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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1936

Page

10

C E Diffendale Re elected Local Red Cross President

C E Diffendale was re elected chairman of the local Red Cross at the annual meeting held last night at the Sheraton Hotel despite a heavy snowstorm. Officers elected included I P Ingle W T Powell M J Wrenn H N Willard Dr I T Mann and others. Reports highlighted expanded community service across several Red Cross programs and activities.

I. P. Ingle W. T. Powell M. J. Wrenn H. N. Williard I. T. Mann Home Service P. B. Davis Health Service R. L. Brinson Red Cross J. W. Poole O. A. Kirkman Cochairman Edgar Hartley BE. T. Harrison First Aid Holt McPherson S. Saunders Herman Smith W. B. McEwen

Stanback Balanced Prescription Headache Relief Ad

Headache relief claims for nerves neuralgia and aches with STANBACK the balanced prescription. It promises quicker relief and no unpleasant after effects in a sealed cellophane packet offered at 10¢ and 250 for advancement.

Re-elected Red Cross President at Local Chapter Meeting

C EB Diffendale was re elected president of the local Red Cross chapter during the annual meeting held here last night.

C. Eb, Diffendale Red Cross

Highland Mill class performs hygiene skit and awards

The skit by the Highland Mill class on home hygiene closed with certificate awards to students who completed hygiene courses last fall.

Highland Mill

Snow shovel jobs offered to workers in North Carolina

Calls to the North Carolina State Reemployment Office and Mrs Irene W Price outline a new effort to remove snow in business and residential areas. The office holds lists of men needing odd jobs and will dispatch shovelers on request via the city hall switchboard at 4526.

North Carolina Irene W. Price City Hall

Pupils Probe Nine Month School Term Sentiment

High Point senior class members are canvassing city residents to gauge support for extending the term to nine months. Volunteers distribute signable sheets noting that signing does not commit them to vote or authorize any supplement.

High Point

Lions Dinner Meeting at Elwood Hotel Finishes with Bingo Wins

The local Lions club held a dinner meeting at the Elwood hotel with a Bingo contest won by Thomas E. Dodamead and an observation test game won by Robert H. Smith. Roy Champion and I. Foy Horton directed the entertainment. A report by George Rankin outlined current activities for the blind and planned future outreach. A directors’ session was announced for next Tuesday at 6 o’clock at the Elwood hotel.

Lions Club Elwood Thomas E. Dodamead Robert H. Smith Roy Champion I. Foy Horton George Rankin Elwood Hotel

Snow Bound on the Way to Work Collides with Snowbound Travel

The author recalls weather hardships as he describes trudging through deep snow toward town. Frank Barfield arrives by car in a skid to pick him up and complete the journey, a relief that shapes the day's column.

Enterprise Office Frank Barfield Frank

Doubling Challenge from Charlie Loflin

Start with 1, then double 29 more times to reach the 30th doubling. The sum is a geometric series with ratio 2 and 30 terms, total equals 2^30 minus 1. This equals 1,073,741,824 minus 1, yielding 1,073,741,823.

Charlie Loflin

Puzzle Answers And Quips From The Morning Telephone

A reader reports puzzling notes about the Mississippi river crossing on stilts and a doughnut sinking in apple sauce, then recalls solving a triangle problem and his wife translating eighty minutes to one hour twenty minutes, all in a brisk morning chatter.

Charlie Mississipi River

Basements Warned to Remove Accumulated Trash

Fire Chief BE. K. Ingram warned the public this morning against letting trash accumulate in basements as a fire hazard. Snow has made removal difficult, leading residents to store old papers and waste in basements, increasing risk with furnace overheating. Individuals with trash in basements urged to remove it now.

BE. K. Ingram

Reader requests more puzzles and solutions

A reader emails wishing for additional puzzles or problems and asks to be sent answers or solutions along with the puzzles. They express enjoyment of solving and want more varied puzzles to tackle.

Cardui Helped Three Times Says Mrs Ike Wright

Mrs Wright of Sealy Texas recalls using Cardui for cramps before marriage and for weakness before her children were born while later in life it helped her regain appetite strength and mood She urges others to try Cardui and consults a physician if needed

Cardui Ike Wright Sealy Texas

Local Shoe Repair Ad Lists Prices and Stores

An old classified item lists prices for half soles from N B Russell I Schwartz at 300 North Main and Sheraton Shoe Repair. It notes 55 cents and mentions Nect Beeson Hardware in the nearby ad.

Sheraton Shoe Repair North Main Nect Beeson Hdw

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C. E. Diffendale E. Diffendale The American Red Cross Sheraton N. C. St Cherryville N “Ata Selma N. c. L N. E School Commercial Ins. & Investment CO Wachovia Bank ROY C. Welborn van M. Welborn City OF Madam Lane North Main St N. C High Point, Thomasville Denton Railroad General Offices High Point, N. C Shaw Dist. Co Exposition Radio Lions United States R. V. Pierce Buffalo New York Land Hospital Bail Nate Ter Mann’s John Mebane N. BE. Russell Iver Jeffers, Mer Snow Lumber Feigenspan P.O.N Tyas High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association AR Camiers A, W. Clinard Main Street B. F. Johnson Bee Moffitt North Main Ak Bell Hedgecock Lumber Co Jhese Caluer Sparkle Sunnyfield Sunnyfield Fancy Creamery Presh Produce Florida York Pullman Loaf Kellogg's Wheat Krispies Kellogg's All Bran Oxydol Iona Clorox Ann Page Cherries
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