Golden Anniversary Dinner Set For High Point Chamber
The High Point Chamber of Commerce will host its Golden Anniversary dinner on Thursday March 13 at the Top of the Mart with over 1 200 members invited. Joe Brown chairs the anniversary committee arranging events through 1969 including a 20 minute slide show covering High Point history with narration and music. J Heer chamber president notes the production facilities are rare and Alderman's Studio is producing the program under Jack Oldham. The show spans 60 years across decades with native and newcomer citizens seeing landmarks and past events. High Point Central High A Capella Choir will sing a medley at the close.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Joe Brown
High Point
J. Heer
Chamber
United States
Alderman
Jack Oldham
High Point Central High
Chamber of Commerce
Mart
R. T. Amos Jr
George Covington
Leo Heer
Robert Davis
Amos
Leaders In The Chamber Presidents Roles In Building N Main
Covington is executive vice president and Heer is president of the chamber. He served two terms during the planning and construction of the present chamber building on N Main Street. Staff photo by Dick Swain.
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Chamber
N. Main Street
Covington
Heer
Dick Swain
Showroom Leases Signed For High Point Furniture Building
Directional Industries and KayLyn Inc. announce lease of a new 20 000 square foot showroom on E Green Drive opposite the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point. Building by J B White Construction. tenants each get 10 000 square feet with separate entrances. Formal opening planned for the fall market.
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George W. Mesberg
Directional Industries
C. S. Lambeth
KayLyn Inc
High Point
E. Green
Bencini
R. E. Bencini Jr
J. B. White
Johnson Furniture Co
Grand Rapids, Mich
Plycraft Inc
Lawrence, Mass
Richard Miele
Directional
Verne Kastning
Chicago
And There Was Light shown at High Point Library series
An unusual religious art film titled And There Was Light, second in a Lenten series, screens Tuesday noon at Cinema Cafe in High Point Public Library. The 334 minute program surveys the Bible through world religious art, summarizing Christian faith and Bible translations. Showings at 12 15 p m and 3 p m at Astor Dowdy Towers are open to the public with coffee and soft drinks available.
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High Point Public Library
Astor Dowdy Towers
E. Green Dr
Cinema Cafe
Gospel Singat Bible Holy Mission Leaders in N C Town
The Willing Hands Gospel Singers of Winston-Salem the Emmanuel Jubilee Chorus of High Point and other groups will sing at the Bible Holy Mission 109 Centennial St Sunday at 3 p m The Rev Joe L Daughtridge is pastor.
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Gospel Sing
Willing Hands Gospel Singers
Wiston-Salem
Emmanuel Jubilee Chorus
High Point
Bible Holy Mission
Centennial St
Joe L. Daughtridge
Engagement Ring Plan Ends in Unusual Marriage
Dina Lewin aged 20 accepted an engagement ring from her boss Robert Peterson aged 43 but fell asleep before a movie date. She suggested waking his intended mother instead. Eight months later Peterson married Dina’s mother, and he is now on his honeymoon.
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Lucerne
Switzerland
Dina Lewin
Robert Peterson
Peterson
Dina
Africa Its Problems Great Decisions Topic
The third meeting of the Great Decisions discussion group on foreign policy will be held tomorrow at 7 30 p m in the High Point Public Library audio visual room. The topic is Africa Asia and the Development Decade Must The Poverty Gap Widen Mrs Neal F Austin will moderate.
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Great Decisions
High Point Public Library
Africa
Asia
Neal F. Austin
Peterson's Ointment Ad Promises Fast Piles Relief
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a quick relief for the torture of piles. The cooling soothing preparation is claimed to have helped thousands for 40 years, with a money back guarantee and 5 cent box or applicator tube offered at drugstores.
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Peterson
Monty
Ady
Square Dance Class Opens Thursday At YMCA
The High Point YMCA will start a square dance program on Thursday at 7 p m. The eight week course runs Thursdays from 7 to 9 p m for 15 couples maximum. Teachers are Mr and Mrs Lee Marshall with over 10 years of teaching experience and active in NC Folk Dance Assn and Piedmont Callers Assn.
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High Point Ymca
Dan Hackney
Hackney
YMCA
Lee Marshall
North Carolina Folk Dance Assn
Piedmont Callers Assn
Religion in Life program at HPC March 5 6
Dust and Ashes, two young ministers Jim Moore and Tom Page, will present a two day Religion in Life program at High Point College on March 5 and 6. They travel nationally sharing a vibrant faith in a living Christ with emphasis on the worth of all persons.
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Religion In Life
HPC
High Point College
God
Jim Moore
Tom Page
Wesley Theological Seminary
Washington
Page J
Student Christian Assn
Doris Whitt
Roxboro
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Oldham
Diractional
Sketch Pictures
NEW Furniture Showroom
Kay Lyn Inc
Mesberg
South
The
Foreign Policy Association
Eee
America
N. Main ST
Thomasville
E. Main ST
NCNB
Trust Department of North Carolina National Bank
North Carolina National Bank
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