High Point's Bob Duggins Earns Notable Business Rise
Robert Duggins rises from a wartime sergeant to president of MAC Panel Co and Mac-Netic Tape Co in two years. His leadership builds a major IBM panel business, with growth from 838000 in 1958 to 5 million projected for 1960 and a noted leadership philosophy centered on enthusiasm and integrity.
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High Point
Bob Duggins
IBM
Adams-Millis Hosiery Mills
MAC Panel Co
Mac-Netic Tape Co
Adams-Millis Corp
Horatio Alger
Adams- Millis
Adams-Millis
America
Duggins
A. W. Raulston
W. C. Harris
MAC Panel
MAC
Burroughs
Remington Rand
F. L. Rossman and Co
MAC. Panel
Netic Tape Co
Professional Research Department
HPHS 1960 Yearbook Highlights and Elections
The High Point High School yearbook for 1960 is distributed with quotes about the year. Nancy Clinard and Jo Dunbar lead the staff as editor and associate editor, with an election underway for class and student council officers. Doyle Early is president, Gary Gregg vice president, and Betty Lewis secretary-treasurer of the Student Council. Connie Newnam and David Chiles will attend the Civitan Youth Conference on Human Relations June 13-19 at Wildacres to foster understanding and goodwill among diverse groups.
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HPHS
Nancy Clinard
Jo Dunbar
Doyle Early
Gary Gregg
Betty Lewis
Connie Newnam
David Chiles
Civitan
Kirkman urges Guilford Democrats to rally for Kornegay
In a county gathering Sen. O A Kirkman warns unity may breed inactivity and urges Guilford Democrats to back Horace Kornegay for Congress. He blasts state platform lethargy and calls for clear Democrat standards while praising Hutton for eradicating party disunity.
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O. A. Kirkman
High Point
Guilford County
Tar Heel
Guilford
Kirkman
Horace Kornegay
General Assembly
Kornegay
Congress
Hutton
Kinney to Address IMC Meet in High Point
Guy Kinney, vice president of the National Council of Industrial Management Clubs, will address the High Point Industrial Management Club Tuesday. Kinney helped organize the club and served as its first president and Zone 47 Representative. He is general superintendent of Silver Knit Hosiery Mill, with 25 years at the company. The annual Man of the Year Award will be presented at the meeting.
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Duggins
First Presbyterian Church
Howard Pancoast
Pancoast
High Point Rotary Club
High Point
Uwharrie Scout Council
den Mathers
Hanes Hosiery Co
Army
Veterans’ Administration
Winston-Salem
Guy Kinney
National Council of Industrial Management Clubs
High Point Industrial Management Club
Kinney
High Point Club
Greensboro
Gastonia
Fayetteville
Laurinburg
Charlotte
Camden
S. C
NCIMC
National Industrial Management Conference
Augusta
Industrial Management Club
YMCA
Prison reformer voices concern over female prisoners
Alan Brown, a labor MP and prison reformer, told the House of Commons that men at Car diff Prison can see thirty female inmates in a cell block fifty yards away. He warned the situation tempts provocation and that some inmates are very attractive and can respond to shouts and whistles.
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London
Cardiff
Alan Brown
Labor
House of Commons
Prom Night Refines Citizenship Ideas at HPHS
The HPHS delegates, sponsored by Civitan Club with Masque and Gavel Society, focus on prejudices and democracy. Friday night brought romantic moments at the Sophomore Prom with exotic South Pacific decor and a Sherman Williams Combo providing music during intermission.
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HPHS
Civitan Club
Sherman Williams
Glenda Cain
Esther Torres
Linda Walker
The
Rockets
Hickory Chapel Church Observes Centennial Anniversary
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church in High Point area marks its centennial today at Hickory Chapel Drive and Kivett Drive. The center chronicle notes name change from Bundy’s Chapel in 1891 and multiple expansions through 1954 with several former pastors participating in services.
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Hickory Chapel Church
Hickory Chapel
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Local notes on politics and business in Piedmont area
In Randolph County and Oak View School District voters weigh school referendums and bond issues. Ronnie Williard juggles roles as registrar, booster club president, fertilizer salesman, and tobacco grower. Articles also cover community business ventures from High Point to Randleman, plus local industry glimpses.
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Wallburg
Ronnie Williard
Abbotts Creek Township
Ledford
Randolph County
Oak View
High Point
Randolphians
Thomasville High Corner Graduation Plans and Tryouts
Thomasville High outlines final graduation plans as tryouts for speakers were held Thursday. Eligible students must average at least 90 over four years. Speakers for the 1960 graduation include Chip Harrison Jean Smith Clayton Smith Edward Bowles and Donnie Jones. Saturday night open house for seniors hosted by Mr and Mrs W S Horton. The annual staff for next year lists Nell Hoyle as editor and nine others. Upcoming senior elections named Bobby Jordan president Jimmy Churchill vice president Linda Jones secretary and Willa Mae Dagenhart treasurer. Junior class Girls and Boys State delegates chosen Virginia Pennington for Girls State Ronnie Craver and Jimmy Churchill for Boys State.
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Chip Harrison
Jean Smith
Clayton Smith
Edward Bowles
Donnie Jones
Bobby Jordan
Jimmy Churchill
Linda Jones
Willa Mae Dagenhart
Virginia Pennington
TSHS
Ronnie Craver
High Point College Initiates Fourteen Into Honor Society
The High Point College Scholastic Honor Society held its annual banquet in Harrison Hall. Fourteen members were initiated, including N. P. Yarborough, two alumni Michael Fleming and Rev. Charles Tabor, and students Sylvia Deaton and others. Dr. William Locke spoke on The Many Translations of the Scriptures. Eligibility requires high achievement and an overall 2.25 average.
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High Point College
Harrison Hall
N. P. Yarborough
Michael Fleming
Washington, DC
Charles Tabor
Sionary
Korea
Sylvia Lawson
Gaynelle McEntire
Elizabeth Peterson
Gilbert Beeson
Bobby Sheffield
Keith Dodson
John Davis
Marilyn Pickett
Helen Mounce
Eunice Young
Sylvia Deaton
Sylvia Deata
Lindley Chapel
Ken Bill
William Locke
Boat owner wears Captain cap in gesture of camaraderie
An Enterprise pressman bought a boat and another pressman gifted a photo of a cap with Captain embroidered on it. He said he could not afford a real cap, so the owner would have to wear the photo cap as a symbolic token of fellowship.
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Enterprise
Argentine Plane Collides With Cow at Santiago del Estero Airport
Aerotransportes Litoral Argentina reports its passenger plane bumped a cow while taxiing at Santiago del Estero Airport around dusk. No injuries reported and the flight was canceled. The airline did not specify the cow's fate.
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Buenos Aires
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