High Point leader Gurney Kearns built a life of service
Gurney Harriss Kearns, born 1872 in High Point, built a business and public life that shaped the city. He led Kearns Furniture and Crown Hosiery, organized real estate ventures, helped found a fire department, and funded the Gurney Harriss Kearns Foundation for Graduate Study in Religion at Duke University, supporting dozens of religious scholars since 1935.
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Trinity
Gurney Kearns
Springfield
Trinity College
Duke University
High Point
Durham
Kearns
Duke
Model Farm
Welch's
Tate Furniture Co
J. J. Cox
W. G. Bradshaw
Globe Home Furniture Co
Concord
G.A.C. Corporation
Mr. Kearns
Katherine Whittier Ragan
Guilford County
Eniage
Kiwanis
Gurney Kearn
Gurney Harriss Kearns
Dr. Few
Few
South
Wage Law Clarified For Restaurateurs
North Carolina restaurant industry receives a clear explanatory booklet on the new minimum wage law. The NC Association of Quality Restaurants published the guide after six months of study with input from the Attorney General's office and the State Department of Labor.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
N. C. Association of Quality Restaurants
C. A. Upchurch Jr
Attorney General's Office
State Department of Labor
State Department of Labor For Correction
Upchurch
Duke Power Heat School Graduates 27
Twenty seven employees completed a four week electric heating course by Duke Power Co at Hickory. The program covered theory operation and installation of electric heating and heat pumps. It was the second session this year for Duke Power employees and reflected rising interest in electric heating. Among the graduates was H. Rogers Jr. of High Point.
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Duke Power Co
Hickory
Duke
Eg H. Rogers Jr
Minister Receives New 1960 Station Wagon Gift
The Rev. Lee Stewart ev ngel ist and family were given a 1960 station wagon at Smith Grove Baptist Church Colfax as a Christmas gift from friends and churches where he held revivals. Presentation by Mrs. Sybil Whitt and Harold Smith of High Point. They reside at 2712 Forbes Dr Greensboro, formerly Mayo Va.
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Lee Stewart
Smith Grove Baptist Church
Colfax
Sybil Whitt
Harold Smith
High Point
Mr. Stewart
Forbes Dr
Greensboro
Mayo
Thomasville Church Sets Yule Service
The First Baptist Church choir in Thomasville led by Roy E Holder will present Christmas Carols and Candles at a 5 p.m. vesper service on Sunday. Organ accompaniment by Mrs. E I Earnhardt with guest violinist Mrs. Boyd C Foust. Soloists include Miss Sylvia Beck and several local singers.
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Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Roy E. Holder
E. I. Earnhardt
Boyd C. Foust
Sylvia Beck
Glenn Leonard
Stanley Wright
Wayne Freeman
Couple Reunited With Children After Khrushchev Plea
In Chicago a couple learns an appeal to Khrushchev led to lifting the Iron Curtain and the reunion of parents Paulius and Mrs. Leonas with their Lithuanian children Regina Leonas, 20, and Tomas, 17, who will join them next month.
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Chicago
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
Regina Leonas
Tomas
Paulius Leonas
Khrushchev
Des Moines
Leonas
Remarkable 88-Year-Old Mr. Kearns Keeps Busy
Mr. Kearns, 88, remains active and industrious as he starts each day in his office. He takes a keen interest in community, state, and world affairs, matching many younger colleagues in energy.
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Mr. Kearns
Christmas Peace Center Aids Global Aid Network
Southeast office of the American Friends Service Committee in High Point operates year round from a white frame house on South Main Street. The center collects clothing and money from seven states for refugees and conflict areas, shipping over 10,000 pounds of apparel last year and expecting more this year due to Algerian refugee appeals. Unsuitable items, mainly women’s clothing and high heels, are diverted to the Sal Army, while financial gifts also aid global relief efforts.
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J. W. P. Mooney Enterprise
High Point
South Main Street
Southeastern
American Friends Service Committee
Virginia
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Philadelphia
Will Hartsell
Hartsell
Sal
Army
Readying the Day's Mail by Janet Teague on Quaker center work
The Southeastern regional American Friends Service Committee office in Greensboro coordinates relief, peace education, and race relations. It funds activities through national support while running a summer work program and lectures at area colleges. The office originated in 1946 to plan a peace seminar for the Carolina Institute of International.
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American Friends Service Committee
Southeastern
Woman's College
Greensboro
Carolina Institute of International
Quakers
Time for Festivities From Mountains To Coast
North Carolina hosts Yuletide traditions from Old Salem to Wilmington. Moravian Candle Tea in Old Salem showcases beeswax candles and Putz displays with sugar cake and coffee. Wilmington lights up a 75 foot water oak tree in Hilton Park drawing thousands each season. Fox hunts golf and horse shows enliven Christmas across Pinehurst Southern Pines and Ryan, with tree harvests sending balsam and spruce to markets in Galax and beyond.
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Wilmington
Mid-South
Rodanthe
Hatteras Island
Old
Salem
Salem Square
Home Moravian Church
Municipal Department of Public Works
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Hilton Park
Cape Fear River
Oes
Southern Pines
Ryan
Roan Mountain
Pisgah National Forest
Bakersville
U. S. Forest Service
Christmas Vacation Beats At Thomasville High
Students at Thomasville High School anticipate a Christmas vacation starting Tuesday at two o clock and running until January 4 with exams beginning January 7. Bible Club decorates doors at the Presbyterian City Memorial Hospital. National Honor Society sells student directories this week. Library Club and Monogram Club formed with officers named Harris Leonard Holladay Cloniger Grubb.
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TSHS
Bible Club
Presbyterian City Memorial Hospital
Church Club
Tshs Bulldogs
National Honor Society
Monogram Club
Cushwa
Sam Harris
Larry Leonard
Tommy Holladay
Doug Cloniger
Jerry Grubb
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Gurney H. Kearns
Henry Clay Kearns
Randolph County
Five Points
Frances Jane Kearns
Gurney
Orlando
Fla
Nancy
J. Allen Austin
Mr. Gurney
Ee Set
Amos Ragan
S. Main Street
City Library
Hillcrest Drive
Amos
Katherine Kearns Cheek
Flowers
School of Religion
H. Sheldon Smith
Ned Wiley
Wesley Memorial Church
W. A. Lambeth
Lake Junaluska
Duke Chapel
Paul L. Garber
Agnes Scott College
Union Hall
Ee Ee Oe Tee See
Edens
Duke Power Heat School
Thomasville Church
AFSC
Janet Teague
National Headquarters
Marion Holbrook
Margaret Reeve
Execu
Tive
OF Friends
Calhoun Geiger
Max Heirich
Sarah Harbin
Tar Heels
By Dick Pitts
North
Car
Olina
Old Salem
Winston-Salem
High Corner
Evelyn Long
PTA
Glee Club
Robert Boyles
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