Leon Safrit of High Point A textile executive and community leader
Leon Safrit rose from Highland Cotton Mill summer worker to vice president in charge of sales. A High Point College graduate, he balanced work and study while raising a family, supported by wife June Wheatley. He chairs YMCA activities, serves on church and Rotary boards, and remains tied to Highland Mill and the local textile scene.
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Leon Safrit
Highland Cotton Mill
High Point
YMCA
Y’s
Saffit
Frank Hunsucker Sr
Highland Mill
Glenn Ward
High Point College
Safrit
C. W. Safrit
Rockwell
Highland Village
Highland Methodist Church
Central High School
Wilt Chamberlain
California
Hunsucker and Ward
North Carolina State University
June Wheatley
Pulaski
Sylvania Company
Madison College
Harrisonburg
Nottingham Dr
Barry
Suzanne
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Y’s Men’s Club
J. H. Adams
J. H. Millis
Hunsucker
Nathan M. Ayers
Frank Hunsucker Jr
Robert C. Hill
Spain
Nixon
U.S
Eisenhower
Hill
State Department
Congress
Theiag
Senate
Prades Maen
Trouble In The Churches Voices Of Decline And Change In American Denominations
An editor's notebook surveys a drop in membership among major denominations including a slight Catholic decline, slipping weekly church attendance, and overbuilt sanctuaries. It cites fewer preachers, half-empty seminaries, and the lure of secular life as religion confronts science, technology, and shifting ethics.
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Jones
America
Phillips Oaks
W. Channing
Henry Ward Beecher
National Council of Churches
Congress Targets Federal Mailing List Sales In Privacy Push
The Capitol Beat notes over 80 House members seek to bar federal agencies from selling mailing lists amid junk mail complaints. It highlights IRS gun-collector data, FAA pilot lists, FCC ham radio licenses, and Coast Guard boat registrants as examples, with IRS data cited as a culprit. It also mentions Ehrlichman unemployment figures and Robert C. Hill’s ambassadorship background.
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Washington
Congress
House
Frank Horton
R-N. Y
Patsy Mink
D-Hawaii
Horton
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Communications Commission
The
Coast Guard
John D. Ehrlichman
White House
Ehrlichman
Labor Department
Finding Reassurance in Washington Amid Crisis
Washington draws visitors seeking hope as crowds tour the Smithsonian and Capitol while city life shows strain from traffic, renovations, and a recent crime wave. The piece contrasts White House beauty with a Nation’s troubled present and ends with a call to renewed purpose.
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Washington
Smithsonian
Museum of Natural History
Capitol
White House
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Kennedy
Arlington
Potomac Bridges
Potomac
Virginia
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Davidson Dateline The Move Into The County
Census figures show Davidson County growing about 15 000 in ten years with northern and eastern areas expanding. rural communities face tax and service pressures as county officials balance city migration with keeping services affordable. Thomasville and Lexington cooperate despite competitive pride as mid sized towns shape county politics and resource needs. A Republican gathering in Waynesburg and a playfulMiss Pride line add local color.
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Davidson County
Lexington
Thomasville
Davidson
Harvey Carpenter Jr
Roaming the Piedmont and a July Dread
A reflective piece recounts a Philadelphia style mix of local color in Thomasville and High Point. The narrator endures jokes about a copper bracelet and recalls a brash mechanic who jokes about delivering a junk car near Carolina Beach. The author laments approaching winter and envies fishermen’s luck with crappie as summer ends.
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Greece
Rome
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Post Office Department
John L. McMillan
South Carolina
McMillan
House Committee
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Robert
U.S. Census Bureau
Forsyth County
Midway
Welcome
Arcadia
WA Ié Burg
Pride
Carolina Beach
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