High Pointer J W McGuinn Jr Named Man of the Year
J W McGuinn Jr of High Point is hailed as the community’s man of the year for 1963, embodying reliability and civic service. The article traces his background from an early scare as a baby to leadership roles in junior high, Key Club, and senior high, and notes his family’s influence on his civic mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McGuin
High Point
J. W. McGuinn Jr
Chamber of Commerce
John William McGuinn
Bill McGuinn
South Carolina
Randolph County
Elizabeth Phillips McGuinn
McGuinns
McGuinn
Little Red
Ray Street
High Point High School
Anne Sherrill
Mr. America
The Stick Shit editor's outlook by Jenkin Lloyd Jones
An essayist bones the lure of simplicity and rebellion against overmodern life. He favors manuals over automatics and recalls European clutches and rustic pleasures while mocking modern efficiency and high priced comforts. He ends defending the four on the floor stick as a personal claim to control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Europe
Appreciative of DSA Award at Thomasville
A letter from Murrill Burton thanks the Thomasville Junior Chamber of Commerce for a Service Award and pledges continued humble service. Sherrill L. Morris urges action on alcohol issues, cites tax costs, deaths, and social harm, contrasting with tobacco advertising and urging focus on cure rather than symptom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DSA
Thomasville
the Enterprise
Thomasville Junior Chamber of Commerce
Murrill Burton
Clothes theft at launderette shocks Thomasville readers
A reader recalls a theft at a National Highway launderette where clothes left to wash vanished after a grocery run. He laments washing for the thief and losing money for shirts and washing powder while noting prior Davidson and Randolph county fatalities in January coverage.
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Thomasville
National Highway
Davidson County
Randolph County
Speed blamed in highway fatalities and crash details
The report notes four of seven fatalities partly due to speed and recalls a Friday collision where a car hit a tractor-trailer and then struck a grandmother, mother, and granddaughter. A patrolman cites heavy advertising of powerful engines as a contributing factor to highway deaths.
Case For Median Strip Faces Public Debate In High Point
A public hearing is set for February 21 as City Council weighs the proposed Main Street median. Supporters say it improves traffic flow and downtown revives the area, while opponents cite angled parking reducing spaces and hurting downtown business. Strong contrast with regional downtown plans fuels the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Downtown Development Corp
Development Corporation
Merchants Assn
Council
N. Main
S. Main
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Randleman Little League Sets Stage for Summer Season
Randleman organizers elected officers for the May start. E. W. Freeze leads the senior division with six teams and 230 players across senior, little, and minor leagues. New Archdale club joins Red Blue and Green, New Market, and Worthville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randleman Little League
E. W. Freeze
P. H. Massey
Vernon Boling
John Pugh
Joe Brookshire
Archdale
Randleman
New Market
Worthville
Randolph County
Our obligation fire film shown at Guil-Rand station
A 26 minute color film produced with the Los Angeles Fire Department presents a fictional school fire and its grief stricken aftermath. It aims to show what can happen in a school or public building fire and was viewed at Guil-Rand fire station on loan from Guilford County Fire Marshal's office. Weather outlook nears fox hunting season with cautious forecasts and farmers reminded to apply top-dressing to small grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Fire Department
Guil-Rand
Guilford County Fire Marshal's Office
PTA
Wallburg
Guilford County
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Frank Warren
J. W. McGuinn JR. Man of the Year
Oil Company
North Carolina
William E. Gladstone
Parliament
Luis
Sherrill L. Morris
Peter F. Lydens
Pete
Jaycees
Max D. Wright
Duf
National Y
Max
Marvin
Burts
Robert
Tion
High Point City Lake Park
Beep Sever
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