Mr Zip retires after long High Point service
Argie R. Wood of High Point retires from the post office after a career beginning in 1943 and long service in customer relations. A native of High Point he is known for promoting ZIP Code use and has sung in hundreds of weddings and funerals while serving as a deacon and youth teacher. He plans a March trip to the Holy Land before enjoying retirement.
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Zip
Argie R. Wood
High Point
Mr. Ip
William R
Pearl Smith Wood
Russell Street
Rosa Martha Farrington
Dwight
Martha) Jester
Winston- Salem
C. W
Eleanor) Patterson III
Midlothian
Wood
Riker
Charlotte
Green Street
Holy Land
Golden Age of Fiji on Nacula Island
An editor notes Fiji at a fragile peak of beauty and potential conflict. The Luciana cruises among Nabukaru and Tamasua dancers as Captain Leka Tuigeregere links hospitality with danger. Population shifts between native Fijians and Indian indentured descendants threaten land and political balance amid rising tourism.
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Nacula Island
Fiji
Luciana
Ratu Epeli
Nabukaru
Tamasua
Leka Tuigeregere
Palm Grove
Nacula
New Jersey
India
Suva
Awful
Three Year Degrees Move to Cut College Costs
The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education urges dramatic cost cuts by accelerating undergraduate and professional programs to three years. Reforms include year-round terms, high school last year merged into college, and credit by examination. Several systems and universities pursue three-year B A tracks and accelerated bachelor’s pathways.
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Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
University of California
Clark Kerr
Commission
California State University and College System
Glenn S. Dumke
Wisconsin State University System
State University of New York
St. Louis University
George Washington University
Harvard
Princeton
The Truman Legacy and the Man from Missouri
Sunday Accent reflects on Harry S. Truman's life and presidency. It highlights his restraint and duty, his decisive wartime orders, the Berlin airlift, Korea, and the victory in 1948, plus his efforts to end segregation in the armed forces and back national health insurance.
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Harry S. Truman
America
Hanoi
Truman
Missouri
White House
Roosevelt
Harry
Thomas E. Dewey
Japan
Russia
Korea
Congress
South Korea
United Nations
World Organization
Gen
MacArthur
Thomasville
Roaming the Piedmont Church Bellringer Retires
Robert James Avery ends 33 years as custodian and bellringer at First Presbyterian Church. Born in Lumberton and raised in High Point, he served since 1931 missing only two Sundays. He is noted as musical, playing piano and organ by ear, and serves as lodge chaplain.
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Robert James Avery
First Presbyterian Church
Lumberton
High Point
Robert
Sexton
First Presbyterian
Yearend reflections mix humor and North Carolina lore
Davidson Dateline Thomasville columnist closes the year with light anecdote and social notes. He recalls questions about local habits, state law on drinking age, and old attitudes toward cocktail parties, hoping social norms have eased since then.
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Thomasville
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