High Point Fire Chief Claude Canady Honored for Service
Claude Simmons Canady, chief of the High Point Fire Department, built a 36 year career advancing fire protection and community service. Born 1903 in Caswell County, he joined as a volunteer in 1926 and became chief in 1952, guiding building inspections, fire prevention, training, and pre planned firefighting.
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Claude Simmons Canady
High Point Fire Department
Canady
Caswell County
Ruffin
Claude Canady
Annie Turner
Joseph A. Canady
Rockingham County
Reidsville
High Point
Southern Public Utility Co
Duke Power Co
Hill Veneer Co
Fire Department
T. M. Ellington
T. G. Shelton
Letters Explain Delayed Paper Over All American City Claim
Readers argue over why the High Point Enterprise was late publishing. They contend the delay honors the city winning the All American City title and point to local progress in academics, industry, and culture led by leaders like Dr. W J Scott and new industries such as Hatteras Yacht and Singer Fidelity.
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H. D. Sears JR
Hillcrest Dr
High Point, N. C
High Point Enterprise
United States Mail
Enterprise
High Point
D. P. Whitley
W. J. Scott
Hatteras Yacht
Singer Fidelity
North Carolina Symphony
U. S. Information Agency
Drivers License
Motor Vehicles Department
High Point Named All America City Amid Clash Over Race
The announcement that High Point North Carolina won an All America City award triggers protests and questions about race relations. Citizens demand desegregation in housing schools parks and government while praising downtown redevelopment and job gains as part of ongoing progress toward a better city.
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High Point
Enterprise
N. C
B. Elton Cox
Good Neighbor Council
Parks and Recreation
Paramount Theater
Southern Railway
Citizens Advisory Committee On
Rubinoff
Fair Grove
Lion's Club
Civic Club
The Fate of Keynes and the Public Opinion Polls
An essay on John Maynard Keynes argues his theories shaped recovery despite misreadings about government spending. It notes Keynes’s belief in monetarily guided stimulus and his stance on inflation and debt, ending with a reader letter from Lowell Bennett explaining overseas public opinion polls.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
John Maynard Keynes
George Bernard Shaw
Keynes
Cambridge
Britain
Treasury
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Felix Frankfurter
New York Times
Congress
High Point Earns All American City Honor
Greensboro praises High Point for being selected as an All American City. Mayor Stout Jaycees George Covington and local leaders are congratulated for the community’s character business sense education and neighborly spirit.
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Greensboro
High Point
Stout
Jaycees
George Covington
Spring Scenes Across Piedmont Offer Color and Local News
The Piedmont area bursts into spring with budding trees near Silver Valley and green hills around Denton and High Rock. Residents note boating and skiing season soon, a local high school festival funds upgrades, and a district announces egg month recipes while warning on license renewal forms.
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Piedmont
Denton
Silver Valley
High Rock
Badin
Tom Elliott
Thomasville Scene praises Rubinoff and city planning hopes
In Thomasville a booster note lauds Dave Rubinoff's student concerts and civic events while a letter criticizes coverage. The City Planning Commission contemplates a $3,000 annual budget for a two year study, aiming to guide future planning with federal matching funds and a push to beautify railroad tracks near downtown.
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City Planning Commission
High Point
Thomasville
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Claude S. Canady
Joe Rawley
Becky Leach
Ferndale Jr. High School
Challenge
Robert
Asia
Lowell Bennett
Office of Public Information
Hunt
Highway 64
Uwharrie Mountains
Tora County
Joseph M. Hunt, JR
Don Peacock
Greensboro, N. C
Western Carolina League
Lexington
Randleman District
Dee Reynolds
Boosters
Wade Johnson
Davidson
Wade
N. C. Egg Marketing Assn
Braxton
Dave Rubinoff
Bonnie
Bobby Jordan
Colonial Drive
Bobby
Jordan
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