HPC Alumni Elect Officers and Set Today Final Exercises
High Point College seniors prepare for 11 am baccalaureate and 3 pm graduation with honorary degrees to speaker Eric Johnston and Rep. Carl Durham. Alumni officers are elected at a 7 pm buffet. Porter Hauser leads the new board, with Robert Parrish Ruth Surratt and Mrs. Robert Barrett in officer roles. Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Literature degrees will be awarded to Johnston Durham and Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College Alumni Association
Harrison Hall
Stanley Broadway
HPC
High Point College
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
N. C
Carl Durham
L. Stacy Weaver
Eee Seee
Paul Garber
Richmond
Virginia
Eastern North Carolina
Buffett
Duke Power Co
Porter Hauser
High Point
Hauser
Robert Parrish
Ruth Surratt
Robert Barrett
Greensboro
A. R. Bookout
Wilmington
Del
Occo D. Gibbs
Edgar Snider
Zenith
Grady Whicker
University of North Carolina
Johnston
Rep. Durham
Methodist College
Weaver
Graduation speakers announced for High Point High School
State Senator O Arthur Kirkman will headline the commencement at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium while Dr Dean Pruette presides. About 270 seniors will receive diplomas as William A Tomlinson officiates. The baccalaureate sermon Sunday June 1 at 8 p.m. will be delivered by Rev J E Rawlinson of First Baptist Church.
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High Point
O. Arthur Kirkman
Dean Pruette
William A. Tomlinson
J. E. Rawlinson
First Baptist Church
D. P. Whitley
Nancy Staley
Kirkman
Thomasville
Denton
Guilford
House of Representatives
Guilford County
Sen
University of Virginia
Caulder College
Havana
Cuba
Oxford University
England
Lulu Blanche Hammer
Oscar Arthur
Katherine Morgan
Salisbury
Alvin
Caroline
John
Susan
Kirkmans
W. High Street
Rawlinson
Congaree
S. C
Robinson
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
South Carolina
Baptist Hospital
Baptist Foundation of
Mailbox Repaint Sparks Car Crash on Greensboro Road
Friday afternoon J. R. Stewart painted a new mailbox and set it on a cedar post in front of his Greensboro Road home. Early morning a car veered off the highway and crushed Stewart's mailbox and neighbor Paul Freeze's mailbox before fleeing.
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J. R. Stewart
Greensboro
Stewart
Paul Freeze
High School Cheating Survey Reveals Widespread Views
About 200 High Point High School students discuss cheating in a Gilbert Youth Research Foundation survey. 95 percent admit to cheating or done so. 90 percent say friends do. Some justify actions while others condemn dishonesty. many support an honor system to curb cheating.
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High Point High School
Gilbert Youth Research Foundation
High Point
Local Student Awarded Honor Scholarship at Greensboro College
Mary Ann Fortner of High Point Senior High wins an Honor Scholarship to Greensboro College. Daughter of Mrs. S. F. Fortner of 1107 Council St. Fortner belongs to Masque and Gavel Society Beta Club National Honor Society Junior Classical League and serves as vice president of Future Teachers of America. She will major in speech therapy.
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Mary Ann Fortner
High Point
Greensboro College
Miss Fortner
S. F. Fortner
Council St
Future Teachers of America
The
Pointer
Memorial Day Observance Reaches City With Services
Memorial Day events at Floral Garden Park Cemetery draw thousands despite showers. Brig Gen Edward C Dyer delivers the address with Rep Ed Kemp as master of ceremonies. Gold Star Mothers and War Widows attend, and Maj Edward K Washington leads the Pledge of Allegiance. Memorial Day Services Committee members listed.
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Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Edward C. Dyer
Genfor
Cherry Point
Ed Kemp
High Point
North Carolina General Assembly
H. G. Allen
Main Street Method Church
Dyer
Edward K. Washington
9828 Air Reserve Squadron
Hubert Davis
Rickett Ellington
John King
Wesley Hutchens
E. F. Proffitt Jr
Johnny Banks
J. R. Williams
C. F. Luttenfield
Taylor Simpson
Fred Swartzberg
Tom Potts
Robert Gray
Sophia Steffan Joins Chicago Opera Company
Miss Sophia Steffan contralto formerly of High Point now living in New York City has been accepted by the Chicago Opera Company for appearances next season. She toured January to April with the National Chorus of America and will start rehearsals in November. She will also sing in Rake's Progress in Washington in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Steffan
High Point
New York City
Chicago Opera Company
Anna Steffan
N. Hamilton Street
Chicago Opera
School principal honored by graduating class gift
Forrest Dates recalls Tomlinson School principal Raleigh Dingman who recovered a lost Jaycee Man of the Year pin after a kindergartner inspired students to present him a gold tie clasp. Other items include risqué winging gossip about a Greensboro girl, a bank robbery follow up, and a Bermuda shorts school incident.
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Tomlinson School
Raleigh Dingman
Sprout
Dingman
Jaycee
Tomlinson
Dingmans
Broadway League Theater Drive Opens Tomorrow in Greensboro
The Broadway Theater League of Greensboro launches its member drive with a 6 30 p.m. kick-off dinner at the O Henry Hotel. About 250 area residents and officials from nearby cities and New York affiliates will attend with guest speaker former Greensboro mayor Robert H. Frazier. If successful four Broadway shows are planned for the 1958 1959 Aycock Auditorium season including Auntie Mame The Diary of Anne Frank and Li Lil Abner. Membership prices range 7 70 to 16 50 covering one reserved seat per show with single admissions sold ahead of performances.
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Broadway Theater League of Greensboro
O’henry
W. Griswold Smith
League
Greensboro
Boro
Robert H. Frazier
W. Raymond Taylor
Piedmont
Charlotte
N. C
Broadway Theater League
Broadway Theater Alliance
New York
Columbia Artists Management
Aycock
Anne Frank
Li'l Abner
Gayle Privette
High Point
John W. Parker
Chapel Hill
Ralph Lambeth
Thomasville
William S. Chandler
Burlington
Ray Woodin
Mebane
L. L. Browning
Winston-Salem
Julius Gwynn
Reidsville
Arthur Rossie
Asheboro
John B.wren
Charles Mooze
Lexington
Earl Bishopric
Leaksville
Spray Draper
James I. Lloyd
Greensboro League
Identification Fingerprinting Set Monday at Union Hill
Operation Fingerprint will begin at 9 a.m. at Union Hill School with 14 PTA volunteers and six civil defense members. The program aims to identify children in case of attack, with prints taken from each finger and hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill School
George Spinnett
Union Hill Pta
C. W. Howell
Jack Davis
Davis Patrol Agency
Joel Dawson
Union Hill
Jess Washburn
Spinnett
Accident Box Score CITYWIDE THIS WEEK
Accident Box Score CITYWIDE THIS WEEK reports incident tallies across districts with totals by precinct, noting casualties and injuries. The list highlights emergency response times and hospital admissions, alongside repeated calls for road safety measures citywide.
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Mel Densadeaw
Divauway
David Cox
Arthur Kirkman
Ana Else
Mary Fortner
Chamber of Commerce
Red Cross
Thurston Street
Don Horne
Elliott Ables
Leon Quarter
Graham Moran
Jim Ashmore
Ene Martin
Charlie Payne
Harold MeeGee
Johnny Braica
Watson Anderson
Benny Braica
Forrest
Jayne Mansfield
Stokesdale
Broadway League
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