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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1969
Page
2
The Carl Chavis Matorial YMCA annual dinner meeting will be held Monday at 6 30 p.m. in the dining room of the Sheraton Hotel. Guest speaker Dr K C P Goodwin. Reservations may be secured by calling the YMCA office.
Archdale and Trinity residents may vote on June 3 to ratify a charter creating a new combined municipality. An eight member city council would be setup from four wards with two members per ward and a mayor elected biennially. The charter also allows a city manager and a public council. The plan includes staggered terms and nonpartisan council elections with a potential annexation by High Point if approved.
James R. Spence of High Point told a Raleigh gathering that business must lead a four year push for better public education. He warned better schools attract high paying industry and that tax dollars would follow. The meeting, led by State Superintendent Craig Phillips, aims to form a task force of lay leaders to implement Governor’s Study Commission findings and plans.
Johnson Street School PTA hosts a barbecue supper at 5:30 p.m. and a student talent show at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium Friday. Public welcome. cafeteria offerings include barbecue plates, sandwiches, hamburgers, and hot dogs. Proceeds fund PTA activities.
Nine Wesleyan churches in the High Point area completed a Sunday School workshop at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church last week. Six sessions were held. 1970 officers include C. Glenn Powell as chairman Melvin Witcher as vice chair man Carl Voncannon as registrar Susie Hill as secretary J D Thomas as assistant secretary and Boyd Kistler and Jack Kimble as members at large. Dates for next year are March 9-12 and March 16-19.
Sarah Croom Morris of High Point and Greensboro College Music faculty will teach piano and vocal accompanying at Temple University Festival Institute in Philadelphia this summer. She will perform in two Faculty Recital Series programs while Zagreb Philharmonic and Pennsylvania Ballet Co. reside.
SOPHIA New Market Civitan group hosted its annual Father-Daughter Banquet Friday with Mrs North Carolina as guest. Speaker was Mrs Tom Hayworth, current president of the High Point Junior Woman's Club and reigning Mrs North Carolina, crowned last August.
As a Lent feature the Tuesday noon film series at the High Point Public Library will present Four Religions Part 1. Historian Arnold Toynbee and producer James Beveridge explore Hinduism Buddhism Islam and Christianity in a 30 minute program shot in India Japan Morocco and Canada. Part I shows next week with Coffee and soft drinks at 12 15 p m in the audio visual room.
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