Easter Observance Pauses City Life With Light Rain
Cloudy skies and light drizzle dampen Easter morning in High Point but fail to deter sunrise services at Floral Garden Park. The day features E W Price Jr. sermon at E Green Street Baptist, music by High Point High School Band and A Cappella Choir, and services across city churches. Most businesses close tomorrow with post office and essential services operating. schools extend Easter break to Tuesday, with unemployment filings moved to April 14.
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High Point
Floral Garden Park
High Point High School
David L. Carter
Nancy Staley
E. W. Price Jr
E. Green Street Baptist Church
Arlo F. Newell
T. S. Haggai
Christ
Roger W. Cole
High Point Ae
Note May Be Worth A Fortune In Civil War Coupon
High Point deputy court clerk uncovers an 1865 Anson County coupon promising seven percent annual interest for payment in dollars. Historian F. E. Lyles suggests it may be the sole surviving example, though redemption depends on how funds were counted. A.P. A. Ray found the document among his grandfather’s effects. page 80 likely continues.
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High Point
Anson County
A. C
Ray
F. E. Lyles
Anson Registrar of Deeds
Lyles
U. S
George Washington
Pakistani Philosopher Aly Wassil to Address Executives
Aly Wassil, Pakistan philosopher and technical advisor on Eastern culture to the motion picture industry, will address a dinner meeting of the Executive Club. His 7 p.m. Sheraton Hotel talk titled Eastern Philosophy and Western Life will cover East and West perspectives.
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Aly Wassil
Pakistan
Executive Club
Wassil
Harvard
MIT
UCLA
Sheraton Hotel
Investor Will Talk On Profit Sharing Plans In High Point
Wellington Co. official Lewis Kearns will explain profit sharing at three High Point meetings sponsored by High Point Savings and Trust and McDaniel Lewis. He has installed plans in automaker, oil, and retail firms. discussion leaders include George Johnson and Kenneth Wible.
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Lewis
High Point Savings and Trust Co
Kenneth Wible
McDaniel Lewis & Co
Kearns
High Point Bar Association
Thomas Sprinkle
Rotary Club
Jim Millis
High Point
Hervie Willard
High Point Savings and Trust
Willard
University of Michigan Law College
The
Wellington Co
Cutheimer Co
Easter Sales Remain At High Levels Across Town
Local merchants report Easter trade as good as last year with women’s clothing the big driver. Weather hindered some activity but overall Main Street stayed busy as stores eyed strong pre Easter weeks and hopeful prospects for continued demand.
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Washington
Merchants Association
Main Street
Fulbright Honors Local High School Teacher
Mrs. Joe Dobson, sociology and world geography teacher at High Point High School, is named one of 400 nationwide Fulbright scholars. She will study in Turin Italy for eight weeks and then serve as a research assistant at UNC Chapel Hill, pursuing a Ph.D. in sociology and anthropology.
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Dick Rigby
Italy
State Department
Washington
Chapel Hill
Joe Dobson
Institute For Research In Social Science
Dobson
University of North Carolina Institute
High Point
Turin
Europe
State Department of Revenue Office
Cedron
Dobson's
Pedrow
Asheville
Richard
Christ School
Arden
Ruth George
Fayetteville
Fayetteville High School
Women's College
International Institute
Mainau
Germany
University of North Carolina
Mexico City College
Mexico City
Page &D
High Point College names three for honorary degrees
The 1958 High Point College commencement on May 25 will honor three figures. Eric Johnston of the Motion Picture Association of America will receive an LL D and speak. L Stacy Weaver of Methodist College Fayetteville will receive an Litt D for educational and Methodist service. Carl Thomas Durham of North Carolina will receive an honorary LL D for his long service in Congress and atomic energy work.
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Board of Trustees
High Point College
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Johnston
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
War Manpower Commission
Management Labor Policy Committee
Inter-American Development Commission
War Production Board
War Mobilization
Economic Stabilization Agency
L. Stacy Weaver
Methodist College
Fayetteville
N.C
North Carolina
South
Weaver
Charles C. Weaver
Florence Stacy
W. P. Stacy
North Carolina Supreme Court
Governor's Commission
North Carolina Education Association
Horace Mann League
Kiwanis Club
Atom
Carl Thomas Durham
Durham
House
Armed Services Committee
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
Austria
Henry M. Jackson
Carl Durham
Joint Committee
This and That: Oddball Ads and Local Quips
A mix of cheeky magazine ads and small town humor. Notes on flashy gift items, a speedster with a car plate, barber bills, mailbox nerves, a tongue twisted politican, a failed prank, and Knox County attorneys denying a late night babysitting claim.
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High Point Enterprise
Wesley Memorial Church
Phote
David Cox
Eeene
Mrs, Joe Dobson
William Palmer
Glenn Cox
George Spinnett
Dick Meisky
Spinnett
Meisky
Janet Teague
International Development Advisory Board
Near East
Jordan River Valley
Forrest
Jayne Mansfield
Plate
Speedy
U. S. Post Office Department
Luther Earnhardt
Governor Luther
Hodges
Exec
Knox Walkers
Charmer
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