High Pointer of the Week Charles S Welborn of High Point
Charles Sanford Welborn, born October 17 1872 in Randolph County near Trinity, is celebrated as a longtime High Point contributor. From laying sewer lines to grading and installing water mains, his work helped shape the city’s growth over seven decades. He attended Trinity College and Duke University briefly, moved to High Point in 1896, and built a life in commerce and construction, marrying Betty Harris in 1900.
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Charles Sanford Welborn
North Carolina
Charles S. Welborn
Welborn
Washington Street
Water and Light Department
High Point
Randolph
Randolph County
Trinity
Joseph Addison Welborn
Charles
Hopewell
Trinity College
Durham
Duke University
University of North Carolina
L. Flagler
S. Main Street
Flagler
Thomasville
Thomasville Manufacturing Co
Cramer Manufacturing Co
Charles Welborn
Betty Harris
End Of Innocence on the Great Smokies Route
An Oklahoma cab reporter recalls a March 1934 trip through the southern Appalachians from Rabun Gap to Asheville. He notes road hazards, the encroachment of commercialism, and the Cherokee and mountain culture as tourism grows, ending with a wistful scrap about a boy named Herbert.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Asheville
N. C
Rabun Gap
Clayton
Murphy
Oklahoma
Bryson City
America
Knoxville
Douglas Lake
Sevierville
Gatlinburg
Hobie
Wishing Well
U. S. 441
Newfound Gap
Nolichucky Jack
Daniel Boone
Oconaluftee
Poison Chokes Brain in Racial Relations Says Editor
The Enterprise editor denounces venomous rhetoric on race relations and urges truth as the antidote. Letters recall High Point sitins and school integration while questioning motives of segregationists and black supremacists.
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The
Enterprise
High Point
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
New York
Harlem
Andrew D. McBride
Sublimity in Richardson Picture Recalled by Reader
A tribute to Art Richardson praises a recent local church steeple photo against a sunset. The note highlights sublimity and the cross as a symbol of faith. Boston report notes safety campaign on the Southeast Expressway with courteous motorcycle officers guiding speeders.
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The
Enterprise
Art
Richardson
John W. Walker
P.S
Hugh Haynie
Boston
Massachusetts
Clement A. Riley
Riley
McGuffey’s Readers Shape American Education and Character
Sunday Accent reviews William Holmes McGuffey born 1800 who taught in Ohio Territory and led Ohio University. The six volume Readers sold about 122 million copies 1836–1922 and formed a stern pedagogy emphasizing piety thrift and national identity.
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William Holmes McGuffey
Pennsylvania
Ohio Territory
Greensburg Academy
Washington College
McGuffey
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Cincinnati College
Ohio University
University of Virginia
United States
New American Library
Henry Steele Commander
Commager
Benjamin Franklin
America
Thomasville scene notes politics and golf club bid
Former city manager Bill Green visits Thomasville as Evan Norton concludes duties with no successor named. City crews warn parents about insect spray fog affecting children and drivers. Charles Cranford joins East West All Star prep, golf club hopes rely on local stock sales amid lease questions with Fremont Mendenhall keeping the course open.
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Bill
Florida
Thomasville
Evan Norton
Norton
Colonial Country Club
Randolph County
Lexington
Davidson County
Willie Welborn
Board of Directors
Fremont Mendenhall
Watermelon Feast And Roving Bits From High Point
Roaming notes on a campus watermelon feast at High Point College with President Wendell Patton. Also includes grocery display mishaps, Chigger remedies, pursuit driving at North Carolina patrol schools, and recent rainfall aiding farmers with tobacco and corn in Davidson County.
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Popular Science
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Ed Jones
Scotland Yard
Canada
Mounties
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Jerry Pickett
N. Main Street
Washington and
N. Main
Dick Swaim
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Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
Hills
Blowing Rock
Magic Mountain Amusement Center
Tweetsie Railroad
Tweetsie Junction
Maggie Valley
Bob Tuttle
Mr. Tuttle
Mountaineer
Cherokee
Waynesville
Little Herbert
Jonathan Creek
Maggie
Herbert
Oliver
Robert
Bill Green
Charles Cranford
Thomasville Senior High School
Greensboro
Crawford
Ansonville
Homer Lee Cox
Bonnie
Jordan
High Point College
Wendell Patton
Harvey Kanter
Times
Carl Bernhardt
Braxton
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