Overflow crowd attends High Point College commencement
An overflow audience of more than 1,000 gathered to witness 117 seniors receive degrees at High Point College in the Memorial Auditorium. Dr Henry H Hill of George Peabody College urged graduates to pursue lifelong learning and faith in a changing world. Dr Dennis H Cooke conferred degrees and noted Korea War era changes shaping this first postwar class.
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Robert Marks
High Point College
Henry H Hill
George Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Dr. Hill
George Peabody
Peabody College
Dennis H. Cooke
Our Town
Cord R. Hinshaw
T. G. Madison Jr
Marshall
Chesley Carlisle Herbert Jr
Myers Park Methodist Church
Charlotte
Hill
Cooke
Dean Hinshaw
Charlies L. Amos
High Point
Herbert
Jasper Ezell Garlington
Long Memorial Methodist Church
Roxboro
Boro
Henry H. Hill
Nashville, Tenn
Amos
Memorial Day Rites Draw Near 1000 at Floral Garden
Pr Stuart Deskins of High Point College led a Memorial Day ceremony at Floral Garden Park Cemetery with nearly a thousand attendees. The service honored veterans and featured the High Point High School band, a color guard, and a firing squad led by Capt. Mark Combs. The event was broadcast by WHPE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Deskins
High Point College
Veterans’ Organizations
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Deskins
America
Theodore Roosevelt
J. W. Morgan
High Point High School
John H. Banks
American Legion
Charles Gardner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. L. Bedford Jr
VFW
A. C. Schultz
Jewish War Veterans Post
Phil A. Warner
Naval Reserve Unit
Holt McPherson
Mark Combs
Herman W. Brower
James C. Grissom
Clarence F. Harper
Jackie Foxworth
Milton G. Furgurson
Richard D. Shaver
WHPE
Three WOW Members To Be Honored At Public Meeting
Piedmont Camp No. 62 Wood Men of the World will host a public meeting at the Junior High School auditorium Saturday at 8 p.m. to honor three 50 year members with gold pins presented by Nick T. Newberry. Nine members will receive 25 year pins, and students Marlin Evans Harold Beck Henry C McPherson Jr Allen Jay Thomas S Rodgers will receive history medals. Max B. Hart will deliver the keynote, with the ACappel a Choir from High Point High. PUBLIC invited.
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Piedmont Camp No
Woodmen of the World
Nick T. Newberry
Charlotte
National Service Committee
Marlin Evans
High Point High School
Harold Beck
Trinity High
Henry C. McPherson
Allen Jay High
Thomas S. Rodgers
Jamesta High
Max B. Hart
Omaha
Neb
Bishop Garber Urges HPC Grads to Be Light Against Darkness
Bishop Paul N. Garber delivering the 1954 baccalaureate at High Point College urged 117 graduates to lead world renewal from oppression. He linked Jesus as light with a call to oppose Nazism and fascism, urging aid to the needy and a Crusade against cruelty.
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Bishop
HPC
Germany
Italy
Russia
Jesus
James
John
Rome
Brotherhood of Man
Hitler
Good Samaritan
High Point College
Austria
Switzerland
Europe
Tower Players End Year With Our Town Performance
High Point College Tower Players staged Thornton Wilder's Our Town at the new Memorial Auditorium. Betty Lou Rose and Larry Poteat played Emily Webb and George Gibbs in a moving aisle wedding, with Don Haynes narrating and Jane DeSpain directing.
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Thornton. Wilder
Our Town
Tower Players
High Point College
New Memorial Auditorium
Music Hall
Emily Webb
Betty Lou Rose
George Gibbs
Larry Poteat
Cision
Don Haynes
Will Rogers
Miss DeSpain
Jean Smith
Weather Outlook for Prospect Prospects Warm and Sunny
The forecast shows no showers in Prospect today and tomorrow as King Sol dominates the sky. Expect sunny and warm conditions with a high near 88 this afternoon and around 90 Tuesday, with some cloudiness Tuesday morning. Lows near 65.
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King Sol
Mercury
Rezoning Hearing Tuesday In High Point Plan
A public hearing will test the proposed creation of a new industrial zone along the south High Point highway. Residents plan a protest delegation as council considers rezoning and related items including transferring two temporary housing units to the local housing authority and paving work with Southern Railway Co on Washington Street. The agenda also includes an ordinance to ban left turns at Byrum and Prospect streets and a joint meeting with Guilford County on the new tax discount rate.
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South High Point
Southern Railway Co
E. Washington St
Byrum
Prospect Srs
Guilford County
Local wife beaten by husband charged with assault
Ruby Baldwin of 206 Dalton St suffered head and back injuries after a 24 inch baseball bat assault by her husband Paul Baldwin 32 a department store clerk. She was treated at High Pont Memorial Hospital and discharged after stitches. Paul Baldwin posted 500 bond and awaits Municipal Court. Police also reported William Dawkins 604 Tate St suffered a chest cut from a razor and identified Charlie Dawkins of Cowpens S C as the assailant. No arrest reported in that case.
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High Pont Memorial Hospital
Ruby Baldwin
Dalton St
Paul Baldwin
Baldwin
William Dawkins
Tate St
Charlie Lloyd Dawkins
Cowpens
S. C
Navy Plane Crash Lands Near Here
A Navy trainer escaped unharmed after engine trouble forced a crash landing in a pasture near the Tri-City Race Track north of High Point at about 5 p.m. A resident heard the sputtering as the plane flew over. Navy officials will investigate.
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Tri-City
High Point
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Final vote in Guilford County Democratic primary results
Complete unofficial county totals show Carl Durham leading for Congress with 14 691 votes, and Edwin Gill leading State Treasurer with 11 882. Other top figures include H C Sprinkle 11 153 for Insurance and Clyde Shreve 13 621 for House, with numerous county and township posts listed.
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Carl Durham
U. S
Guilford County
Elections Board
U. S. Senate
W. M. Bostick
Olla Ray Boyd
Alton Lennon
W. Kerr Scott
Henry L. Sprinkle
A. E. Turner
Alvin Wingfield Jr
Lennon
H. Hoyle Sing
State House of Representatives
George Barber
Byron Haworth
Joseph Hunt
Clyde Shreve
Thomas Turner
J. W. Donovan
John Walters
Sidney Allen
Carson Bain
Charles Hunt
Ralph Johns
E. E. Simmington
Lynwood Smith
Tom Reynolds
Justice of the Peace
N. M. Cates
A. F. Edwards
Ed M. Henry
W. E. Herndon
H. C. Massey
E. F. Seagraves
John B. Turner
Constable
Archie W. Hedrick
L. G. Jones
Ernest B. Minor
Park Kearns Corner Accident Causes Damaged Property
Two cars collided at Park and Kearns Streets causing about 300 in property damage with no injuries. Motorist Bobby Ray Monsroe 16 of 505 Montleu Ave was cited for failing to yield. Howard W. Leonard 35 of 313 Greer St was the other driver. Police report details pending.
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Park and Kearns Sts
Bobby Ray Monsroe
Montleu Ave
Howard W. Leonard
Greer St
Parked Auto Looted Reported To City Police
J. W. Bohler of 423 S. Wrenn St. reported to police that two screw drivers a flashlight and a pair of glasses were taken from his car parked in the garage last night.
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J. W. Bohler
S. Wrenn St
Church and Kelley Win Honors at Gulfstream Park Meet
Jockey Ken Church and trainer T. W. Kelley captured top honors at Gulfstream Park’s 42 day meeting. Church rode 30 winners while Kelley saddled 12. John L. Rotz led apprentice jockeys with 27 winners, one more than Korte.
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Hallandale
Fila
Ken Church
T. W. Kelly
Gulfstream Park
Church
Keley
John L. Rotz
Korte
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United States
Charles L. Amos
C. C. Herbert
J. E. Garlington
Rox
Starkey
Lege
Sturkey
WOW
W. A. Bmns Enterprise
Paul N. Garber
Richmond Area
Methodist Church
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Garber
Oswiciem
Krakow
Poland
Kelley
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