Camp Uwharrie fund drive seeks $50 000 for camp improvements
Opening of Boy Scout Week launches a campaign to raise 50 000 for Uwharrie Council camp projects including dining hall replacement after last summer's fire. Planned works total 75 000 with 25 000 covered by insurance. campaign runs across High Point Lexington Thomasville Salisbury and several counties with 1 048 Cub Scouts 2 669 Boy Scouts and 281 Explorers in council units. Baxter Freeze chairs the drive James Randle leads general solicitation five teams of six assist.
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Uwharrie
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
Uwharrie Council
High Point
Lexington
Thomasville
Salisbury
Rowan
Davie
Bunn W. Hackney Jr
Council
Baxter Freeze
James Randle
Rain Expected Late Tonight
The Friendship Weather Bureau predicts a warming trend with increasing cloudiness and rain late tonight. Forenoon conditions should be generally fair with a high near 60 degrees, followed by evening rain and a low in the mid 30s. Monday looks to clear and become colder after a 28 degree low last night.
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The
Friendship Weather Bureau
Good Scouts at state girls school in Delaware
The State Girls' Industrial School near Delaware Ohio may be the only institution of its kind in the nation to host a Girl Scout troop.
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Delaware, Ohio
Girls’ Industrial School
Here
No Shortage: Salk Polio Vaccine Widely Available
Dr. Fred T. Foard reports North Carolina free vaccine supplies sufficient locally with High Point able to obtain from Greensboro on short notice. Dr. John F. Lynch warns funds for free distribution depleted, risking end of free vaccine though commercial stock remains available at expected use rates.
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North Carolina
Fred T. Foard
Raleigh
State Board of Health
Greensboro
Little Theatre Tryouts Set for three one-act plays
Tryouts for the High Point Little Theatre production will be held in the Little Theatre on E Green Street Tuesday at 8 p m. The program features Overtones by Alice Gerstenberg with four women, Fumed Oak by Noel Coward for a man and two women and a girl, and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen by Tennessee Williams for one man and one woman. Directors are Erl Tronnes Jacqueline Rochelle and Herman Coble Jr. Performances run March 1920 at Memorial Auditorium, High Point College.
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High Point
Little Theatre
E. Green Street
Alice Gerstenberg
Noel Coward
Tennessee Williams
Erl Tronnes
Jacqueline Rochelle
Herman Coble Jr
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Theater for the connoisseur at Cricket theatre
Off Broadway Cricket theater in New York hosts an experimental showcase for dramatists directors and actors. Cleverly devised by Rhett Cone the house operator the event titled theater for the connoisseur invites admission by invitation only.
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New York
Rhett Cone
Polio Immunization Bill Backed by Two North Carolina Senators
Two High Point natives Sen. O A Kirkman and Rep Ed Kemp voiced support for a bill to make polio vaccination compulsory for under school age children. Kemp received key committee posts in the new session and praised the appointment, while Kirkman called vaccination for polio as intelligent as smallpox. Opinions on withholding state income tax were mixed with proponents citing cash benefits and others warning of confusion.
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General Assembly
O. A. Kirkman
Ed Kemp
Sen. Kirkman
Senate
Kemp
Addison Hewlett
House
Hewett
House Finance Committee
Kirkman
High Point
Llamo Fig Iy
Raleigh
Lighter Vein Promised on WMFR Radio Program
WMFR will feature a lighter vein this afternoon at 1 00 in the Your World Today and Tomorrow series. High Point College conducts the program and will discuss a U S Department of Education publication offering advice to foreigners visiting the United States. The talk will cover national political offices and predicted future officeholders.
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WMFR
High Point College
U. S. Department of Education
Health Safety Fair Ends Today At YMCA Exhibit
The 1959 Health and Safety Fair wraps up today from 2 to 6 p.m. at the YMCA gym drawing door prizes including a hi fi set and records. About 2,000 visitors have toured since Friday, with officials predicting 7 000 to 8 000 total as booths close.
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YMCA
Crime Prevention Week Opens Here
Local city officials and law enforcement join the High Point Exchange Club in observance of National Crime Prevention Week starting today through Feb. 14. The program includes Go-To-Church Sunday with Gordon Weathers, a meeting at Rainbow Supper Club featuring Judge Walter Crissman, honors for a local officer, Model Aviation and Youth Activities Day, guided tours of the station, and talks at area high schools by FBI assistant special agent Harold E. Welborn and others.
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High Point Exchange Club
Exchange Club
Bill Chevell
Gordon Weathers
High Point
Rainbow Supper Club
Walter Crissman
Crissman
Model Aviation and Youth Activ
Harold E. Welborn
FBI
Oe Chearette
William Penn High School
Kentucky
Welborn
Western Kentucky State College
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
el Paso
Memphis
Ae ‘Ton
D. C
Charlotte
Aten Jee Aew
James W. Clontz
Edward H. Williford
Jamestown High School
Bloodshed Box Score CITYWIDE THIS WEEK
CITYWIDE THIS WEEK reports a total of $27,485.00 in damages and losses from recent violent events. Authorities urge vigilance as crime totals are tallied across districts.
Guilford County Fine Arts Festival Registration Dates
Registration for the Guilford County Fine Arts Festival is set for March 12 to 14 with entry spaces at the Chamber of Commerce office on N Main Street in High Point and at the Woman's Club and Merin Art Gallery in Greensboro. A total of 37 awards will be given for literature music visual arts and special categories. Open to Guilford County residents or county workers excluding college students. High school entries limited to textiles furniture and industrial design.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
N. Main Street
Woman's Club
Merin Art Gallery
Hunt of the Sun stage project eyed by Shaffer
New York report says David Susskind plans a television and Broadway collaboration titled The Hunt of the Sun about Peru’s historic conquest. Peter Shaffer is writing the script with a planned minimum of three principals, aiming for a future production.
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New York
Peru
David Susskind
Broadway
Peter Shaffer
Black Hornets Club confronts a girl member and a refund dispute
In High Point's northeast, the Black Hornets Club enforces strict bylaws and expelled a male member over admitting a girl. The rift eased when the club treasurer received an ultimatum and the member was reconciled with a Sears-Roebuck catalogue. My Car recounts mechanical trials as a writer jokes about spark plugs, horn placement, and car repairs.
Attorney To Speak At Lions District Workshop
Hugh Monteith of Asheville will be featured speaker at the Lions District 31-D Coordinated Council Workshop at the Sheraton Hotel Wednesday at 7 p.m. The meeting will cover sight conservation with reports from 45 clubs and include district officers and club leaders. Walter Huber will preside and Dr. John R. Bender will introduce Monteith.
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Hugh Monteith
Asheville
U. S
Western District
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
J. D. Hugegins
Greensboro
Sylvan Lions Club
Monteith
Lions International
Board of International Relations
Walter Huber
High Point
Guilford County
John R. Bender
Winston-Salem
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George Conner, JR
Janet Teague
Bill
Max Rogers
Y Health and Physical Education Committee
Ken Yarborough
BOE Price
Cathy and
Charles Shubert
David Cox
Forrest Cates
Black Hornets Club
Tad
Sears - Roebuck
Johns Hopkins
Lions Meet
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