High Point Museum Fund Drive Launched For New Civic Park
The High Point Historical Society launches a March fundraiser to build a contemporary museum at Haley Inn on E Lexington Ave and McGuinn Place. A $50 000 challenge gift supports the project while the park and inn restoration aim to draw visitors and house exhibits. Memorial gifts will be accepted and a dedicated staff will operate the museum with plans to complete the park within five years.
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Joyce
E. Lexington Avenue
McGuinn Place
Society
High Point Historical Commission
Haley Inn
Founda
Carpet Installation School Planned at High Point Exposition
The nation’s sole carpet installation school for retail furniture staff will run March 28 to 31 at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point. Cooperative effort with the American Carpet Institute and Allison-Erwin Co. of Charlotte. Robert Deale says demand exceeds capacity of 20 students. applications urged at once.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point
American Carpet Institute
Allison-Erwin Co
Charlotte
Robert Deale
Southern Retail Furniture Assn
Deale
Revival of the outhouse business in Thomasville
Theo Bowers of Bowers Lumber Co plans and sells modernized outhouses meeting health department specs with cement floors and ventilation. Orders have included a Winston-Salem bank and customers across Davidson County, High Rock Lake cottages, and even use as sheds.
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Bob Burchette
Thomasville
Theo Bowers
Bowers
Davidson County
Bowers Lumber Co
W. Lexington Avenue
High Point
Health Department
John
High Rock Lake
Boone’s Cave Park
Churchland
Winston-Salem
Duke Chaplain Elmer Hall to Speak at High Point College Religion Days
Elmer Hall associate director of religious activities and assistant chaplain at Duke University will headline High Point College religion and life days on March 10. Hall, a 1959 High Point graduate, holds a BD from Duke Divinity School and is a 1968 master of theology candidate at Duke.
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Elmer Hall
Duke University
High Point College
Hall
Christian Assn
Duke University Divinity School
Garrett Thelogical Seminary
Duke
Methodist Church
Malaya
United States
Office of Missionary Personnel
Board of Missions of the
New York
Asbury Methodist Church
Durham
Vermont Council of Churches
Community Church
Belvidere
Vermont
Order of the Lighted Lamp
North Carolina State Methodist
Second Tour Set For Renewal Area
East Central Urban Renewal Area will host a 10 am Tuesday tour departing from the Chamber of Commerce Building. About 81 people plan to attend plus two busloads of Griffin and Ferndale Junior High eighth and ninth graders.
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East Central
Chamber of Commerce
North Main
Garden Club Council of
High Point
Redevelopment Commission
Griffin and
Ferndale Junior High School
High Pointer From Page 5A Seeks New Museum in High Point
Jeffrey Stepp travels with his father to Revolutionary War and Civil War battle sites in New York Pennsylvania Virginia and North Carolina. They recall Fort Fisher near Wilmington where a soldier stood firing before being wounded during the Federal bombardment. He helped build a diorama of early High Point and preserves a living history through his weapons collection. The pair hope a new museum in High Point will keep history alive for others.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Jeffrey
Fort Fisher
Wilmington
High Point
Stepp
Stewardship and Community Club Meetings Planned
The Christian Stewardship Club of Mount Vernon Baptist Church will meet Monday at 7 45 p m at the church. The Burns Hill Sympathy Club will meet Monday at 7 30 p m with Mrs Ethel Bonimore and co host Mrs Annie Ruth Wesley at 806 Evans St.
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Christian Stewardship Club of the
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Burns Hill
Ethel Bonimore
Annie Ruth
Truesdale Named February Youth of the Month
Gerald Truesdale a 17 year old William Penn High senior earns High Point Youth Council favor for February award. He leads as Senior Class president National Honor Society president Senior Council president Science and Math Club president and cornetist with a 3.25 GPA. He holds multiple awards and a Morehouse College scholarship for next year.
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Gerald Truesdale
William Penn High School
High Point
G. L. Truesdale
Ames
Parks and Recreation Department
Young Truesdale
William Penn
Truesdale
University of North Carolina
Brooks Memorial Methodist Church
Young Men’s Christian Assa
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Morehouse College
Atlanta
City union meeting and church song festival announced
The city union meets today at 3 p.m. at Emmanuel Baptist Church. A church of God of Prophecy song festival also starts at 3 p.m. with many singing groups participating.
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City Union Meeting
City Union
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Church of God of Prophecy
Peterson's Ointment Promises Piles Relief
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a fast relief for piles. It claims soothing cooling action and quick itching relief, noting 40 years of use and a money back guarantee with an 85 cent price.
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Peterson
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