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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1971
Page
2
A lyrical Winston-Salem Journal piece paints January as a cold bright month full of sleet rain and snow. It contrasts unpaid Christmas bills and New Year jokes with cozy hearths, pine forests and streetlight glow. A bundled walker hears trains and owls while feeling part of the season and dreams of warm sands and rainbow peaks.
The Raleigh News & Observer notes President Leo Jenkins of East Carolina University opposes a statewide move toward unity among the 16 public senior campuses. Jenkins favors competition over cooperation, urging trustees to consider a plan, while Governor Scott seeks trustees’ input before any reorganization. The piece argues Jenkins’ stance oddly underscores the need for unity.
A humorous homemaker’s guide uses football metaphor to describe a New Year’s Day lunch. Tables set with collard greens, blackeyed peas, beef or pork, sweet potato souffle, and cornbread mimic a Texas wishbone offense. The scene ends with a long postgame TV watch and a joking countdown.
The piece links today’s youth protests with the late 18th and early 19th century Romantic movement in Europe. It traces a pendulum of social constraint and upheaval, noting parallels to Victorian authority and the rise of technology, and asks whether we entered a era of permanent protest.
Letters from William Tucker address Archdale Water talks and Charter merger with High Point. He urges a public meeting to seek repeal of the merger clause and calls for citizen input before 1971 General Assembly action. Also notes Methodist college alcohol concerns and urges youth respect, plus a Jamestown School pride column praising longtime staff and local impact.
Senator Soaper vents about discussions of personnel cuts while noting his name resurfaces. The piece muses on a new year’s big questions including civilization’s viability and a rumor about Tricia Nixon. A boss returning home in another’s coat is mentioned and concerns about compensation arise amid broader cultural notes.
A dated verse fragment reflects on January’s cold rough days and the promise of a thaw, noting longer days and sun when skies clear. It closes with a reflective moral about life’s vaporous nature and a call to live wisely for God’s purpose, signed J A Long and Mrs Linda Hightower.
A mixed page of poems and reflections begins with Andrew Talbert’s meditation on life’s path from youth to age and faith as guidance. It includes VALETTE J. HARRIS's fundraiser note, a space-themed reflection on humanity, and winter imagery by LEONORE EVERSOLE TISHER WINTER, with Geneva Highfill credited for the final piece.
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