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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1972
Page
2
A narrator recalls visiting an adult cinema after a long gap and detailing overwhelmed by graphic scenes. He mocks the plots and dialogue while noting the social perils of entering and exiting such theaters and the humiliation of being seen by the town.
John Tilley of Jamestown plans retirement after twenty two years running the Jamestown Drug Store on Main Street. A community favorite, he will be honored on John Tilley Day with a dinner at Town Hall, as a new chain store moves in on the same street.
Gwendolyn E. Mingo of 905 Thissell Street earned a juris doctor degree from Howard University Law School in Washington, D C, in the June ceremonies after more than 15 years of schooling and work. She previously earned a $150 William Penn High School scholarship to attend Virginia Union College, served in the Air Force, and earned a BA from Howard. She taught in D C public schools and plans further study at George Washington University in hospital and health care administration aiming to combine law with hospital administration.
An Enterprise News Analysis Board report notes the High Point Board of Education faces a U S district court action over closing Leonard Street Elementary and building a new junior high in Shadybrook. The case, led by Dr Perry Little, argues the plan perpetuates segregation with white satellite zones like Parkview andParkview Village drawing protests from Oakview area parents.
About 600 students will compete this week in the National High School Speech and Debate tournament hosted by Wake Forest University Winston Salem. Local schools High Point Central Allen Jay Andrews and Thomasville sponsor the first southern event with Central as host.
A North Carolina essay narrates attending Spiveys Corner hollering contest near Wilmington. The piece lauds the event as a quirky Fourth of July style festival with Junior and Senior divisions and a judge, Mrs. Jessie Rae Scott, wife of the governor. The author muses on hollering as social relief and notes past winners like a hog caller, while reflecting on the calming yet unsettling power of shouting in public life.
RANDLEMAN Monday night June 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the Randleman Rotary Club with speaker Mrs Wilfred A Sechrist of Houston Texas author nurse and parapsychology researcher who worked with Edgar Cayce The dinner program at 7 p m in Randleman High School cafeteria includes 10 charter members and 26 past presidents with 16 active members remaining in the club.
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