High Pointer of the Week Mrs. C. G. Mackintosh
Mrs. Charles G. Mackintosh chairs the Tar Heel Talent Revue, screening 50 acts and aiding contestants. She has built a career in recognizing talent, arranging interviews and bookings, and guiding performers through the arts network. She also decorates her retirement home and oversees federation club programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye W. Gallimore
Greenway Dr
Charles G. Mackintosh
Brownie Mackintosh
Brownie
Mackintosh
Josphine Cunningham
Editor's Outlook on Colonial Legacies in Africa and Europe
The author argues against simplistic anti colonization narratives noting Africans faced brutality under both colonial and pre colonial systems. He credits missionaries with health advances while acknowledging brutal regimes and questions the pace of self rule in newly independent states. History should judge European colonizers with nuance rather than blanket condemnation.
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Leopold
Congo
China
Greater East Asia
Angola
Mozambique
Haiti
Liberia
Ethiopia
Thailand
India
Letters On Foreign Imports And Local Road Needs
A reader lauds a letter on foreign goods flooding the US economy arguing it harms employment. A second letter urges Johnson Street paving and a faster push for school access, criticizing slow council action and traffic congestion.
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Louise Haywoth
Yugoslavia
America
Mexico
Hong Kong
Japan
Philippines
Hungary
China
State Department
Kermit B. Hall
Cedar Lodge Rd
Thomasville
Powell
Johnson Street
The Gathering Of The Families In The Old South
A Sunday Accent piece recalls the family reunion as a Southern tradition in summer. Churches host gatherings with worship, meals, songs, and a cemetery visit, preserving memory of ancestors and marking changes from horse and wagon to cars.
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High Point
John
Quotes on Romance Space Race and Death Penalty
A collection of quotes from U S lawmakers and public figures on romance and astronauts, neutrality in the Philippines, Congressional activity, and a death row inmate’s remarks. Notable voices include Rep Charles A Mosher Rep Hugh Scott and Philippines VP Manuel Palaez. Paul Crump comments reflect lethal sentence procedures in Chicago’s Cook County Jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Earth
Charles A. Mosher
R-Ohio
Paul Crump
Chicago
Cook County
Thomasville Underpass Gap Highlights Railroad Delays
In Thomasville local readers weigh underpass needs amid railroad disputes. James Helvey Jr notes Newton and Hickory progress with underpasses while Thomasville faces high costs and slow action. Police discuss radar use as a speed issue on Main Street.
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Thomasville
James Helvey Jr
Rich Fork Baptist Church
Newton
Hickory
Helvey
Paul Shore
Main Street
Highway Patrol
Ditch Digger Crowd Sights in Jamestown Scene
Reports describe a Gradall hydraulic ditching machine at Oakdale Cotton Mills drawing onlookers as it digs around water mains without cutting them. The column also notes local traffic law signals for horses, a firefighter issue, the death of Dr. D. B. Carrick, and Denton’s industrial growth including Schnierson garment, Biltwell chair, and Thornton Knitting plants with planned expansions.
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Denton
Schnierson
Biltwell Chair
Thornton Knitting Co
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C. G. Mackintosh
Snow Studio
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Republic of
Kenya
J. H. Speke
J. A. Grant
Nile
Anyoro
Speke
Grant
New Africa
Powers
History
Zanzibar
Tunis
South Carolina
Ivory Coast
Kipling
Accra
Funafuti
The
Enterprise
Kirkman Park
Robert
William Carr
National Education Assn
United States
Emmanuel Palaez
Hugh Scott
Congress
Thethomasville
Petti
B. F. Huntley
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Bud Kivett
Colonial Country Club
Kivett
Joe Jarrell
Finsh
Colonial
Bonnie
Jordan
Jamestown
Oakdale
George Matthews
D. B. Carrick
Braxton
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