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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
3
Olive Roberts Barton argues parents should share financial realities with children to foster security. She warns secrecy harms youths and urges careful, age appropriate discussion about money, worries, and family limits while avoiding a false sense of bliss.
The text explains that within leaves a portion of oxygen is released from carbonic acid gas into the air while carbon combines with water and sap chemicals to form plant food. This process supports growth and new wood formation.
Idle hands in Schwensville, Peter Sawchuk, already running a gasoline station, grocery, butcher shop, farm, dog kennel and poultry business, has applied to the state liquor control board for permission to sell liquor.
A woman mailed a quarter to J. C. Shriver with a note claiming she owed for a necktie from his El Reno store. Shriver said he sold his El Reno business in 1907 and the act reflects personal guilt rather than a commercial action.
Mrs. Joe Ryan misplaced her wedding ring in a city drain five years earlier. The sewer department searched without success until a worker recently recovered the ring, but officials now report trouble locating Mrs. Ryan to return the item.
The article notes bamboo can flourish anywhere cotton grows in the United States, illustrating its adaptable climate and growth potential. It contrasts with a historic claim that printed page numbers did not appear until 1472, highlighting early printing milestones.
Mr. Barnes claims to invest 2500 weekly in tobacco and credits Luckies as top-grade. He states he has smoked Luckies eight years and notes many independent buyers and auctioneers also prefer the brand. Records show Luckies have more exclusive smokers than all other cigarettes combined.
Adult Education class hosts an evening of entertainment at the Community House with candy pulling and games to profit the class. The Boy Scouts, troop 23, met last Thursday night January 27 and Will meet February 3. Girl Reserves held a January 31 meeting and plan a February 19 event. Sunshine Club set a February 30 gathering. Various personal notes record visits, illnesses, and births including the LeRoy birth on January 30 1938.
The First Wesleyan Methodist church boys and girls class hosted a miscellaneous shower for newlywed Mr. and Mrs. Grady Griffin at Mrs. J. C. Steele's home. Guests played games, enjoyed a salad course, and gifts were exchanged.
An experiment reports the slipper animalcule produced 3029 generations over five years. If all had survived, the resulting protoplasm mass would reach 10,000 times Earth's bulk.
The article notes that about 1,692,000 tons of steel ingots are consumed to produce 1,150,000 tons of tin plate used yearly for tin cans in the United States.
In the United States, the Henry system of fingerprinting was used. It classifies fingerprints into nine types: loops arches tented arches exceptional arches whorls central pocket loops late pocket loops and accident.
Ed Hull of Asheboro received check number one from the North Carolina Unemployment Compensation Commission, the first day of distributed checks to eligible workers. Hull, 25, a furniture finisher, hopes to return to his regular job as the plant resumes operations. He earned an average weekly wage of about 10 dollars prior to layoff and qualified for only partial benefits this year.
Enterprise Bureau report notes North Carolina’s growth since 1900 as shown by school building values rising from 1 million to 110 million by 1937 and spending on education reaching 80 million in 1935 36. Road surface mileage grew to 26 354 miles and bank deposits rose from 16 million in 1900 to about 115 million today.
New York gossip notes a playful craze as diners unwrap sugar lumps to inspect perforations said to preserve freshness. The column then wanders through humor and music lore with Don Marquis tributes at the Players Club, mentioning Archy the cockroach and memorial wit.
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