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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1947
Page
2
The article notes tiles from seventeenth century Persia often decorate with portraits of women. It mentions waxed paper stored in tiles and dried meat stored in covered containers. It also discusses frozen meat brought to the country remaining frozen until ready for travel or thawing and cooking.
J. T. Sturdivant of Miami began a second term today as president of the South Atlantic and Florida port conference after a one day session in West Palm Beach. Directors named include E. P. Hicks of Morehead City and J. T. Hicks of Wilmington with next year’s meeting set for Charleston not yet dated.
The North Carolina state highway commission will open bids December 16 on 11 road projects totaling about 1.56 million dollars to improve 72 miles across 13 counties. The commission also announced awards for three contracts covering 7.35 miles in four counties.
Mayo Clinic study of 95,000 women under 40 over 11 years found only 27 with coronary heart trouble. Doctors Underdahl and Smith report coronary thrombosis sclerosis and angina are virtually nonexistent in this group except in obesity high blood pressure or faulty fat metabolism.
The freedom train bearing documents and relics tracing American liberty was scheduled to stop in Winston-Salem as its first North Carolina stop. It travels three exhibition cars with 130 documents and flags and will move to Charlotte Greensboro Raleigh and other Carolinas through December.
The North Carolina Citizens Association will hold its annual meeting in Raleigh on Thursday. Governor Cherry is expected to speak, usually outlining the administration’s fiscal policy. A round-table on "What’s Right and What’s Wrong with North Carolina’s Tax Structure" will be led by R. G. Dayton, Edwin Gill, and Tom Pearsall.
The Low Government Commission sold Columbus County school building bonds totaling 315000 dollars. The issue has an average maturity of 18 years and a rate of 2.794 percent. Purchasers include R. S. Dickson and Company of Raleigh and Charlotte, Branch Banking and Trust Company of Wilson, Vance Securities Corporation of Greensboro, and J. Lee Peeler and Company of Durham.
Walter Morrow, identified by FBI Agent Joseph E. Thornton as a convicted murderer who escaped a Lancaster road gang on June 10, was recaptured yesterday in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He will be returned to Lancaster, Thornton said.
In Raleigh on December 3, flue cured tobacco price averages edged down on old and middle belts. Most grades fell $1 to $3 per hundred pounds with light volume on the middle belt. Eastern markets saw 641,816 pounds sold for 33.67 dollars, up 2.23 from prior.
A brief note cites last Wednesday’s market activity and guides use of broccoli stalks. It explains peeling and cubing stalks allows similar cooking time to florets, aiding meal prep before the Thanksgiving holiday.
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