Pilot Day Care Center Planned For City
A fund drive to raise 30000 dollars to run a two year pilot day care center for about 30 needy children in High Point moves into full swing. The Brooks Memorial Church on Fairview Street will host the center.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1968
Page
29
A fund drive to raise 30000 dollars to run a two year pilot day care center for about 30 needy children in High Point moves into full swing. The Brooks Memorial Church on Fairview Street will host the center.
A two year survey in four High Point neighborhoods finds about 300 children lack adequate day care with 165 in Fairview. Planned pilot center would serve 30 children with sliding scale fees, meals, taught instruction, and parent involvement, staffed by two full time workers plus volunteers. Donations total around $2,000 with St. Mary’s and St. Christopher’s Episco pal churches contributing.
A humorous guide urges husbands to volunteer for dinner to dodge chores. It advises grabbing a cook book, locating pots and pans, and using canned thyme, frozen entrees, and a quick biscuit batch. Beware well greased pans and the risk of blunt feedback, then enjoy one day off from yard work.
Mrs Norman Silver chairs the Committee For Day Care For High Point which aims to create a policy making board for day care centers after a pilot proves successful. They expect industries and churches to seek guidance from the agency to establish centers as more mothers join the workforce. The trend nationally shows working mothers doubling since 1950, with Massachusetts already moving to create industry operated centers and unions taking the lead in Baltimore and Mid Atlantic states.
Lt. Col. James F. Payne retires after 25 years in the USAF and resumes his BA in business administration at High Point College. He first attended in 1938, interrupted by World War II and the Korean War, and he hopes to complete in about 18 months. Payne and his family will live in High Point as he continues studies and plans to teach at a junior college.
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