04 Aug 1955
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1955
Page
1
Eye catching beauty bundle lists Silk-Tone foundation Silk-Screen powder and Silk- Tone hair color shampoo plus White Magnolia talcum body spray deodorant and Heaven Sent fragrance duo with discounted prices and multi item value.
Dallas district announces 1965 term plan with driver training added and registration for grades 10 through 12 on August 23 24 from 8 to 12 and 1 to 3 p m. Incoming freshmen enroll August 31. Faculty lists include Mrs Mary Cam, Mrs Ollie Garr, Mrs Sara Knox and many others with high school staff led by Joe Bass and Dennis Franklin. Holy Communion Lutheran church reports Bible school enrollment over 200 and a picnic event held Tuesday evening.
Texas Agricultural Extension Service warns farmers against relying on insects to control bollworms in cotton. Experts say lady beetles prefer aphids and spider mites and may not focus on bollworms if those prey are scarce.
An advertisement touts T-4-L as a keratolytic fungicide that bleaches off tainted skin to expose buried fungi and kills it on contact. It promises instant relief and greaseless, colorless formula for itchy feet, with reapplication as needed and availability at Smith's Drug Stores and Belmont Drug Co in Belmont.
North Carolina tobacco corn and cotton crops were mostly good to very good as rainfall and heat aided maturation. About 30 percent of tobacco harvested by week’s end, with 50 percent in the Border and east regions and 26 percent in the Middle and Old belts. Labor shortages for tobacco harvest reported statewide, most acute in the Piedmont.
The review covers Book A Day by Idonél Shapiro published by Doubleday, analyzing Chapters 1 and 2 set in New England and Lincolnshire. It follows Brad Parker, John Wynter, and Valerie Russell as lovers separated by war and duty, with a cross-channel mission and personal tensions. The narrative is earnest, detail rich, but does not fully grip, though it remains substantial and creditable as a World War II letters era novel.
The annual Firestone Garden Club flower show planned for Priday on August 5 at the Nichols home is postponed with a new date to be announced. Mrs. Eva Kassler and Mrs. Gussie Priday left Gastonia for the National Order of United Tents session in Brooklyn. Mrs. Kanslet will visit her sister while there. Principal J. F. Foxx and his wife and children of Wilkesboro are vacationing with relatives in Belmont and friends in Gastonia.
In Detroit Charles Gallagher claimed sunstroke caused a collision with a parked car. Traffic officer Andrew Wood noted the incident at 42:25 p.m. Gallagher was fined 25 dollars for reckless driving.
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