Portrait of Joe H. Smith and his mentor Miss Lottie Barber
Joe H. Smith credits Miss Lottie Barber with guiding him through Barber Business School in High Point and securing his first job with Harry Raymond. He recalls Raymond as a colorful, bold businessman who built the Embassy Club in Sedgefield in the 1920s and mentored young salesmen like Smith before Raymond’s death in January 1935.
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Joe H. Smith
Lottie Barber
Barber Business School
High Point
Lottie
Smith
Harry Raymond
Raymond
Embassy Club
Sedgefield
Virginia
Richard A. Smith
Guilford County
Smith retires after 46 years in veneer trade and civic life
High Point businessman Smith retires after a 46 year career selling veneers. He led Smith and Greenwood, then joined National Veneer and Lumber in Seymour Indiana as Southeast sales director and board member. He and wife Kathleen Snider live in Wickliff Terrace. they have daughter Nancy Jo. He active in First Presbyterian Church, Kiwanis, Masons, Shriners Oasis Temple, and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Greenwood
Smith
High Point
First Presbyterian Church
High Point Kiwanis Club
Acacia Lodge
Grand Lodge
Shriner Oasis
Charlotte
National Bust Day proposal targets ten million pot smokers
An editor notes a satirical National Bust Day plan from Allendale Michigan calling for 10 million pot smokers to crowd courts on June 5 to trigger mass prosecutions. The piece imagines juries, fast trials, and prison camps with Army rations to fund environmental cleanups and public works.
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Allendale
Mich
Environment and Ecology
America
Boise
Omyee
Ofrer
FBI
The Capital Beat on Democratic candidates and Mills
Washington columnist Leslie Carpenter analyzes why Sen Henry M Jackson fails to ignite presidential momentum. He notes Jacksons liberal stances and national security emphasis while praising Mills but doubting his prospects. The piece contrasts Muskie Bayh Nixon and Bayh temper rumors with GOP smears and public reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
America
Barry Goldwater
Strong- America
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Mills
Richard Nixon
Republican National Committee
Edmund Muskie
D-Me
Bayh
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Muskie
Bayn
Bang
GOP
California
Tree House Became Shared Project For Two Waban Families
An article in The Christian Science Monitor describes a tree house in Waban Massachusetts built by the father of four children and a student of architecture. They chose a strong ash tree and designed a cantilevered, trunk centered structure with pie shaped rooms and cables for support. The author recalls a childhood tree house built with similar practicality and nostalgia.
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Christian Science Monitor
Waban
Mass
Tree House at Davidson Dateline
A group hauls planks up a tree to a forked limb and builds a simple, shady hideaway. The improvised tree house becomes a summer refuge and launching point for dreams, though planning was casual and the project felt more playful than deliberate.
Protecting The Corporate Image By VEN CARVER
A Sunday column recounts visits to firms in Davidson County highlighting how public relations shields corporate image. The author urges freedom of access, noting journalists have a right to information affecting the public and criticizing deliberate information withholding.
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Carver
High Point Enterprise
Davidson County
Guilford County Schools Face Major Construction Needs
Guilford County faces a countywide demand for new school buildings and expanded capacity. High Point Greensboro and rural areas struggle with aging facilities crowding and makeshift classrooms. Voters face an $18 million bond within a $30 million plan to fund improvements, with costs weighed against a higher property tax or long term bond strategy.
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Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Ferndale
Jamestown
Gibsonville
Union Hill
Millis Road
Allen Jay School
Guilford Junior High School
Western Electric Research Unit
Board of County Commissioners
Odd Spring Confessions and Courtroom Quirks Across America
A roundup of spring oddities from Washington and beyond. J Edgar Hoover attends a hippie wedding on a justice balcony while California Governor Reagan dodges state taxes. Texas Rep Dowdy deemed mentally incompetent for trial but returns to Congress. Admiral Rickover calls the U S more communistic than the Soviets as protests unfold.
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Washington
America
J. Edgar Hoover
California
Ronald Reagan
Texas
John Dowdy
Congress
Hyman G. Rickover
United States
Hoover
Reagan
Dowdy
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Emerywood Country Club
Executives Club
String and Splinter Club
Lake Waccamaw
National Guard
Civil Defense
the Capital
By Robert Marks
Davidson
Ven
Carver Enterprise
Thomasville
Mr. Carver
Jim Hawkins
By J. F. Ter Horst
Justice Department
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