Dime a Week Club fuels High Point Community Chest surge
The Dime a Week Club for the High Point Community Chest is drawing enthusiastic response and early participation. Preliminary reports show many residents joining, aided by the payroll deduction idea, backed by a revived “old High Point spirit” from the Centennial celebration. Larger gifts from corporations and individuals are growing slowly, with expectations of an overall rise in contributions as the drive gains momentum.
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High Point
High Point Cen
Edmilise
Luther League of North Carolina
Jerry Furgurson
File Po
High Point College
Dorene Lewis
Hi-Po
Harry Hawthorne
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Lewis
William and Mary Football Scandal Deepens in Williamsburg
The William and Mary College crisis worsens as athletic records were altered to field ineligible players. The board of visitors named Alvin Duke Chandler as president amid faculty protests and resignations. The new president criticized press coverage while faculty denounced the selection. The scandal highlights broader concerns over football’s influence in Southern Conference schools.
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William and Mary College
Williamsburg
College Board of Visitors
Board of Visitors
Navy
Alvin Duke Chandler
Chandler
Nelson
Marshall
William and Mary
Senator Hoey Attacks Chapman Over Roanoke Rapids Dam Delay
United States Senator Hoey criticizes Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman for delaying the Roanoke Rapids power dam, backed by Virginia Electric and Power Co. Federal approval stands, while Chapman and allies in Raleigh push delaying tactics. The piece accuses Chapman and Governor Scott of pursuing public power ideology and harming private utility service.
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Hoey
United States
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar Chapman
Roanoke Rapids
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chapman
North Carolina
Truman
England
Scott
Washington
Raleigh
Telegraphing Royal Visit Mix Up Sparks Laughter
A Greensboro Daily News front page box confuses royal guests in Windsor Ontario telecast. The note claims Princess Margaret and the Duke of Windsor will appear, but readers learn the visitors are Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh. The piece jokes about the error and compares it to Dagmar and Groucho Marx.
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Ourself
Capus Waynick
Columbia
South Carolina
Colombia
South America
Greensboro Daily News
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the Duke of Windsor
Windsor
Ontario
England
Canada
Margaret
Duke of Windsor
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Dagmar
Groucho Marx
Turpentine Drippings and Drunken Driving Jokes
A collage of short items from local papers includes a preteen debate over hell as a place, a Greensboro judge predicting harsher DUI sentences amid a lengthy prior record, and light notes on humor, farming life, and a columnist who forgot his own pen name.
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Catawba News-Enterprise
Greensboro
Water shortages and a dog burial raise questions
A Raleigh area drought report notes below average rainfall for three years impacting wells and reservoirs, urging water conservation. A Rockingham couple paid about $200 for a pink velvet casket for their Eskimo Spitz Queen, a gesture prompting reflections on value and charity. The column also surveys Time magazine miscellany items, youth publications in High Point, and a note on English currency depreciation.
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S. W. Woods
Rockingham
Rt. 2
Woods
High Point
New York Gossip and Gangster Scandals in Midtown Scene
The column surveys a jumble of postwar New York touches from TV and film fans to mob tales. It notes Broadway hangouts, celebrity sightings, and nightlife flavor with bits on Hoover, Niven, Lamour, and the Midnighter memos, framing a restless social panorama.
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Joan Fontaine
Girlvidle
C. Nagel
J. Edgar Hoover
G-chief Tolson
Dorothy Lamour
Stu Exwins
Yank
Allie Reynolds
Yoo
Moretti
la Martinique
Dario
Gene Pope, Jr
Pat Gaye
Park Ave
Bobo
Chi
Sumner Welles
Ben
London
N. ¥. Times
April Stevens
Tommy Breen
Lester Lanin
Ty Poneses
New York
Hanson
Miller
Martin
the Colony
Woodward
Harvey Smith
Look Before You Mail It From The Mountaineer
A reader recalls a woman who bought many postcards in Atlanta and wrote messages on the left side, while many cards featured photos of the city’s Federal Penitentiary. The tale notes misused space and misaddressed mail.
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Waynesville Mountaineer
Atlanta
Federal Penitentiary
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