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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1953
Page
6
A San Francisco reader asks about melding out concealed in Canasta. The answer explains you may not add to your partner's previous melds, but you still qualify for the 200 point concealed meld bonus if you meld out alone. Jacoby notes he cannot answer every question but will cover frequent queries.
The Cuthbert Times ran a front page notice by editor Hal Herrin saying the paper was delayed by breakdowns in linotype and presses. He explained the linotype broke, the presses went down Tuesday, and the shop was down Wednesday.
In Alaska the unique Self-Dumping Lake at Lake George near Anchorage sends a yearly ice dam rupturing debris torrent. As summer thaws, a 26 mile by 4 mile ice barrier yields large chunks into a mountain gorge, raising Knik and Matanuska rivers five feet and threatening bridges.
Mrs Yael Winslow drives 28 miles nightly to move a 1050 foot sprinkler pipe on wheels that waters 90 acres with three inches of rain every 15 days. The system on their Stanton ranch requires six hour moves to keep an irrigation schedule with foreman Henry Self handling three moves per day.
Highway Chairman A. H. Graham urged creating a small cash allowance for inmates released to ease reentry. He proposed 15 dollars for 2 to 15 year terms and 2 dollars for those over five years, plus credit for good conduct certificates to aid job prospects.
The Mann family of Beckley West Virginia boasts multiple degrees. Fletcher W. Mann and son Jack both hold B.A. and LL.B. degrees from West Virginia University. Mam, a teacher, has four B.A. degrees. Daughter Mrs Edward Neil of Detroit holds B.A. and M.A. degrees, and Mavis, the most degreed, has B.A. M.A. and Ph.D. and serves as an assistant professor of political science at West Virginia University.
War buddies of the 30th Division gather for the seventh annual reunion in Raleigh. About 300 to 500 members attend registration as business sessions run through the weekend. A film on division history, campus tours of UNC and Duke, and a Saturday election of officers mark the event.
H Herman Roach Jr longtime Thomasville city employee resigns July 1 and will join Sheloff Manufacturing Co Inc in Lexington as personnel director starting September 1 Sept G Arnold reports Roach brings strong engineering and business administration background and has served the city schools in new roles Mrs Roach active in Woman's Club AAUW Lions Club and NC Education Assn both hold Memorial Methodist Church membership
The United Nations Command list reports Daniel D. Wheeless of Rocky Mount North Carolina as one American prisoner freed yesterday in Musan. Wheeless served in PI Co K 21st Regiment 4th Division under the North Carolina family connection of Claudia N Wheeless at 1100 Lafayette Ave.
Guilford County schools face several faculty vacancies mainly in early grades. Supt E D Idol says efforts will aim to fill posts before the opening day. Bus driver certification tests and a series of pre school meetings are scheduled in September with dates for principals teachers PTA officers and Negro and white teacher meetings. The district calendar shows Thanksgiving break Christmas recess and a June 1 year end.
In Athens Georgia University students enroll in a new summer course in square dancing at the Student Union. The class is directed by the Physical Education Department and uses terms like birdie in the cage to cue dancers as they learn formations.
In Albuquerque New Mexico Randy a 22 month old swallowed ten nails. Doctors advised Capt Sidney Green and his wife to feed him cotton and let nature take its course as the situation was monitored.
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