Prize Novel Sparks Local Rush Over Dr Zhivago
The Boris Pasternak novel Dr Zhivago has stirred controversy in Russia and at Straughan's BOOK Shop in High Point. Thelma Patrick reports all copies sold from two shipments, about 25 orders awaiting second printing, and around 100 inquiries. The shop and editor seek an early copy for a loan.
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High Point
Thelma Patrick
Straughan
Dr. Zhivago
New York
Thelma
Enterprise
Robert Marks
Exchange Club Ladies Night Features Rev Henry Speight Speaker
The Exchange Club hosts Ladies Night with Rev Henry F Speight pastor of First Christian Church Vanceboro as speaker. He has taught in Stanton Indiana Greenville North Carolina and serves on multiple church and education boards. A commendation will be given to the year's Outstanding Exchange member.
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Henry F. Speight
First Christain Church
Vanceboro
Exchange Club
Mr. Speight
Stanton
Ind
Greenville
N. C
Methodist College Commission
Alumni Association of
East Carolina College
Center For
Handicapped and Retarded Children of
North Carolina
YMCA Enrollments Set for 15 Month Period at High Point
George Dixon announced plans for the upcoming YMCA enrollment at High Point. The 15 month memberships run to February 1960 with a target of 2200 members and a kickoff at 6 01 p m on Monday November 17. Enrollment teams and prizes were outlined.
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High Point
YMCA
George Dixon
Dixon
Guy Kinney
Silver Knit Hosiery
Jack Netcher
High Point College
Tom Haggai
Emerywood Baptist Church
Bob Cress
State College
Paul Ingle
Harriss Covington
United Fund
Violinist Zvi Zeitlin to Play at High Point College
The Piedmont Community Concert Association presents violinist Zvi Zeitlin in a program at High Point College Memorial Auditorium tomorrow at 8 30 pm. Zeitlin, raised in Israel and educated at Juilliard, has a career praised by the New York Times and includes a 1953 Prades festival appearance with Pablo Casals. He supports Israeli music and lives in New York City with his wife Marianne Langner and two children, playing a 1756 Januarius Gagliano violin.
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Piedmont Community Concert Association
Zvi Zeitlin
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Russia
Zeitlin
Israel
Israel Philharmonic
Royal Air Force
United States
Juilliard School of Music
New York
Town Hall
The
New York Times
Serge Roussen
Tangle
Wood
Palbo Casals
Prades
France
America-Israel Society
Marianne Langner
Toronto
Canada
Pepare
New York City
Columbia University
Dedication today for Washington Street Branch Library
Dedication ceremonies for the Washington Street Branch of the Public Library will be held at 2 30 this afternoon. Dr. Benjamin F. Smith of North Carolina College in Durham will speak. An open house tour of the 5 000 square foot facility will follow.
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Washington Street
Public Library
Benjamin F. Smith
Shephard
North Carolina College
Durham
Fourth
Washington Streets
Central Library
Josephine Grifffen
Lola Brooks Cartwright
Washington St
Washington and
Fourth Streets
Candidate For Festival Is Chosen
Jerri Martin a senior at High Point Senior High was elected by classmates to represent the school as a candidate in the Piedmont Festival. The event happens at the Thomasville Civic Center on November 28 and 29 with Miss Queen Piedmont to be crowned that evening by Mary Ann Mobley. Jerri will perform a three minute baton twirling routine in the talent phase and has held head majorette roles at both high schools plus other pageant and club appearances.
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Jerri Martin
High Point Senior High
Thomasville
Piedmont
Thomasville Civic Center
Mary Ann Mobley
Jerri
Jaycee Jollies
Iee Twirlers Club
Ieee
High Point High School Orchestra Concert Today
High Point High School will present a 3 p.m. concert in the Junior High School Auditorium as part of American Education Week. The 50 piece ensemble, directed by Frits van der Steur, performs works by Karol, Handel, Moussorgsky, Gounod together with 17th century tunes and Faust selections.
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High Point High School
High Point
Frits van der Steur
Attila
Karoly
Handel
Moussorgsky
Faust
Gounod
Educationa
Stamp Hobbyists Call Meeting To Form Club
Stamp hobbyists in the High Point area plan a meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the YMCA to form a stamp club. Tentative organizers Delk Smith and Perdue announced yesterday. The gathering aims to promote stamp exchange and information sharing among members.
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High Point
YMCA
Delk Smith
Perdue
Yester
Missionary Doctor Ross to Speak in High Point
Dr. John E. Ross, noted monganga, will deliver two talks in High Point at First Methodist Church and a Rotary Club luncheon. A Belgian Congo medical missionary with United Christian Missionary Society, he serves from Lotumbe and has worked in the region since 1948.
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John E. Ross
High Point
Belgian Congo
Congo River
Dr. Ross
Ross
California Christian College
Chapman
Whittier
Calif
Come Back Little Cricket and Continental Look
A fragment from Forrest Cates lines up fashion trends with a mock warning about the Continental look for men, noting 60 million under-18s in the U S buy 20 million suits yearly. It jokes about slim coats and tight breeches while recounting a highway patrol tale and a county commissioner gag.
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United States
Rehabilitation Aids For Disabled Listed
A North Carolina panel at the 33rd annual meeting of the Society for Crippled Children and Adults described extensive rehabilitation resources. Insights from Dr. Ellen Winston Col. Charles Warren Dr. Charles Spencer Dr. Charles Kendall and Edward Haswell highlighted state services, education programs, home support, and health coordination for the handicapped.
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North Carolina
N. C. Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Ellen Winston
Charles H. Warren
Charles E. Spencer
Charles B. Kendall
Crippled Children's
State Board
Eastern N. C. Polio Foundation
Edward §. Haswell
State Board of Health
Felix S. Barker
N. C. Department of Public Instruction
Sherton Hotel
Tomlinson Furniture
Albin Pikutis
Barker
Winston
Spencer
Memorial Hospital to Host Two Day Cardiac Nursing Seminar
The Memorial Hospital staff sponsors a two day Cardiac Nursing Seminar in the assembly room for registered and practical nurses from High Point and Thomasville and student nurses. Doctors from Duke Bowman Gray UNC Winston Salem and High Point participate on topics from drug therapy to cardiovascular disease survey.
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Memorial Hospital
Student Nurses
Boulevard
High Point
Winston-Salem
Durham
Chapel Hill
Herbert C. Sicker
Duke
Emery C. Miller Jr
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Kerr White
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Kenneth Cheek
Maxwell Little
Bowman Gray
J. Crutchfield
Winston
Frances Burgess
Memorial Hopital
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Carolina
Holt McPherson
Jim Clontz
Jack Hawks
Alan Bohler
Wake Forest
Paul Sullivan
Jack H. Rochelle
J. J. Patterson
St. Mark's Methodist Church
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High Point Friends Meeting
Neal Austin
Altrusa Club
Library Board of Trustees
Club
William Penn High School
Margaret Johnson Simmons
Children’s Society Leaders
North Carolina Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Edgar T. Thompson
F. C. Lester
Asheboro
Raleigh
Janet Teague
D. A. Dowdy Jr
John Ross
Forrest Cates
Ivy League
Highway Patrol
Dave Mount
Mount
Carson Bain
Bain
W. H. Kimrey
Guilford County
Kimrey
Lil
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Daniel T. Young
University of North Carolina
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High Point Heart Association
North Carolina Heart Association
Herbert Sieker
Emery Miller JR
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