Commencement Exercises Next Sunday at Local High School
Commencement week begins with an 8 pm sermon by Rev Daniel W Allen at St Mary's Episcopal Church and features a senior class play Skidding. Graduation exercises on Tuesday at 8 will graduate 150 seniors with diplomas and a program including hymns, prayers, awards, and musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev Allen
Daniel W Allen
St Mary’s Episcopal Church
G. J. Humphreys
Power of
Jesus
Boys Quartette
Kelman Gomo
Curtis Newton
Dallas Goodman
David McKinnon
D. W. Alien
Geo. T. Stephens
A. L. Aycock
Woodwin
Lillian Weisner
Sophia Taplin
Dupuy Sears
Basil Freeman
Mendis
Henry Grady Owens
Hubert Liverman
Edna Mae Douglas
Elizabeth Hoffman
C. F. Tomlinson Brass Quartette
William Vance
James Mattocks
Frank Hicks
Benediction
Aurania Rouveral
Mary Winn Abernathy
Louise Jones
Ed Woollen
Charlotte O’beirne
Nolan Reid
Thurlow Kearns
Winifred Marshall
Dorothy Deligny
M. T. Hicks
Virginia Fraley
Dot Deligny
City High Teams Clinch Three Championships In Busy Season
High Point high schoolathletic squads wrapped a strong year withthree titles including a state cross country crown in Winston Salem. The girls basketball team earned the Fifth district title and a third undefeated season, while the boys basketball won the N C Official Gold Medal class B title at the local Y M C A. Football finished with one win and six losses, baseball went nine and three, and track placed third in the state meet after star pole vaulter Red Henricks set a state record and Marion Sams high jumped new marks. The wrestling squad posted three wins and a state placing under coaches Cimion and Lea.
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High Point High School
Winston- Salem
N. C
Bison
Gaddis
Culler
Smith
Hendricks
High Point
Wade Marlette
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Lexington
Reidsville
Durham
Barnum Springs
High Point Salisbury
Charlotte
Gastonia
Danville
Red Henricks
Marion Sams
Bisons
Civitan
Salisbury
A. G. Cimion
Hurdle Lea
Chapel Hill
Jack
Popeye
Coble
High Point Edges in Conference, Netting Class B Crown
High Point High School captures Class B championship in the N. Gold Medal Basketball tournament at the local YMCA after a slow start. Captain Jack Copeland stars in dual matches while golf under coach Andy Merrilees earns runner up in state meet led by Charles Diffendal.
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High Point High School
Garland Ridge
Norman Hendricks
Lawrence Mickey
Milford Smith
Nolan Reid
Bill Hayworth
Harold Culler
Harold Hinkle
Reitzel Gaddis
WN. L. Smith, Jr
Wade Marlette
W. ©. King
Raleigh Split Over Water Meter Readers Debate
Raleigh today faced a split over water meter readers with two competing sets. Mayor G A Iseley backed one trio while Commissioner of Public Works Barton and Commissioner of Public Safety Brown supported another. both sides refused to yield without a court order.
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Raleigh
G. A. Iseley
Public Works
Barton
Public Safety
Brown
Track Team Shines Despite State Title Defeat
The team enjoyed a strong season with many dual meet wins and success at the Civitan meet in Greensboro. Players and coaches included Ed Woollen, Harold Hinkle, Dick Hubbard, John Thomas, Robert Cook, Marion Sams, Walter Sprye, Edwin Rankin, Frank Potts, Spencer, and coach C. EB Humphreys among others.
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Civitan
Greensboro
Drama Sketch Explores Love and Politics In State Legislation
The play centers on a woman torn between marriage and political ambition as her lover opposes her entry into politics. The kid brother Fd Woollen provides comic relief during his changing voice phase. Technical staff is assembling scenery. no stage crew, ushers, or admission price set. Profits will fund the senior gift toward window drapery purchased last fall.
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Kid Brother
Fd Woollen
Mrs Faison Asked To Resign Position
Wilmington May 27 Mrs Fannie B Faison as collector of customs for the North Carolina district has been asked to resign by Secretary of the Treasury Woodin. The President was under consideration of appointing a successor and urged her to tender resignation to take effect on appointment. Washington announced J B Hill Wilmington attorney and Reynolds campaign manager was nominated as collector of customs here.
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Wilmington
Fannie
Faison
North Carolina
Treasury
Woodin
Washington
J. B. Hill
R. R. Reynolds
Aquatic beetles use split eyes to scan air and water
Some aquatic whirliging beetles have eyes split into two halves. One half looks upward for danger while the other scans the water for prey.
Fighting Football Squad Shines With Scrappy Victory
A small town high school surprised the state with a bold win led by players Bill Hayworth Carlton Taylor Garland Ridge Nolan Reid and captain Harold Hinkle. Coaches Wade Marlette and James Spencer guided a youthful squad through a spirited performance backed by staff Lawrence Summey and Arthur Lea.
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Bill Hayworth
Carlton Taylor
Garland Ridge
Nolan Reid
Bill Poister
Wayne Garner
Harold Hinkle
Harold Culler
Paul Vincannon
Norman Hill
Jack Coble
Norman Hendricks
Leonard Koonce
Ralph Johnson
Walter Sprye
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Ostatas
Deis
Mort
City High School
Jack Copeland
Charles Parks
Jack Copelaw
Harry Welch
Lyndon Wilson
Ralph Earnhardt
John
William Murrow
Arthur Lea
Lawrence Summer
Jeck Coble
Thomasville
Andy Merrilees
Buster Moffitt
Hope Valkley
Charles Diffendale
Charles Diffendal
Fred Sappenfield
Jack Garrett
Alfred Oliver
Moffitt
Koonce
Winston
Willie Hinkle
Ralph Fowler
Zeb Whit
FORD
Colen Hedrick
Harold Caller
Wayne Connor
Ronald Weston
Harless Harris
Charles Connor
W Marlette
Fighting Football
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