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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1963
Page
2
The library reports book loans rising from 7 526 in 1953 to over 20 000 this year and daily circulation up from 760 to 834. Despite higher demand, space remains fixed, with the children’s department most crowded and adult services strained by limited ordering storage and student usage.
Orange Presbytery hires James Earhart to lead an in depth survey of Guilford Caswell Randolph Rockingham Alamance Orange Chatham and Lee counties. The study covers Greensboro High Point Burlington Reidsville Leaksville Spray Draper Chapel Hill and Research Triangle area and will map church members schools business districts and zoning plans. The project aims to inform church extension planning for one and five and ten year horizons.
Admiral Lawrence R. Daspit commander of the Sixth Naval District will address the Old North State Chapter Naval Reserve Assn meeting this Thursday at the Pilot Club in Sedgefield The program starts at 6 p.m with a social hour before dinner Attendees include ACONA council members from Greensboro and Winston Salem and all local naval reserve units John Diffendal is chapter president.
Raiford Porter assistant professor of art joins 25 faculty appointments for the governor's school for gifted high school students in North Carolina. The eight week session on Salem College campus enrolls 400 juniors and seniors with salaries totaling about 27000. The program funded by a 225000 Carnegie grant plus matching foundations and industries funds runs three summers with seminars across disciplines.
Enemies of urban renewal in High Point prepare for a State Supreme Court hearing this week seeking an injunction to halt the 520 acre project. The case argues the program was created without a public vote and may violate the state constitution.
An advertisement promises high paying roles as trained IBM computer field specialists. It targets 17 to 45 year olds with at least a high school education, no experience needed, and offers at home training through the Electronic Computer Programming Institute Box 0-6 c/o This Newspaper.
A wartime style appeal urges Cold War listeners in Eastern Europe to resist Communist influence. It highlights 80 million resisting citizens and promotes Radio Free Europe as a key weapon backed by private U.S. citizens. Readers are asked to send dollars to support the broadcasts.
The sixth annual Barbershop Harmony Heritage will be staged Saturday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium High Point College. Four quartets and the High Point Salisbury Thomasville chorus will perform to raise funds for the Optimist Club’s youth programs.
W R Peters announced Fitz hugh L Hendrix Jr of Gainesville Florida will become assistant director of High Point Memorial Hospital. He starts June 1 succeeding George W Dixon who left last November to head Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount Virginia. Hendrix, a UF Teaching Hospital residency trainee, plans a MBA from George Washington University this spring. He is from Clearwater Florida where his father was city manager and citrus grower. He attended public schools and earned a BS in business administration two years ago. He married Betty Patterson in 1956. they have four children and attend Church of Christ.
Executive Club members must reserve by noon Tuesday for a dinner meeting at Em erywood Country Club Thursday at 7 pm. Guest speaker Baroness Maria von Trapp will discuss Around The World With The Trapp Family Singers, connected to The Sound of Music and the family's books.
A scrap paper drive will be held today from 1:00 to 5:00 in Jamestown. The event is organized by College Village Methodist Church with the Jaycees. Bundles at curbside will be picked up. special pickups can be arranged by calling 888-9032.
The Pioneer Hotel and the Ramada Inn faced city water bills totaling 13212.52 after the city revealed two years of erroneous billing at a minimum rate of 3.25 per month.
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