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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1972
Page
2
Forrest Dates jokes about modern image makeovers focusing on clothes hair and eyes. He rejects flashy options and ends with wire rim glasses and bifocals that distort his view and make people notice his new look.
Rudy Miller handles two big cats with care including a rare black leopard cost at 3000 dollars. The article notes the spotted Prince and Black Princess sometimes play rough while Miller manages the large felines in a staff photo scene.
Prince a 14 month old leopard and Princess a nine month old weigh over 100 and 48 pounds respectively. They live in a large wire cage at the Tropical Pet Shop on Greensboro High Point Road owned by Rudy Miller who plans to keep them. Miller recounts their be raised by bottle and their playful bond with him.
Winston-Salem hosts the 200th consecutive Easter Sunrise Service by Moravians starting at 5 30 a m in front of Home Moravian Church on Salem Square Old Salem. Moravian Band members gather 2 4 a m to awaken the city with chorales and hymns. Thousands attend the sunrise procession to Gods Acre where the service ends and 500 musicians play. Visitors can view Easter flowers placed on mounded graves afterward.
W D Lee Jr president of Piedmont Savings and Loan Assn is named 1972 Cancer Crusade chairman for High Point by Dave Phillips local American Cancer Society president. The drive aims to raise 25000 for cancer research and patient aid. Lee active in Chamber Rotary Merchants United Appeal Girl Scouts and other groups.
The Light of Experience, No 8 in the Civilisation series by Kenneth Clark, will screen at High Point Public Library Tuesday noon at the Cinema Cafe. A Monday 4 PM showing is also listed. The program traces 17th century Dutch shifts from divine authority to experience with figures Rembrandt Hals Vermeer Wren and Newton, 52 minutes long.
High Point Chamber outlines its 20 committees in a new Program of Action road map. President Phillip Dixon calls it a printing to turn dreams into reality as committees report progress including membership gains and space development discussions with city hall.
A storyteller recalls lifelong political fascination sparked by a Roosevelt poem, a school elephant pin, and early election nights. The narrator cites admiration for FDR JFK and Terry Sanford, notes shifts from education reform to prison issues, and traces renewed energy during the 1972 campaign. The piece ends with politics as a contagious, enjoyable fever.
Francis Hopkinson, creator of Seven Songs, is hailed as America’s first musical composer and the author of the first music book published by an American composer.
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