High Point's John Crowder Named Outstanding Young Man of 1961
North Carolina Junior Chamber named John Crowder one of three Outstanding Young Men of 1961. Crowder, born 1926 in High Point, overcame a severe speech impediment to excel in sports, education, and community service. He rose from Duke pre med to various roles and now runs Star Cleaners while serving church, scouts, Red Cross, Salvation Army, YMCA, and Duke Alumni activities. He and his wife Janice have three children.
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Enterprise
John Crowder
John
North Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce
High Point Jaycees
DSA
Arnold Aronson
The
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Aronson
Jaycee
Duke University
Crowder
General College
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Duke
John Nathaniel Crowder
Steele Street
Maxey J. Crowder
Maxey Crowder Sr
Dinwiddie County
Virginia
Nathaniel Crowder
Blackstone
High Point
Maxey Crowder
Lillian Hawthorne
Maxey J
J. P. Crowder
Washington Street
Salisbury
Lexington
Crowders
Lindsay Street
English Street
Maxey Sr
J. P
Louise
Edith
Mildred
Helen
Geneva
Maxie
Richard
Joan
E. B. Leonard
Ramseur Furniture Co
Kermit Cloniger
Thomasville
Chair City
Crowell Little
Chapel Hill
Harry Brown Finch
Loyd H. Warren
Dayton Rubber Co
Waynesville
Davidson Laundry
Charlotte
John H. Christy
Jefferson
Hurley Dunbar
Elm Street School
Washington, D.C
United States
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
High Point Junior High School
Ferndale Junior High School
Glenn Falls
N. Y
National Honor Society
University of Georgia
Morehead
University of North Carolina
Alabama
Agriculture Department
Silver Springs
Janice Trimmer
Philadelphia
Brevard
Olin Industries
McRoy Gasque
Olin
High Point Laundry
Houser Cleaners
S. Main Street
Star Cleaners
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
Red Shield
Red Shield Boys’ Club
YMCA
American Business Club
Boosters Club
Duke Alumni Club
Johnny
Barbara
Robert
John Crowders
Woodrow Ave
Hosiery Firm Announces Wage Increase Across Plants
Greensboro Burlington Hosiery Co. a major Burlington Industries division will raise wages for production workers effective February 26. Executive VP Thomas B. Sain said the raises align with industry levels and will be detailed once rate schedules are set. All women’s hosiery plants, including full fashioned seamless and hosiery throwing, are affected. Burlington Hosiery operates 16 plants in six states.
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Burlington Hosiery Co
Burlington Industries Inc
Thomas B. Sain
Burlington Hosiery
Sain
Student Writes With Mouth From Yugoslavia
Mirko Malinovski, a Legan University student in Skoplje, writes with his mouth after losing both arms at age nine in a train accident. A World War II partisan, he became a marksman and loaded his gun with his mouth, triggering it with his right elbow.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Mirko Malinovski
Skoplje Law University
Mirko
High Point Tobacco Firm and Family Legacy in 19th Century
In 1872 William Penn Pickett and J. J. Welch expanded the Pennfield store near High Point to start the W. P. Pickett Tobacco Co. employing about 100 workers. The firm moved to Main Street in 1881, faced Duke and Reynolds pressure after 1900, and was sold in 1905. The Pickett family remained prominent, with W. P. Pickett serving as mayor.
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Pickett Tobacco Co
N. Main Street
Penn Pickett
John Pickett
Mary
William Penn Pickett
Pickett
Welch
John Bain
W. P. Pickett Tobacco Co
F. M. Pickett
Spring Workshop Opens Tax Course At Ferndale High
The spring Arts and Crafts Workshop co sponsored by the parks and recreation department and the Junior League starts Thursday at Ferndale Junior High School. Classes run each Thursday 7 30 to 9 30 through April 26 with 18 courses including How To File Your Income Tax taught by attorney William Kuhn and Furniture Refinishing by Isaac Musick. Registration is half an hour before the first session. demand may add or drop courses. A $3 fee applies to several crafts and a $5 fee for mosaics and painting.
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Artsand Crafts Workshop
Parks and Recreation Department
Junior League
Ferndale Junior High School
William Kuhn
Isaac Musick
Lillian Madison
Turns Kuhn
St Olaf Choir In Concert Today In Winston-Salem
The St Olaf Choir from Northfield Minnesota will perform at Reynolds Auditorium in Winston-Salem today at 3 sponsored by Augsburg Lutheran Church. Directed by Olaf C Christiansen the group is famed as America s pioneer a cappella choir. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 1 for students.
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Winston-Salem
St. Olaf Lutheran College
Augsburg Lutheran Church
Reynolds Auditorium
Northfield, Minn
America
Broadway Composer Sees Music Dominating Musicals
AP reports Broadway composer Arthur Schwartz predicts future musical comedies will rely increasingly on music and lyrics. He envisions a form where 80 to 90 percent of a show is music and lyrics with story and dancing subordinate to the score.
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New York
Arthur Schwartz
Senior High High Points Defeat Greensboro and Rise in Conference Standings
Senior High High Points celebrates a win over Greensboro lifting them to second in the conference after a decisive game against Burlington. Civitan Club sponsors a sock hop and oversees clean up efforts by Junior Civinettes, with Key Club support on game programs. MISS FRANCIS HAYWOOD attends a Southern regional meeting at Duke. The Senior High Concert Orchestra, led by Barry Ruth and Virginia Frank, performs The Sound of Music this afternoon at 3. Two assemblies boost morale, including Crime Prevention Week remarks by Vincent P. Von Drehle and music excerpts from the concert.
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Central 4A
Burlington
Junior Civitan
Steve Weavil
Civitan
Junior Civinettes
Susan Holmes
Faye Setzer
Hugh Jordan
Jill Dunivant
Barry Ruth
Virginia Frank
Vincent P. von Drehle
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Raleigh
Emerywood Studo
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Barnes Manufacturing Co
John Holmes
D. E. Harllee
Pickett Cotton Mill
W. P. Pickett
John Walker
Minnie Harrell
J. E. Horney
Don Wehry
H. C. Simmons
Olive Overby
Katherine Russell
P. Z. Adams
M. W. Perryman
C. K. Wright
Horace Knight
Homer Barrett
Bert Lyons
Charles Taro
A. C. Pearson
Virginia Banjiola
Shirley Ray
Claude Smith
C. S. Lambeth
Ruth Ellis
Joe Rawhey
St. Olaf Choir
Bison
Francis Haywood
College Entrance Examination Board
Assn. of College Admissions
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