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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1971
Page
2
The High Point area saw about four inches of snow before the winter storm's remnants depart. If forecasts hold and temperatures rise, the snow will melt quickly and major streets and most secondary roads are already clear following freezing temperatures Saturday night.
Pi Kappa Alpha plans Voter Registration Day at High Point College on Wednesday from 10 am to 3 pm the first on campus. The Guilford County elections office reports 300 18 to 20 year olds registered since January 4 with about 200 students enrolled there.
The High Point College Board of Trustees will host the first annual Community Prayer Breakfast on December 17 at 8 AM. Invitations go to community leaders ministers and friends of the college. Board officers Holt McPherson Horace Haworth Charles Hayworth and Dr Wendell Patton Jr sign the invitation noting the event may become an annual pre Christmas gathering with remarks from eleven faiths and time for audible and silent prayer.
The High Point draft board office will close Monday afternoon and reopen Friday morning December 10. Executive secretary Mrs. Peggy Hulin said the three day closing allows staff to attend a statewide Selective Service offices meeting in Raleigh.
Judy Ann Ryan 17, a Centre High School senior, was named High Point Junior Miss at Memorial Auditorium High Point College. Despite laryngitis she performed a Joan of Arc speech. Cathy Corn and Beth Stewart were runners up. Lynn Wyrick won Miss Congeniality. Claudia Turner hosted the pageant sponsored by High Point Jaycees.
A lively essay critiquing Smokey the Bear and Lassie style dogs, praising Rin Tin Tin and old time horse stars. The narrator jokes about a new Smokey cub named Little Smokey and recalls classic animal actors Tom Mix Tony Tarzan Ken Maynard Trigger Lassie and Rin Tin Tin with humorous nostalgia.
A columnist compares two modern weddings showing personal choice over tradition. One uses a formal plan with vows and blessings while the other features a self written ceremony and bluegrass hymn. The piece notes couples choosing heartfelt expressions over social norms and ends with a claim that the right wedding is the one chosen by the couple.
Nine Elks who died in the last year will be remembered at the Lodge of Sorrow in the lodge room this Sunday at 3 p m. The public is invited. G G Preston Jr Grover G Garland Ralph W Slate Horace G Ilderton Jack Smith Carson D Stout Robert McAllister Charles F Raulston Murray M White will be honored. Albert W Raulston will preside and Francis Nelson will call the roll with Holt McPherson delivering the address. Special music by Mrs James W Sears and Clarence Wagner.
Young In Touch hosts a Thursday forum at High Point Public Library at 7 p.m. The session begins with films The Hat and Neighbors and features four book reviews led by Betty Carolyn Ward.
The Centralaires from Central High School will sing at an open house at the Arts Council Building today from 3 to 5 p.m. The 41 voice choir is directed by Mrs. Florence Greene. The event kicks off the December exhibit Art in Glass, arranged by Mrs. Neal Lancaster with Al Klemme Jr. and hung by Jack Wert.
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