High Pointer of the Week Dr Raleigh Dingman
Massachusetts native Dr Raleigh E Dingman became a famed High Point civic leader and educator after World War II. He chairs Heart Fund and AAU swim meet campaigns, leads Junior Chamber roles, YMCA boards, and Northeast Junior High as principal with a long record of service.
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Enterprise Sunday
Raleigh E. Dingman
Massachusetts
High Point
Dingman
Heart Fund
City Lake Pool
National Conference of Christian and Jews
YMCA
Boy's Home
North Carolina
Family Service Bureau
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
United Appeal
Northeast Junior High School
North Carolina Education Assn
Natinal Education Assn
Palmer
Mass
New Jersey
Better pay for law enforcement work
A letter laments Chief William D. Greene’s death in Blowing Rock and urges scrutiny of police challenges and funding. The writer, with a decade of law enforcement exposure, argues budgets must support protection and daily duties, not just tragic moments, urging officials to avoid deep cuts and ensure adequate resources.
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the Enterprise
William D. Greene
Blowing Rock
Greene
North Carolina
Legacy Of Britain By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
An editor's outlook argues the British Empire is fading despite its historic reach. It contends the Commonwealth is a fragile collection of states, with the UK drawing into external blocs while reflection on empire's conscience lingers amid global shifts. The piece notes de Gaulle, Skybolt pains, and US Britain ties.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
British Empire
John Wilson
Kipling
London
Singapore
Winnipeg
Fijis
British Honduras
Aden
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
England
Wilfred Laurier
George III
Charles de Gaulle
Dean Acheson
West Point
Britain
Bunker Hill
God of Justice
Library Growth Highlights High Point Service Expansion
Neal Austin and staff at the High Point public library celebrate rising December circulations and six month gains with new registrations and extensive use of phonorecords films and audio visual facilities. Bookmobile and services broaden community access extending library role beyond information to entertainment and thought stimulation. Comments from Mrs. E Harold Eaton praise editor Holt McPherson for supporting North Carolina music culture.
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High Point
Neal Austin
Public Library
Austin
Holt McPherson
North Carolina
E. Harold Eaton
Burlington
North Carolina Federation of Music Clubs
Tar Heel
Eaton
High Point Enterprise
A Sad Difficult Week In Thomasville
The Thomasville scene recalls a tough week with the loss of two friends including a local court clerk and Julia Brown of High Point. Weather woes, car troubles, and old newspaper squabbles echo across the town as residents reflect on life and change.
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Thomasville
Bob Smith
Bob
Recorder's Court
Cold spell stalls vehicles and local notes from Davidson County
A column recalls a stubborn car in freezing weather and shares friendly local updates. Readers from Silver Valley School celebrate perfect attendance, Davidson County Fox Hunters anticipate a winter event, and tributes are paid to Bob Smith. The Deep River Fire Department hosts a traveling circus, while Silver Valley firemen respond quickly to a Shrine Club blaze.
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Boyd Smith
Silver Valley School
Terry Sykes
Phil Byerly
Barry Hughes
Gary Noah
Ronald Kepley
Gary Arnold
Carolyn Tuttle
Sharon Tester
Donna Leonard
Tony Hedrick
Michael Harris
Aaron Wil
Davidson County Fox Hunters Assn
Wallburg
Davidson Fox
Deep River Fire Department
Christiani-Wallace Brothers
Welch Fairgrounds
Silver Valley
Davidson County Shrine Club
Piedmont
Silver Valley Department
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Raleigh Dingman
Duke University
Duke
American International College
Springfield
American International
98Th Infantry
Douglas MacArthur
Eighth Army
Japan
Legacy of
Trafalgar
Jutland
Threadneedle Street
Leeds
Manchester
King Coal
King Oil
British Isles
Locke
Berkeley
the Pitts
Edmund Burke
Tom Paine
Robert
Enterprise
Davidson
Jordan
New York Post Office
Dallas Hicks
Douglas Helmstetler
Marvin Gallimore
Libby Sowers
Donna Warren
Gwen Hedrick
Jesse McDowell
Charles Hanks
J. T. Tucker
Wanda Hunt
Wanda Floyd
Brenda Sykes
Debbie Manor
Gail Hughes
Braxton
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