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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1959
Page
31
First Presbyterian Church of High Point marks its centennial with services this week and next. Rev. Charles P. Coble, former pastor during sanctuary construction in 1927, will speak Thursday. Dr. Paul T. Jones, former pastor, will speak next Sunday. A reception honors past leaders and families.
Dr. Roy E. Watts has led First Presbyterian since July 1951 as it nears its centennial. Under his pastorate 74 new members joined Sunday School with weekly attendance over 500. Women of the Church reported 5 500 visits to the sick and needy last year. He organized the Westminister Fellowship at High Point College with 40 members. Watts, a Mississippi native, holds degrees from Southwestern College and Union Theological Seminary. He has pastored Leland and Clarksdale in Mississippi and Albemarle. He serves on multiple church committees and trustees boards in Orange Presbytery and nearby colleges.
YWCA officials welcomed Jack Burris challenge to finish the building fund. He offers 6000 dollars if the full 350000 dollars is pledged by September 15. Co chairs Willis Slane and Mayor Jesse Washburn push to raise the remaining funds to include a large competitive swimming pool ahead of the United Appeal drive.
The new firm, with office at 1250 Montlieu Ave, will operate as brokers for Nationwide Insurance Co. founders Boyles and Johnson are licensed brokers and Nationwide representatives. Boyles, a 1317 Wright St. resident, attends First Baptist Church and has seven years in insurance. Johnson, at 2108 E Green St., has a wife, two children, and attends Green Street Baptist Church.
Twenty two acts out of sixty entered were chosen to appear in the Tar Heel Variety Show September 25 and 26. Auditions held at Senior High School Auditorium sponsored by the High Point Woman's Club selected five category winners including The Velveteens vocal group and The Kirby-lites combo from Severn with other winners from Winston-Salem Greensboro and Fayetteville.
This column humorously recounts a court civil suit where a wife defends herself, a surprise insurance agent appears to represent both sides, and the judge dismisses the case. It riffs on thrift and domestic mischief with light, period voice and cartoonish anecdotes.
A terse box score reports a week’s fatalities and injuries with property losses. It notes persons killed and injured, and totals for this year to date. Property loss is listed as 6440 dollars. The readable text mentions general accident statistics rather than specific events.
Downtown Development Committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce the Merchants Association and the Real Estate Board aims to study redevelopment needs and attract business. Members return from a Kansas City downtown renewal clinic and stress urban growth coordinated with city leaders to keep High Point thriving.
The North Carolina Jaycees计划 to raise funds to build a new cottage at the Boys Home, with Governor Hodges blessing the effort. The project, led by Dallas and E. V. Stone, aims to triple capacity from 16 to 48 by adding two more cottages and a vacation building on the lakeside site. The Love Foundation gift supports debt relief and construction, while statewide and local Jaycees drum up Buck a Month memberships during Boy Home Month.
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