Three Join High Point College Faculty in varied roles
High Point College announces three additions to its faculty. Palmer becomes a part time instructor in physical education and basketball coach, with half time social studies teaching. Miss Smith will teach speech and dramatics and direct college plays. Mrs. Henrietta Stone will head the foods and dietetics program and further study in foods and nutrition.
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Palmer
Southwestern
Memphis
George Peabody College
Nashville
Tennessee
Corpus Christi
Texas
Trinity High School
Miss Smith
Breneau College
Gainesville
Emerson College
Boston
Mass
West Liberty State College
West Liberty
W. Va
Henrietta Stone
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Texas State College
Ohio State University
Columbus
Ohio
Stone
Home Ge
Marshall Surratt Dies Suddenly Near Denton
Marshall Ray Surratt, 48, of near Denton, died at noon. He is survived by his wife Gracie Crawford, two sons David and Donald, four sisters and three brothers. Funeral set for Sunday at Alle gny Methodist Church at 3:30 with burial in the church cemetery.
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Denton
Marshall Ray Surratt
Gracie Crawford
David
Donald
Albemarle
Allegny Methodist Church
Search For Sub Is Called Off
The Navy announced it has ended its hunt for an unidentified submarine sighted about five miles off the New Jersey coast. Blimps planes and surface craft scoured the area after a Coast Guardsman sighting near Seaside Heights and Toms River. Results are under analysis and will be sent to Washington for study.
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New York
Navy
New Jersey
Coast
Nick Day Donations Surge in High Point Fund Drive
The Lions Club initiates the Nick Lawrence Day drive in High Point with more than 100 donors and gifts from 50 cents to 25 dollars. A Thursday beer and melon auction raised 1222.50, while the Jaycees endorse the effort and redirect scrap-paper drive proceeds. Residents recall Lawrence as a community helper who aided many before his illness.
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Lions Club
High Point
Nick Lawrence
Ed Kemp
D. S. Neill
Nick
Lawrence
Lions
Jaycees
Club
Bac
Thomasville Centennial Seen As Biggest Event Since Founding
Thomasville prepares for a week long Centennial celebration starting September 14 1852 founder John W Thomas route through town era highlighted by parades speeches crowning of a Centennial queen and a six night pageant at Memorial Park Stadium with a 350 foot stage and a $1000 cost. Leaders plan Farmers and Merchants Day Military Day and invitations to 44 mayors as Thomasville marks 100 years of growth in furniture making and civic pride.
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Marse Grant
Thomasville
Brothers of the Brush
John W. Thomas
North Carolina
Harry Dorrington
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Memorial Park Stadium
Geri Crawford
Barbara Culp
Betty Jean Howard
Sylvia Beck
Shirley Burrus
Becky Pollock
Jean Sink
Liston Pope
Yale Divinity School
Richmond
Harry A. DeButts
Washington
South
Ern Railway
L. Y. Ballentine
Farmers and Merchants
C. LeRoy Shuping Jr
Greensboro
Charles Myers
Charlotte
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamber of Commerce
Ford
This Week In High Point Club Meetings
This Week In High Point lists events at Rainbow Supper Club Sheraton YMCA and other venues. Exchange Club Civitan Club Al trusa and Rotary Lions Jaycees Kiwanis meetings appear on different days with lunch and evening times throughout the week.
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Rainbow
Exchange Club
Sheraton
Civitan Club
Altrusa Club
Board of Realtors
Rotary
Lions
YMCA
Jaycees
Kiwanis
Wheels of Faith and Courage in Thomasville History
The article reviews a new two author history of Thomasville by Mrs. Green Matthews and Miss M. Jewell Sink. It covers founder John Warwick Thomas, the town’s industrial growth, education, government, and civic life, and its Civil War and World War involvement with emphasis on character and progress.
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Thomasville
John Warwick Thomas
Caswell County
Thomasvill
John Thomas
Rainet
Glen Anna Female Seminary
Thomasville history book notes town's centennial era
Gerald Johnson and Mrs. Matthews present a history of Thomasville as its centennial celebration unfolds. The foreword argues the work is not dramatic but captures the broader story of a hundred towns like Thomasville, revealing four million people and three centuries of history.
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Thomasville
Matthews
Dent
Tamale
Benedict
North Carolina
Murphy
Manteo
Rejection Of Library Civic Center Bond Issues Seen
City Council peers at a special session within two weeks to resolve a dispute with the school board over use of school facilities by the Recreation Department. A key point on city liability for damage caused during the summer program stalled settlement and the issue was deferred.
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T. Hinson
M. L. Patrick
Patrick
Amos Kearns
Civic Center
School-Council Nears Settlement On Rate Dispute
Council indicated new rates acceptable only for the current fiscal year and pledged to revisit the issue with any new council. A settlement this month would end a two year dispute that peaked last May and involved three major projects including a civic center and library. The plan sets city charges no higher than 40 dollars per building per day and frames costs by facility use while awaiting planner Malcolm Little’s report.
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Civic Center
Malcolm Little
Little
Central Civic Center
High Point
Cie
Snow Lumber Company
City Hall
Ovely
Avaiil
Koonts Opens Law Practice With J Austin Firm
Robert Henry Koonts of High Point opened a law practice with J Allen Austin in this city. Koonts, 25, son of Mr and Mrs Henry V Koonts of Ardmore Circle, studied at UNC and George Washington, earning an LL B in 1952. He is married to Edna Mildred Matthes of Wilmington and resides at 317 Ardmore Circle.
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Robert Henry Koonts
High Point
J. Allen Austin
Koonts
Henry V. Koonts
Ardmore Circle
Heorgia
University of North Carolina
Carolina
Phi Delta Theta
Gorgon’s Head Lodge
Wilmington
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