High Point Leader Named for Loyalty Fund Drive
High Point insuranceman Robert B. Rankin will head the local phase of the 1967 68 loyalty fund campaign. The drive begins March 23 with a kick off in the campus dining hall at High Point College. Seven Majors will head subdivisions. the goal is 40 percent and $60 000.
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High Point
Robert B. Rankin
High Point College
Rankin
High Point Chamber of Commerce
High Point Drive
Bob Cress
Evelyn Culler
Harry Hauser
Bill Shaffer
J. W. Snotherly
Mararet Warner
Haroldte
Beverly Deal
Great Ice Storm of 1934 Anniversary Recalled
The 34th anniversary recalls the February 25 1934 Great Ice Storm in the northern Piedmont area. Ben Saunders former High Point assistant public works director recalls crews restoring electricity and clearing blocked streets after power poles and lines toppled by ice. Crews worked around the clock for days and two weeks passed before power fully returned.
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Piedmont
Ben Saunders
High Point
Saunders
North Carolina Nonfarm Employment Drops in January
State Labor Commissioner Frank Crane cites a 43 100 decline in NC nonfarm payrolls from December due to seasonal factors and a January ice storm. Industries hit include textiles apparel lumber construction motor freight transportation and schools with further seasonal declines in tobacco, trade, services and food products. January total stands at 1.56 million, down from December’s peak but up 10 600 from January 1967.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Frank Crane
Crane
Ambler Festival Institute Names Sarah Croom Morris on Faculty
High Point piano instructor Sarah Croom Morris joins Ambler Festival Institute Philadelphia for summer 1968 as piano faculty and staff accompanist. Institute opens June 24 with Temple University as sponsor and resident ensembles including Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia and Lenox Quartet.
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Sarah Croom Morris
High Point
Greensboro College
Philadelphia
Chavis YMCA Report Meet Slated For 1968 Campaign
The Carl Chavis YMCA executive committee meets Wednesday at noon to plan sponsorships and bay memberships. Twelve teams compete with the committee for members and funds, with Robert Cartwright and Edward Ashworth as co chairmen of the 1968 campaign.
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Carl Chavis Ymca
Robert Cartwright
Edward Ashworth
Cochairman
Drama Club Set Two Plays at Wesley Memorial
North Holl California based Alpha and Omega Players present two evenings of drama at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in High Point. On Ash Wednesday February 28 Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw is staged followed by The World of Carl Sandburg by Norman Corwin on February 29. Both shows start at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold via Wesley Memorial Church office or at the door.
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North Holl
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High Point
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Norman Corwin
Fellowship Hall
Alpha and Omega
Reverend David Barnes to Preach at Saint Anthony's Temple
The Rev. David Barnes of Thomasville will preach at Saint Anthony's Temple on Fairview Street Sunday at 3 p.m.
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Thomasville
Saint Anthony’s Temple
Fairview Street
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