OES Installs Officers In Impressive Public Ceremony
High Point Chapter No. 106 installed its 1955 56 officers in the Masonic Temple. The ceremony featured red and green decor, floral corsages, music by Miss Martha Caldwell and Miss Brenda Coffey, and presentations including a white Bible and scrap book for the retiring matron.
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OES
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Evelyn Caldwell
E. A. Updegrove
Frank B. Caldwell
Enterprise
Sturkey
Cleo B. Pierce
Brodie Honeycutt
Edward Updegrove
Ellen Scott
Grace Oglesby
J. R. Wilkins
Mildred Baker
Martha Bennison
Martha Caldwell
Sara Robbins
My Desire
Brenda Coffey
Guilford
Greensboro
Evelyr Caldwell
Burnette Spencer
Herbert Oglesby
Bessie Pope
Willie Updegrove
Bernice Walters
Frances Lopp
Jacquelyn Bullington
Catherine Ridge
Harriet Godwin
Adah
Elizabeth Putman
Ruth
Frank Caldwell
Caldwell
Pierce
Cleo
B. Pierce
Dried Beans With Cheese Sauce Recipe Endorsed
A Raleigh health feature urges proper daily foods to fight fatigue. Virginia Wilson shares a main dish idea Dried Beans with Cheese Sauce, plus a white sauce alternative using melted cheese. The recipe uses cooked dried beans milk salt cheese and optional butter and flour for thickness.
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Raleigh
State College
Virginia Wilson
State Reports Fifty Million Dollar Cattle Losses
A North Carolina study cites a 50 million dollar yearly loss due to cattle infertility. The three day bovine fertility and sterility short course at North Carolina State College drew 13 Tar Heel veterinarians and featured speakers from Michigan State College and the University of Kansas. The NC State Veterinary Section and Extension Division sponsored the event.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
N. C. State College
C. F. Clark
School of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State College
W. L. Boyd
Veterinary School
University of Kesota
N. C. State College Veterinary Section
Animal Industry
College Extension Division
Negro Home Demonstration Clubs Meet in Raleigh
The 13th annual State Council Meeting of Negro Home Demonstration Clubs will convene in Raleigh at Memorial Auditorium with about 2000 club women expected. Guest speaker is Ellen Alston, executive secretary of the Woman's Baptist and Foreign Mission Convention. IFYE delegates Julia Maxine Young and Raphael Cuthbertson will report, along with three Negro Extension districts. Council officers include Ashley Powell president Ruth Staneill vice president Bessie Inman secretary Martha Lipscombe assistant secretary Ella Trice treasurer.
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Raleigh
State Council
Memorial Auditorium
Ashley Powell
Wake County
Powell
Ellen §. Alston
Woman's Baptist and Foreign Mission Convention
IFYE
Julia Maxine Young
Franklin County
Raphael Cuthbertson
Mecklenburg
Wake
Ruth Staneill
Northampton
Bessie Inman
Robeson
Martha Lipscombe
Rowan
Ella Trice
Orange County
Improving Pastures Essential
Raleigh reports pasture improvement is key to the Agricultural Conservation Program. Chairman Clyde R. Greene notes erosion prone land with low productive capacity benefits from taller thicker grasses and legumes. Cows consume more with five inch pastures, supporting conservation and soil rebuilding efforts.
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Raleigh
Clyde R. Greene
ASC
Greene
North Carolina Hatcheries See Rapid Growth In Chick Production
Raleigh reports a surge in the states commercial hatchery industry. R S Dearstyne of State College notes 1935 had just over 1 percent million chicks hatched, 1953 reached 70 million, with about 14 million dollars in chick sales that year. He warns many outside chicks enter the state, sometimes distress quality, urging Tar Heel producers to buy local to support home hatcheries.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
R. S. Dearstyne
State College
Dearstyne
Dearstone
Tar Heel
Family farm teamwork drives North Carolina dairy and hog operations
A North Carolina feature profiles the Styles family dairy and poultry farm in Murphy with shared ownership among Mrs Styles and four children. It covers land use, pasture development, grain and hay production, and the family’s approach to planning, fertilizer use, and equipment. The piece also notes cotton planting in Scotland County and meat hog rotation practices in Robeson and Randolph counties, emphasizing labor sharing and seasonal grazing strategies.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Judd F. Styles
Murphy
Route 2
Cherokee County
Styles
Hare Farm
Cleveland
Scotland
Robeson
Hoke
Johnston
E. O. McMahan
Scotland County
W. L. Odom
Gibson
Locklear
Pembroke
Route 1
Robeson County
Randolph County
Ernest Burgess
E.S Millsaps
Best Grass for North Carolina Lawns Says No One Perfect Turf
Tar Heel Gardener advises there is no single best grass, reviews options like bluegrass centipede carpet zoysia St. Augustine tall fescue and uda, and notes that choice depends on location sun shade soil patience and budget. Zoysia varieties Meyers and Matrella are highlighted for low mowing dense turf drought resistance and disease resistance but have frost browning higher cost and slow spread.
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Raleigh
St. Augustine
Zoysia
State College
N.C
Lions Throw Tantrums Delay Brussels Zoo Swap
Polish newspapers report two lions angered at Vienna airport caused a plane diversion. The pair were to be swapped for Belgian chimpanzees to Brussels but the flight crew returned to Warsaw after the incident. The cats will now travel by rail to Brussels.
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Vienna
Austria
Brussels
Warsaw
North Carolina Agricultural Meetings Calendar 1880s Events
A schedule of agricultural and irrigation demonstrations and short courses across North Carolina towns from March 28 to April 9. Topics include lye mill operators, home demonstration clubs, field days, conservation workshops, hardwood lumber grading, and multiple irrigation demonstrations across counties and colleges. The note adds a historical fact: the electric fan was an early electric motor use.
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Rasleigh
State Council
Raleigh
Spring Hope
Duplin County
Columbus County
A. & T. College
Greensboro
Anson County
Alamance County
Granville County
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John H. Harris
Monark
DuPont
Shade Go
Risey Teele
Clover Brand Dairies
Zett
N. Main ST
Eckerd Drug Co
I40 South Main
Acetylene
City Welding
the Millers
East Broad St
A&p
Jane Parker
Jane Parker - White
Dexo
Ned
Ann Page
Pure Fruit
North Main ST
Fanning
Regalo
Wisconsin
Swanson
Turkey
Fancy Concord
Armour’s Star
Americas
Eee
Rte
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tha Company
South Main ST
Gilbert E. Marsh
Mann
Eckerd
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