Not All News Changes in 71 Years in High Point
A 1885 High Point Enterprise item on mixed schools shows long-standing tensions, while a reader uncovers 1856 almanac and 1885 papers. The note highlights relics found by T. R. Hiatt and contrasts then and now on policy and daily life.
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Toons
Ana Ruckus
High Point Enterprise
Rts
T. R. Hiatt
Hiatt
Oak View School
Enterprise
North Carolina
Snow Lumber Co
High Point
Brown & Matton’s
Denny
Ellington
Toledo (Ohio
The
Progressive Farmer
Route 1
Yesteryear
Oak View
Community notices and events for Friday
News Of Interest To Colored People lists events in the Southern Area YMCA circuit and local churches. David N. Howell of the YMCA speaks February 1 at Carl Chavis YMCA. Guild Day at Wesleyan Service Guild. OES meeting at 810 Hoover Street. hospital return of Baca nay Seamstress. Pearson Memorial Church service at 3 pm. YWCA drivers training and reading classes begin. Red Cross Home Nursing course. Legion Post meeting at YMCA. Adventist musical program. Bethlehem Baptist Missionary Circle talent show. Emmanuel Gospel Singers to Calvary Baptist with Ushers Chorus.
New Definition of the Second T: tropical year used as master yardstick to time
In 1956 the second changes from a day based Earth rotation to a tropical year based measure. The International Bureau and the International Astronomical Union adopt a new standard: the second is the time for the sun to return from vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox. The tropical year for 1900 is chosen as the master yardstick for precise time.
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Washington
Observatories
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Paris
World Guardian of
International Astronomical Union
General Assembly
Dublin
Pocket Guides Great For Other Fellow Pocket Guides
A light human notes piece reviews a new self help book Three Weeks to a Better Memory by Brendan Byrne with foreword by James A Farley. The reviewer offers humorous quips about memory and practical exercises, citing an unhelpful day filled with vague recollections.
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ED Creagh
Associated Press
James A. Farley
White House
Brendan Byrne
Four High Point Youths Set For Davidson Trial
Four High Point youths face eight counts of breaking and entering larceny and receiving in Davidson County Superior Court next week. They were arrested after a Dec. 12 spree of break-ins at grocery stores and service stations, with a 1954 car found loaded with merchandise. Bethea also faces assault with deadly weapon counts in a separate Thomasville case. Other Thomasville defendants include Frank Hopkins and numerous others on varied charges.
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Thomasville
High Point
Davidson County Superior Court
Superior Court
Lexington
Walter E. Johnson
Harvey Edward Barnatie
Buy
Sheriff's
Biesecker
Davidson County
Bethea
Fred Bethea
City Memorial Hospital
Mary Jane Wall
Lilly May Pemberton
Smith and Tremont Sts
Wall
Frank Hopkins
Robert L. Stephens
Clyde Jackson
James Delmar Leonard
E. L. Streetman
Johnny Maybin
Carl Brown
R. J. Wagger
Ned Cochran
R. L. West Jr
Youth Suspected of Crimes to Avoid Army Service
Boston police detained a 14 year old youth thought to be crafting a criminal record to dodge military service. He is accused of stealing from a grocery twice in under three weeks and told officers he would not be stopped. No charges yet filed.
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Boston
Practical memorizing suggestion to Byrne and Bantam Books
A reader muses on a nearly perfect memorization approach and offers a practical suggestion for author Byrne and his publisher Bantam Books. The note hints at the potential for improved recall methods.
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Byrne
Bantam Books
Distributive Education Program Boosts Local Students
Eight students pursue hands on training with merchants under Miss Elliott. Nancy plans full time work with Mrs Crawford after graduation this spring and may attend business school at night. Merchants praise student work and a score card tracks dependability and initiative while Miss Elliott grades class work to form final grades.
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Hhants Association
Crawford
Nancy
Miss Elliott
Thomasville
Solve-A-Crime Solution
A man in a lit office questions how color or a car on a dark night could be seen and wonders how Ray Dennis knew his partner was shot with a .38 bullet, probing the clues behind the crime.
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Ray Dennis
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Presbyterian Church
Hardy R. Hicks
Morganton
P. L. Mendenhall
J. L. Sechrest
M. E. Burch
Reidsville
David N. Howell
Southern Area Council
YMCA
Carl Chavis Ymca
Board of Management
Mr. Howell
Liberia
George Williams College
University of Chicago
Wesleyan Service Guild
St. Mark Church
E. Lester Ballard
OES
Gardenia
Willie Graves
Hoover St
Baca
High Point Hospital
Alder St
Pearson Memorial
L. M. Richardson
Pearson Memorial Church
Ywca News
YWCA
Reading
Elliott
Red Cross
Winifred Carter
Legion Post
American Legion Post
Adventist Church
Missionary Circle
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Emmanuel Gospel Singers
Calvary Baptist Church
United ‘Ushers Chorus
Ministers’ Wives Club
First Baptist Church
Direc
M. P. Browne
Pocket Guides Great
Davidson
Bill Mack
Carl Powell
Archie Kyle Gwynn
Carrie Lee Gwynn
Kenneth Newbert
Jessie Maxton
Daniel M. Lambeth
John Colson
Gilbert Steele
Charles Keith
Charlie Jasper Hicks
Clifton Eugene Oliver
Jefferson Ball Cochrane
Arthur Glenn Burchette
Iaceens
Alton Beal
Hubert Penny
Metal
Appliance CO
N. Main
Atlantic
Lantic Savings and Loan Association
W. Washington
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