican Army will take the field against Britain when ready, predicting greater casualties. Police record IRA officials at a London meeting. no arrests made as British press calls for tougher action.
As Tropical Storm Diane nears, North and South Carolina mobilize emergency crews. Eight task forces from the 30th Division trained at Ft. Bragg ready for duty. Brig Gen Edward Griffin seeks two Ft. Bragg engineer battalions and Camp Lejeune Marines to shore up defenses. Civil Air Patrol wings deploy mobile radios and generators. SBA declares 10 NC counties and one SC county disaster areas.
North Korea and China pressed for a Far East conference to unify Korea by peaceful means and urged speedy talks. Chu Teh and Chou En-lai backed Kim Il Sung’s call while criticizing Rhee’s truce-team stance and calling for withdrawal of foreign troops. Kim proposed reducing arms and redirecting funds to peaceful construction amid regional tensions. Edmonton, Alberta notes: city growth from 1900 to over 200,000.
Gaston County Lifesaving crew recovered the body of Ralph Dellinger 34 from the South Fork River. He apparently fell from his motor boat Sunday as his family in a cabin cruiser waited upriver. Dellinger was assistant superintendent at Wix Corp an oil filter manufacturer. Surviving widow and two others are listed.
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