Dangerous False Assumptions Threaten National Safety
Rep. Carl T. Durham warned at the North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution that four dangerous premises risk American safety. He argued war remains possible, production alone cannot guarantee victory, capitalism will prevail, and superior tech will protect the nation amid a rising Soviet program.
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America
Carl T. Durham
North Carolina Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Durham
Guilford Courthouse
Russia
Kremlin
Ivan
The Power of Failure in the American Spirit
An exhortation that failure figures into greatness through figures like Nathan Hale Babe Ruth and Jesus Christ. It argues that modern values chase material success while true worth lies in honest deeds and inner integrity during hardship.
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New York
City Hall Park
Broadway
Nathan Hale
Washington
Not Failure But Low Aim is Crime, Says Poet
A High Point Enterprise reflection discusses perseverance after failure quoting Bessie M. Stanley and Joaquin Miller. It cites Moses, David, Paul, Robert E. Lee, Woodrow Wilson and others, asserting true heroes endure, try again, and leave the world better.
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Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
Grant
Woodrow Wilson
Bessie M. Stanley
Joaquin Miller
Our West
Murray Abeles
TV Table
Holt McPherson
Murray
Felix Miller, Jr
Brenda Grubb
Brenda
Dick Johnson
Remembering Uncle Zeke Farrabee and High Point Tales
The article recalls E. C. Farrabee known as Uncle Zeke, a store owner and justice of the peace who traded for anything and played pranks. It recounts a cat hoax, a burnt grist mill, a water wheel mill near the Blair property, and long memories of Quaker meetings that moved from High Point to Guilford College due to crowded gatherings and travel.
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Enterprise Office
E. C. Farrabee
Zeke
Farrabee
Forsyth
Davidson
Randolph
Guilford
Blair
Asheboro
John J. Blair
Friendship Church
Prof
John
Yearly Meeting
High Point
Guilford College
Sun Gazing and a Shelby Dynasty in North Carolina News
Pete Ivey describes O Max Gardner as a sun gazer who believed eye exposure could benefit sight. Lee Weather’s Shelby dynasty is praised for political foresight, with notes on Gardner’s influence and a forthcoming chapter in Weather’s Cleveland County history. Dr Edwin Mims recalls Trinity College’s tough early days before Duke links deepened.
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Chapel Hill
O. Max Gardner
Lee B. Weathers
Shelby
Gov. Gardner
Weathers
Max Gardner
Lee Weather
Cleveland County
Gardner
Mims
Edwin Mims
Vanderbilt University
UNC
Vanderbilt
Trinity College
Durham
Trinity
Washington Duke
Eisenhower Stevenson ticket debated by nonpartisan voter
A self described neutral voter says he favors an Eisenhower re election with Adlai Stevenson as vice president to create a bipartisan ticket. He worries about Nixon and notes foreign and domestic tensions require strong executive leadership. Faculty town meeting in Chapel Hill discusses annexation and local services.
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Mims
Ike Adlat
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Congress
Nixon
Chapel Hill
J. Penrose Harland
Harland
Sunday Enterprise Notes Local Happenings and Letters
The Sunday Enterprise covers Promoter Charlie Proper departing the city after funding the Furniture City Building project and other properties He may sell interests and proceed with construction The piece also mentions seven post office trucks and relief for a sick girl through local charity drives including a TV donation campaign and community generosity.
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Charlie Proper
Proper Supply Co
Proper
Furniture City
S. Main
Uptown
Florida
Enterprise
League of Women Voters
L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
YMCA
Preyer
Tom Marlowe
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R. B. Terry
Sea On Advertising Directors
Charles B. I
Mali
Miss Pains
N. Ga Wege
Moses
Promised Land
David
Paul
Spain
Nero
BY Jack Field
S. Main Street
E. A. Snow
Mr. Ward
Solomon
River Dee
Pete Ivey
HPHS
Miami
Dave Carter
Davidson College
Shirley Gluck
Army Nurse Corps
Memorial, Hospital
William van Liere
American-Marietta
Jim Boyd
Rockford Rd
Mendenhall Moore
Jack Field
Washington Corner
Jim Wright
Tobias
Jack Rochelle
Jack
Mary
Jesus
God
George Washington
Davy Crockett
Leo Heer
Leo
Furniture Exposition
Archie Myatt
Harriss Jarrett
Jim Clontz
D. C. McRae
Bob Bencini
Jack Byerly
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