The Rev. William Price Profile Emphasizes Activist Clergy
The Rev. William Penn Price of St. Mary's Episcopal Church is profiled as a reform-minded pastor who links worship to social action. He helped spearhead lunch-counter sit-ins in 1960, led local human relations efforts, and co-founded housing projects for low to middle income families. Born May 11 1915 in Mayodan, he studied at Guilford College and Virginia Theological Seminary, was ordained in 1940, and has spent 30 years in priesthood advocating for racial harmony and community improvement.
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America
William P. Price
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Jess Washburn
Concerned Citizens Organization
First Baptist Church
E. Washington Drive
High Point
Mr. Price
God
William Price
Mayodan
Stoneville
Elliot F. Duncan
Price
Guilford College
Virginia Episcopal Seminary
Church of the Messiah
Edwin A. Penick
Church of the Good Shepherd
Asheboro
Christ Church
Albemarle
St. Paul’s Church
Thomasville
Bending the Twig in the Smithsonian Musem
The editor recalls 19th century primers by McGuffey and Webster that preached morals to children. He contrasts moral schooling with modern schooling, noting shifts from strong values to broader media and adult reluctance to judge. He questions whether past indoctrination produced a successful society.
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Smithsonian Museum
Re Isworth
Noah Webster
A White House Diary by Lady Bird Johnson Ships to Publisher
The diary of First Lady Lady Bird Johnson is sent to Holt, Rinehart & Winston for publication. The book, due in November at $10 with 864 pages and 32 photos, promises candid, unedited personal insights into life in the White House.
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Washington
White House
Lady Bird Johnson
Holt, Rinehat & Winston
Johnon
Conservation
Natural Environment
McCall’s Magazine
The
New York Times
Johnson
Earth
New Police Chief Named for Newton from Thomasville Leader
Newton hires Thomasville's Jack D. Kirkman as chief effective July 1, bringing a 20 year veteran of the Thomasville Police Dept to lead the 15 member Newton force. He vows high standards, professional conduct, and firm discipline, with emphasis on equal treatment of all citizens. The piece also includes Father’s Day verses and a light quip from MISS PRIDE on sideburns.
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Thomasville
Newton
Jack D. Kirkman
Catawba
Kirkman
Department
Davidson County
Reunion for Trinity High School Class of 1954
June 13 marked the first reunion for Trinity High School’s Class of 1954 with 22 attendees led by Bill Wood as master of ceremonies. Other named attendees included Amanda Sue Allman Wood and Carolyn Spencer Dillon, with plans for a 1975 gathering. The note also mentions High Point student art displayed in Raleigh’s State Education Building and efforts to boost cultural arts in public schools.
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Trinity High School
Amanda Sue Allman Wood
Carolyn Spencer Dillon
Nancy Hohn Hyde
Margaret Abbott Meredith
Lee Andrews
Bill Wood
Edward Croker
Gilbert Davis
Marie Webster Davis
Nancy Davis Coble
Jessie Edmonds
Derrell Frazier
Phyllis Freeman Younts
Ronald Fulp
T. R. Hendrix Jr
Phyllis Honeycutt Leonard
Barbara Johnson Davidson
Oscar Maness
Kermit Robbins
Marguerite Scott Hubbard
von Sumner
Faye Peele Coltrane
Columbus
Ohio
Gurney Peace
Betty Hedgecock Campbell
Lelia Payne
Glee Club
State Dept. of Public Instruction
High Point
Raleigh
Capitol
Jim Hall
Division of
State Department of Public Instruction
Gwen Doggett
Hall
Fathers as Positive Role Models Across Children
A North American Newspaper Alliance analysis argues children benefit from strong attachments to both parents. Fathers influence daughters' self confidence and ambition, while mothers and fathers shape sons' and daughters' development toward competence and leadership.
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Joe Brown
Enterprise
William Penn Price
Christ
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
Miami
Ohio) University
Patrick Henry
Pitt
Walpole
Washington Irvin
Byron
Greece
Absalom
Tennyson
Scott
Jane
the Capital
Ine
Davidson
Father
Jessie Griffin
David L. Garner
C. L. Griffin
Miss Pride
By Braxton Younts
Wachovia Bank
Washington Drive
City Lake
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York
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