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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1956
Page
3
This cryptic sports note hints at a parade theme and a venue where hock is played, possibly referencing hockey or field hockey with a playful headline style and partial crossword style clues. It mentions barriers, coins, and dates in a puzzle-like listing of words.
A scrambled OCR snippet lists terms spanning music voice German city recapitulatio snare soap making frame morals approaches apparel discus throwers Asiatic weight church recess tidy tendon prefix Persian poet sea eagle act and Scottish cap without coherent context or full sentences.
Dr Evarts A Graham, renowned chest surgeon, reports experiments painting tobacco tar on rabbits and mice developing malignant cancers. He cites statistical studies showing most cancer patients are smokers and warns heavy smoking raises lung cancer risk with latency of decades. He accepted a medical service award during the remarks.
Mooresville native Dr. Caroline T. MacBrayer will become the first woman on the Davidson College faculty as visiting associate professor of psychology. She previously taught at Queens College and UNC, earning a PhD from UNC before teaching at Sophie Newcomb College.
Davidson North Carolina nine seniors at Davidson College were elected to Phi Beta Kappa for high scholarship. Inductees include H Perrin Anderson Joel Connarroe Richard H Morehead Joe Billy Pharr Larry Parrott Fred G Myers Arthur M Martin Jr John Harmon and Lawrence J Trotti with Trotti the junior. Most also shown leadership roles in student government ROTC or journalism.
Lake Lure North Carolina enters the third week of a hunt for 16 year old Larry Moore of Whitney South Carolina presumed drowned in the lake. The two camping companions Mike Waldrop and Jimmy Israel were recovered a week earlier. Over 200 rescuers from North and South Carolina aided the search with an eight man National Guard medical unit on site and residents boosting the reward fund.
Rep Hillings predicts Eisenhower to announce 1956 bid on March 1, boosting state GOP confidence at the Young Republicans Club convention in Raleigh. Rep Jonas says GOP has a strong record to sell as Raleigh hosts party leaders and officers chosen for national roles. Asheville’s Sturgill wins 100 prize in youth message contest.
In Los Angeles Ellen Wiseman hosts a backyard birthday party for Blossom the basset hound who turns one. Blossom’s canine guests include her sextuplet siblings and parents Pierre and Bona, plus a Chihuahua Chi. The only notable moment comes when a dog owner scolds her son for taking dog food from a plate labeled Cyrano.
The notice provides two phone numbers for Brantley Hucks, 61339 and 62486, indicating contact details for the relevant party.
Kenneth Ritchel, a car salesman, recruited attendees from all denominations and celebrities to fill First Methodist Church for Sunday evening services in Dallas Texas. He claimed over 2700 people attended with help from press and media outreach, prayers, letters, and invitations. The pastor presented a hymnal as thanks and Ritchel urged return visits.
A UCLA survey by Dr. Erwin Keithley finds that writing a business letter costs firms in Los Angeles between $1 and $1.25. The study tallies dictation, stenographic time, overhead, mailing, stationery and filing charges, noting many businessmen underestimate this expense.
The state covers 58,216 square miles of land and 1,194 square miles of water.
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