Milk Fund Campaign Extends Toward 2500 Goal
The Milk Fund drive continues for one more week or until the $2,500 target is met as donations reach $2,181.76 after an $185.04 recent total. WHPFE adds ten percent to all daily gifts to aid milk for hundreds of schoolchildren and infants at the city health clinic, with the Junior Service League sponsoring both fund and clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHPFE
High Point Enterprise
City Health Department
Junior Service League
Amos R. Kearns
High Point
Betty Lou-Tobias Shoove
Belk- Stevens
Quality Shoe Store
Harllee’s
J. C. Penney Co
Rich
Ages of Continents Ages Across Earth
Asia is the oldest continent followed by Europe and Africa. North America is middle aged while South America is younger. The text assigns relative ages to each landmass without cited data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Asia
Europe
Africa
North America
South America
Betelgeuse Appears Small Yet Would Cover Sky if Nearby
The star Betelgeuse looks comparable in size to other stars but scientists note that if it were as close as the Sun, it would dominate the sky. The statement highlights the vast scale of stellar distances and apparent sizes in the universe.
Funeral Rites for Mrs Ellen Proctor Flynn
Funeral service for Mrs Ellen Proctor Flynn, who died Thursday morning, was held Saturday at Pleasant Grove Methodist church at 2 30 p m The Rev I L Sharpe and Rev Edward Suits led the service The Zion quartet sang three selections Flowers were arranged by Mrs Van Cashatt Pallbearers were grandsons Ervin Whiteheart Joy Zeno Paul Porter and Claude Proctor Interment followed at the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Flynn Thomasville
Ellen Proctor Flynn
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Tor
I. L. Sharpe
Edward Suits
High Point
Zion Quartet
J. van Cashatt
Everett Hilton
Perry Hilton
Harley Cecil
Flowers
van Cashatt
Randsons
Ervin Whiteheart
Joy Zeno
Paul Porter
Claude Proctor
Church Cemetery
Lyda Funeral Held For Jamie Troy Lyda
Jamie Troy Lyda of 707 Wise street died Wednesday. Funeral service conducted Friday at 11 a.m. by Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins and Rev. Charles A. Epperson of Gospel Tabernacle. Flowers by Gospel tabernacle ladies class. Miss Ann Boles sang and Miss Eva McMillan accompanied. Pallbearers listed. interment at Funeral Garden Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamie Troy Lyda
Wise Street
W. Wilbur Hutchins
First Baptist Church
Charles A. Epperson
Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook _ street
Flowers
O. W. Chastain
Eva McMillan
Ann Boles
Miss Boles
Miss McMillan
B. C. Angel
Dalton Orr
T. L. Oliver
Leary Bennett
Co. S. Bennett
W. M. Michael
Memoial Park
Funeral Services for Kendall Robinson in Winston-Salem
Funeral services for Kendall Kenny Robinson 21 of 818 Fifth Street will be held Sunday at 5 PM at First Baptist Church with Rev. W Wilbur Hutchins and Rev Paul Tudor Jones presiding. Burial follows in Oakwood Memorial Park. The body rested at 614 Chandler Street with sister Mrs Clyde Williams.
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Northrop
Kendall
Kenny) Robinson
Fifth Street
Winston-Salem
First Baptist Church
W. Wilbur Hutchins
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Clyde Williams
Chandler Street
Williams
Kenny Robinson
Portia Faces Life Heroic Rescue by Fish Truck Driver
In New York during a rainy afternoon Lucille Wall played Portia faced with stranded delays. A truck driver stopped, rescued her from uptown Manhattan to NBC studios, allowing the broadcast to continue amid a fishy aroma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Lucille Wall
Portia
Miss Wall
Manhattan
Radio City
Lucille
NBC
Anderson backs July world food conference in Europe
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged a European held world conference in July to tighten food management amid shortages. He told Fitzgerald as the international emergency food council met to plan relief for regions likely to face next year's harvest gap. D A Fitgerald urged rushing maximum food to Europe to curb potential violence and rioting this summer.
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Washington
Anderson
Europe
D. A. Fitgerald
International Emergency Food Council
United States
Fitzgerald
NCFWC Sets Dates for Council and Convention Meetings
The State Federation of Women's Clubs executive board in Raleigh named the Council dates for September 10–11 at the Carolina Hotel and Raleigh Woman's Club, and the Hendersonville convention for May 18–20, 1948. They selected about 50 women for department roles, created a prizes custodian, and disclosed gift totals and endowment fund progress.
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Charles G. Doak
Federation OF Women's Clubs
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Raleigh
Federation
Carolina Hotel
Hendersonville
Henry
Cornelia Petty Jerman
B. F. Long
Statesville
Jean Coltrane
Concord
Ruth Kirby Allen
West Jefferson
Sallie Southall Cotten
Lucy Bramsett Patterson
Harriet Elliott
Carbondale
Illinois
Dorothy Forbes
John M. Council
Council
Lake Waccamaw Book Club
Katie McAulay
Rats as lunch lesson prompt health class
In ST HELENS Oregon health classes for grades six to eight hold two rats to compare diets. One rat fed only soft drinks and jelly sandwiches weighs 75 grams with tangled nerves, while the other fed whole wheat bread cabbage and apple weighs 183 grams and shows a sunny disposition.
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ST. Helens
Ore
Thomasville Tea Honors Miss Leek Bride-Elect
Mrs. R G Jennings hosted a tea for Miss Zola Leek after her Judson College return, with pink roses baby’s breath and silver punch set. Other gatherings included Brierfield Daughters of the Confederacy and a bridal party party for Miss Peggy Shealy with bridge and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Zola Leek
Judson College
Alabama
R. G. Jennings
Tex
Elliott Drive
Charles Leek
Sara Leek
Nancy Crawford
Peggy Shealy
Clyde T.h, Jr
Slartha Phillips
Shirley
Green
Jean Royals
Miss Shealy
Carr Shealy
Nell Swaim
Mary Elizabeth May
Shirley Green
Shirley Harris
Rena Bray
Dorothy Lawing
Lois Russell
Jerry Jester
Margaret Green
Glenn Perry
McCanton
Max Wright
Clyde Tesh
Meade Burton
Clenn Perry
Shealy
Clyde Tesh, Jr
Tesh
Rich Mayan Temple Find From Gum and Shells Clues
An expedition in Chiapas near Guatemala uncovered eleven Mayan temples dating 495 to 672 A.D. The site, named Bonampak, yielded murals, glyphs, carved stones, a four-ton stela, and an 11-foot jaguar statue. Archaeologists weigh the discovery as highly significant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
New York
Central America
Chiapas
Mexico
Guatemala
Charles L.orrow Wilson
Middle America
Giles G. Healey
United Fruit Company
Unitedruit
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Healey
Wilson
Healy
J. Eric Thompson
Carnegie Institution
Karl Ruppert
Carnegie
Antonio Tejeda
Gustav Stromsvik
Augustin Villagra
National Institute of Mexico
Wonder fibre from seaweed alginate rayon eyed for textiles
British scientists report a new artificial fibre from seaweed alginate rayon that can be woven with wool and later dissolved out in soap and soda. Led by Professor J B Speakman at Leeds University the fibre could cheapen wool designs and enable lace embroidery and ventilated fabrics with bulk seaweed supply potential of 500 thousand tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
J. B. Speakman
Textile Scientific Research
Leeds University
Hebrides
Ireland
Sand-Age Answer Shifts Glass Industry in New Jersey
Dr. Ruth Patrick, first woman on the Academy of Natural Sciences council in Philadelphia, dated Cohansey sand in South Jersey 12 million years old. The sand underpins 25 glass houses from Bridgeton to Toms River, aiding distribution studies. Patrick, wife of Charles Hodge IV, is Temple University biology associate professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
INS
Ruth Patrick
New Jersey
Scientific Council of
Academy of Natural Science
South Jersey
Cohansey
Bridgeton
Toms River
Patrick
Charles Hodge, IV
Temple University
Elks To Observe Flag Day Today
The local Elks club will hold Flag Day ceremonies this afternoon at 3 oclock. Superintendent of Schools Charles F Carroll will give the principal address. Roy Padgett, a local tenor, will be the soloist with piano accompaniment by his wife. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Charles F. Carroll
Roy Padgett
Fertilizing a Grazing Crop Pays for Gates County Farmer
M C Lilley near Gatesville reports good results from fertilizing a grazing rye crop. seeded last October and top dressed this spring with 0-127 fertilizer. County agent John W Artz notes cows also benefit and electricity now used on more than 13 million U S farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatesville
Gates County
M. C. Lilley
Lilley
John W. Artz
State College Extension Service
U. S
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Milk Fund
Ardson's Department
Paramount
Rialto Theatres
Connor Sechrest
Hunter Sechrest
P. O. Box
High Point Enterprise Office
Mayne Bundy
B. C. Harmon
W. R. Campbell
Patricia
Carolyn Tyson
Betsy
Martha Clyde Chernault
Tom Marlowe
E. Cridlebaugh
Harold Bennett
S. C. Kirkman
Westcott
Morden
England
Janice
Rail Tours
Rocky Mountain Park
Zion and Grand Canyon Parks
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Telphone
College Street
Teeter’s
Beauty Shop
SHAW
Duncan Phyfe
E. Green ST
N. K. Robinson
Tripe
GOING
Rosanne
S$. Main Street
Ncfwc Convention and Council
Sheraton
N. Wrenn ST
Robert
Leino
Milwaukee
Wisc
Brierfield
United Daughters of the Confederacy
T. B. Johnson
Misses Bain
May Johnson
Vann Stringfield
J. A. Palmer
Sallie McCracken
Jefferson Davis
Mary Green Matthews
Davis
Frank D. Jones
Saint Paul's Episcopal Church
Charles F. Phillips
Phillips
Arthur Black
Elks
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