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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1974
Page
2
A humorous Thanksgiving diary recounts a laid back home feast. The narrator jokes about turkey mishaps, pie choices, cranberries, and raking leaves while noting the approaching Christmas season and the absence of a parade. He preserves a playful, ironic tone throughout.
Newspaper page fragment notes edition details for High Point Enterprise dated Sunday December 1, 1974. Contains generic wire and local briefs with no single dominant event identified in readable text.
The Moore Golf Inc of Culpeper Virginia sued Shambley Wrecking Contractors of Chapel Hill and North Hills Insurance Co of New Jersey over a grading contract for the Jamestown Park golf course. The dispute seeks damages and a bond dispute, with the Town of Jamestown joining to seek allocation of project debt.
The 1974 Christmas Cheer Fund in High Point has started slowly with only two contributions since the announcement. Officials say the $8,500 goal must be met to fulfill the fund’s purpose. Contributions may be mailed to The Enterprise or The Christmas Cheer Fund, P.O. Box 5467, and all gifts will be acknowledged.
A High Point Junior League led community service seminar meets Wednesday night in City-County Building Room 200. Two one hour sessions begin 7:30 p.m. focusing on social health welfare and available programs with leaders from United Way health and local government.
Randolph Sheriff elect Carl O Moore announced he will not hire former state ABC agent Frank Dunbar of High Point as a deputy. He faces controversy over previous hiring plans and says additional deputies from Sheriff Lloyd Brown's staff will join, with Asheboro police officers and a former policeman also on board.
The YWCA announces a second round of a Saturday morning recreation program for disadvantaged children in High Point starting February 22. Transportation from Juanita Hills and housing projects, meals, swimming, arts and crafts, games, and tours of Channel 8 studios police and library are planned for ages six to twelve, with 30 to 35 slots. Funded mainly by the United Fund.
Archdale City Council approved a plan to double the number of trustees at the Archdale Public Library this week, expanding governance and oversight for library operations and programs. The change increases leadership positions and broadens community representation.
Parents of West Charlotte High students injured in racial fights accuse the school system of downplaying the incident. Six fights involved black and white students last week, with two suspensions and up to ten more possible. Principal Haywood says the incidents were not a schoolwide disturbance but acknowledged the harm.
On the scene a monthly class for older Americans will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Wesley an Arms Nursing Home with Dr Harold Burchall discussing aging. A follow up discussion will occur. Contact the High Point Council on Aging for participation. The annual citywide Senior Citizens Bazaar is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Astor Dowdy Towers auditorium with handmade crafts Christmas items bakery items terrariums and plants for sale and many senior clubs represented. Randolph Meet a Randolph County bicentennial committee meeting is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Randolph Asheboro Public Library with a John B Rogers Co representative as speaker. Dr Joe Suggs invites volunteers. Club Event members of the Senior Citizens Club of Washington Terrace and Daniel Brooks Center were hosted at a meeting with 65 attendees where Rev B Jessup spoke on senior citizens relationship to God and his work.
A Christmas music concert by the 32voice chorus of the Thursday Morning Music Club of Winston-Salem will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Astor Dowdy Towers auditorium. Grady Miller, program director for the towers, has directed the chorus 24 years. The program splits into sacred numbers such as O Holy Night and secular pieces including Silver Bells with handbell accompaniment, Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, and We Need A Little Christmas from Mame. The event is open to the public.
A third grade teacher recalls Phebe, a girl who faced multiple family losses before age nine, including the death of her grandmother and mother. The piece highlights resilience and a child’s simple, profound gratitude for life as a Thanksgiving message.
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