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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1958
Page
4
A brief devotion cites James 2 8 urging believers to fulfill the royal law by loving one another as themselves. The message emphasizes neighborly love as a key scripture based instruction for daily conduct.
The action of Federal Judge Harry J. Lemley granting suspension of enforcement of the court order at Central High School for two and a half years is criticized as creating a climate favorable to rolling back integration. It allows removal of seven Negro students and signals that force, not policy, dominates. The piece argues that guns and bayonets fail to solve integration and warns politicians to avoid bungled handling of desegregation.
Editor thanks readers for YMCA Learn-to-Swim efforts. 210 boys registered, averages 170 daily, with 92 achieving at least 20 feet in deep water and several milestone distances. Mrs. Matt Wall urges better housing for Negroes and racial harmony. A High Point hamburger critique notes local dining shortcomings and a call for better eateries.
Chapel Hill businessman Bob Cox was elected by acclamation on the 14th ballot to lead the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce becoming the first Southern president. He will push a national youth drive including a junior Olympic style competition a youth fitness week and informational kits for officials on parks equipment and health programs.
A high Point open house celebrated the Carl Chavis YMCA and Mary McLeod Bethune YWCA branch as a civic investment in racial cooperation. Leaders from white and Black communities praised the facility as a model of citizenship and mutual respect, inviting public support and noting donor recognition in a Golden Book.
The 1958 official North Carolina highway map highlights by passes around major towns along Highways 29 70 and 64 74 70. By passes connect Charlotte Salisbury Greensboro and other Piedmont cities while east west routes tie the state closer to markets and tourism. Geographical regions coastal plain piedmont and mountain shaped historic tensions and political divides ahead of reapportionment and governance. Highways ease east west west east rivalries and foster unity across the state.
The piece critiques Hollywood publicity practices urging Suzy Parker to hide her marriage to Pierre de la Salle. It notes their legal New York marriage three years earlier and argues such pressures threaten morality and public trust in government. It also cites a New York Times humor piece linked to ethical concerns surrounding Eisenhower aide Sherman Adams.
A church sermon cites Matthew 6 25 asking if life is richer than meat and the body than raiment. The preacher urges faith over worry about daily needs and material wealth.
C E R reflects on life beyond basic needs, urging that humans require beauty, faith, hope, and love. He cites Berry School founder Martha Berry and benefactors Henry Ford and William Gibbs McAdoo, arguing that spiritual nourishment surpasses mere food and clothing. The article extols a life guided by God and the pursuit of higher ideals.
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