High Pointer of the Week T R Pitts
Myrtle Desk Co. centers its growth on T R Pitts as vice president and general manager. The High Point native started at 14, served in the Army Air Force, then rebuilt a career at Myrtle Desk, traveling in sales and rising to top management. He plans a Europe trip with his wife and a Wood Office Furniture Institute tour.
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Myrtle Desk Co
Myrtle Desk
T. R. Pitts
Pitts
Taylor and
Millis Streets
High Point
University of North Carolina
Army Air Force
W. T. Powell
Powell
Ansie Powell Pitts
D. R. Pitts
Jamestown
H. W. Fra
Ser. Powell
C. E. Hayworth Sr
Fraser
Europe
Wood Office Furniture Institute
Switzerland
Germany
England
Denmark
Hanover
Harrett Harrison
Front Royal
Woman’s College
Western Electric
Winston-Salem
Trent
Bill
Randolph- Macon Academy
Bob
Northwood
806
Parkway
Nor
Mother Objects to Sterilization Proposal in Letter
CORRINE WALKER critiques a sterilization proposal in The Enterprise letter page. She cites biblical references then argues against gendered sterilization and asserts her stance on motherhood and family.
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Corrine Walker
Refusal to Judge One Another Urged by Local Reader
A local reader calls religious leaders to follow Jesus teachings and stop cynicism. The letter urges preaching Christ's message of peace and the commandments to love God and neighbor as the path to harmony.
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Jesus Christ
Christ
Editor's Outlook on Minority Rights and School Prayers
An editorial argues that the U S Supreme Court faces a new school prayer case from Baltimore and warns against minority demands overriding majority beliefs. It cites atheist critics, Christmas and Easter observances, and racial integration tensions, urging balanced tolerance amid rising activism.
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U. S. Supreme Court
New York
Baltimore
Maryland
Lenin
Unity and Harmony Amiddenominational Feud and Verdi Requiem Praise
A reader urges tolerance among ministers and denominations sharing faith while calling for unity. Another letter from Irving Silver lauds High Point College Memorial Auditorium Verdi Requiem, hailing the local production as the finest and urging continued cultural collaboration.
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High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Irving
Silver
High Point Arts Council, Inc
Freedom to fail underscored in welfarism debate
George Cline Smith of Mac Kay Shields Economics, Inc. argues that profit and loss are two sides of the same coin and warns that welfare policies threaten the private capital investing to seek profit. Baseball star Stan Musial signs his 22nd season contract with the St. Louis Cardinals at age 42.
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George Cline Smith
MacKay - Shields Economics, Inc
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Spring Southern Furniture Market Opens on Furniture Highway
The Furniture Factories Marketing Assn of the South announces the spring 1926 Southern furniture market across six North Carolina communities from High Point to Lenoir. About 67 manufacturers from North Carolina host a week of showrooms, expositions, travel, and hospitality drawing buyers from across the nation.
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Furniture Factories Marketing Assn
South
North Carolina
Piedmont
High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
Lenoir
Blue Ridge
Drexel
Hickory
Lexington
Thomasville
Friendship
Douglas Airport
Charlotte
Furniture Factories Marketing Assa
The Race For Council And Local Hopes In Thomasville
The scene sketches a men only four ball team golf event at Colonial Country Club and a lively Thomasville council race with three seats plus the mayor open. It also notes weather gripes about spring snow forecasts.
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Thomasville
Colonial Country Club
Winds Bring Spring and Skies of Change
Spring arrives with sun and snow flurries as winds favor kite flyers and thermals hint at warmth. Milford Byerly may vanish Saturdays for soaring and Scout activities. Graduations loom for high school seniors while baseball workouts resume on muddy fields. A local boat dealer forecasts a strong marine sales season amid rising outdoor activity. Grass fires challenge rural departments despite recent rains. Dr. Arthur R. Ankers visits High Point as guest preacher for Wesley Memorial Methodist mission marking John Wesley’s Aldersgate anniversary. Beeson's stove talk recalls a fox hunt at Long Beach won by Glenn Hilton who brought in a live fox.
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Milford Byerly
Byerly
Arthur R. Ankers
High Point
Ankers
Wesley Memorial Methodist
C. C. Herbert Jr
John Wesley
Aldersgate
Beeson
Glenn Hilton
Long Beach
Hilton
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United Nations
New Jersey
NAACP
Lenox
Hornaday
Ray Fleming
Rt. 1
Chicago
Robert
Bill Tysinger
Jaycees
Jordan
Braxton
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