High Pointer Dr Kenneth Cheek's rise in medicine
Dr Kenneth M Cheek ends a year as chief of staff at High Point Memorial Hospital. Born in Durham he pursued medicine with help from family, worked in a Greensboro bakery to fund Wake Forest studies, served as a medical corpsman in WWII, and later advanced to lead staff at the hospital.
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Frank Warren
Kenneth M. Cheek
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point
Dr. Cheek
C. M. Gilmore
Greensboro
Wake Forest
Ambrosia
Baptist Hospital
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co
Vida Cheek
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Cheek
Wake Forest College
Bowman Gray Medical School
Kenneth Maurice Cheek
John Newton Cheek
Durham
Durham County
Snow Studio
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Co
Chatham County
Carey
Raleigh
Greensboro High School
Christmas Kittens Need Homes at Local Inn
Two small fat kittens appeared at a doorstep and purr with trust. The writer notes these babies were fed but abandoned, and asks for a Christmas kitten to be cared for by calling the hostel.
Career Day at High Point Central High
Dr. Scott and the High Point Central High faculty thank contributors for Career Day a vocational guidance program that helps prepare tomorrow's citizens. They also applaud the December 9 Good Afternoon column addressing inappropriate Christmas toys and urge continued societal change.
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Scott
High Point Central High School
Christmas No Time for Fly By Nights Editor Praise
A reader commends The Enterprise for its December 7 column and notes he has Federal Trade Commission booklets to show to anyone who questions the issue. He criticizes fly by night operators targeting the public at Christmas.
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Enterprise
Federal Trade Commission
The Texas Legend Recast by Jenkin Lloyd Jones
An editor's outlook argues Texas should shed the Tall Texan gunman myth. It praises real Texan virtues, from reinvestment in state wealth to philanthropy, universities, and the arts, while urging a truthful, broader state image beyond violence and bravado.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Jack Ruby
Texas
Pecos
East
Dallas
America
Lone Star State
Sam Houston
Ozarks
Texas Trail
Alamo
Goliad
San Jacinto
Jerusalem
Sabine
Rio Grande
Castro
Reflections at Christmas Time in High Point
A reader from High Point offers a spiritual reflection on the meaning of Christmas and the need to honor God beyond the season. The note emphasizes personal accounting of eternity and moral consideration during the holidays. Dorothy Ellen Rich of Rt. 4, Box 376 signs the message.
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Dorothy Ellen Rich
Congress in Need of Reform and Strong Leadership
The Sunday Accent surveys the 88th Congress under President Johnson, noting a sluggish session with many major bills stalled. It urges a bipartisan committee to study scheduling and staffing while warning that seniority and Rules Committee power hinder action and threaten constitutional checks.
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Johnson
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
Roscoe Drummond
House
Washington
House Rules Committee
Thomasville Council Considers City Employee Pay Increases
The Thomasville City Council meets at City Hall to discuss privilege licenses and a proposed personnel ordinance that would grant salary raises to above average city workers. City Manager Peter F. Lydens led the plan, with the personnel committee delaying action for further study and possible visits to other cities.
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Thomasville
City Hall
Peter F. Lydens
Winston-Salem
Mt. Airy
Lydens
James E. Lambeth Jr
Lambeth
Burke Bridges
Lambeth and
Bridges
Baren Craven
Horneytown 4-H Team Wins National Livestock Judging Prize
Dickie Idol of Kernersville and two other Forsyth boys helped the Horneytown team win the national Livestock Judging contest in Chicago. Idol placed second high individual. coach Van Frye from High Point praised North Carolina’s strong showing. Governor Sanford touted NC turkey production and urged nominations for Louisville contest. A Christmas pageant joke and holiday fire safety plea close the piece.
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Horneytown
Dickie Idol
Forsyth County
North Carolina
Chicago
Dickie
Weldon Idol
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Kansas
High Point
van Frye
Forsyth
Jimmy Morris
Walkertown
Garland Fearrington
Pfafftown
Connie Pittman
Wilson
Tar Heel
Louisville
Bert Combs
Kentucky
Sanford
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Kenneth Cheek
Pacific
Seattle
Wash
Hawaii
Okinawa
Leyte
Philippines
Japan
82Nd Signal Corps
Hokaido
Sapporo
United States
Christ
God
Robert
Marvin
Burts
Terry Sanford
Wade Lucas
State Department of Conservation and Development
Piedmont
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