New Year Offers Bold Shares for City Future Growth
The editorial urges 1956 as a year of growth for High Point, highlighting needs in water supply, education, airport facilities, and annexation with robust public services. It calls for hospital expansion, housing and street planning, sanatorium reopening, and stronger city county planning, stressing cooperation and proactive efforts to avoid idleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Welch
Ward Street
High Point
Green Street
Main Street
Marion W. West Jr
New Year Adventurers Press On With Faith and Courage
A sermon urges embracing the unknown of 1956 with faith in God and bold resolve. Christ’s soldierly spirit contrasts cynicism as the speaker cites Lindbergh’s perilous voyage and the idea that tomorrow’s mysteries demand perseverance and moral purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Christ
Water authority plan urged for three county area
A Greensboro reader urges formation of a Davidson Forsyth Guilford three county water authority funded by revenue bonds and user charges. Projections show 433,800 people in 1,644 square miles with $1.9 billion in property value. proponents call for organized action and broad support to turn the pipe dream into real water and sewer systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Victor B. Higginss
Lines
Angeg
Greensboro
George L. A
Thomasville
State Board of Water Commissioners
North Carolina
Propos Water Authority
Davidson
Forsyth
Guilford
McDaniel Lewis
N. C
New Year’s Phone Book Arrives Amid Local Happenings
After a 15 month wait 8000 new numbers in the 1956 book take effect Wednesday at 9 a.m. Pediatric offices in the Medical Arts Building will shift their locations. Deliveries began recently and finish by Wednesday. City crews remove Christmas decorations two days early. A prowler chase on Kearns Street ends without capture. A California air shipment joke underscores holiday humor. Soldiers home on Christmas leave face base deadlines and traffic. Local notables report varied holiday stories and sports outlooks for HPC and nearby colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North State Telephone Company
Bill Hilton
Medical Arts
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State College
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