Thomasville Senior High honors 1963 graduates with many awards
The 1963 Thomasville Senior High commencement featured speeches from Suzy Bowles Robert Yoats and others reflecting on school memories. Numerous awards and scholarships were announced including MVPs debuts debate champions and the Aycock Cup. Powell presented a copying machine and a class tree gift marking the ceremony's end and future reunions.
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Suzy Bowles
Robert Yoats
Carol Sisk
Morris Casper
Waldron Richardson
Gerald Grubb
Hardy Poole
John Lee Welborn
Tom Earknardt
Bobby Powell
Aycock
Dr. Liston Pope
Austin Finch
Webb Langford
Fred Potts
Johnny Todd
Teddy Cradock
Betty Poole
Rotary
Myra Russell
Frankie Sedberry
Sandy Wells
BPW
Emmille Jarrett
Phil Rapp
PTA
John Burton
Carol Little
Lucy Manness
Woman's Club
Miss Bain Johnson
J. Walter Lambeth
William Danforth
Glenda Carpenter
Charles Parks
Brenda Bean
Cynthia File
Mary Helen Swain
AAUW
Lynn Dixon
Betty Crocker
Diane Jackson
Thomasville Times
Emille Jarrett
Tommy Koontz
Leon Collett
WTNC
Toni Veach
DAR Good Citizen
Easter
TSHS
Notable Jones Family Ties in High Point Circles
The Jones family maintains strong ties to High Point and numerous clubs in Emeraldwood, Lake Region, and nearby areas. Affiliated with the Sports Car Club of America and other clubs, they have long supported the Episcopal Home through church activities. Jones enjoys horses, golf, boating, and horse shows, reflecting a blend of sport, community service, and social involvement.
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Mobile Club
Champaigne
France
Sports Car Club of America
Emerywood Country Club
Quadrille Club
High Point
Lake Region Yacht Club
Winter Haven
Jones
Episcopal Home
Glenn’s Open Style Highlights Space Race Contrast
Lt. Col. Glenn spoke informally in a civilian suit about his three orbits on February 20 1962 and the US space program. He noted the openness of the American program while noting the Soviets withhold many details, contrasting approaches to secrecy and transparency.
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Glenn
Maj
Gagarin
Soviet Union
America
U.S
CORE halts sixth march after talks with Biracial Committee
Wayne County leaders report progress in integrating efforts as CORE cancels another march for two weeks while mass meetings are planned. Rev B Elton Cox and Rev Martin Luther King are slated to speak. Biracial Committee prepares to assess recent developments in the City-County Building. Discrimination protest noted in Los Angeles as Jewish rights are urged in a Khrushchev letter.
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CORE
B. Elton Cox
First Baptist Church
Washington Street
Martin Luther King
Waynick
Los Angeles
Southern California
Nikita Krushchev
Russia
Gerald Kennedy
Knowland Voices for States Rights and Curb on Washington
Former U S senator William F Knowland told about 30 Greensboro Republicans at the Young Republicans Club picnic that his 13 years in the Senate prove him a strong advocate of states rights He warned against concentration of power in Washington and said the public cannot know if the government is truthful about news He also criticized Kennedy for crisis handling in Cuba and claimed Soviet forces were as large as during October.
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Greensboro
N. C
William F. Knowland
U.S
California
Senate
Oakland California Tribune
Associated Press
Ustinov Asked to Choose Classic Comedy for Actors Studio
Rip Torn announced at a Drama Desk meeting that the Actors Studio Theater invites Peter Ustinov to select a classic English comedy and stage it with Studio members. Torn says the project would reveal the troupe's flexibility and its method acting beyond ultra realistic drama. Off Florida the Gulf Stream’s pulses are described as water moving in repeated thrusts like blood in an artery.
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New York
New Actors Studio Theater
Peter Ustinov
Rip Torn
Studio Project
Drama Desk
Florida
Gulf Stream
Foreign Policy Success Cited By Bell at North Carolina State
U S foreign policy gains noted by Foreign Aid Director David E Bell at NC State College commencement where 1 222 graduates received degrees Gov Sanford and three others earned honorary degrees in the 74th annual ceremony Bell said three administrations backed aid to underdeveloped nations to foster independence and progress He cited both successes and failures and warned abandoning aid would be costly He noted race issues abroad and at home and pointed to Charlotte steps toward end of segregation as evidence of progress Biographical details follow for honorees Dr George M Darrow Dr Bertram W Wells and Dr Eli Sternberg
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Bell
Sanford
George M. Darrow
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bertram W. Wells
State College
Eli Sternberg
U. S
Charlotte
University of North Carolina
Darrow
Wells
Troy
Ohio
Wake Forest
Sternberg
State
Last Class From State Graduation Marks Name Change
North Carolina State College conferred degrees in a ceremony as Chancellor John T. Caldwell announced that the class was the last to receive diplomas from the college. After July 1 the school becomes North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh and the chancellor urged graduates to stay loyal to the University at Raleigh.
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John T. Caldwell
William C. Friday
University of North Carolina
State College
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
North Carolina State of
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
University At Raleigh
Fonda Leaves Strange Interlude for Sunday in New York
Jane Fonda withdraws from Strange Interlude to film Sunday in New York. Collin Wilcox takes over the role as the Actors Studio Theater tests flexible casting and short engagements.
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New York
Jane Fonda
Actors Studio Theater
O’neill
Collin Wilcox
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