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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1949
Page
8
Grasshoppers mute their loud chorus by rubbing hind legs against wings. The pinion tree native to New Mexico is the sole edible pine nut bearing member of the pine family.
Youths seeking appointments to the U S military academy at West Point may try through competitive examinations after one year of regular army or national guard service. Recruits who joined the guard before July 1, 1949, may compete for 15 national appointments. Eligible aged 19 to 22, veterans 24 with one year service, plus one year guard service at entry. Further details from the guard office on the post office building second floor. About 37 percent of Austria is forested, mainly spruce.
James Gunter, 13, of Trinity near High Point, is named Carrier of the Week for his two years of model route management. He is a seventh grade student at Davis Townsend, a Boy Scout, and active at Trinity Methodist Church. He plans to become a highway patrolman and enjoys camping.
The Piedmont Section of the American Association Textile Chemists and Colorists will meet at the Hotel Charlotte on November 5. Officers for 1950 to be elected include Chairman Robert H. Smith and Treasurer R. Hobart Souther. A technical session features Warren Beaumont discussing dyestuff fixation and Dr George D. Heaton delivering the banquet address on labor relations. An inland town near Tarsus, once a harbor for Cleopatra, is noted.
The Thomasville school additions, funded by the state bond issue, include four classrooms at Church Street and cafeterias at Kern Street and Colonial Drive with a total cost around 121 68.85 dollars. Architect R W Wallace of Winston Salem will oversee brick construction starting January after approval in Raleigh. Superintendent G H Arnold announced the plan during a state review panel conference and expects state superintendent Clyde A Erwin to handle the funding application.
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