Miss Earline Robinson Sheds Light on High Point North State Office
Miss Earline Robinson oversees 29 women in North State Telephone Co. billings and collections from the new High Point office on Main Street. A long-time employee since 1930, she grew the department and helped move the company to a larger building reflecting steady growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North State Telephone Co
High Point
Earline Robinson
N. Main Street
Miss Robinson
Miss North State
Billings
North State
Randleman
Thomasville
A. A. Allred
Billings and Collections
Mississippi
Meridian
Laurel
Miss
Mississippi State College
Columbus
W. M. Robinson
First Presbyterian Church
Grandpa’s Christmas List Inspires Town Letter
A reader in High Point writes of Christmas bustle and town sights. The piece includes a seasonal poem about Grandpa shopping for relatives and a playful note on Santa arriving before Turkey Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Enterprise
Santa Claus
Santa
Pat Fisher
Jury convicts man in drunken driving case over test issue
In Recorder's Court in Thomasville a jury finds the defendant guilty of drunken driving after debate over whether an alcohol test could be administered. The officer testified the test is not always available and only the arresting officer may order it. The verdict is appealed to Davidson County Superior Court for further decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Roy Hughes
Davidson County
Wesley Memorial Methodist
James Huggin
Huggin
Reidsville
Danville
Editor's Outlook: Grade Schools By Standardized Tests
An opinion piece argues for publishing individual school test results to reveal true achievement levels. It criticizes concealed data, contrasts urban and rural districts, and weighs impacts of desegregation efforts and tracking on learning, staffing, and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Stanford
Iowa
U. S. Office of Education
U. S. Education
Harold Howe II
America
Piousness Lacks Practicality in High Point Liquor Debate
Letter questions clergy views on liquor prohibition noting High Point taxes and bonds fund schools and streets. The writer argues liquor revenue could aid urban improvement and cites Jamestown as a parallel, claiming drinking-driver data is contested and dry communities share piousness without practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
High Point
USA
Jamestown
North Carolina Lumber Industry’s Steady Growth Highlighted
The Southern Pine Association notes the NC lumber sector remains a cornerstone of the economy with about 650 mills employing around 150000 in forest-based jobs. 1966 production near 900 million board feet could fuel 100000 homes, driven by mechanization, improved quality, and byproducts like pulp chips from mill residues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolin
New World
Tidewater
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina
Olina Mills
Arkansas
Changing Christmas Trees From Native to Factory Made
The piece notes a shift from native evergreen trees to factory made metallic leaf trees. North Carolina growers may plant four million trees yearly within a few years, with 20 000 acres in production. About 200 growers now supply the market, incl lawyers doctors and retirees. Counties involved include Avery Alleghany Ashe Mitchell Watauga Yancey Cherokee Clay Macon Swain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fred Whitfield
State
Whitfield
North Carolina
Avery
Alleghany
Ashe
Mitchell
Watauga
Yancey
Cherokee
Clay
Macon
Swain
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Farline Robinson
Robert Marks
William N. Robinson
M and R Machine Co
T. M. Robinson
Old Dominion College
Norfolk
F. M. Robinson
Gulfport
E. L. Navey
Charlotte
William and Mary Apartments
Mrs. Robinson
Virginia Shackleford
Robinso
Bernice Koonce
Grandpa
Mary Jane
Little Joe
Daughter Sue
Jim
Ellen
Tom
Davidson
Recorder’s Court
Burchette
Bob
North
Carolina’s Forest Industries
Lumber
North Car
Robert
Dad
Papa
State University At
Raleigh
Braxton
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