Holiday season employment lags but outlook brightens in High Point
High Point job data shows November lagging October with 467 new applications and 514 placements. Hosiery plants plan overtime to meet late Christmas orders while wholesale and retail hiring dips. year to year comparisons reveal sharp declines, yet prospects brighten with colder weather boosting shopping activity.
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Local Employment Security Commission
ESC
Ralph Miller
High Point
Ambulance Driver Fined Jury Costs After Guilty Plea
Ralph O. Eldridge assistant funeral director pleaded guilty to speeding 50 mph in a 45 mph zone while driving an ambulance to an emergency. He was ordered to pay jury costs after originally facing reckless driving charges. Davis Funeral Home filed the warrant. witnesses cited speeds near 70 mph during the incident on S Main St en route to the wreck near Allen Jay School.
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Ralph O. Eldridge
Koonce Funeral Home
Eldridge
Harold Davis
Davis Funeral Home
Davis
S. Main St
Allen Jay School
Koonce
Loonce
Civitan Club Work Talked by Dr Grady Love in High Point
Dr Grady Love of Greensboro spoke on Civitan Growth Through Education at a High Point Civitan Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel yesterday. The talk covered club work and the 1950s district theme for North Carolina Civitan.
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North Carolina
Grady Love
Greensboro
High Point Civitan Club
Love
Chilly Weather Persists In Piedmont Area
The weatherman in Friendship warns of continuing cold conditions with a cold spell ahead for the Piedmont. Te mperature drops to 22 degrees tonight, 25 last night, with 45 as the highs on Thursday and today.
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Friendship
Piedmont
Successor named Adams resigns post at YMCA
Ketchel Adams resigns as general secretary after four years on the High Point YMCA staff. The new industrial secretary is Thellis L. Myers of Wilson, a Brandon Miss. native with a sociology degree from Mississippi College in 1957. Myers will live at 1117 Camden St and join YMCA work after Wake Forest seminary study. Adams led the boys work program before focusing on Industrial Management Club. Myers is praised as qualified to work with youth and adults.
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Henderson Ymca
High Point Ymca
Ketchel Adams
Max Cooke
Myers
Camden St
Baptist Church
Cooke
Adams
Industrail Management Club
Elkin
Duke University
Navy
Guilford College
Stewards
Plan For Future High Point Chamber Meeting Urges Education Growth
The High Point Chamber was told to plan for the future through education and better facilities. Dr. Wendell M. Patton of High Point College urged leadership training and community support, noting Industry Appreciation Week and 41 firms with 50 years in High Point were honored.
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Chamber OF Commerce
High Point
Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Patton
New Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Holt McPherson
Chamber
George W. Lyles Jr
Guilford County
Jack
Campbell
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Lexington
Clarence M. Allred
Ed Mendenhall
Carl Durham
Chapel Hill
O. Arthur Kirkman
Durham
Albert Hart
Christmas Coloring Contest Rules for Young Entrants
Open to boys and girls ten years old or younger excluding relatives of the newspaper’s employer. Judging based on beauty imaginative coloring neatness and originality. Clip color all three drawings this week in The Enterprise print name and address on each. Mail or bring to Christmas Coloring Contest Editor The Enterprise High Point NC. Each child may enter any number of sets. Entries due by midnight Monday December 5.
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Enterprise
High Point
N. C
Polio aid cut off as Guilford County faces debt
Polio patients in Guilford County lose ongoing aid from the National Foundation due to an empty treasury. The Guilford chapter owes more than 30,000 dollars and must pause support for hospitalized patients and those needing braces and wheelchairs. The High Point campaign is without a local organizer as the Junior Chamber of Commerce shifts to cancer fundraising.
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Guilford County
National Foundation
National Organization
David Clark
Greensboro
March of Dimes Committee
Clark
High Point
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Cancer Society
Jaycee
Fred Lambeth
Cancer Crusade
Jaycees
Rotary Club barbecue and auction moved to Saturday night
The Enterprise corrects that the Rotary Club event will be held Saturday night at the YMCA on S Main Street. Barbecue supper starts at 5 30 p m and the auction begins at 7 30 p m.
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the Enterprise
Rotary Club
YMCA
S. Main Street
Enterprise Christmas Coloring Contest Draws Kids
The Enterprise invites children to join Coloring Contest Drawing Number 2 featuring Alley Oop Coola and Guz. Prizes include 1st $10 2nd $5 and pen and pencil sets for five honorable mentions. National judging will select winners from top entrants with SSTAR Champions receiving art sets and Britannica Junior sets.
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Enterprise
Coola
Guz
National Contest Offers Range of Prized Toys and Sets
The notice lists prizes such as Murray Missile Bicycles Electric Train Sets Transistor Radios and Flash Camera Sets for the National Contest. Entrants must follow all rules and color neatly. Winners will be announced in The Enterprise on December 1.
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Nica
Murray
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Dal Bayles
Civitan Club
R. T. Amos Sr
Amos
Charles McAnally
Thellis L. Myers
High Point Enterprise
Alley Oop
Eigher
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