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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1959
Page
4
A daily meditation urges readers to imitate Gideon’s leadership and consider personal influence. It contrasts costly living with Christlike example, warning against following peers into imprudent expenditures and fast living. It frames Jesus as the safest model for guiding actions.
Adlai Stevenson says he will not be the Democratic nominee next year yet remains a potential unifier for 1960. He emphasizes helping the party win the House and notes his broad acceptability across regions. He cautions that party cohesion will be hard to achieve despite his appeal.
Duke University unveils a ten year $76 million plan to expand facilities without increasing enrollment, while the University of Chicago proposes $49.5 million in building and improvements over five years. The moves reflect a push to raise capabilities and keep pace with rising higher education demands.
Still Bamboozling State Magazine recounts a New York aid worker who sent two photos of Blowing Rock children. One image showed ragged dress, the other clean garb after three weeks of uplift work. Prizes were offered for the worst and best dressed, exposing chicanery by the uplift advocate and gullibility of both audiences.
The International Labor Organization marks its 40th anniversary with an International Labour Conference in Geneva. The United States remains a selective party to ILO conventions, while the ILO expands to 80 member nations and maintains a tripartite structure with government, employers, and workers as equal delegates.
George Sokols ky criticizes commencements and speeches as relics of a fading oratorical craft. He denounces one worldism, draft dodging, and universalism, arguing nationalism and patriotism form America’s true core and warn of poetic ideals ungrounded in reality.
Debates on key money bills showed threats of reprisals and shifting support as three candidates for the House Speaker may lack distinct advantage from the 1959 record. Non-lawyers Harriss Hunt and Philpott share regional ties near the state’s population center and must contend with a legislature that may turnover ahead of elections. A sideline note recalls Rep Sidney Britt’s strategic reversal on a statewide liquor referendum and ABC voting bill.
Mal Cochran notes barbers in an eastern town strike for better pay. The column wryly observes Americans eat about two billion crackers a year and jokes about family Sundays, picnics, and drive decisions as a light social mood piece.
Local items include Ellis planning a Friday meeting on building work and Joe Walser returning as tennis pro at the Country Club. Miss High Point pageant policy, reciprocal club memberships, and plans for Cherokee, Roanoke Island, and Boone summer dramas are highlighted along with Industrial Management Club events and United Appeal contest.
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