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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
3
Modern mothers like Mrs. Margaret L. Packer join Hartford Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Plant workers, mixing patriotism with family needs. She trains machine operators, earns up to 350 dollars weekly, and balances home duties with husband Chauncey and their children as they share chores.
Cornell University launches a project to explore prefabricated housing aimed at lowering home costs. Research centers on scalable designs and material efficiency to curb construction expenses in Ithaca and surrounding areas.
In Jackson Michigan the Republican Party solicits donations by selling a tree as a fundraising item. Reports say Republicans nationwide are requesting chunks of wood from the tree to support party activities and campaigns.
The High Point Civil Services Commission announces a civil service exam for a recreation director at City Hall on September 7 1951 at 8 00 PM. Salary ranges from 8350 to 125 per month with education equivalence and two years public or quasi public activity experience. Applications due by Friday noon September ph apply to the commission at 214 North Wrenn contact 4525 extension.
Arctic Institute of North America extends summer studies in the St Elias region near the Alaska Yukon border. Researchers test if glaciers serve as climate barometers and influence air pressure floods and water supply, focusing on the Malaspina glacier after earlier Seward glacier work measured by radar to 1,975 feet depths.
A Clarksburg man worked a road crew at $1.34 an hour then took maple logs felled for the highway at night. He kept the wood near his house, quit after harvesting it all, and collected $21 in pay.
Canterbury Cathedral houses the bell from the British warship Canterbury a copy of the ship’s logbook kept by Admiral Percy Royds and a model of HMS Canterbury built in 1744 reflecting the historic items on display.
John Davey taught himself to read at 21 by deciphering the New Testament. He is cited as the father of modern surgery. A fragment notes the Old State Capital at Frankfort Kentucky built in 1827 features a circular main stairway supported solely by arch action.
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