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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1955
Page
12
A Raleigh column extols Dinitro lawn weed control noting three cent cost for a 15 minute terrace treatment that kills young grass and weeds on contact without harming soil. The writer advises cool days, cautious use, and following container directions, listing trade names and manufacturer contact.
Raleigh reports D S Chamblee of the Experiment Station advises substituting Sudan grass or Pearl Millet for poor clover. Best on well drained soils, Sudan grows three to six feet with peak yield in June to August. Millet varieties also yield two to four tons per acre and suit grazing hay or silage.
The North Carolina Young Men and Women's Club plans its annual conference at White Lake from June 9 to 12. Officers will be elected to succeed Arthur Lee Wiggins, Doris Miller, Betty Warner, and Opie Frazier. Notable speakers and instructors from Raleigh and area groups will attend. Recreational activities include swimming, dancing, a chicken barbecue, and a Cape Fear River yacht trip.
Raleigh reports state College extension expert J S Buchanan says 1955 looks promising for North Carolina beef cattle. Many cattlemen plan to cull poor producers and trade average cattle for better quality. He notes bulls and cows must produce good calves or be culled and replaced with superior stock.
Planning your home remodel costs little and pays off. Pauline Gordon advises detailing plans before starting work and using long term planning to shape outcomes. Local agents offer free housing and furnishings bulletins and family involvement can reduce costs. Plan wall to wall storage and item lists to fit shelves and drawers.
The schedule lists events across counties including Fat Stock Show and Sale in Concord and Greensboro, Irrigation Demonstrations in Wilkes Ashe Caldwell Mitchell counties, Dairy Field Day in Henderson County, Cotton Weed Control Demonstrations in Halifax and Wake, and the State M. W. Conference at White Lake. The Southeast and Western District 4-H Federation Meetings are noted for Wake County and A and T College Greensboro, with the Southeastern District event on June 2 and the State Conference running June 9 to 12.
North Carolina farmers face a June 2 referendum on wheat. H D Godfrey says any farmer with more than 15 acres in 1956 is eligible to vote, including tenants and landlords sharing in crop proceeds. Each farm operation has one vote. registration through the ASC office advised.
West North Carolina logged a record tree planting season with nearly three million seedlings distributed. TVA nurseries supplied over 2.1 million, Champion Paper provided 216,250, and the State Forest Service sold 203,525 to farmers in the TVA watershed. Farm plantings totaled 2,570,275, with Mitchell, Jackson, Buncombe, Cherokee, Haywood, Transylvania, Clay, and Watauga counties contributing prominently.
North Carolina farmers may obtain free bunker silo plans from R M Ritchie Jr extension engineer. Plan No 381 prepared by USDA covers above ground trench silos with wooden concrete walls and concrete floors for easy machinery use and clean self feeding. Also notes new potato flakes mash product in development and US vegetable export leaders Canada Cuba Mexico Venezuela.
The Associated Press reports fair weather spread across the midsection as last week's storms moved east. Temperatures rose from the Mississippi Valley to the southwest while the Atlantic seaboard saw rain and some violent storms. Richmond Virginia and Wheeling West Virginia received up to .75 inches of rain, with New York and parts of New England hit by destructive storms. In Allen town Pennsylvania a violent wind damaged a business wall causing about $100,000 in damage.
Red Cross workers delivered 44 comfort parcels to Communist authorities at the Hong Kong border for U S airmen and civilians held by Peiping. A second 44 parcels are promised for June 15 if customs accept them. No word on deportation of four U S airmen.
Health officials report three dead and 610 ill in the Ruhr district over two weeks with Darmstadt area noting one death and 39 illnesses. Hagen prosecutors say contaminated water from a dairy plant well, tainted by a lavatory at refugee quarters, caused the outbreak. Investigators traced the water to the well via a green dyestuff spill.
In Lynn Massachusetts a family faces anxiety as Communist China reportedly plans to release four U.S. airmen while another son remains a captive. Robert Fecteau 12 lies seriously injured after a bicycle accident beside railroad tracks. His brother Richard George 27, once listed as missing, was later identified as a prisoner in Peiping.
Weather report records a low of 60 tonight and a high of 0 tomorrow with a 0 high today and 64 low last night. Sunset at 7 30 pm and sunrise at 5 05 am. Forest fire danger is moderate and clearing cooler conditions are noted in Charlotte.
Forecast for North Carolina and South Carolina notes cooler conditions this afternoon. North Carolina predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers or thunderstorms, highs mid 70s in the mountains and around 77 elsewhere, cooler tonight with variable lows by region, and a Tuesday of fair, mild weather. South Carolina expects mostly fair and cooler conditions today and tonight, with Tuesday also fair and mild.
Crestview Florida William Allen Lundy 107 a Confederate veteran will receive an honorary Crestview High diploma tonight joining 58 seniors He will attend the graduation and baccalaureate tomorrow sitting with his great nieces Edith Newton and Jean Lundy He plans to have the diploma framed and may begin teaching He is one of four Civil War veterans still living in the area with two Confederate veterans and one Union veteran named Albert Woolson from Duluth Minnesota
The Soviet press accuses U S Secretary of State Dulles of sabotaging the upcoming Big Four summit. New Times of Moscow mocks U S aims to discuss eastern Europe and suggests counter demand that the U S be treated as a British colony. The article labels Western capitalism as equally absurd.
The 1955 polar expedition failed to reach the North Pole and returned to Terterboro Airport after reaching Labrador with a 12 member team led by Col. John F. Stanwell-Fletcher and wife Peggy Fletcher. The group blamed fuel shortage and announced plans to reorganize for another attempt in February.
The University of Alabama Board of Trustees defended psychology professor Verner M. Sims amid charges he brainwashed students with pro integration remarks. President O. C. Carmichael said Sims quoted passages to show opposing views in segregation and endorsed Sims against Willis Kern who warned his daughter not to be influenced. The board backed the professor after the Alabama Magazine criticized the controversy.
In Holyhead Wales Cledwyn Hughes aged 38 Labour retained his House of Commons seat with 13 986 votes amid a field of rivals named Hughes. Journalist John William Hughes 45 Liberal was runner up with 9 4135 votes while Owen Hughes 43 Conservative trailed with 3 333 and J R Jones Welsh Nationalist finished last with 2 183 votes.
Bangkok reports a creeping clash as Thai and British forces press a border drive against Communist guerrillas. Police Gen Thao Sriyanond says Reds avoid direct engagement and Thailand will deploy more police under Operation Unity.
City of High Point announces civil service examinations with multiple job specs. The minimums include age ranges from 18 to 31, heights 5 ft 10 in, HS education, and within city residence. Salaries range from 160 to 295 dollars monthly. Apply June 6 1955 at City Hall 3rd floor. Joseph F. Snider secretary.
The world's richest golf championship, offering 150000 dollars, will be held June 9 to 12 at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase Maryland. Brazil Scotland Japan Denmark and Sweden add teams joining 25 nations in a 26th entry as Scandinavia.
Libya battles a plague of locusts described as the biggest invasion in living memory. Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes aided by delivering around 10 tons of poison used in bran bait to control the pests.
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