Bible Thought for Today Encourages Use of Talent
A daily devotional note urges not to neglect one’s gift and to use the talent within. It emphasizes trying as the path to receiving more and warns that many fail because they refuse to try.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
4
A daily devotional note urges not to neglect one’s gift and to use the talent within. It emphasizes trying as the path to receiving more and warns that many fail because they refuse to try.
The North Carolina Bar Association backs a Committee on Improving and Expediting the Administration of Justice. It aims to spark a public debate on restructuring courts, making them accountable, reducing political pressure, and attracting top legal talent while maintaining independence and efficiency.
Editor Hermann Hagedorn, Roosevelt biographer and head of the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial Commission, praises TR’s character shaping national duty. He warns against comfort moralizing and urges steady action, honesty, decency, and courage as core civic ideals for today.
In an era of socialism and subsidies, the piece notes post office finances and new rates set by Congress. Beginning Aug 1, four cents per letter, three cents per post card, seven cents for air mail, with rising card and other mail rates. It argues the deficit persists amid debates whether the post office should self fund or be publicly funded.
The piece notes Henry R. Labouisse will relinquish his UNRWA duties as Dag Hammarskjold searches for a successor. It outlines challenges: nearly one million refugees in Jordan, Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. a funding gap of roughly 10 million dollars. political pressures from Israel and Arab states. and questions about refugee repatriation. It discusses US funding dominance and a proposed US-led selective aid plan.
Fragmentary OCR shows the High Point Enterprise masthead with staff roles and address. Names like D A Rawley president and secretary treasurer Mrs Terry appear in broken form. Publication details and staff positions are partially readable in the damaged text.
Publication details list edition times and pricing for subscriptions by mall and carrier. The note credits the Associated Press and explains carriage contracts and the newspaper's independent contractor status with local carriers and advertisers.
George Dixon recalls dinner with Pat Brown and political figures in Washington amid talk of California governor race and the McClellan Committee probe. The gathering touched on Edmund G. Pat Brown, James Roosevelt, Sid McMath, and labor investigations linked to national inquiries.
A lighthearted afterglow from a California campaign dinner with Pat Brown and his wife Bernice. Mrs Brown defies tabloids as she recalls TV questions and quips about Knowland and the governor race. The dialogue shifts to an upcoming tale of Pat Brown’s clash with Nixon and the Choctaw incident.
June 14 is Flag Day nationwide with Governor Hodges urging North Carolinians to observe. The 1777 flag design had 15 stripes and 13 stars in a circle. after 1818 the design settled to 13 stripes and a square star field, adding stars as states joined, latest being New Mexico and Arizona in 1912, with Alaska likely to gain a star next.
Historical note traces the adoption of the flag in 1777 and 1818 design, discusses early 13 stripe models and proposed designs by Franklin Harrison Lynch, mentions prior flags with 13 red white stripes and colonial era use, and cites World Almanac as a reference before noting the page continues.
The High Point College board approved dormitory rent increases for next year totaling 20 dollars per student with another 20 to follow the year after to cover operating losses of up to 28 thousand dollars. The college notes its overall cost at 799 dollars this year and aims to keep higher education affordable despite rising costs and faculty enhancements. A new women’s dormitory nears completion and a fall opening is planned. Latin is being restored to the curriculum and Wesley Gaynor returns as assistant bursar.
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