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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1947
Page
2
Taylorsville Lions club agrees to sponsor the soil conservation speaking contest in Alexander county next year. H. C. Colvard reports the county SDA council drew up the plan.
The extension service seeks a sponsor county agent for the state college program. First prize is 25 dollars, second 15 dollars, and third 10 dollars. Vocational agriculture teachers will run the contest in their schools per Mr Colvard.
The North Carolina American Legion post officers conference and auxiliary meeting will convene in Goldsboro for a two day session starting Saturday. Commander Ray Galloway and auxiliary president Mrs Floyd M Chadwick lead a program focusing on veteran welfare and civic projects with speakers from national and state offices. About 400 legionnaires and auxiliary members from across the state are expected.
Hillsboro reports strong hog demand as local meat packer expands to handle all home raised hogs next year at market price. County extension agent Don S Matheson notes plant enlargement and updated processing capacity.
Williamston Martin County farmers aim to buy feeder hogs for harvest of nuts not dug this fall because of persistent rains. They pay premium prices to save the nuts in fields. Few farmers sell feeder hogs, so buyers turn to auction stockyards to meet needs.
King George VI and Bob Hope shared quips at a command performance for The Bishop's Wife benefiting the cine matogram trade benevolent fund. The event drew 2,000 attendees raising over 100000 dollars, with Princess Margaret and a royal cameo providing additional intrigue.
Duke University announces six regional chairmen for the B Duke Memorial Scholarship program awarding 750 dollars annually to four boys and two girls who are senior high school students in the state. Districts cover eastern and western regions with chairmen named in Clinton Greens boro Charlotte Asheville Raleigh and Concord. The deadline for applications is December 20 1947.
New York November 27 executives of the Motion Picture Association of America voted to purge payrolls of known subversive group members and suspend 10 Hollywood figures cited for contempt of Congress. The action, announced by Eric Johnston, calls for nonpayment until those cited purge themselves or state under oath they are not communists. The move, backed by 50 studio representatives, urged Congress to legislate to cleanse industry of subversive elements.
College Station Raleigh reports demonstrations on individual farms under TVA and State College Extension Service will begin next year on Negro farms for the first time. Two to four demonstration farms per county will be chosen in Alamance Iredell Rockingham and Union Counties. Demonstrators will test improved farming systems, fertilizer use and soil conservation while boosting income and family living.
George M. Ivey of Charlotte will continue as chairman of the Carolinas interstate committee of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was re elected at a Kannapolis dinner hosted by Charles A. Cannon. J A Kellenberger and Alfred Scarborough were named vice chairmen with Reginald Price as treasurer. interstate secretary J Wilson Smith reported 61 037 total Carolina association members.
A fourth of American Indians on U.S. reservations reside in Oklahoma signaling a major geographic concentration. The data highlights Oklahoma as a central hub for tribal communities and may influence policy and demographic analyses.
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