Jack Burris High Point Philanthropist Aims Aged Home
Portrait of Jack Burris a High Point magnate who built wealth in autos and real estate and used funds to back hospitals heart center and youth facilities. Now he funds an interdenominational Home for the Aged while planning further hospital and community gifts in his hometown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Idol
Orm
Jack Burris
High Point
Jack Friis
Caldwell County
Catawba County
Rebecca Annie Bell Laws Burris
Wilkes County
Robert Franklin Burris
Newton
Arthur T
Doc) Burris
Effie B
Pat) Harrison
Mr. Burris
Florida
Florence B. Elrod
Clyde A. Burris
Granite Falls
N. C
Bill Burris
Hazel B. Taylor
Hickory
Jack
Monroe
Piedmont Buggy Co
Old American Woolen Mills
Gate City Motor Co
Fiwood Cox
Commercial National Bank
Burris
Rock House
Highway 68
Carl Chavis Ymca
Mary Bethune Ywca
Heart Fund
North Carolina
Enterprise
America
Mills
Thomasville
New
Crestwood Presbyterian Church
YWCA
High Point Exchange Club
Jack Burris Sr
Holt McPherson
Presbyterian Home
Rain Gauge Correction in Cripple Creek
A ten minute shower in Cripple Creek Colo was initially recorded as a quarter inch but a recheck found a dead fly in the gauge. The corrected official rainfall was one eighth of an inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Methodist Pastors To Hold School In High Point District
A training school for supply pastors and probationers of the High Point District of the Methodist Church will be held tomorrow at 1 45 p m at the Main Street Methodist Church. Topics include What Makes a Preacher Great and The Art of Visiting the Sick with several ministers and Dr C C Herbert Jr as discussion leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Methodist Church
Main Street
Ralph Taylor
Don Payne
Cecil Hefner
F. E. Howard
Jamestown Honor Roll Lists Announced for 1960-61
Jamestown Elementary School released the first six weeks honor roll lists. Seventh grade B honor roll includes Benny Blakewood Sandra Crawford Vickie Shaver Debbie Swaim Kay Turner Brenda Henderson and others. Eighth grade A honor roll features Gayle Jones Mary Foscue Sandra Rabian Dianne Crutchfield and Patricia Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
John R. Lawrence
Benny Blakewood
Sandra Crawford
Vickie Shaver
Debbie Swaim
Kay Turner
Brenda Henderson
Sandra Fraley
Pamela Cecil
Sarah Eller
Joyce Johnson
Perdita Kramer
Jane Smith
Gayle Jones
Mary Foscue
Sandra Rabian
Dianne Crutchfield
Patricia Day
Frances Stewart
Peggy Underwood
Calvary Methodist Church Holds Annual Homecoming Day
Sunday marks Calvary Methodist Church annual homecoming with Rev. T. G. Madison of Randle Man delivering the 11 a.m. sermon. Lunch will be served in the church basement immediately after the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Methodist Church
T. G. Madison
Randleman
High Point students reveal why they vote Nixon or Kennedy
High Point College psychology students poll 255 voters to echo Enterprise results 56.5 percent back Nixon 34.3 percent Kennedy 9.2 percent undecided. They split by income, noting motives like party loyalty religion and foreign policy while exposing misgivings about current events knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Enterprise
Nixon
Kennedy
Twenty Winners Named In Tar Heel Talent Search
Twenty young performers from North Carolina were named winners in the sixth Tar Heel Talent Search at Senior High School Auditorium. Winners advance to the Tar Heel Talent Revue on Dec 9 10 with $50 savings bonds awarded in each division. Contestants came from 26 cities among 75 acts competing under the High Point sponsored event for white amateur residents aged 15 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Jane Ayers
Summerfield
Melvin
High Point
The
Blue Knights of
Winston-Salem
Jimmy Carol
Asheboro
Burlington
Denton
Durham
Elkin
Fremont
Greensboro
Hendersonville
Jamestown
Lexington
Liberty
Mocksville
Mount Airy
North Wilkesboro
Reidsville
Rockingham
Roxboro
Salisbury
Seagrove
Sparta
Spruce Pine
Thomasville
Trinity
Woman's Club of
Woman's Club
Play Examines Effects Of Warfare On Mankind
A dramatic play exploring warfare across ages will be at Ragan Hall High Point Friends Meeting House Friday at 8 pm. Presented by the American Friends Service Committee with sponsorship of the local meeting. Which Way The is the production title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragan Hall
High Point
Trinity PTA To Host Open House At Open Meeting
The Trinity School PTA will meet in the school auditorium at 7 30 p m with an open house to showcase classrooms for parents. President Cone Spencer will preside as the executive board convenes briefly at 7 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Trinity School
Parent-Teacher Association
Cone Spencer
Ledwell Named Station Manager
L Hugh Baker owner of Bakers Gulf Service at 537 N Main St announced Saturday that Marcus O Ledwell formerly with Lyles Chevrolet Co is the new station manager. Baker has not completed a three week training course in service station training and management under W W Roberts director of Gulf Oil Corp Training Program. Bakers Gulf was the station chosen for the training school program in High Point and was open to all Gulf Oil Station Operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Hugh Baker
Baker’s Gulf Service
N. Main St
Marcus O. Ledwell
Lyles Chevrolet Co
Baker
W. W. Roberts
Gulf Oil Corp
Baker's Gulf
High Point
Gulf Oil Station
Moslems Observe Sabbath and Adam’s Creation on Friday
Moslems observe their Sabbath on Friday and also celebrate the creation of Adam on the same day, reflecting a traditional link between Friday, worship, and creation in Islamic belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Exchangites Will Hear Columnist Ed Wimmer
Ed Wimmer vice president of the National Federation of Independent Business will speak to the Exchange Club Monday night at 6 30 at the Rainbow Supper Club. He is founder and president of Forward America Publishing Guild and author of A Nation in Chains. Lester Morgan is Exchange Club president with Harold Davis as program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wimmer
National Federation of Independent Business
Exchange Club
Rainbow
Wimmer
Forward America Publishing Guild
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Lester Morgan
Harold Davis
10 Top Seniors Named at High Point College Class of 1961
The 10 top seniors were announced at High Point College on a Saturday. Bobby Yates, president of the Senior Class, led the selection process based on campus activity leadership scholarship and interest. Selected seniors include Jean Thomas Jackson Springs Jackie Creech Holly Springs Judy Fisher Charlotte Libby Graham Kannapolis Eunice Young Mebane Dale Brown Manchester Conn Don Drapeau Ansonia Point Vance Davis Hot Springs and Bobby Yates Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Bobby Yates
Jean Thomas
Jackson Springs
Jackie Creech
Holly Springs
Judy Fisher
Charlotte
Libby Graham
Kannapolis
Eunice Young
Mebane
Dale Brown
Manchester
Conn
Don Drape
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Jack Burris Jr
Jack Burris III
Signal Corps
Air Service
Europe
Paris
Argonne Woods
St. Mihiel
St. Petersburg
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Order
S. Main St
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. M
Shriner
Oasis Temple
York Rite
Shrine
I. T. Mann Post
American Legion
High Point Hospital
Hospital Board of Directors
Hospital Guild
Brunson Wallace
L. E. Mabry
Clark Benson
Robert H. Stamey
J. $. Higgins
C. C. Herbert Jr
Ronnie Huff
Bruce McNeil
Steve Moore
Johnny Stephenson
Anne Hussey
Larry Keaton
Jerry, Kelly
Jeanne Blizzard
Carolyn Alben
Susan Combs
Shirley Davis
Joyce Gray
Dewey Smith
Delbert Summey
Tommy Sechrest
Martha Olonovich
Deanne Morgan
Shirley Manning
Cathy Carr
Wilma Grant
Ann Adams
James Cramer
Dianne Hayworth
Becky Mangum
Becky Samuels
Bill Ameen
Charles Eakes
Ralph Koontz
Patsy Faucett
Gwen Wall
Joyce Honeycutt
Gail Bentley
Felix Carroll
Mike Coffin
Debbie Bowen
Beth Marshall
Carole Palmer
James Armfield
J. W. P. Mooney
Humphrey-Byrd
Humphry - Byrd
Russia
Chamber of Commerce
Southerland
Bobby White
Kirby Cox
Summerfoe
Carol Osborne
Summerfeld
David Cox
Lori Pritty
Melody Lowry
Alyce Ashburn
Linda Nichols
Winston - Salem
Betsy Wall
Jim Burgess
Bob White
Carolyn Conrad l
Sylvia Freeman
Commodores
Lorna Lu Dickson
R. O. Lanier
Sandra Martinez
Leam
Lucinda Clark
Karen’Gill
Mary Hedrick
Lana Hines
Harriss Twins
Don
Cindy Weisenber
Gary
Trinity Pta
Phillip C. Lewis
Service Committee
Haughwout
John LaGioia
James Griffith
Lewis
John Hersey
Hiroshima
Stephen Crane
New York Times
Albert Schweitzer
Walter Lippmann
James F. Griffith
Philadelphia
Jeanne Stouder
Ledwell
Mel Haughwout
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