30 Years For The AFSC To See What Love Can Do
A April 30 1917 gathering at the Young Friends building Philadelphia formed the American Friends Service Committee. Leaders from major Quaker groups pursued pacifist options for conscientious objectors as US enters World War I and AFSC grows renowned for relief work in France Russia and Germany.
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Young Friends
15Th and
Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
United States
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Germany
Hapsburg Empire
Austria - Hungary
Society of Friends
American Friends Service Committee
AFSC
France
Russia
Southeast AFSC office history and growth in High Point region
The Southeastern regional office of the American Friends Service Committee began in 1946 at the University of North Carolina Greensboro with B. Tartt Bell as the sole staffer. By 1950 Russell Branson joined, and by mid decade the region expanded to seven staff programs, several area peace centers, and 30 employees, led by Executive Secretary Wilton Hartzler. The office’s work covers peace education, material aid, finance, and migrant workers education, with ongoing clothing relief and refugee aid, notably to Algeria, and a 1952 push to fund the operation and start a college work camp program and voter registration efforts.
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The
American Friends Service Committee
University of North Carolina At
High Point
Miami
Tampa Bay
Florida
Atlanta
AFSC
Southeast
Migrant Workers Education
Southeastern
Wilton Hartzler
Betty Austin
Russell Branson
William Jeffries
Jackson Pyles
Charles Webster
Lydia Nesbitt
William Channel
Claude Shotts
Bell
Algeria
Branson
AFSC Desegregation Efforts and Global Peace Work
The AFSC describes its post 1954 desegregation program in the Southeast led by regional offices in High Point and Greensboro with community relations, school integration counseling, and a 1963 high school work camp program. It notes 10 regional offices, a 1964 information services program, 1967 leadership changes, and extensive global relief and peace education efforts including Nobel Prize recognition in 1947 and current programs in Vietnam Hong Kong India Peru Pakistan Zambia Mexico and Algeria.
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AFSC
Friends Service Council
Vietnam
Hong Kong
India
Peru
Pakistan
Zambia
Mexico
Algeria
United States
Graphic Arts Show at High Point College Exhibition
An exhibition and sale of original lithographs and other graphic arts from 15th century woodcuts to contemporary British and French prints will be held in the auditorium gallery at High Point College on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eugene Schuster owns the 400-work collection after studying under Dr E Gombrich at the Warburg Institute in London. The public is invited to attend this worthwhile exhibit.
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London
High Point College
Eugene Schuster
E. Gombrich
Warburg Institute
London University
England
Lodge Meet The Household of Ruth 622
The Household of Ruth 622 Lodge will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p.m at the Odd Fellows Hall.
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Ruth
Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Accident Box Score Last Week and This Year Totals
Reported totals show last week and year to date figures for accidents. The figures include counts of persons killed injured and property loss in dollars.
Rape Charges Reduced for Thomasville Brothers
In David son County Superior Court two Thomasville men James Fletcher Penny 21 and Bobby Lee Penny 19 had rape charges downgraded to assault on a female. They received 18 month suspended sentences with five years probation and weekend jail time until a probation officer approves ending that requirement.
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Lexington
Thomasville
Davidson County
James Fletcher Penny
Bobby Lee Penny
Tower Road
Taylor Discusses Governmental Process at Kiwanis Meeting
Pat Taylor Jr former speaker of the State House spoke to the High Point Kiwanis Club on observations about governmental process. He argued democracy is a fumbling yet best system and noted big government is here to stay citing North Carolina’s budget doubling in 12 years. He urged citizens to give leadership and participation in all civic matters and stressed honest government comes from responsible citizens.
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Pat Taylor Jr
State House
High Point Kiwanis Club
North Carolina
Taylor
SUNDAY PUZZLE SOLUTION PAGE LISTS MANY CLUES
Readers face a sprawling crossword with numerous across and down clues ranging from geography and history to language and culture. The grid requires solving items such as rulers, rivers, animals, and titles while identifying abbreviations and multilingual terms.
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Robert Marks
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Virginia
Greensboro
Blair
S. Main Street
David A. Blair
Gilbert F. White
Colin W. Bell
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Meric, A
Southeastern Region
S. Main ST
Lee Stackhouse
Robert Blair
By Leonard Goldberg
Paris
Nyc
Arabian Sea
Staten Or
Catalina
Israel
Spain
Portugal
Susan
Seaport
China
Abber
White House
Jule
H. Rider Haggard
Seth
Washington
Hurok
U.S
Ohio
Lake Erie
Spanish River
Mediterranean
Lbr
Colleq
Hebrides
U. S
Atlantic Area Alliance
Aviv
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