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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1969
Page
12
TV critic Cynthia Lowry questions NBC documentary The Lions Are Free about Bill Travers and George Adamson in Kenya. She notes staged moments, unnecessary gimmicks, and safer, truer storytelling despite appealing lion footage and accompanying family scenes.
A dense broadcast timetable lists multiple programs from morning to late evening across news weather sports cartoons dramas sports shows films and sports events with numerous channel cues and timings reflecting a busy television guide style. It enumerates shows like The Deaf Wild Wild West Misterogers Guns of etc along with sports events such as ACC Basketball Duke–NC State and Kentucky–LSU and features classic series and westerns.
A TV and film lineup highlights a mix of dramas and comedies. The Enchanted Isle guides a Galapagos natural history note while The Strike stars Jose Ferrer and June Allyson in a tense tale of obsession and jealousy. Beverly Hillbillies features Roy Clark, Gomer Pyle pairs Sgt Carter with marriage plans, and Name of the Game follows a city councilman’s kickback charges amid a murder and recall threat. Elvis Presley headlines Girl Happy with chaperone duties, and Star Trek places an Enterprise team on a paradoxal planet. Raw Wind in Eden pairs Esther Williams and Jeff Chandler in a tropical yacht caper and love triangle.
David A. Dowdy Jr was elected president of High Point Rotary Club with term starting July 1. New officers include Robert D. Davis as vice president Mex H. Cooke secretary Myron H. Folger treasurer Earnest J. McCall assistant secretary treasurer Herman J. Hunter sergeant at arms and W Groome Fulton Jr assistant sergeant at arms. New members inducted were H Lewis Biggerstaff W Groome Fulton Phillip J. Lombardo David K. Tillson and Thomas K. Watson. A proposed 60,000 seat sports complex for the Piedmont Triad area was discussed by Jake H. Froelich Jr who outlined a plan featuring a multi purpose stadium and a race track aimed at attracting a major league football franchise and boosting regional tourism and revenue. The plan envisions a 17 million joint bond issue for Guilford and Forsyth counties with bonds repaid by tax free municipal bonds. Notices of dissolution for American Sports Promotion Co and various probate matters are listed, including estate administrations and creditors notices. A public hearing on annexation of parts of Guilford County into High Point is also announced.
Greensboro obituary for Dr Everett Hews Elmwood known as Ellinwood, 68, Guilford County Health Director for nearly 20 years, who died at Moses Cone Hospital after illness at home. Native of Batavia New York, UNC Chapel Hill and Temple University graduate, credited with early public health innovations and countywide nursing programs. Survived by widow Ifalda Holloman, daughter Mrs Ronald Price, two sons including Dr Everett H Ellinwood Jr, two sisters. services set at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant Greensboro. Burial Guilford Memorial Park.
Dora Edmonds Randleman 74 of Randleman died in Asheboro hospital. Survivors include two sons George and Joe Edmonds and three daughters. Funeral at Pugh Funeral Home. Kara Lee Edwards Grant 71 of Route 7 died in Wesley Nursing Center Charlotte. Survivors include husband Rev. C L Grant and four children. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Jacob Hill 8 of Midway Road died Thursday in Forsyth Memorial Hospital Winston-Salem. Funeral at Midway United Methodist Church with burial at church cemetery. He was a farmer and member of Midway Methodist Church. Survivors include wife Daisy Hill four daughters and a brother and sister.
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