Hospital Guild leaders prep at High Point market opening
Mrs C Alexander Ferree leads High Point Hospital Guild during its 25th year assisting High Point Memorial Hospital. Guild members operate the Dogwood Room cafeteria and market snack bars, with funds already supporting air conditioning, X ray equipment, and a new medical library.
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High Point
High Point Hospital Guild
Southern Furniture Exposition
Dogwood
Exposition Building
Dogwood Room
C. Alexander Ferree
Hospital Guild
High Point Memorial Hospital
A Matter of Balance Reflects on the Sixties Era
The editor recalls a prosperous Midwest city, noting a high millionaire ratio and broad social shifts. He argues the sixties produced wealth and trouble, spurred environmental concerns, population growth debates, and rising doubts about reform. The piece urges cautious interpretation of trends and reaffirms police support amid urban crime.
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Chamber of Commerce
Utopia
Johnson faces Texas primary clash over Vietnam
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr launches a bid against Sen. Ralph Yarborough in Texas for the Democratic Senate nomination with Vietnam policy as the central issue. The race pits pro LBJ foreign policy against a domestic reform stance, amid intraparty feuds and Connally’s influence.
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Texas
Johnson
LBJ
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
Ralph Yarborough
John Connally
Bentsen
Nixon
Yarborough
Vietnam
Gov
Connally
Houston
High Point Council Resists Occupancy Certificate Plan
High Point City Council rejected a proposal to adopt a certificate of occupancy by seven votes to two. The debate shifted focus to enforcing existing housing codes and improving rental housing for low income families, with a pledge to enforce standards and revise codes if needed. Leaders urged groups to treat the pledge as a starting point in ongoing efforts to raise income housing standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John Thomas
O. Arthur Kirkman
Robert Davis
Council
Wally the Alligator and Goldfish Friend End in Solitude
The Harvey family’s aquarium tale ends after three days of unlikely companionship between Wally the one foot alligator and a goldfish. Wally refused to eat the fish until hunger returned, then ate again, leaving the fish a friend only briefly.
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Wally
Harvey
Betty Harvey
Jimmy Harvey
Wally Gator
Jimmy
High Point
Acquarium
Harveys
Big Wallburg Fox Hunters Meet Draws Davidson County Crowd
The Davidson County Fox Hunters plan their annual chase around Wallburg starting February 4 with a beach show at Wallburg School. Field trials run February 5 to 7 with winners announced Saturday. A chicken pie supper precedes the show and Clyde Rose of Maryland presides as beach show judge.
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Wallburg
Davidson County
Fox Hunters
Hill and Dale
Clyde Rose
Maryland
Forrest Peninger
Lexington
Homer Weavil
Rt. 1
Kernersville
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Alexander Ferree
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Ferree
Maxine Wolfe
Tulsa
Oklo
R. K. Stewart & Son
Oklahoma
Jeff
Greensboro
Jane
Central High School
Jena
Tomlinson Elementary School
Westwood
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
America
Los Angeles
Lake Erie
Lake Michigan
Rachel Carson
Sterling Tucker
Washington Urban League
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Davidson
Thomasville
Rosedale Drive
Bobby Beck
Mark Stabler
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
Beck
Stabler
Jesse R. Cecil
Cecil
SBI
Gumtree Road
Highway 109
Miss Pride
Papa
By Braxton Younts
Siler City
Chatham County
Carl Bernhardt
Davidson Agricultural Extension
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