Heritage Of AFSC Recalled At Anniversary Banquet
Leonard Perryman reports on the 50th anniversary dinner for the American Friends Service Committee in High Point. B Tartt Bell, now in Washington, urged expanding peace education, eradicating discrimination, and offering diverse service for youth. The event honored the Blair family for land gifts supporting regional headquarters and featured veterans and volunteers from WWI efforts.
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Heritage of
AFSC
Leonard Perryman
Enterprise
High Pointer
Washington
American Friends Service Committee
B. Tartt Bell
United States
Bell
Southeastern
The
Service Committee
High Point
Mart
Southern Furniture Exposition
Gath
Blair
S. Main Street
Byron Haworth
David H. Blair Jr
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Judge Haworth
Marvin Shore
Pilot Mountain
France
Wilton Hartzler
B. Russell Branson
U. S
Viet
Nam
Vietnam
Two Burned By Fumes At Home
In Johnsontown Road, an elderly woman identified as Alice Clark and her granddaughter Alice Day Davis were burned in a house fire last night. The woman escaped with two young children, one six months old and one two years old, by jumping from a window. Mrs Clark suffered burns to arms, chest and face. the younger woman had burns covering about 50 percent of her body. The home at 810 Johnsontown Road was a total loss and the cause was undetermined.
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Thomasville
Johnsontown Rd
Alice Clark
Alice Day Davis
High Pointer McKenzie Wins Junior Civitan of the Year
Bill McKenzie's son, High Point Central senior and junior Civitan Club president, received the Junior Civitan of the Year District East award at a Durham convention. He serves as co captain of the basketball team and holds offices in Beta Club Honor Society Monogram Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
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Bill McKenzie
William R. McKenzie
Glenwick Lane
High Point man charged in thefts and DUI cases
Henry Norris 20 of Murray Street faces trial on two counts of breaking and entering and larceny tied to a Brooks Street home and Robertson's Grocery on Washington Drive. Warranted thefts include $14 from Hattie Duke residence and a small amount of food from Robertson's Grocery. Norris held on 1000 bond. Norris hearing set May 1. Walter Dockery 22 charged with larceny of 56 dollars. held on 300 bond with May 1 prelim. William Witherspoon 27 and Robert Love Jr 19 charged with driving while intoxicated. bonds 300 each. Police logged routine traffic accidents with no injuries.
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Henry Norris
Murray Street
Brooks Street
Robertson
Washington Drive
Norris al
Hattie Duke
Brooks
Dover Chooses Dover for High Point College Student Government
Dover Forrest Dover a junior from Bessemer City was elected president of the High Point College Student Government Association. Other officers include Jim Allison as vice president Barbara McDiarmid as secretary and Jim Coston as treasurer. A special elections committee led by Marty Brooks enforced ID card signatures and ballot numbering with voters limited to those who paid the student activity fee.
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Forrest Dover
Bessemer City
High Point College
Dover
Lucious Reid Dover
Gastonia High School
DAR
Raleigh
Marty Brooks
Judiciary Council
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Temple Memorial Baptist Church
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