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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1942
Page
3
A vivid sports feature details a secret club breaking up a team in an exciting basketball serial. The piece includes skating tips from Harris Legg, notes on balance, equipment, and training, plus a quiz on animal offspring pairs for reader engagement.
A Kansas City Kansas high school boy Arleuia Berry earns prize for a dishwashing service, while Carson High School’s Freddy Hamer becomes a basketball standout. He faces a secret Oval Club bid, balancing school prestige with honesty as the story continues.
The editor dismisses groundhog mysticism and warns against superstition. The piece recalls people missing chances on Friday the 13th and avoiding ladders or black cars, urging readers to keep fun from becoming folly.
The Kitchenette prints a winning waffle recipe from Selma Parrish of Elm City North Carolina. The method uses sifted flour baking powder salt walnuts milk and melted shortening with egg yolks folded with stiff egg whites then baked on a hot iron yielding six to eight waffles.
Instructions for building a Klondike style bedroll using three to four blankets and safety pins. Layer blankets evenly, fold edges, and pin edges to secure the roll. Create a windproof, warm sleeping setup by rolling the blankets and sealing the ends with pins.
Puzzle column on spring weather myths and a themed crossword. Clues cover container permit crude near instrument propel boat and references to weather terms. The diamond contains a lion name a reluctant word a possessive pronoun plus other weather related terms. solution notes last week’s answers abeam sweater eaten men.
A humor note lists five reader riddles and their contributors Edna Clark Standice Hess Bettye Pfau Betty Stevens John Tomasek. The column notes the Riddle Man’s habit of asking questions and invites more submissions to this newspaper.
A compact riddle card lists four items with answers. The first is Fire. The second notes two Marchs of 31 days. The third identifies the clock as the item where one hand never hides. The fourth hints at a postage stamp. The final line adds a playful personal tag Your mother.
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