High Point retires long-time city power chief B F Saunders
B F Saunders, high pointer of the week, retires March 31 after 40 years with the High Point electrical system. Born in Moore County, he started as a lineman in Greensboro before joining High Point, where he led the division since 1932 serving about 20,000 customers with 37 employees. Saunders plans rest then decides his next move.
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Saunders
Moore County
North Carolina Public Service
Greensboro
High Point
Ester Burns
James W. Saunders
George F. Saunders
Mildred Keily
Public Utilities
L. C. Williams
Williams
Ben
City of Point
The Ultimate Madness Historic Editor Reflects on Nazi Terror
An editor recalls the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust from early 20th century origins to the Nuremberg trials. He warns against forgetting the mass crimes and urges vigilance and lessons for Americans amid modern German memory.
Negroes Balk At Art Show Causes And Costs
In Washington critics say Negro artists balk at funding for a U S art exhibit. Only $35 000 from the Rockefeller brothers was pledged while artists demand $10 000 each or a $10000 group donation for a Negro art student. The festival needs about $110 000 and has no quick funding. The U S Information Agency will screen films as part of government participation valued around 200 000.
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Rockefeller Brothers
High Point Bond Vote Urged in March Election
A High Point resident urges readers to vote Yes on the entire bond issue in the March 15 election to keep High Point moving forward and benefit the community. The letter is signed by Mrs. C. T. Latimer Jr. from 1106 Ferndale.
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High Point
Spring Comes to the South and North Carolina
The piece notes spring’s arrival across the South from Florida to North Carolina with azaleas blooming and birdsong. In High Point residents celebrate early warmth, convertibles, shopping, and family chores, while broader concerns linger about college admissions, rising prices, inflation, and the Vietnam War, offering spring as a hopeful balm.
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Florida
Southland
North Carolina
Upper
South
Wilmington
Basie & Genebra
Viet Nam
Lesson In Safe Driving From Thomasville Court
The Thomasville Recorder's Court, led by Judge L Roy Hughes, emphasizes safer driving. Defendants with speeding or reckless charges are given essays on safe driving to complete by a set date, then read aloud in court with admonitions to remember their lessons. Solicitor Freddie Morrison Jr. is credited for a well functioning court applauded by national and state groups.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Thomasville
L. Roy
Hughes
Freddie M. Morrison Jr
Roaming the Piedmont and a NC livestock center
A table talk ranges from weather to a nut and kernel metaphor then shifts to a cheerful note about an elderly friend. The piece closes with a North Carolina State release naming Dr. Keith E. Gregory as acting director of a new 35,000 acre USDA meat research center in Nebraska with 65 scientists and 5 000 cattle, 10 000 sheep, and 3 500 hogs.
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N.C. State
North Carolina State University
America
USDA
Nebraska
Keith E. Gregory
Franklin
State
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gregory
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Elmer Horton
Central Aline
Elmers
Ipo
Nathan
Cathier
Randolph County
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Hitler
George Ili
Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Enterprise
C. T. Latimer JR
Ferndale
the Order of the World
Judge Hughes
Gard
Case In Point
Janus
Showboat Dinner Theatre
Braxton
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