Fight for Freedom campaign planned by NAACP in High Point area
The 1961 NAACP officers will announce the Fight for Freedom campaign at Mount Vernon Baptist Church in High Point Sunday at 4 30 PM. The new president will deliver an acceptance address and urge greater civic involvement. various local clubs and PTA meetings are scheduled through the week, with community events and a candlelight PTA program.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Fight For Freedom
High Point
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Willie Crawford
High Point Memorial Hospital
St. Mark Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias Grand Rapid
Alice C. Spring
Chicago
Ill
P. H. Crawford
Chester
J. E. Brower
Hoover Funeral Home
Greenhill Cemetery
Students vie for local and national scholarships and exams
The article notes seniors Shelby Wilkes Andrew McBride and Lenard Simon taking a qualifying scholarship exam for A T College. Juniors will take the National Merit Scholarship Examination March 8. The North Carolina Employment Security Commission gave a General Aptitude Test to seniors. The band performed at Bennett College and history classes prepare for the North Carolina General Assembly session at Greensboro Coliseum.
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Shelby Wilkes
Andrew McBride
Lenard Simon
A & T College
The
National Merit Corp
W. R. Eddinger
A. S. Reid
Employment Security Commission of
North Carolina General Assembly
Greensboro Coliseum
GOP Members Outvote Democrats In Short North Carolina House
In Raleigh on a Saturday session the North Carolina House, led by Rep. Brantley Womble, saw Republicans outvote Democrats in an adjournment motion. Western county Republicans Rep. Story, Rep. Cook, and Rep. Fletcher led, while Sen. John R. Jordan presided over a phantom Senate session with only himself present.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Brantley Womble
Wake County
Western Counties
T. E. Story
Wilkes
W. N. Cook
Macon
Tressie P. Fletcher
Alexander
Rep. Womble
Senate
John R. Jordan
Wake
SHE GETS HER MAN PLAY MISLEADS WITH HEALTH THEME
The 11 3 class presented a Friday assembly play titled She Gets Her Man. The one act drama promoted improve your health along with educational performance with Donnie Carter as Good Health and Virginia Rawlinson as Careless Living. Sharlene Scotton and Emory Evans played Right Living and Fresh Air, friends of Good Health. Miss Hairston from A and T College completed six weeks as student teacher, a Pennsylvanian native and senior in English. Pennites enjoyed having Miss Hairston.
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Donnie Carter
Virginia Rawlinson
Sharlene Scotton
Emory Evans
Wilhelmina Hairston
Miss Hairston
A & T College
Pennites
Sinatra compares convict and husband in The Devil at 4 Oclock
Frank Sinatra, starring in The Devil at 4 O clock, says there is little difference between a convict and a married man. He notes the routine of the average married man and adds the door can be opened from inside.
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Hollywood (Ap
Frank Sinatra
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