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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1956

Page

3

Helpful East Sets Contract on Greek Gift Finesse

In a Jacoby on bridge hands South misplayed a Greek gift. East won early clubs and led a low club allowing South to ruff and later misplay a trump finesse. East sacrificed a king to tempt South into a losing finesse, proving beneficial for East and costly for South.

South East West Declarer

Town seeks living descendants for 250th anniversary

Chestertown Mayor Philip G Wilmer and officials search for the nearest living descendants of Benedict Leonard Calvert Baron of Baltimore and Col John Seymour, founders of Chestertown in 1706, to attend the town’s 250th anniversary celebration October 5 13.

Chestertown Philip G. Wilmer Wilmer Benedict Leonard Calvert Baltimore Lord Maryland John Seymour

Air and Sea Across and Down Word Puzzle

A crossword style clue list with across and down entries including terms like sea eagle garden tool love god and various vowels, numbers and definitions. The grid references are typical of a thematic puzzle with multiple intersecting words across air and sea related hints.

Ohio River carries greatest tonnage of U S river traffic

The Ohio River and its tributaries move the heaviest cargo volume in the United States surpassing other waterways. Brazil nuts grow on tall trees with pickers waiting for natural ripening and falling. The Santa Fe Trail linked Independence Missouri with Santa Fe New Mexico covering 780 miles.

United States Ohio Brazil Independence Missouri Santa Fe New Mexico

Answers On Page 5

A seven item quiz asks whether Eisenhower is near in age to his brother Dwight the Arrow car origins, shared traits of Stevenson Coolidge Roosevelt Jefferson and Wallace, Meany’s hometown, Wisconsin’s position relative to the Mississippi, vice presidential nominating history, and which Washington hostess has the middle name Geneva.

Milton S. Eisenhower Dwight D Detroit Buffalo Flint Syracuse Lansing South Bend Adlai E. Stevenson Sr Calvin Coolidge Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Henry A. Wallace George Meany Afl-Cio Chicago New York Pittsburgh San Francisco Seattle State of Wisconsin Mississippi River Washington Geneva

Heritage Holds Employees Picnic at High Point Lake

Heritage Furniture Inc held its annual summer picnic for employees and families Saturday afternoon at High Point City Lake. Five year service awards went to Ken Pierson Dallas Jenkins Willie Smith Betty Jackson Wilbur Sykes Lucille Welborn Juanita Bennett Ivalene Ward Jim Stanton FE M Blakely. Ten year service winners were Jack Craver Carey Culler Mel Binney C L Warner Glen Hill Raeford Farlowe and Hattie Woods. Fifteen year honorees were John Dwyer and W E Chilton Jr. After the awards the 800 member group enjoyed a barbeque and chicken supper.

Heritage Furniture, Inc High Point City Lake Ken Pierson Dallas Jenkins Willie Smith Betty Jackson Wilbur Sykes Lucille Welborn Juanita Bennett Ivalene Ward Jim Stanton FE. M. Blakely Jack Craver Carey Culler Mel Binney C.L. Warner Glen Hill Raeford Farlowe Hattie

Parakeet Seed Mystery and Historic War Factoids

A youngster asks the State Industrial and Publicity Commission how to respond to a parakeet seed growth query while noting 117000 U. S. armed forces in the Mexican war and the last veteran dying in 1929 at age 98. It also mentions small diamonds found in meteorites like Meteor Crater iron.

Charleston W. Va State Industrial and Publicity Commission U. S Meteor Crater Arizona

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