High Pointer of Week Herman Smith
Herman Smith rose from farm boy and premed student to president of McEwen Lumber Co in 1962 guiding its best era. He also coowns Amos Smith Hosiery Mill and plans Tampa expansion while remaining active in High Point community and flying with his wife.
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Robert Marks
Herman Smith
University of North Carolina
Smith
McEwen Lumber Co
McEwen
South Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Richmond
Roanoke
Greenville
Tampa
Fla
English Road
High Point
Amos-Smith
Pilot Mountain
High Pointer
Redisville
Rockingham County
Dillon S. Smith
R. T. Amos Sr
Reidsville
Carolina
J. T. Amos
Greensboro
Reidse
Amos Hosiery
Eastman School of Business
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Amos Hosiery Mill
Eeper
Amos - Smith Hosiery Mill
Louise McEwen
W. B. McEwen
Mately
McEwen Lumber
Ae Eeer Company
Smiths
Edgedale Dr
Aere Ors
Ood
American Business Club
United
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Appalachia aid debate tests reach of the program
The essay notes proposals to expand Appalachia aid to Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Four Corners regions while criticizing a culture of flashy promises. It cites Senator McClellan and Senator Harris proposals and argues against widening welfare nets for the able bodied while stressing regional economic realities and federal projects like TVA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Appalachian Ridge
John McClellan
Missouri
Arkansas
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Edward Kennedy
New England
Appalachia
Joseph Montoya
Four Corners
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Alaska
Homestead Dodgers
America
John Smith
Jamestown Island
Charles Dickens
TVA
Arkansas River
Sens. McClellan and Harris
Washington
What Price Of Crime Deterrent
A reader argues against the death penalty referencing 1965 cases from North Carolina and Virginia. She cites Joe Graham Hughes and Denard Gusler Jr. to question the deterrent value of capital punishment and recalls a grandfather executed for murder.
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the Enterprise
Winston Churchill
Horace Mann
North Carolina
Joe Graham Hughes
Greensboro Daily News
Martinsville
Denard Gusler Jr
Bassett High School
Amon Gusler
Bassett
Virginia
Heart Searching Time in High Point Referendum Debate
A reader questions the High Point referendum on ABC stores, arguing Christians should oppose liquor and warning of social harm. The letter cites a fatal crash linked to alcohol and asks if revenue justifies liquor access, urging civic wakefulness and fiscal choice.
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High Point
Oliver Russell Thomasville
The Question For Decision Over ABC Stores In High Point
The High Point Jaycees push for a refer endum on ABC stores citing practical profits while facing moral scrutiny from local pastors and Laymen for Christian Action. The group defends its stance as nonmoral, noting Jamestown’s ABC store presence and past rejections of referendums.
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High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point
ABC
Jaycees
Jaycee
Gene Martin
High Point Baptist Pastors’ Conference
Christian Action
Harry Bell
Bell
Martin
Jamestown
Big Day In Davidson County Tax and License Push
Davidson County begins a two day drive targeting overdue 1964 licenses and late tax listings with a 10 percent penalty after Tuesday. Police will arrest offenders at 12:01 a.m. and officials note education reforms and a planned community college for the county. Also reported are liquor sale discussions and the Petty family obituary with Harold Petty's mother M G Petty dies at 76. funeral at Wesley Memorial Church.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Lois Edinger
National Education Assn
Paul Edinger
Pilot Drive
North Carolina
Edinger
Petty
Harold
High Point
Chapel Hill
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Roaming the Piedmont Fox Hunters and the Circus
The writer recalls missing the Davidson Fox Hunters Assn annual events near Wallburg due to executive’s flu. He also laments missing the circus, recalling past circuses with rail yard unloadings, wagons, bands, elephants, calliopes, and street parades that drew youngsters before dawn.
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Davidson Fox Hunters Assn
Wallburg
Hill and Hell
Yesteryear
Calliopes
Piece de Resistance
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Emerywood Studio
Sinclair Lewis
H. L. Mencken
Kansas
Bia Broadcasting System
Kentucky
Willie Kirk
Martin County
Elizabeth Bowne Wall
Enterprise
MR. Evans
Wane City
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Old March of Dimes
Robert
Davidson
Harold Petty
N.C. Highway Patrol
High Point Memorial Hospital
M. G. Petty
Marvin
Braxton
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