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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1937
Page
14
Miss Jane Russell, superintendent, said the influenza epidemic at Grandfather Orphanage has subsided. Only five convalescent cases remain among 85 children. The first class returned two weeks ago.
New officers for the second term at High Point college were installed by the men's literary societies. Charles Ridge of Lexington became president of the Thalean Society and Sheldon Dawson of Salisbury Md led the Akrothinian Society. Other Thalean officers included Alton Hartman vice president Vaughn Boone secretary Frank Hartman assistant secretary Paul Hamilton chaplain A C Lovelace Jr society reporter G W Holmes press reporter Robert Henderson assistant press reporter J J McKeethen marshal Max Hill assistant marshal Dwight Morgan critic and Marc Lovelace forensic council representative. Akrothinian officers were David Cooper vice-president Dan Sharpe secretary James Mattox assistant secretary Reginald Hinshaw marshal George Wikins assistant marshal Joe Gray chaplain and Paul Owens critic.
Farmers in Randolph county report a rising demand for lespedeza seed over the past year. They note higher profits from this crop than from others and say the practice also improves soil quality.
Judge Thomas W. Sprinkle of the High Point juvenile court will teach commercial law at High Point College in the spring semester. The course meets three hours weekly and fits around his judicial duties. He is active in the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association, and the High Point Bar Association, with a Duke BA and later law study at the University.
A historical note explains that the material used to seal letters called wax is actually shellac and contains no wax. It also mentions a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree awarded to a recipient from North Carolina.
The text notes that furniture beetles can survive for years as grubs within dry hard wood before maturing into adults, highlighting their extended larval period and wood dwelling habits.
In two months of 1933, 164 ships were recorded with a total of 140 lives. Lloyds records show broader maritime activity and safety concerns in British waters.
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