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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1953
Page
9
Taxpayers voted to keep a 70 year old abandoned school rather than sell it. The red brick building cost about $400 to erect after the $15 original purchase. The article notes teachers’ pay around $125 a year at the turn of the century.
Telephone company officials report a persistent mouse chewed insulation on a cable east of EC, causing two service failures to 105 farm homes. The company manager quips they are tired of feeding the rodent as repairs continue.
A sequence of pre wedding events through Thursday and Friday includes Mrs Shuford Frazier and Mrs Ralph Summers hosting a party for Beva Jean Frazier, cake cutting for Nancy Peace and Colin Edwards, a breakfast and bridge for Tommie Lentz, a garden club meeting at 514 E Farriss Ave, and a wedding ceremony at Archdale Friends Meeting House for Rebecca Dunn and Colin Randolph Edwards with a reception in Archdale. The Sim family hosts a reception at 521 Denny St for Billie Sim and Richard Chatterton of Pontiac Michigan after the First Baptist Church ceremony.
Michigan State College researchers report whole milk can be kept in the average home freezer for up to six weeks. G M Trout and J C Boyd stored milk in paper containers in deep freezers, testing temperatures and milk types. Pasteurized milk stored 20 degrees below zero preserved flavor for six weeks, while milk kept at 33 degrees above zero in a regular fridge stayed good two to six weeks.
A UC scientist reports the discovery of tonofibrils in living gum tissue, the first observation of fibers extending from gums into enamel without stains. Dr Louis J Baume says these fibers link gum to tooth and protect against gum infection.
Hettie Gray Baker author of Cat Tales says she found a quick easy way to remove cat hair from clothing furniture or auto upholstery. She suggests passing the sticky side of Scotch tape very lightly over the hairs.
In Grand Island Nebraska during a severe electrical storm Mr and Mrs Charles Wetzel checked on their five year old son Jimmy. He opened his eyes saw them and the lightning and muttered What’s daddy doing with the television set now.
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