Bowles Praises North Carolina Growth At YDC Convention
Bowles, director of Conservation and Development, told about 125 Guilford County Young Democrats at the High Point Moose Club that North Carolina posted a new record for investments in new plants payrolls and jobs. He cited 18 percent climb in capital expenditures and 35 154 new jobs, far outpacing national trends. He praised state government efficiency and noted NC ranks 42nd in per capita taxes and 48th in state and local government spending. The remarks capped a day of Democratic forums and discussions led by Horace Kornegay and others.
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Democrat Club
Bowles
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United States
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Guilford County
City County
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al House
Roanoke Rapids
U. S
Horace Kornegay
Harry Seidel
Clyde Shreve
W. E. Graham
Orchestra Concert Slated by Indianapolis Symphony at High Point
The Indianapolis Symphony will give a concert at Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday at 8 30 p m in memory High Point College under the High Point Community Concert Assn New members for the 1962 63 season may attend the concert. The ensemble has a distinguished record including a 1951 Holiday Magazine top ten ranking and a 1943 origin in Industrial Concerts.
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High Point College
High Point Community Concert Assn
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
United States
Holiday Magazine
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Indianapolis
Ferdinand Schaefer
Fabien Levitsky
Izler Solomon
Solomon
U. S
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
Serge Koussevitsky
Aspen Music Festival
Membership Campaign Success for Community Concert
The Community Concert Association reports a sell-out membership drive for the 1961-62 season. Director Mrs James B Lovelace thanked High Point residents and announced Isaac Stern and the Vienna Boys Choir as scheduled artists. New members may attend the Indianapolis Symphony concert Tuesday as a bonus.
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Lovelace
Association
High Point
Isaac Stern
Vienne Boys
Barbershoppers Present Old West Themed Concert
The High Point-Thomasville SPEBQSA chapter stages the Barbershop Harmony Roundup at High Point College Memorial Auditorium on Saturday at eight p.m. The program features Southern Aristocrats of Greensboro and multiple local Salisbury quartets with about 60 men performing in two halves including a Western script by Neal Austin and a variety finale.
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Southern Aristrocrats
Greensboro
Baxter Westmoreland
al Connell
Jack Elkins
Mack Campbell
Dixie Colonels
Glad Lawson
Gilbert Sechrest
Jerry
Dave Livengood
Bob Dickham
Perry Fisher
Bob Beaver
G. H. Sprye
Plans for High Point CBD outlines new downtown mall
Pete Gibson leads a broad CBD plan for High Point with a proposed mall spanning from Hamilton Street to Hayden Place. The outline emphasizes parking, retail areas, office space, and expansion of the furniture market with a Sears Roebuck store planned at Church and N Main, plus a potential museum and auditorium.
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Main Street
S. Main Street
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Green Street
Latta Elected VP of North Central Jaycee District
Bob Latta president of the High Point Jaycees was elected vice president of the North Central Jaycee District at the first regional meeting in Greensboro. A regional director will be chosen today at the Holiday Inn Motel as the two day meeting concludes. Latta will lead the district including High Point Thomasville Asheboro Archdale Trinity Siler City Robbins and Liberty.
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Bob Latta
High Point Jaycees
North Central
Jaycee
Holiday Inn Motel
Latta
High Point
Thomasville
Asheboro
Archdale
Trinity
Siler City
Robbins
Liberty
Engineer To Address Exchangies At High Point Club
Elmer N. Lenk of Western Electric will speak at The Exchange Club of High Point on Monday. Lenk, a Greensboro based engineer, holds a Northwestern University electrical degree and Sloan Fellowship from MIT for a year of study in economics and industrial management in the U S and Italy.
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High Point
Elmer N. Lenk
Western Electric Co
Greensboro
Lenk
Northwestern University
Sloan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Italy
Air rights over railroads drive nationwide real estate trend
High Point weighs air space over tracks as a feasible approach, while El Paso plans a $10.6 million bank building and New York builds a 59 story Pan American Airways headquarters atop rail corridors. Finance and legality loom as costs and leases rise.
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Long Island
N. Y
Pan American Airways
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Urban Land Institute
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Pan American
Manhattan
New York Central
Grand Central Station
Car trade fever ends in comic cautionary tale
A friend cured by a car trading fever becomes suspicious after discovering mileage discrepancies on a used car. A salesman swears the speedometer and oil filter paper trail, then breaks his nose in a slip of deceit while the buyer withdraws, the fever running its course.
Cakes and pink elephants decorate bakery window display
A local bakery window features cakes with cowboys and circuses. The centerpiece is a decorated cake with a pint bottle and pink elephants, suggesting a farewell party or humorous toast for a friend heading to Butler.
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Butner
Weather outlook for High Point and vicinity
Overcast skies cover today and Monday with scattered showers forecast for tomorrow. Highs may reach the 70s this afternoon, with a low around 39 degrees early today. The extended forecast calls for cloudy conditions, little temperature change, and rain on Monday.
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High Point
Revival at Johns Town Methodist Church
The Johns town Methodist Church in Thomasville hosts a revival from today through March 30 with Evangelist Rev. John H. Green speaking. Evening services begin at 7 30 each night.
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Thomasville
Johnstown Methodist Church
John H. Green
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