OES Confers Degrees At Candlelight Eastern Star Meeting
The High Point Chapter 106 of the Order of the Eastern Star held a candlelight meeting at the Masonic Temple where two members received degrees. Visitors from Atlanta, Hollywood, and Thomasville attended as Mrs. Vera Carroll was welcomed back after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ollie Lewis
Glenn Callicut
Rena Edmonds
Atlanta, Ga
Ina McGirk
Hollywood Calif
Velva Boyles
Thomasville
Vera Carroll
Bernice J. Walters
Elsie P. Thomas
Willie Updegrove
Masonic and Order of the Eastern Star
Greensboro
Guilford
Presbyterian Home Residents Celebrate Birthday Party
The Presbyterian Home residents enjoyed a Hal loween birthday party hosted by the High Point Council of Jewish Women. Guests included birthday honorees Miss Augusta Evans Miss Annie Lyerly and Mrs Lula Dunn. Gifts potted plants birthday cakes and refreshments followed by singing led by Mrs Gertrude Tobias with piano by Mrs Fred Swartzberg.
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Presbyterian Home
High Point Council of Jewish Women
High Point Council of
Seymour E. Sheckter
Stanley Hockman
Augusta Evans
Annie Lyerly
Lula Dunn
Aft
Gertrude Tobias
Fred Swartzberg
Seymour Sheckter
Joe Barr
Edward Leyton
Marshall Ginsburg
Max Bones
Ben Swartzberg
Harry Doctor
Doctors Battle Dread Illness At Sea
In Honolulu the U S Public Health Service aids ships far from shore via short wave radio. A crewman near Canton Island was diagnosed with meningitis and treated after Canton refueling and Pan American flight coordination. A later Coast Guard radio from French Frigate Shoal reported a man aboard a fishing boat in distress.
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Canton Island
Canton
Pan American
USPHS
Coast Guard
French Frigate Shoal
Honolulu
Midway
Red Students Study Engineering in China
The Education Ministry reports about 000 students in colleges 3 070 000 in secondary schools and 49 million in elementary schools in China. About thirty five percent of them are studying engineering.
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Hong Kong
Red China
China
Beekeeper Says He Is Sting Proof After Stings
In Fitchburg Massachusetts 83 year old Frank Dudley an experienced apiarist claims to be inoculated against bee stings after more than 3000 stings. He says he can pick up a wild bee and it will smell his hand and not sting him. Dudley who is from Rhode Island has kept bees for over four decades and rejects head nets gloves and any protection.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Frank Dudley
Dudley
Rhode Island
Radio medical radiograms aid ships at sea in Pacific
The USPHS Honolulu station handles urgent medical radiograms to ships across the Pacific west of halfway between Hawaii and the mainland. Doctors are flown or shipped to shipboard patients, and messages prioritized over all but SOS. Ships of all nations use the service, relayed via Coast Guard or commercial lines as needed.
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USPHS
Honolulu
Pacific
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Rinsing Hair Color Adds Quick Finishing Touch
Cosmetic chemists offer color rinses to easily alter hair shade after a shampoo. Rinses wash out or fade with the next wash, letting women switch from drab to golden or blue tones without long transitions. Movie stars use permanent dyes with professional upkeep for lasting changes.
Pole removal costs nearly one thousand dollars in Boston
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Co reports nearly $1,000 was spent to remove poles and equipment to clear a new Boston express highway. In Memphis, Dr. E. E. McKenzie was on a fishing trip when his car windshield was bent by a flying object and he repaired it with a bandage and tied it down.
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Boston
New England Telephone & Telegra Co
Doc
Memphis
Tenn
E. E. McKenzie
Hotel guest robs owner. prowler arrested in Memphis
A hotel guest in Memphis reports being robbed of $20 by a prowler who woke him as he left. The hotel owner was arrested as the prowler. A separate line notes North Carolina's 1952 sweet potato crop valued at nine million dollars and sugar as a major dry cargo in international trade.
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Memphis
Tenn
North Carolina
Dinner Lecturer Wages One Man War on Commies
Clifford W. Gehrum a Republic Steel training supervisor in Canton Ohio uses a staged pro Communist persona to provoke audiences. He then exposes flaws in Communist arguments and argues against them in a fiery talk. He reports rough receptions and occasional applause from sympathizers as he continues his controversial lecturing.
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Gehrum
Republic
Chicago
Diners Get Calorie Info at Hotel Edison Menu
People dieting can see calorie counts next to each dish at the Hotel Edison in New York. A top note advises dieting women to limit meals to 800 calories, while dieting men should have no more than 1.
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Hotel
Edison
Textile Firm Clings To New England
Worcester Woven Label Co. executives announce plans to build a new 100000 dollar mill in Worcester Massachusetts reversing the southern migration trend. They cite local labor relations and hoped tax relief as reasons to stay and expect support from the Chamber of Commerce and local banks for the venture.
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Worcester
Mass
New England
Worcester Woven Label Co
Chamber of Commerce
Old Man River Dredging Plans Revealed Near town
The provincial government dredges a new channel for the Old Man River north of its present course to straighten the river, prevent erosion, and protect nearby town structures. In Memphis, Dewey Shelton maintains a garden around his office building growing cotton soybeans tomatoes and popcorn.
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FT. Macleod
Canada
Memphis
Tenn
Dewey Shelton
Finishing Details Elevate Garment Quality and Longevity
The article explains how finishing methods distinguish high quality garments from knockoffs. It covers sleeve construction, seam finishes, pinking, over casting, bias binding, clipping, and taping to prevent fraying, protect seams, and keep garments in shape.
Town Overwhelmed By 15,000 Illegal Traffic Tickets
Dearborn Michigan officials report 15,000 traffic tickets printed in triplicate. Municipal Judge George T. Martin says the tickets are illegal because the law requires quadruplicate copies.
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Dearborn, Mich
Detroit
George T. Martin
Family grows as Harris becomes father at 62
In Harlan Kentucky a 62 year old man named Jack Harris became a father again. It marked his 22nd child and his sixth with his fifth wife who is 28 years old.
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Harlan, Ky
Jack Harris
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OES
Helen B. Rimmer
United States Public Health Service Station
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Public Health Service
Federal Build
Dy-Dee Supply Company
Aughtown Street
Winston- Salem
N. C
Hawk
Hickory
Jimmy Man
Lake
Public Health Service
Public Earth Service
Pine ST
Helen Follett
Canton, O
Clifford W.gehrum
Republic Steel
Old Man
Bulova
Hamilton
ELGIN
Slate's
AnDerson's
English ST
Eleanor Ross
Army of Home, Sewers
Elliott’s
Sheraton
Littlehildren
Mibi Vlilurg
LD Vicks
Rose Furniture Company
Rose Furniture CO
Kester Brothers & Sons
High Point, NC
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