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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1953
Page
7
Advice on choosing quality tools for a home woodworker. Start with a basic hand tool set including hammer, crosscut saw, rule, chisels, planes, and braces. For advanced work, expand to power tools after mastering hand tools, using a hardware dealer to tailor the list.
Washington reports a dry year for government Christmas parties as the State Department announces all divisions will hold nonalcoholic events. The ban extends to press room gatherings after Under Secretary Donald B. Lourie informed newsmen liquor will not be permitted. Similar restrictions are expected in other departments.
In Great Falls Virgil Eckstein left his 4 year old daughter Pamela in the cab of a pickup in Shelby. On returning he found a bullet wound in her head and she died later in hospital. Police have not determined the shooter source though a distance is suspected.
A homemaking piece describes turning Christmas cards into a miniature in home gallery using six to seven suitable prints from artists such as Aldah Doris Lee Albert Pucci John Hull and Thomas Vroman plus Renaissance reproductions. Cards are arranged on a thin wall strip with pencil dot guides for framing and can use light frames or second hand options.
The Forest Service offers guidelines for selecting a fresh Christmas tree. Look for dark green needles that are not dropping, filled-in branches, symmetrical shape, strong pliable limbs, and a fragrant odor. The top choices are balsam fir Douglas fir black spruce eastern red cedar and white spruce.
In Memphis a mother with three young daughters cannot buy three dolls costing 1.98 each with a five dollar bill. A stranger finds a dollar, returns it, and the clerk wraps three dolls for the family, giving them a festive moment and a happy ending.
The note traces ballet back to 15th century Italy and follows its spread. It contrasts this with regional avifauna noting America’s largest grouse as the western sage hen.
Mrs. Vera Walden announces the engagement of Gayle Renee Walden to Kenneth R. McMahan of Winston-Salem and Greensboro. The couple plans a January 23, 1954 wedding at the Church of the Covenant in Greensboro. Gayle attends Woman's College at Greensboro, studies violin, and plays with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Kenneth is with Western Auto Supply Company in Greensboro as head of advertising.
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