Summer Reading Sparks Kids at High Point Library
Children join the Public Library summer program with the Fishermen and Rocket clubs totaling 700 members. Fishermen read 15 books earning a pin, pilots need 18 books for rewards, while records track progress with fish or rocket stamps.
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Public Library
Rocket Club
Jane Kerr Enterprise
High Point Library
Gurley
Fishermen's Club
Ae Aeet
Miss Gurley
Tom
June Builds Set Record In High Point Construction
June 1958 total permits reached 1 100 389 plus 5 345 619 year to date, new city record for construction. Major projects include Northeast Junior High 746 434 and Wrenn Street Wing 1 200 000 with several other large commercial and religious buildings advancing.
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Ord
Northeast
McGuinn Avenue
Birchwood Street
Wendover Hills
J. H. Hayes Inc
Marsh- Armfield Co
Monarch Furniture Co
Cumby Mortuary
K&w
Wrenn Street
New Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point College
Emerywood Baptist Church
Club Drive
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association
N. Maine Street
Ymca-Ywca
Fourth Street
Eaton Poem to Be Displayed at Brussels World Fair
Charles Edward Eaton of Woodbury Connecticut will have his poem Sonnet to Adventure shown in the American Pavilion at the Brussels World's Fair this summer. The piece portrays the Connecticut summer and appears in The Literary Review published by Fairleigh Dickinson University. The magazine will be sold at the Riviera Pavilion during the poetry exhibit.
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Charles Edward Eaton
Woodbury
Guest ministers at Saint Marys Church July schedule
Saint Marys Episcopal Church lists guest ministers while the pastor is away. On July 13 the Rev Joseph Hayworth. on July 20 the Rev E B Jeffress. and on July 27 the Rev Robert Ladehoff. Hayworth and Jeffress will preside at both morning services, while Ladehoff presides at the 8 am service with laymen directing the 9:30 am service.
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Saint Marys Episcopal Church
Joseph Hayworth
E. B. Jeffress
Robert Ladehoff
Ladehoff
Minister Is Hurt Critically
The Rev. G. H. Watts suffered a fractured pelvis a broken left leg a scalp laceration and serious abdominal injuries after stepping in front of a car driven by Thomas Strother at about 2 30 p m on S Wrenn Street. Watts remained in a profound state of shock for seven hours after surgery began.
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G. H. Watts
Mr. Watts
Thomas Strother
Sunset Drive
S. Wrenn
Strother
Haithcock
First Church of God
Commerce Street
Jack B Pierce Named Assistant Manager at Yow's Funeral Home
Jack B. Pierce was named assistant manager of Yow's Funeral Home at 640 N Main St. in High Point as the business marks its 35th anniversary. A native of High Point, Pierce trained at the Gup ton Jones College of Embalming and is a licensed embalmer. He served two years in the U S Army in Nurnberg Germany with the Army Mortuary before returning home. He is married to Martha Blue and resides at 307 Sunset Dr with two children.
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David T. Yow
N. Main St
High Point
Benson L. Pierce
N. Rotary Dr
Pierce
Yow
Gupton-Jones College of
U. S S. Army
Nurnberg
Germany
Army
High Point to be Foam Industry Center Says Phillips Foscue
Phillips Foscue Corp plans to invest over 350000 in High Point to start polyether urethane foam production July 14. The plant aims for about 5 million pounds capacity with 500 plus jobs, joining Dayton Rubber and others in building a regional foam and fabricating base for furniture and upholstery markets.
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High Point
Dick Rigby
Phillips-Foscue Corp
Fortune
Tough Brother
Phillips-Foscue
South
Earl Phillips
James Foscue
du Pont
Delaware Giant
Deepwater Point
N. J
Phillips - Foscue
Phillips
Dayton (Ohio) Rubber Co
S. Hamilton St
Ohio
Marsh - Armfield
U. S
Ward Street
Phil Clarke
Wilson
Jim Hailey
Hailey
THIS AND THAT: Sun Tan Overcomes Inferiority Blues
Forrest Dates writes about beach caste in sun tans, finding superiority among bronzed peers. He recalls a pale vacation start, attempts to change, and final acceptance after days of tanning at Crescent Beach. Also notes TV ads and small comic vignettes about pockets and a garter snake cure.
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Jayne Mansfield
Crescent Beach
Elks Camp For Boys Near Hendersonville Opened By Lodge
Seventeen boys from High Point and Thomasville attend the two week Elks Camp for Boys near Hendersonville ending July 13. Ages eight to 15. 14 from High Point and three from Thomasville. Camp on 150 acres run by North Carolina Elks Association with daily crafts archery riflery tumbling swimming canoeing football and basketball. Also mountain hikes picnics and one Hendersonville afternoon. Daily religious services observed. High Point participants include Ken Sherrill Tony Gibson Teddy Burgis David Conner John Conner Dennis Peele Donnie Morgan Larry Jones Jerry Mann Danny Ray Black Steve Talley Gerald Wayne Cable Darrell Peel Wayne Peel. Thomasville youths Jimmy Snead Roy Edward Gusa Jimmy Harrison.
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High Point
Thomasville
Elks
Hendersonville
High Point Elks Lodge
North Carolina Elks Association
Ken Sherrill
Tony Gibson
Teddy Burgis
David Conner
John Conner
Dennis Peele
Donnie Morgan
Larry Jones
Jerry Mann
Danny Ray Black
Steve Talley
Gerald Wayne Cable
Darrell Peel
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High Point Enterprise
Gram
The
Fisherman’s Club
Verna Kay Fossett
Stephen Shull
Pamela Jean Cole
Janet Teague
Yer
Huck Finn
Winnie the Pooh
Alice
Woman'’s College of the University of North Carolina
Sport
Masonic Temple
S. Main
Jack Pierce
Funeral Home
Jack B. Pierce
Yow's Funeral Home
Earl N. Phillips
Christopher Wilson
John P. Hailey
David Cox
Robert E. Lee
Forrest
Sun Tan
Bill Hilton
North State Telephone
Bill
Andy Griffith
Mauldin
Griffith
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