High Point Librarian Neal Austin’s Career and Library Growth
Neal F. Austin, chief librarian of High Point Public Library since 1952, guided major expansion including a new building on S Main Street, a relocated branch, doubled stock and circulation, a bookmobile, and expanded program offerings. He credits the active library board and community support, while maintaining strong ties to civic groups and professional associations.
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Robert Marks Enterprise
Neal Austin
High Point
Austin
S Main Street
E. Washington Street
Fourth Street
United States
Pickett
N. Main Street
Sheraton
City Hall
Council Meeting
Commerce and Main
S. Main Street
Piedmont Natural Gas Co
YMCA
College Village
Library Board
Jack Rochelle
Alice Paige White
Horace Haworth
D. Gibson Jr
W. E. Rogers Jr
Robert Rankin
Leo Heer
Chan Pegram
Davis To Head Welfare Dept In Randolph County
Davis, former County Board of Commissioners member, elected chairman of Randolph County board of public welfare. He succeeds James L. Riddle who had served since July 1955. Wallace Garner was named to fill Riddle’s vacancy on the board and is a Randolph County Commissioner. The third member is W. B. Stamey of Liberty.
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Asheboro
Branson
EF. Davis
County Board of Commissioners
Randolph County Board of Public Welfare
James L. Riddle
Riddle
Wallace Garner
Farmer
Randolph County Board of Commissioners
W. B. Stamey
Liberty
Two Men Join One-Gallon Club in Thomasville
Willie Wilson and Beacher Ward joined the One-Gallon Club during a Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at the Civic Center in Thomasville. Ninety-seven donors offered blood and 82 pints were collected. The next bloodmobile visit is scheduled for Oct. 10.
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Thomasville
Willie Wilson
Beacher Ward
Red Cross
Advance Notice Of Attack Expected By West
Roger Hilsman of the State Department says the West would likely receive substantial advance notice of a planned Soviet major attack in Europe. A buildup in East Germany would signal danger, though no such buildup is currently indicated. He notes only a few divisions could mobilize before NATO would know.
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San Francisco
Roger Hilsman
State Department
West
Europe
East Germany
Hilsman
World Affairs Council
NATO
Long Life From Civil War Slave Uncle Dorey Boyd
The 105 year old Salisbury area resident known as Uncle Corey Boyd recalls emancipation, farm life, and hard work. He says he stayed after freedom because it was a good place and credits rest and careful living for his longevity. His only medical treatment was an arm amputation after a molasses machine accident.
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Corey Boyd
J. L. Abernethy
Lowesville
Salisbury
Ed Abernethy
Uncle Dorey
Abernethy
Dorey
Boyd
Ole Mas
Corey
End Of Summer Is Danger Time For State's Forests
North Carolina faces rising forest fire risk as summer fades. State and 92 counties operate a fire control program protecting about 96 percent of woodlands. The division maintains seven planes, 144 lookout towers, 62 tractor plow units, and four nurseries producing millions of seedlings for reforestation.
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Raleigh
State
North Carolin
Department of Conservation and Development
Division of Forestry
Tar Heel
North Carolina
Rockingham
Person
Forsyth
Davie
Mecklenburg
Union
Currituck
New Hanover
Guilford
Croatan National Forest
Nantahalia
Pisgah
C & D Department
Fred H. Claridge
Claridge
State Forests Service
Paul W. Tillman
Philip A. Griffith
Goldsboro
Clayton
Morganton
Hendersonville
Gambling raid prompts townwide chatter in Thomasville
The Thomasville Scene reports on federal agents raiding a highway service station near town. Citizens joke about the event while civic groups face ribbing. The piece follows local reactions and notes a new city recreation director and Miss Thomasville winners.
Braxton Younts Returns to Roaming the Piedmont
Braxton Younts resumes the Roaming the Piedmont column after a vacation, with the next installment promised for next Sunday.
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Braxton Younts
Piedmont
Tobacco Prices At Record High
The Associated Press reports record high flue cured tobacco averages across the Eastern North Carolina Belt and the South Carolina Border Belt last week. The Border Belt sold 64,641,929 pounds at $66.80 per hundred, up $1.88, while the Eastern Belt opened at a record $64.20 for 12,317,998 pounds. Total Belt sales reached 42,295,688 pounds at $63.23, up $7.23 from last year’s opening week.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
South Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
Border Belt
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Orprice
Neal F. Austin
Mangum
Okla
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Tennessee
America
Connecticut
Virginia
Missouri
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Wytheville
Republic of Texas
University of Texas
Harley Mercherson Austin
Greer
Chisholm
Abilerne
Kansas
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
School of Library Science
University of Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Library
University of Oklahoma School of Journalism
School of Jornalism
Betty
Department of Archives
The
University
John Shaw
Cherokee Strip
Austins
Librar
Ian
Union County Public Library
Monroe
Ala-Ncla
North Carolina League of Women Voters
Texas Brigade
Charles Sanders
Oklahoma Librarian
North Carolina Library Assn
Public Libraries
American Library Assn
Council of Librarianship
Gallon Club
Conrad
Maiden
Dorey Boyd
By Wade Lucas
Nature
Forest Service
Superhighway
Feds
Archie Hardy
Thomasville Jaycees
Lexington
Santa
Hill’s Lake
Joanne Black
Burlington
Thomasville Court
Eith
Braxton
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