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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1939
Page
8
Myrtle Koefoed a 14 year old from Parkersburg Iowa describes stamp collecting as educational and fun. She outlines basic gear how to acquire stamps and how to mount them using hinges and a blotter. She notes sources like letters attic finds and swaps and warns against worthless bargain envelopes.
An illustrated project describes building a small rubber band powered gunboat. Use a wooden hull 11 by 15 by 1½ inches with a high fore deck, attach gun and mast blocks, craft a propeller from light wood, and wind the rubber band to turn the propeller. Add a sail or bow decoration and launch in water for mock naval battles.
Stormy Petrels Charter Oak Lady Jane Grey and more. Thras juiarei in South America the Dead Sea. The volcano Strom li. General Nathanael Greene and a sword sheath.
Answers to riddles include Mahogany for 1 and the capital C for 2. 8 refers to The man in the moon. 4 is Currants a homophone for currents. 5 yields Lettuce as let us. The list presents quick wordplay solutions.
The editor urges readers to forget 1939 and start now to make 1940 the best year yet. It stresses personal responsibility, improving opportunities, and living up to better standards to leave 1939 with fewer regrets.
A boy asks for his arrow and suspects it is stuck in a car while a woman reflects on marital division of chores. A home economics editor advises collaborative housekeeping as marriage guidance.
A farm week notice states anyone found near the chicken house at night will be found there the next morning. The arithmetic joke shows Jimmy answering with two and one to carry during a classroom scene with the Mitchell family mother father and Ronnie the baby.
Denver reader Meryll Ann Wood is this week’s winner of an autographed picture and a book of tricks. The article explains a coin and handkerchief routine where an accomplice secretly takes the borrowed coin under the cloth, then reappears it on command.
The Kitchenette column features Tommy Steele of Omar West Virginia winning a one dollar prize for a orange fudge recipe. Readers under eighteen are invited to submit tried and true recipes for future prizes.
The article promotes youth basketball by detailing engaging practice games for beginners. It describes Twenty One, free throw competitions, the Wheel Shot, Follow The Leader, and passing drills to build skills, teamwork, and coach consideration. It encourages participation for both indoor and outdoor courts in youth clubs.
An aquarium adds moisture and beauty to a room while avoid drafts for cage birds. Keep at least one window open for fresh air and avoid overly dry homes in winter. Provide clean greens to birds, salt for pigeons, and regular brushing for dogs.
A golf-club tale recalls a clergyman beaten by a parishioner thirty years his senior. The preacher returns to the clubhouse bitter, but the rival quips that victory comes at the end. The preacher replies that even then it will be the rival’s final hole.
A man stood before a crowd and fired a short 38 revolver at his temple, triggering a fatal moment as four athletes raced down the track amid cheers. The scene unfolded with tense faces before the gunshot.
A quirky note describes dogs as actors in a playful thriller with a bold central line about men and romance. The item mixes dramatic setup with a cheeky attitude, reflecting light entertainment fare.
A playful set of eight trivia prompts tests geography biology history and language. Questions cover bird names for Mother Careys Chickens a royal hid ing place tree a queen beheaded at sixteen a river with shifting directions a very salty water body the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean a Revolutionary leader whose grave eludes Congress and the meaning of a scabbard.
Mary Gralber of Indianapolis submits five riddles for the Rid dle Man column. The puzzles ask which tree contains pork, which sea has no water, who laughs at you at night but not by day, what fruit grows on telegraph wires, and which vegetable is always willing.
Readers are shown a simple homemade noise-maker using a tin can stones and a stick. The device is fastened with a screw and can be painted in school colors to boost crowd noise at games.
Puzzle hints link weather terms to conversation, with a five line riddle. The diamond word pattern revolves around weather, ocean, cut, pale, and a domestic form of the diamond. Readers are invited to solve the wordplay.
A playful puzzle note presents word ladders from WIND to RAIN and COOL to WAVE, plus letter additions and anagrams to form military student terms. It lists across and down clues, weather seasons, and miscellaneous wordplay tasks with directions for rearranging letters and appending C or P to create new words.
Edith and Eunice discuss twins in the family circle with humor and warmth. The sisters had prayed for a new brother and realize both had imagined the same one, sharing a light moment about the surprising joke.
Answers to last week puzzle page include a crossword solution and several wordplay clues. Items referenced show patterns like BAR pear west LAND sane time and a diamond solution linked to Ben. Additional entries mention Bell and Year and Year with unclear formatting.
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