They Won't Bury Us Major Defies Republican Threat
Mayor Carson Stout addresses 150 precinct leaders at a Young Democratic Club gathering in the Sky Room, vowing to resist GOP efforts to bury the Democrats. He touts Democratic city gains since the 1930s, cites water sewer improvements, housing, urban renewal, and a stable tax rate as proof of progress versus Republican sounding attacks.
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Carson Stout
United States
Republican Party
Council
Floyd Mehan
GOP
O. Arthur Kirkman
Kirkman
Stout
City Doll Show Winners Named in Final Citywide Event
Winners for 228 entries across large to antique categories were announced at the Southeastern Furniture building on South Main Street. Top prizes went to Pattie Smith in Large dolls, Mrs Anne Bradley in Antique dolls, and Laura Hill in Bride dolls, among numerous other class victors listed.
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Southeastern Furniture
South Main Street
Pattie Smith
Yvonne Myers
Ashburn
Donna von Cannon
Fourth St
Anne Brad
City Election Law Clarified For High Point Officials
With aid from the State Attorney General the High Point Election Board announces a full explanation of city council election procedures. The meeting on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the City-County Building will clarify changes from the 1959 Assembly action that shortened terms and created at large posts. Perry Keziah leads the board.
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High Point Election Board
Perry Keziah
General Assembly
City council eight-seat race details set for primary and general
Election officials seek Attorney General guidance on whether eight seats eight candidates per election will be chosen by ward top four and overall top four. Ballots list candidates by party alphabetically with residence notes and voter instructions to select eight in both primary and city election. GOP chair says election laws are Democrat-written and questions remain.
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Kesiah
John Eshelman
GOP
Fraternity Honors Dr. N. M. Harrison at Banquet
Dr. N. M. Harrison of High Point was made an honorary member of Alpha Phi Omega during a leadership banquet at the Sheraton Hotel. The three day sectional meeting drew representatives from Virginia North Carolina and South Carolina with visiting members from Florida and Georgia. Harrison was honored for aiding Cuban refugees in Florida and High Point and for helping a Cuban refugee gain admission to High Point College. He organized mission churches in Puerto Rico and High Point and helped establish High Point College in 1924, serving in multiple roles. John Kennedy lauded Harrison for embodying fraternal ideals of leadership friendship and service. Kennedy presented the honor.
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High Point
Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity
Sheraton Hotel
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alpha Phi Omega
Florida
Georgia
Dr. Harrison
Harrison
High Point College
Puerto Rico
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Wounded Man's Wife Held In Jail
High Point man Ernest Bailey was shot in the head during a quarrel with his wife Bonnie Louise Bailey then taken to Winston-Salem hospitals in fair condition. Bonnie Bailey remained jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge after claiming she grabbed the pistol during a struggle over the weapon.
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Winston-Salem
Ernest Bailey
Sheriff's Deputies
Bailey
Baileys
Greenoak
High Point Memorial Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Religion In Life Week Observed At HPC
Waiting theme frames High Point College Religious Life Week starting Wednesday through Friday with Rev. Mel Harbin delivering messages. Activities include assemblies, devotions, group discussions led by named faculty and pastors, film screenings, sermons, and late night meditations in Memorial Auditorium Lindley Chapel and the student center. An art display in Roberts Hall complements the observance sponsored by the Student Christian Association with officers and advisers named.
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High Point College
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Thomasville
Memorial Methodist Church
Memorial Auditorium
Lindley Chapel
John Martin
Dave Jarvis
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
David Rife
Methodist
Wake Forest College
Bill Sanders
Greensboro Daily News
Larry Avent
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
Rodney Brown
Memorial Methodist Church of
Diedra Hanner
Centenary Methodist Church of
Harbin
Roberts Hall
Student Christian Assa
Patti Colliver
Karen Lanier
Elizabeth Oldham
Fred Winters
Anne Talley
William Locke
Dorothy Eubanks
Walt Hudgins
Robert Amos
Pair Injured During Brawl on Clay Street
Two men received emergency treatment at City Memorial Hospital after a bottle and knife duel on Clay Street. Bobby Nobles 27 of Lexington Avenue and Howard Wayne Hardy 32 of Clay Street signed warrants charging each other with knife attack and bottle assault. Both were released on bond. court date set for March 15 in Recorder's Court.
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Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Clay Street
Bobby Nobles
Lexington Avenue
Howard Wayne Hardy
Hardy
Nobles
Recorder's Court
Legislator Pledges Support for Retarded Children Aid
Greensboro Rep. Philip Lacy promised full support for Guilford County associations seeking more help for mentally challenged residents in state institutions. He toured Murdock School at Butner with Guilford legislators and urged public advocacy as the Advisory Budget Commission balked at adding more staff.
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Philip Lacy
Greensboro
Lacy
Murdock School
Butner
Assn
Taylor Kennerly
Advisory Budget Commission
Murdock
Kennerly
North Carolina
Hospitals Board of Control
Joint Appropriations Committee
State House
Diplomatic Expert to Speak in High Point March 14
Dr Eleanor Lansing Dulles economist diplomat and educator will lecture on The Making of Foreign Policy at 8 p m March 14 in High Point College Memorial Auditorium This event is a joint effort of the YWCA Public Affairs Committee local civic groups and the college and she has studied Asia Africa and the Middle East plus travels in South America and Mexico She is the last Dulles in Government and will share experiences from a steel mill to behind the Iron Curtain.
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Eleanor Lansing Dulles
State Department
High Point
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
YWCA
High Point College
Dulles
South America
Mexico
Austria
Man Accused Of Striking 2 Women On Harrison Street
Rich ard Barber, 30, of Harrison Street, is charged with assaulting two women, beating them about the face and head and choking one, according to charges filed by Frankie Jane Ratliff and Mary Ann McNeill. Barber released on bond for trial in High Point Municipal Court Monday.
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Richard Barber
Frankie Jane Ratliff
Mary Ann McNeill
Ratliff
Barber
High Point
Julius W. Yates
Trinity
Green Street
Yates
Billy Joe Helms
Genmore Street
Elm
High Street
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