Local Employment Picture Brightens With Job Gains
The article notes a sharp upturn in demand for workers in the hosiery industry and a processing plant reopening in the food product sector during the last week of April. Ralph E. Miller, manager of the local Employment Security Commission, says these factors caused a significant increase in workers placed on jobs last month.
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Ralph E. Miller
Employment Security Commission
Miller
IBM
Pickens wins Fulbright to study Breton language in France
Rupert Tarpley Pickens of High Point, student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, earned a Fulbright scholarship for a year abroad in France beginning September. He will study the Breton language at the University of Rennes after receiving a BA in modern language in June and plans to pursue a doctorate. He is a member of Delta Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa.
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Fullbright
Rupert Tarpley Pickens
Young Pickens
Paris
Delta Phi Alpha
Phi Beta Kappa
Sertoma Club Distributes Declaration to Local Schools
The Sertoma Club of High Point provides nearly 4000 facsimiles of the American Declaration of Independence to fourth through sixth graders at 16 elementary schools this week. The project supports local Sertoma efforts including Safe-Teen and school lunch programs.
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High Point
Allen Jay
Trinity
Sertoma Club of
Sertoma International
Sertoma
May Frost Hits Again With Record Lows
The weather office logged a new record low of 36 as May remains frosty. Expect another clear cold night with scattered frost in the Piedmont and temperatures dipping from 66 to near 25. The five day outlook calls for slightly below normal temperatures with rain on Friday and Monday, totaling about half an inch.
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Friendship
Weather Bureau
Piedmont
Toastmasters Hear Quartet at Piedmont Club meeting
The Dixie Colonels barber shop quartet performed a musical program at the Piedmont Toastmasters Club gathering at the Sheraton Hotel last night. Guests included Bill Hylton and Dr. Harry Seidel professor of psychology at High Point College, with Reid Hanes presiding.
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Dixie Colonels
Piedmont Toastmasters Club
Sheraton Hotel
Bill Hylton
Harry Seidel
High Point College
Reid Hanes
GOP gains mark end of 15 year Democratic hold on city hall
In a close city election High Point Republicans won two council seats Robert Davis and Floyd Mehan and challenged the Democratic mayoral candidate Carson Stout. Democrats faced losses in precincts including annexed areas. turnout totaled 8 655 as observers called it the largest city vote in memory.
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High Point
Robert Davis
Floyd Mehan
Davis
Carson Stout
Stout
Lawrence Hancock
Roy Culler
Jake Froelich
Dick Culler
James Eagle
James Stanley
Gary Davis
Mehan
Hancock
Froelich
HPC Investiture Seniors Told To Prepare For Decade Of Decisions
J Marie Grant of Raleigh addressed High Point College seniors at the Investiture Service in Memorial Auditorium stressing a decade of choices. He urged forming solid homes, choosing vocations and life partners, and active church involvement to deepen religious experience. The event was led by Dr Wendell M Patton with remarks on church depth and civic life.
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J. Marie Grant
Raleigh
High Point College
Investi
Wendell M. Patton
the College
Harold Conrad
Biblical Recorder
The
Baptist State Convention
Grant
First Republican Councilmen Sworn In Since 1945
Floyd Mehan and Robert Davis won city seats in the election and will be sworn in at city hall Tuesday. It marks the first Republican presence on the council in more than 15 years, reversing a long Democratic domination and recalling the 1943-45 political battles.
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City Hall
Floyd Mehan
Robert Davis
Arnold Koonce
J. H. Kalte
J. A. Sloop
J. J. Corrigan
Kalte
M. F. Crooks
Democrats Lose Ground in City Council Race
Democrats face concern over their 15 year grip as two Republican challengers, Robert Davis and Floyd Mehan, win City Council seats in a close election. The council splits with Democrats holding mayor and six members, Republicans two, signaling shifts in Raleigh influenced politics and governance.
Local politics noted with expected Democratic leaning
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City election sparks party split with voters crossing party lines
During the city election some Democrats grew angered and cast ballots for the Republican ticket, signaling a rare cross party shift and internal tensions within the Cratic party.
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Cratic
350 Pints Goal For Bloodmobile At High Point College
Athletics in the High Point College gym today and Thursday keep the Red Cross bloodmobile donor line moving. Dr Jim Hamilton colonel hopes for at least 100 student donations as campus-wide recruitment continues. Mrs W C Sheloff reports strong advance recruitment and co chair George Dixon says donations from all divisions are needed to reach 350 pints. Collections run today until 5 pm and Thursday from 10 am to 4 pm.
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High Point College
Red Cross
Jim Hamilton
W. C. Sheloff
Cochairman George Dixon
Adams-Millis reports lower first quarter sales and earnings
Adams-Millis Corp reports Q1 sales of 4 056 123 and net earnings of 167 615 or 22 cents a share on 751 253 shares. 1960 first quarter had 261 325 earnings on 743 625 shares and 43 250 non recurring item. President Millis remains confident that full year 1961 earnings will compare favorably with 1960 despite transitional costs and economy uncertainty.
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Adams-Millis Corp
James H. Millis
Millis
MAC Panel
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