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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1970
Page
2
Rain did not deter attendees at the 13th annual High Point Rotary Club Barbecue and Auction held at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building loading dock area. Jim Hawkins reports a large crowd gathered for the fundraiser.
Dr and Mrs Holger Nygard of Durham will speak at an environment conference co sponsored by Conservation Council of North Carolina and the public library. They will present a film slide on the Eno River proposed as a federal wild rivers site and state park. The program also includes the documentary The Gifts about water pollution.
Four hundred contestants from forty schools across ten states competed in High Point for the Fourth Furniture City Debate and Speech Invitational. Individual winners included Lilia Winstead Fairfax VA dramatic interpretation Michael Scott Columbia SC boy's extemporaneous Mark Pillard Milwaukee WI original oratory and Emily Snider Allen Jay High School girl's extemporaneous. Reynolds High Winston-Salem captured Cross-X debate and Marquette University High Milwaukee won standard debate hosted by High Point Central at local churches.
A sixth grade teacher and assistant principal at Jamestown Elementary, Arvile Von Cannon, faces assault with a deadly weapon charges over an alleged paddling incident. The case, filed by Mrs. Nellie Kinsler on behalf of nephew Arthur Baldwin, names court appearance at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in High Point Domestic Court. The Baldwin boy, 11, resides with his grandmother Mrs. Viola Harrison. Readable details indicate a paddle or board was used in the incident at the school.
Mickey Stroud, an Alderman's Studios account executive and University of North Carolina alumnus, joins Piedmont Toastmasters to master public speaking. He leads youth classes with the High Point Youth Council as Gavel Club forms, praising table topics and impromptu talks for organizing thoughts and increasing sales success.
Lee Heer proposes a week long Furniture Festival centered in High Point with showrooms open to the public after the Southern Furniture Markets. The festival would feature furniture, hosiery, textiles, and related events such as a golf tournament and interior design demonstrations under the theme Fashions For Homemakers. He urges a blue ribbon committee to form a commission with City Council and potential state support to develop the plan.
Walter York retired two weeks ago after 16 years as High Point postmaster. About 50 postal workers and their wives honored him at a Holiday Inn dinner during the annual supervisors meeting. He received a reclining chair and a plaque from post office colleagues.
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