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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1951
Page
3
Washington reports on Flower Week highlighting the floral industry value and consumer interest. Florists and scientists promote year round blooms and scent use while noting roses lead in popularity with lilac and violets following. Tips suggest rubbing crushed blossoms for fragrance.
A collage of quirky items includes a Cincinnati card maker survey on color preferences by income level, a Nantucket cardiac club requiring oxygen-tent time, a Kirksville hospital headline about a 109 man, and school bus radio broadcasting in Wisconsin. Also details of a Guilford County NC foreclosure sale notice from 1951 and various humorous clippings about buses, kings, advertising terms, and Maine hunting licenses.
Gen. J Lawton Collins expressed optimism that a truce between the United Nations and the Communists would eventually be reached but not soon. After an inspection tour with Gen. Ridgway and Gen. Van Fleet he noted continued need to aid the South Korean army while vowing withdrawal only after stability is ensured.
The Daytona Beach civil service board amended rules to permit men with dental prosthetics to serve in city police and fire departments, initiated by board member George Ipchurch. A separate notice of application to amend a zoning ordinance in High Point requests RB to C zoning on Venable Street area with a public hearing set for 4:00 PM November 8, 1951.
The report shows Old Belt tobacco prices rising 1 to 3 per hundred on most grades while Eastern Belt prices fell sharply and Middle Belt eased slightly. Total weekly sales reached 84,100,730 pounds at an average around 53.18 per hundred, with Canal facts noting the first Lake Superior to Lake Huron canal built in 1797 by the Northwest Fur Company.
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