Busy groceryman builds on American Dream in High Point
Jack Beeson, who opened his first Columbia Market on S Main St 25 years ago, expanded to a second store last February and a Centennial Street location in June. He credits his family, wife, and son Scott, plus Central Carolina Warehouse, for support during inflation and energy crises as he eyes two more High Point area stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hayes
Jack Beeson
Beeson
S. Main St
A. C. Beeson
West End
Scott
S. Main Street
N. Centennial Street
Central Carolina
Kernersville
Cooperative Grocery
Cooperative
Financial Times
High Point
Piedmont
Cardiff
Wales
Cardiganshire
Teifi
Gloucester
Aubrey Martin
Pren Gwyn
Deep River Meetinghouse 100 Years On Piedmont Roads
BRAXTON YOUNTS recalls the Deep River Friends centennial of the meetinghouse, describing its 1875 structure, setting amid five roads, old bells from a schoolhouse, the ivy walls, and a 15 to 20 acre site with a social log hut and cemetery. He weaves in a personal reminiscence of horse drawn travel and his aunt’s cucumber pickles and cornbread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River Friends
Metinghouse
Mark Florence Allen
Helen T. Binford
Deep River Meetinghouse
High Point
Deep River
Jamestown
Friendship
Margaret Hill Binford
Indiana
Guilford College
Greensboro
Cemetery Memorial Assn
Political strings attached to New York aid debate
A Sunday Accent report notes a dinner scene with Rep. Richardson Preyer amid opposition in the Sixth District to federal bailout funds for New York. It links incentives for punishment to President Ford, who denounces panic in backing aid while Saigon policy faces similar critique. The piece argues state and city governments bear primary responsibility amid broader fiscal crises across several states.
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Richardson Preyer
New York
Ford
Los Angeles
Congress
Saigon
Atlanta
Seattle
Baltimore
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Balancing Service On The City Council
In Thomasville Dalton Myers and Jim Johnson vie for mayor with both seen as assets. Johnson praised for community projects and council leadership while Myers is noted for dissenting voice. voters face loss of one voice regardless of outcome as election nears. Johnson’s experience and Myers’ opposition are framed as essential to representative government and public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Dalton Myers
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Myers
Council
Hloody
Switzerland
Russia
Kremlin
Wendell Willkie
Brotherhood of Man
Control Tower
Teaq
Lebanon
U. S
Editors Outlook on Welsh separatism across the world
The essay argues that Wales shows a rising Plaid Cymru movement and language revival amid broader global separatism. It notes Welsh pride, enduring tensions, and parallels with Nigeria, Scotland, Belgium, Basque regions, Iceland, Pakistan, and Quebec. It reflects on global fragmentation and hopes for a universal brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Prince Charles
Britain
Nigeria
Biafra
North Sea
Scotland
Quebec
Lebanon Crisis Threatens Middle East Stability
The Lebanon crisis deepens as sectarian tensions rise and Palestinian guerrilla camps fuel clashes. With 400,000 refugees and a Christian led government under strain, regional powers face heightened risk of wider conflict and disruption to peace efforts.
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Malpass
Deep River Friends Meeting
Braxton Younts Enterprise
Nereus Mendenhall
J. L. Hobbs
Franklin Davis
North Carolina
New York, N.Y
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Davidson
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
Rhys Ap Gruffydd
Owen Glendower
United Kingdom
Plaid Cymru
Westminster
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Wolfe
Plains of Abraham
Canada
Atlantic
Belgium
Denmark
Pakistan
India
Mideast
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Junkets
United States
Middle East
Beirut
Yellowstone National Park
Israel
Iraq
Royal
Hussein
Jordan
Moscow
al Fatah
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sinai
Sadat
David Toub Mizrahi
Mid-East
Libya
Communist Party
PLO
Arafat
Syria
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