High Point Saluted by WSJS TV Channel 12
WSJS-TV Channel 12 plans a city salute for High Point with a day of announcements on the town’s history culture and industry. Live programs will feature interviews with Mayor Jess Washburn Dr Dean B Pruette Jack Campbell Taylor Simpson Max Cooke and Clarence Allred.
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High Point
Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
Jess Washburn
Dean B. Pruette
Jack Campbell
Taylor Simpson
Max Cooke
Clarence Allred
Educators To Address Area Group At Second Annual Banquet
Dr. Naomi Albanese and Dr. Brooks James will keynote the Northern Piedmont Area Development Assn banquet at Page High School Greensboro November 30. About 400 attendees from Alamance Caswell Chatham Davidson Guilford Randolph and Rockingham are expected. Awards will honor area community development contest winners with priz es funded by local utilities and telegraph firms. The program includes entertainment and the election of 1961 officers and directors.
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Naomi Albanese
Woman's College
University of North Carolina
Brooks James
North Carolina State College
Northern Piedmont Area Development Assn
Greensboro
Page High School
Alamance
Caswell
Chatham
Davidson
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham
Bland W. Worley
Carolina Power and Light Co
Duke Power Co
Greensboro News Co
Randolph Electric Membership Corp
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
High Point to Kick Off 1960 Christmas Seal Campaign
Kemp and Hunt named to lead the TB seal drive for 1960 in High Point with Ed Kemp as Sale Chair and Dr Jack Hunt as vice chairman. The High Point Tuberculosis Association launches the annual fund drive aiming to Protect the Family Circle. Seals mailed Nov 14 to High Point and nearby communities. Proceeds from this year's campaign support tuberculosis control and related programs.
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Ed Kemp
Guilford County
High Point
Jack Hunt
High Point Tuberculosis Association
Tickets For Dinner Honoring Gov Hodges Sells Fast
A Raleigh testimonial dinner for Gov. Luther Hodges at the Sir Walter Hotel Dec 6 nears sellout as more than half of 500 tickets are claimed on a first come basis. Tickets cost 6 dollars and may be obtained from Raymond Stone. orders by Nov 25.
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Raleigh
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Raymond Stone
Gov. Hodges
Hodges
McPherson
Stone
Thanksgiving reflections from High Point ministers
A series of brief Thanksgiving reflections from High Point ministers emphasize gratitude and timeless values. They defend generosity, kindness, and faith, noting that while the world changes fast, core virtues endure.
Change and Decay Amid Bulldozer Nation
A reflective column contrasts rapid modern change with divine constancy. The author notes bulldozers tearing down old farms, houses, roads, and slums to make way for supermarkets and suburbs, while affirming that God remains unchanging through generations.
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God
Thomasville Man Held After Assault on High Point Woman
Clarence Cicero Moore, 25, of Route 4 Thomasville, was arrested after a late Friday assault on Mrs. Silas Allison at a Highland Avenue launderette. Allison identified Moore, who admitted touching her but said he was sorry. He is held on 500 bond with trial set for November 21 in Municipal Court.
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Thomasville
High Point
Clarence Cicero Moore
Rt. 4
Silas Allison
Highland Avenue
Moore
S. Main Street
Guilford County
Main Street
High Street
Allison
Launderette
High Point Christmas Parade Promises Colorful Pageant
High Point United Merchants Association sponsors Friday parade at 3 45 p m with Miss North Carolina Miss Sun Fun U S A and local beauty queens plus floats bands drill teams horses and more Coverage from area TV stations planned Rain date set for Saturday at 10 a m Miss Sun Fun U S A is Darlene Mae Lucht of Milwaukee Wisconsin a Wisconsin College of Music student five feet five inches 118 pounds with 35 24 35 42 measurements Her hobbies include dancing painting music and dramatics She aims to model or act on stage or TV She previously held Miss Milwaukee 1959 and placed first runner up in Miss Wisconsin contests
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Tee
High Point
Latta and
Ellis
High Point Order
de Molay
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin College of Music
Lucht
Wisconsin
Dowdy Recovering From Attack
D. A. Dowdy, president of Mann Drug Store and longtime business leader, is recovering satisfactorily after a heart attack. He is staying at High Point Memorial Hospital and expects to return home at 228 Woodrow within a few days.
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D. A. Dowdy
Mann Drug Store
High Point Memorial Hospital
Woodrow
Man Arrested After Assault Leaves Victim In Critical Condition
Abraham Brevard, part time resident of 401 Meredith St, was hospitalized after a brutal head wound. William Kane, 36, of the same address, was arrested at 2:35 p.m. and charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Kane is held without bond as Brevard’s condition remains fair but nonresponsive to treatment.
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Abraham Brevard
Meredith St
Greensboro
William Kane
High Point
Brevard
Kane
Richardson Memorial Hospital
City Memorial Hospital
William
Two Cars Damaged In Bump Up On New Road
Police report a morning collision on New Road at 9 36 injuring no one. Jack W Make of East Avenue suffered 250 dollars damage while Daniel K Hall of Short Smith Street had 40 dollars of damage after Hall backed from a driveway into Make who was traveling north. No arrests were made.
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Jack W. Make
East Avenue
Daniel K. Hall
Short Smith Street
Make
New Road
Hall
Fillers in Newspapers Offer Tiny Lessons and Quips
A humorous roundup critiques newspaper fillers, noting their origins and oddities. It riffs on claims about science, geography, and daily life, highlighting wry contradictions and nostalgic quirks from vintage cuttings.
Warm Temperatures Expected After Cold Night
The forecast calls for milder conditions after a chilly night. Last night’s low was 30 degrees, two degrees below freezing, with sunny skies and a daytime high near 60. Tonight’s low around 36 with a warming trend tomorrow and partly cloudy skies. no precipitation expected until late tomorrow night or Tuesday.
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Friendship
Sit-In Attempt By Negroes Futile at Bowling Alleys
A small group of Negro youths tried a lunch counter sit in at Bowlerama College Village last night. The manager said two or three youths arrived before 9 p.m. and ordered food, then left when not served. Fair Lanes reported no Negro patrons.
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Bowlerama, Inc
College Village
Fair Lanes Bowling Alley
N. Main Street
High Point Chamber to Honor Business and Industry
The High Point Chamber of Commerce will pay tribute to business and industry at its annual meeting on November 29. The event starts at 6 30 p m in the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with the theme Go Forward With High Point. Attendance is by reservation only.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
New Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Curriculum Group To Attend Meet At UNC Chapel Hill
Members of the High Point Curriculum Study Committee will attend a Tuesday meeting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Henry Hill and Dr. James B. Conant will discuss education with a five member newspaper panel and educators from North Carolina.
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High Point
University of North Carolina At
North Carolina
Conant
Hill
Epps Ready
N.C
H. I. Willett
Richmond Va
Herbert O’keef
Raleigh Times
Hal Tribble
Asheville
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Twilight Civitan Club
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Kemp
United Fund
By Braxton Younts
Jesus
Jesus Christ
C. C. Herbert Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Darlene Mae Lucht
Miss Sun Fun
the Merchants Assn
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Bob Latta
Dowdy
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Forrest
Tor
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Jamestown
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Earth
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America
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Zanesville
Ohio
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Licking River
Thomas Hood
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