High Pointer of the Week Dr E W Price Jr
Edmund Wesley Price Jr. rose from engineer to college professor and finally minister, becoming president of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention general board. He credits a 1937 city revival and a 1945 call to preach, leading to seminary study and a life devoted to Christianity.
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Frank Warren
Edmund Wesley Price Jr
North Carolina State Baptist Convention
North Carolina
Price
State College
High Point
Green Street Baptist Church
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
Dr. Price
North Carolina Industrial Commission
North Carolina Unemployment Compensation Commission
Edmund Price
Christ
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Southwestern Seminary
Ft. Worth
Texas
China
Reverette Middleton
Our Foolish Funerals
An essay argues American funeral practices are costly and showy and urges reform. It contrasts Western showy embalming with Indian cremation, recalls a $4,000 casket, and notes rising church burial societies offering lower prices to keep funds for the living.
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Cancer Fund
St. John
Tolerance or a Rubber Spine
Letters to the editor decry foreign aid and world governance, attacking liberalism and calling for patriotism, with critics citing Panama, Cuba, Cambodia, and Zanzibar. Andrew Talbert of High Point plus Thomason and Arnold of Guilford County contribute.
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Panama
Cuba
Cambodia
Zanzibar
William G. Bray
Indiana
Captain Kidd
Thomason
Enterprise
Guilford County
Greensboro
Charles Jonas
High Point
Adam Thomason
Public Service
M. A. Arnold
Citizens Committee For Representative Government
End Of A Tradition In North Carolina Politics
The East West governor rotation in North Carolina may be ending as that 1948 pact weakens amid 1964 campaigns. Contenders from the East and West, including Dan K Moore and I Beverly Lake, face a shift toward statewide focus as voters weigh state unity over regional succession.
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North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Haw River
Scott
No-Man’s Land
Congress
Kerr Scott
Luther Hodges
Hodges
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Dan K. Moore
Sylva
Dr. I. Beverly Lake
L. Richardson Preyer
No Man’s Land
Piedmont
Joe Branch
Moore
Allen Bailey
Lake
Preyer
Happiness and Shorty the warm puppy at home
The Thomasville desk notes share a lighthearted tale of a year old puppy named Shorty enjoying yard play with neighbor kids and Cliff the 10 month old son. The piece also mentions local police Sgt Frank Pennington dialing all numbers for a state change, along with various town updates and honors.
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Thomasville
Shorty
Cliff
Frank Pennington
North State
Roaming the Piedmont Tales and small town anecdotes
A collection of local vignettes includes a grandmother noting a boy’s cold, a High Point Mickey Body Co. truck body sighting, early spring warmth, Jamestown fire chief George Matthews in hospital, smoking tales from Jim Brooks, a tax listing reminder, and a humorous dog house remark about husbands and basements.
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Mickey Body Co
Richmond
High Point
Jamestown
George Matthews
High Point Memorial Hospital
Town Hall
George
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Snow
Spning
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
America
Jessica Mitford
Los Angeles
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Ganges
Madras
Ghats
India
Treas
Andrew Talbert
High Point, N. C
Gover
Robert
Kayby Hosiery Mill
Kaybey
Homer Lee Cox
Davidson County
Midway
Cpl
D. R. McKinney
Fourth District
Highway Patrol
Lexington
Cpl. McKinney
Lonnie Herbin JR
Davidson County Superior Court
Herbin
Jack E. Klass
Walter E. Johnston Jr
Marvin
Burts
Sprout
Jim
Brooks
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