Mrs Tom Finch Leads Thomasville Hospital Guild Craft Sale
In Thomasville since September about 75 women in the Hospital Guild have created over 2,000 handmade items for a Christmas Treasure House at the W A Kennedy home on Valley Road. From 10 a m to 8 p m Wednesday visitors may tour the Kennedy home, shop the guild wares, and support the new hospital fund. The guild aims to raise money for extra equipment and furnishings as membership nears 100, led by Mrs Tom A Finch, wife of a hospital trustee and head of Thomasville Furniture Industries.
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Robert Marks
Thomasville
Thomasville Hospital Guild
Tom A. Finch
W. A. Kennedy
Valley Road
Hospital Guild
Kennedy
Kennedy Home
Guild
Finch
Meredith Slane
High Point
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Mrs. Finch Profile Highlights Community Work and Family
Thomasville resident Mrs. Finch is active in local service and education. She helped launch the Home Tours program to fund a remedial reading program and serves on the Thomasville school board. She and her husband belong to several country clubs and have four sons, plus a three year old daughter Merry.
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Pine Needle Lane
Merry
Austin
Jack
Woodberry School
David
Sandy
Westchester Academy
Finch
Thomasville
Editor's Notebook laments yellow journalism and moral decline
The piece critiques Newsweek style sensationalism and network TV bias, arguing sex and violence coverage lowers public standards. It asserts media manipulation via dramatic scenes skews perception of protest and revolts, urging restraint and genuine journalism over sensationalism.
Johnsons quiet confidence reshapes presidency and tech ties
Washington column notes Lyndon Johnson shows growing self assurance amid crises. It cites his East Room press conference as a turning point and recalls his long habit of resilience. Also details White House weddings and a push to unify federal computers across agencies.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
East Room
A Time In The Service Distorted by Military Mind Games
A veteran recalls how Army orders shift and frustrate soldiers from Korea to Southeast Asia. Pfc Joe Smith’s 18 month home leave and a canceled port call illustrate rash reassignments, while the author recounts being rerouted from Korea to a desk job as clerk-typist after basic infantry training.
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Germany
Joe Smith
Brownsville
Calif
Army
Smith
Fort Hood
Texas
Southeast Asia
Korea
F Jackson
Landstuhl
95Th Medical Group
Mysterious Tombstone Mystery Baffles Davidson Deputies
Davidson County deputies investigate a rogue tombstone found on Spurgeon Farm Abbotts Creek near High Point Wallburg Road. The stone for John W. A. Hartness 1812 1890 lacks burial records in Davidson, raising questions if it was made locally or sent from elsewhere. Authorities seek clues while the stone remains in the sheriff's office.
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Thomasville
Sheriff's Department
Spurgeon
Abbotts Creek
High Point-Wallburg Road
John W. A. Hartness
Hartness
South Carolina Infantry
Confederate States Army
Davidson County
South Carolina
Christmas Tree Burn Planned by High Point Fire Prevention Group
The Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee and the fire department plan the second annual Christmas Tree Burn with city pickups for wrappings and trees. Trees will be ignited at Albion Millis stadium lot, public invited, with a bonfire and entertainment.
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Chamber of Commerce Fire Prevention Committee
Fire Department
Sanitation Division of Public Works
High Point
Albion Millis Stadium
T. G. Shelton
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Hatteras Yacht Co
Salem Academy
Sweetbriar College
McGill University
Canada
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the Capital
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U. S
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Tower of Babel
Uncle Sam
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Aberdeen, Md., Proving Grounds
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Fred C. Sink
Lexington
Denton
Yale
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Big John Harris
Chair City
Big John
Asheville
Raleigh
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N. C. Highway Patrol
Greensboro
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