High Pointer of the Week Dave S Neill
North Carolina auto dealer and farmer Dave S Neill hosts a retirement party for Frank V Bridge at Emerywood Country Club. Neill, who owns Neill Pontiac Inc and heads Neill Enterprises, grew up on a Cherryville farm and built a career in auto sales before farming prized Hereford cattle with Bridge near High Point.
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Enterprise
Dave S. Neill
North Carolina
High Pointer
Neill
Emerywood Country Club
Pontiac
Frank V. Bridge
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corp
Mich
Detroit
Chicago
Bridge
High Point
Highway 68
Friendship
Cherryville
C. E. Neill
Thomas C. Hunt Automobile Agency
Greensboro
Letter against whiskey and alcohol in city life
A citizen argues for total abstinence from liquor, condemns liquor profits and beer makers, and urges ridding the city of all alcohol beverages. The writer cites a family harm example and challenges readers to take a firm stand against drinking and related misery.
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Payne Petes Carter
Editor's Outlook The Three Georges
An excerpt from an editor's column recounts Civil War figures and leadership, referencing Custer McClellan and Sitting Bull, with reflections on duty, fear of defeat, and the role of volunteers. The piece segues into community service themes as ministers mobilize lay helpers.
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George Brinton McClellan
Custer
Richmond
Liberty Amendment movement targets state legislatures
The Liberty Amendment movement led by Willis E. Stone seeks to limit federal power by requiring explicit constitutional written authority for actions. The effort aims to convene a constitutional convention via two‑thirds of state legislatures, with local backing from Councilman Eshelman in High Point amid slow progress and public confusion.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
Willis E. Stone
Denver
Colo
Stone
Congress
Eshelman
High Point
Big Week For Chair City in Thomasville
City Hall marks 50th anniversary of the council manager form with a 10 am observance including coffee and a luncheon for 37 guests. A public hearing on Edsel Harris’s ouster review is set for later. council action tentative. Fire department fundraiser nets about $1,000 for Pitts family burdened by a fatal blast.
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Thomasville
Edsel Harris
Peter F. Lydens
Public Works
Pilot Fire Department
Archie C. Pitts
W. Green Street
Time For Grass Planting and Piedmont Beef Tour
Roaming the Piedmont discusses sowing grass seed in September for summer stands and suggests planting now to beat heat. Advises fertilizing, surveying winter damage, pruning dead wood, and fixing bald spots. Davidson County agents announce a bus tour of Piedmont beef cattle operations ending in Raleigh with a Southern Railway funded trip.
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Davidson County
Davidson
Piedmont
Raleigh
North Carolina State
Davidson Fairgrounds
Southern Railway
Carl Bernhardt
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Raymond J. Jeffreys
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University of Chapel Hill
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