Integration Urged In Guilford County Schools
Greensboro groups press the Guilford County Board to end segregated schooling as plans for new Negro high schools draw criticism. Advocate Mrs. Alice Hayes proposes: use existing facilities, end cross-area bus transport for same grades, and assign students to nearest schools for 1964 65. Superintendent Pearce says consolidation not race specific.
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Greensboro
Guilford
E. P. Pearce
Pearce
State Board of Education
State Board
Ragsdale High Schoo
Concert Association Opens Membership Drive
The Community Concert Association launches its annual membership campaign with a kickoff dinner at Adams Memorial YWCA. Colonels for the drive include Mrs. Aderholt, Anderson, Covington, Gross, and Silver, with headquarters at the Sheraton Hotel lobby. Leon Harrelson of the Community Concert Aist will assist all week.
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Sheraton Hotel
UNC Urged to Seek Ideal Freshmen for Admissions
GATLINBURG Tenn AP a University of North Carolina psychologist urged colleges to adopt a new dimension in prediction by selecting freshmen most likely to be ideal during their careers. Logan Wright UNC instructor urged measuring both intellectual and non intellectual factors for efficient admission and guidance at church related liberal arts colleges.
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Gatlinburg, Tenn
University of North Carolina
The
Southern Psychological Association
Logan Wright
UNC
Light Rain Forecast for Local Area
Weather notes at Friendship Airport predict light rain today with a slight chance of showers. Daytime high near 55, low around 36 last night. Tonight's low about 48, tomorrow's high around 62. Monday outlook calls for considerable cloudiness and scattered showers.
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GGO
Friendship
Descriptions of Quake Chaos and Rebuilding Hope
The account recalls a searing Board Heights quake scene with destruction and fear as residents cling to a fence while earth undulates and ice piles along a creek. An off duty policeman wakes to a warning broadcast as the area begins the long process of digging out and planning to rebuild.
Executives Hear The Carlyles At April Club Meeting
The Carlyles, noted singing duo and Juilliard graduates, entertain the High Point Executives Club at its April 14 meeting in the Thomasville Woman's Club at 7 p.m. A buffet dinner is served with reservations due by noon April 11. The program ends the season, with Bonnie Carlyle recently honored by the New York Singing Teachers' Award and Town Hall concert.
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Carlyles
High Point Executives Club
Thomasville Woman’s Club
Oklahoma
Show Boat
New York City Opera Co
Bonnie Carlyle
New York Singing Teachers
Town Hall
The
Executives Club
Chamber Observes Its Special Week in High Point
The High Point Chamber of Commerce joins national observances from April 5 to 12 to highlight the chamber role. The local event honors past presidents and firms in business 50+ years, listing names, years served, current president J R Adams, and long-standing local firms such as Biltmore Hotel, Southern Railway System, High Point Enterprise, Wachovia Bank, Duke Power, and numerous mills and hardware companies.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
American Chamber of Commerce
High Point
High Point Chamber
J. J. Farriss
Fred N. Tate
Joseph D. Cox
Carter Dalton
C. Garrett
J. T. Ryan
W. B. McEwen
F. Logan Porter
J. W. Clinard
Amos R. Kearns
I. Paul Ingle
J. W. Poole
C. T. Ingram
W.powell
Joe A. Johnson
Elliott Wood
Brant R. Snavely
George &. Hutchens
Ed Mendenhall
Clarence M. Allred
D. A. Rawley
George W. Lyles Jr
Perpetual Savings and Lead
Jarrett Stationery Co
Marietta Paint and Color Co
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Denny Bell and Panel Co
Diamond Hosiery
High Point Memorial Hospital
Adams ~ Millis
Duke Power Co
W. F. Mickey Body Co
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Cannon - Fetzer Co
Hayworth Roll and Panel Co
High Point Bank and Trust Co
Mediterranean Style Seen Favorite At Spring Mart
Mediterranean style dominates previews for the Spring Southern furniture market in High Point. Buyers from all 50 states and many foreign countries converge April 17 to 24 for previews and judging by Leo Heer of the Exposition Building. The trend favors warmer finishes, color, and a modern American interpretation alongside traditional Early American motifs.
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Mediterranean
Leo Heer
North Carolina
Trong
High Point
Thousands Flock To Azalea Parade In Wilmington
Thousands lined the streets for Wilmington North Carolina Azalea Festival with TV star Michael Landon riding in a car after abandoning his horse. Queen Azalea XVII Abby Dalton rode in the 95 unit parade as azaleas bloomed despite a hard freeze. The four day festival closes Sunday with a horse show and Azalea Worship Service at St Philip's Church ruins in Old Brunswick.
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Wilmington
N. C
North Carolina
Michael “Little Joe Landon
Abby Dalton
St. Philip’s Church
Old Brunswick
Furniture Club Elects McAfee President in High Point
Jim McAfee, a charter member, was elected president of the High Point Furniture Club. Mortis Kiel becomes president-elect, with Nolan Brewer treasurer, Tom Kelley secretary, Eddie Smothers corresponding secretary, Larry Shepard public relations director, and Ross Armsworth Charlie Crofts Robert Lee Jr. Neese Williard as directors. The group met at Schrafit's Restaurant and voted to send a six-man golf team to the Salisbury Country Club on April 13 for the Virginia Carolina Golf Tournament. C. G. Mackintosh was named mastermind of a July 7 dinner-dance program during High Point's summer furniture market.
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Jim McAfee
High Point Furniture Club
Mortis Kiel
Nolan Brewer
Tom Kelley
Eddie Smothers
Larry Shepard
Ross Armsworth
Charlie Crofts
Robert 5. Lee Jr
Neese ‘Williard
Schrafit's
McAfee
National Wholesale Furnishings Salesmen’s
Reading Workshop Set At College in North Carolina
About forty educators from public and private schools across North Carolina are expected at a one day reading conference for administrators supervisors and teachers of grades 7 12 on April 18 at High Point College The event features Miss Gwen Horsman Detroit reading supervisor as keynote with talks on teaching reading at the secondary level and basic reading skills The program includes leaders from Pfeiffer College Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Appalachian State Teachers College with SRA providing tests and materials Co sponsors are High Point College and Science Research Associates with Dr David W Cole Dr William P Matthews Hannis Lathath and William Sharpe leading the administration
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North Carolina
High Point College
David W. Cole
High Point
Gwen Horsman
Horsman
Detroit
Phyllis Gore
Pfeiffer College
Misenheimer
Virginia Mullaney
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Uberto Price
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
High Point College and Science Research Associates
Chicago
Cole
William P. Matthews
SRA
Hannis Lathath
William Sharpe
Spearman to Speak at High Point College Assembly
Walter Spearman of the University of North Carolina journalism department will address High Point College students Wednesday at 10:20 am in Memorial Auditorium as part of National Library Week with the theme Reading Is the Key. He will discuss Books Books Books and holds degrees from UNC and studies at Lyons and Harvard.
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Walter Spearman
University of North Carolina
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
National Library Week
Spearman
University of Lyons
Race
Harvard
Spearmann
North Carolina
Greensboro
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn
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Furniture Club
OLD Vic
Avenida Juarez
Hamlet
Mexico City
Moliére
Tennessee Williams
U.S. Actors’ Studio
Guanajuato
Corps of Ballet
National Symphony
Palace de Belles Artes
Ballet Folklorico Nacional
Mexico
New York
Advertising Council
Consslo Nacional da la Publicidad
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Assembly
Napoleon Bonaparte
Gatizias
Carolinas
Ovea
State Distributing
Warner
Wayside
Greensboro Road
Sedgefield
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