High Pointer of the Week Carey Ogburn Jones
Carey Ogburn Jones, age 83, remains active in community life with a long teaching career starting in 1900 and a record of civic work. Born September 7, 1879 in Vance County, she wove heritage from Scots and French lines into leadership roles in the High Point area, including Democratic Women, the Young Women's Christian Association, the Woman's Club, and a stint on the local school board from 1918 to 1924. She married William Clay Jones in 1907 and helped found the Jones Peacock Insurance Agency later rooted near The Enterprise site.
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Carey Ogburn Jones
Mrs. Jones
Carey Ogburn
Vance County
Alice Gash
Thomas Jefferson Ogburn
Carey
United States
Scotland
MacGregors
Goodyears
Gudgers
Fredericksburg
Silers
Siler City
Ogburn
France
England
Virginia
North Carolina
Laniers
Washingtons
Winston-Salem
Henderson and Elkin
Woman's College
University of North Carolina
Normal School
Warren County
Inez
High Point
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West Lafayette
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Jones-Peacock Insurance Agency
Carey Jones
Young Women's Christian Assn
Wcmc Old Guard Society
High Point Woman's Club
Philomathean Book Club
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Woman's Club
James D. Lewis Jr
Forsythe County
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Winston - Salem
William M. Mitchell
Direct telephone service fairness prompts reader reply
Readers urge公平 billing and a vote in High Point Thomasville direct telephone service. Aimed at equal costs for both cities, the letter argues both communities should vote and share any added charges.
Telephone costs debated in Thomasville High Point link
Thomasville residents question paying full cost for direct dialing to High Point as officials note most High Point users live outside the base rate area. Officials say wider calling will equalize costs and expand service from 8 000 to 39 000 potential customers. Also: Christmas timing and local notes on church programs, a Miss USA escort Judo tale, and a prank sign on police Sgt Ty singer door.
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Thomasville
High Point
Central Exchange
Robbins Tilden
Telephone Company
Two Cities
Greensboro
Kernersville
Denton
Lexington
They Changed Things By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
An editor’s outlook praises phonics over look-say reading through three mothers in Manitoba and North Carolina. Mrs. Mary Johnson’s yard tests reveal widespread reading deficits. Transitions in Canada and the U.S. show parents guiding reform via testing, advocacy, and the Reading Reform Foundation.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Mary Johnson
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Johnson
Virginia
Mitchell
North Carolina
Lewis
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Reading Reform Foundation
W. 44Th St
New York City
North Caroample
Quotes From Leaders Highlight Global Tensions
The excerpt presents remarks from Alfred L. Mosley on murder investigations and traffic deaths, Dr. James Watson on the cold, Nehru on freedom and China, and Nixon on the Cuban crisis and ongoing communist challenges, reflecting a era of crisis rhetoric.
Eleanor Roosevelt remembered as a steady voice for the people
The memorial reflections praise Eleanor Roosevelt for her warmth compassion and universal regard. Her life as First Lady diplomat and advocate is recalled from Guilford College talks to wartime visits and modern political influence with Adlai Stevenson and Democratic reform.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
New York
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Pacific
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Democratic Party
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United Nations
Roaming the Piedmont keeps readers cheerful through farming chatter
The column notes farmers shaping winter plans as tobacco sales finish and grain ripens after rain. It recalls a Piedmont Electric letter of gratitude and reflects on power line work near Wallburg and Bee son’s, with humorous asks about hands and danger. It also mentions Christmas parades in multiple towns and a California poultry plan of a million hens by 1964.
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Glenn Craughan
Piedmont Electric
Texas
California
Farm Quarterly
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By Faye W. Gallimore
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First Baptist Church
Stan Hardee
Bill Tysinger
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Jordan
Omaha
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Royal Canadian Commission On Education
Canada
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Harvard U. Medical School
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Nehru
China
Richard M. Nixon
Mrs. Roosevelt
Guilford College
Dana Auditorium
Robert
Ol’ Brer Rabbit
Wallburg
Beeson
Wake Forest
State College
Braxton
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