Thayer Named Civitan of the Year for Area 2
Cicero Grady Thayer, a painter and Twilight Civitan Club member since 1958, is honored as Civitan of the Year for Area 2. The award cites his fruit cake sales raising funds for Youth Unlimited, Boys Home of NC, the NC Association for Retarded Children, and scholarships at High Point College and Hospital School of Nursing.
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Cicero Grady Thayer
Twilight Civitan Club
Thayer
Civitan
Area 2
Civitan International
Carolina Avenue
Youth Unlimited
Boys Home of North Carolina
North Carolina Association For Retarded Children
High Point College
High Point Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Thayer Family Saga: Painting, Lumber Ventures Across States
The Thayer move from 1929 Long Island to High Point, then Trinity lumber work with brother Lee, and a 1962 return to painting and home improvements. Isobel, daughter born on Long Island, is married to Dr. James C. Morphis Jr. in Hartsville, S C, with two sons. Thayer serves at First Presbyterian Church as deacons vice chairman and attends Westminster class. Civitan honors include past High Point Civitan board service.
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Long Island
New York
Alice Kana
Isobel
James C. Morphis Jr
Hartsville, S.C
Lee
L. C. Thayer Lumber Co
Trinity
First Presbyterian Church
Westminster
More Leisure or Less Work for Americans
An editor's notebook argues that a four day week and idle life may not suit the economy. It notes a US trade deficit, rising tariffs risk, and the danger of exporting jobs while urging a return to work to avoid economic decline. The piece critiques Reich's surfing future and warns of isolation or collapse without production.
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Afl-Cio
Private Colleges Sinking
A study by the Association of American Colleges warns that 365 private institutions may be ready to close in 1981, with 40 percent of private PhD programs at risk within ten years. Dr. Paul Reinert calls for immediate state and federal aid, tuition equalization, and efficiency measures to rescue the sector and preserve access. He highlights the burden on public colleges and urges restraint and consolidation to balance budgets.
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New York
United States
The
Assn. of American Colleges
Paul C. Reinert
St. Louis University
Reinert
Dr. Reinert
Sanford in NC primary a test of Southern decency
Sunday Accent argues Terry Sanford’s North Carolina presidential preference primary on May 6 is driven by conviction to redefine the South. Wallace contrasts with Sanford's record of expanding education budgets, broad state programs, and racial inclusion efforts, while Wallace is criticized for segregationist actions. The piece notes Muskie and Chisholm's trials, and cites Askew and West as fellow Southern reformers backing Sanford's vision.
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Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Hubert Humphrey
George McGovern
Rep
Shirley Chisholm
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Bob Scott
George Wallace
Sanford
Bilbos
Talmadges
Vardamanns
Tilmans
Arnolds
Carters
Grahams
Sanfords
Good Neighbor Council
Alabama
Birmingham
Selma Bridge
Reubin Askew
Florida
John West
South Carolina
New South
South
Roaming the Piedmont recollections of country cousins
The narrator recalls summer visits to a rural kinfolk, milking misadventures with Bossy, raiding a watermelon patch, wagon rides, chigger bites, porch storytelling, and a fond, humorous look back at childhood in a Piedmont setting. He notes time's rapid passage and the lure of country gatherings.
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Geehaw
Wallburg on Highway 109 A Brief Portrait of a Quiet Village
A Davidson Dateline sketch of Wallburg along Highway 109 between Winston-Salem and Thomasville. The piece notes a sparse town with a gas station, barber shop, seed store, an aging mill, and a school near Southern Bell, as drivers glimpse a sleepy place with limited activity.
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Wallburg
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Bend
Progress
Denton
Southern Bell
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Enterprise
Civic Club
Twilight Club
Cicero Thayer
Randolph County
Shepherd's Mountain
William S. and
Rena Morris Thayer
Thayers
High Point
Cicero
Civitan of
Club
Charles Reich
America
Adolf Hitler
U.S. Treasury
U. S
Reich
Santa Barbara
Benjamin Fine
North American Newspaper Alliance
By Robert Marks
Davidson
Owen
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