Conformism warning marks HPC 31st graduation
Overflow crowd at High Point College heard Eric Johnston warn against conformity in a speech during the 31st graduation exercises. Johnston urged citizens to defend democracy from internal threats as Congressmen Durham and L. Stacy Weaver received honorary degrees.
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HPC
High Point College
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Carl Durham
L. Stacy Weaver
Methodist College
Fayetteville
Dennis H. Cooke
United States Congress
Atom
Durham
Dr. Cooke
Weaver
Cooke
Methodist Church
Harold E. Conrad
Clyde Allman
Garber
Methodist Commission On Higher Education
High Point Colleges
Eisenhower
U. S
Congressman Durham
Bishop Garber
Rockford Road
Myrtle Barthmaier
Stacy Weaver
Apartments Destroyed By Fire On W Russell Street
Early Sunday a 326 W Russell Street apartment was total loss after a kerosene stove spill started a fast moving blaze. Five residents led by Fred Nixon R E Nixon and Clarence Watson escaped as flames swept the eight room frame house. Delayed alarm left fire crews unable to save the structure and its contents.
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W. Russell Street
Carl Shelton
W. Russell
Fred Nixon
R. E. Nixon
Nixon
Robert Cross
Fred
Clarence Watson
R. E. Cox
Howard
Honor List Tolds At College Graduation
High Point College awarded degrees to 10 seniors at yesterday's graduation. Gladys Louise Pugh received summa cum laude and Clyde Wheeler Faulkner Jr magna cum laude. Cum laude recipients included Paul Dean Atwell Barker Campbell Henry Carter Beverly Deal Dorothy Lloyd Shirley Miller James Sink Argus Swaim. Scholastic Honor Society inductees totaled 11: Atwell Butt Campbell Carter Deal Jordan Macon Pugh Link Swarm. Additional awards honored piano Miss Shelby Nelson voice Miss Betty Harrington Tower players Aubrey Flynt Rose Mize. Clyde Faulkner Jr and Barbara Wilson named outstanding male and female students.
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High Point College
Gladys Louise Pugh
Clyde Wheeler Faulkner Jr
Paul Dean Atwell
Barker Jerry Campbell
Henry Samuel Carter
Beverly Ann Deal
Dorothy Ruth Lloyd
Shirley Ann Miller
James Ardell Sink
Argus Barker Swaim
Atwell
Nancy Sue Butt
Campbell
Carter
Miss Deal
Faulkner
Patricia Lou Jordan
Fred Keith Macon
Miss Pugh
Link
Swarm
Shelby Nelson
Betty Harrington
Aubrey Ralph Flynt
Mark Rose Jr
Patricia Mize
Clyde W. Faulkner Jr
Barbara Wilson
Broom Sale Planned by Fair Grove Lions Club
Fair Grove Lions Club will complete plans for its annual broom sale during the week. Teams will go door to door selling brooms door mats and other products made by blind persons to raise funds for the blind. Walter Johnson chairs the sight conservation committee and a Guilford Industries for the Blind representative will speak.
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Thomasville
Fair Grove Lions Club
Guilford Industries For
Greensboro
Walter Johnson
Memorial Day address urges strength and civic duty
Brig. Gen. Edward C. Dyer spoke at Floral Garden Park Cemetery urging memory with purpose. He warned of communism, stressed national resilience and duty of citizens as the nation’s strongest resource. Speakers from Greensboro introduced by Charles Hagan Jr. as veterans groups attended the observance.
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America
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
High Point
Edward C. Dyer
Marine Corps Air
Dyer
United States of America
Charles Hagan Jr
Greensboro
Eau the Marine Ariny
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gen. Dyer
Weather Outlook for High Point Area This Week
Showers should end by morning as cloudiness lingers and cooler air moves in. The region sees a warm Tuesday with scattered clouds, then fair skies by Wednesday, with temperatures near normal for five days. Rain totals range from three fourths to one and a half inches across mountains to coastal plains, with highs near 78 in High Point tomorrow.
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High Point
Man Dies Suspected Self Inflicted Shooting At Teasley Home
Police say the man was found in pajamas with a single 12 gauge shotgun by his bed. They speculate he propped the gun and triggered it with a shade hanger after visiting two hours earlier. no exact time of death given. Relatives note he suffered heart problems and recent despondency. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Paul N. Garber
Richmond
Methodist Church
Garber
Geneva
Memorial Auditorium
Cooke
Walter E. Hudgins
Teasley
After Cloudburst High Point Faces Water Damage
City crews spent the day surveying mud and silt as residents in the northwestern section assessed flood damage. A smaller area remained curious about the cause of the commotion in the aftermath of the storm.
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High Point
Kivett Drive
S. Main Street
Contracts For Church Delayed At Wesley Memorial
A Sunday briefing said letting contracts for the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church may be delayed about two weeks after a Saturday session with the building committee and architects. Bids far exceeded funds, prompting a June 15 congregational vote to approve plans and costs and a revised recommendation plan.
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New Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Herbert
R. T. Amos
Amos R. Kearns
Board of Stewards
Five Die In Head On Collision Near Conover
A head on crash on U S 70 64 near U S 331 in Conover killed all five people in two cars. High Point residents Lela Suits 48 Gilbert Suits 28 died at the scene along with Archdale resident Margie Linville 23 while Clarence Carpenter 22 and Foy Miller 46 of Claremont died later at Newton hospital. The 1954 Oldsmobile and 1957 Chevrolet were destroyed. no witnesses.
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High Point
Lela Sellers Suits
Gilbert Astridge Suits
English St
Margie Linville
Archdale
Clarence David Carpenter
Foy Miller
Route 1
Claremont
Bruce Griffith
Linville
Catawba General Hospital
Newton
Griffith
U. S. 331
Gilbert A. Suits
Carpenter
Miller
Chevrolet
Suits
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