Longtime High Point Dentist Dr W R McKaughan Retires
Dr William Roy McKaughan closed his High Point office at 330 Locke St ending 45 years in practice. He opened there Oct 1 1921 after graduating from Atlanta Southern Dental College in 1921 and remains active in local dental societies. He plans rest then future plans including watching the 1966 World Series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Oe Oe
Moe
Kernersville
McKaughan
High Point
Glass
Young
Atlanta Southern Dental College
Dental College of
Emory University
Roy McKaughan Jr
Cedron Avenue
Point Dentists
Guilford County
Third North Carolina Dental Societies
American Dental Assn
Ind
Third District Society
The
North Carolina Dental Society
Locke Street
City Lake
Letters To The Editor Urges LBJ To Practice What He Preaches
The writer opposes the HemisFair bill approving 10 million dollars for a San Antonio 1968 exhibit, arguing it contradicts restraint rhetoric amid Vietnam War costs. He notes 22 million in federal funds already pledged for the fair and accuses President Johnson of inconsistent spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
House
United States
San Antonio
Texas
HemisFair
Johnson
Weight-Throwers and Japanese Pragmatism in Postwar Asia
Editor notes the shifting mood after World War II and praises Japan as a major industrial power. He cites rapid growth in cameras, ships, motorcycles, and cars under strict quality control, and credits MacArthur with reform. The piece blends nostalgia with the view that Japan, though capable of brutality, is now a formidable, practical force in Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Japan
Admiral Perry
Nagasaki
Mitsuis
Mitsubishis
League of Nations
Marianas
Hitler
Russia
Greater East Asia
Aleutians
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
China
Solomons
Midway
Asia
Ambulance service begins in Thomasville with eight local hires
Sur-Way Ambulance Service from Albemarle opened in a Main Street building, employing eight Thomasville workers. Carl Gordon and Larry Palmer manage the operation with four staff per shift and two ambulances, one borrowed from Albemarle and one from Siler Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Chair
Sur-Way Ambulance Service
Main Street
Park Avenue
Carl Gordon
Larry Palmer
Siler Funeral Home
Albemarle
Palmer
Siler
North Carolina Agriculture Drives State Economy and Jobs
A State Department of Agriculture booklet updates 1964 figures showing North Carolina's farm sector sustains about half the workforce, with tobacco as a major cash crop and output rising in efficiency. The state ranks first in farm population and second in farm numbers while agriculture supports extensive employment and regional commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Ecdy siast and Household Woes Highlight 1940s Gossip
A clipped memoir notes a newspaper misprint turning ecdy siast into a known term for a feather shedding act, cites Mencken in The American Language, and recalls a 1940s strip artist. It also recounts a power outage near a laundress and a rabbis instructional series at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Austin
Neal
Voila
Mencken
Joseph Asher
Greensboro
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Russell Ontfort
First Methodist
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W.R. McKaughan
Ocene
Grace Hester
Elizabethtown
Placa
Dentis
W. R. McKaughan
Jerry Parrish
LBJ
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Kyoto
Pacific
Guam
Saipan
Golden Gate
Hiroshima
Radio Shack
Tokyo
Islands
California
India
Orient
Bushido
Sakishima Gunto
the Enterprise
Main
High
Davidson
Sur-Way
Raymond
Hayes
Hollywood
Burchette
Robert
Webster
Powers That Be
Braxton
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