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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1966
Page
2
The Enterprise will change most telephone numbers at 8 am Monday along with many city numbers. New lines include 885-2167 for SL and 885-2168 for MP TMOWE and 885-2169 for Oo BSeer, plus 885-2665 for Photography Engraving. Call the special directory supplement for other departments and changes and expect a nonworking message if dialed incorrectly.
Wayne Surratt directs the Youth Services Unit at High Point’s Employment Security Commission office. From May 11 to Aug 31 the 1966 season added 1,004 new applicants aged and under. The program opened doors to employers for young job seekers.
The Youth Service Unit reports 1 078 job openings and 612 placements, with applicants and openings well above normal. Efforts included direct employer calls, plant site visits, and even polishing a job seeker’s shoes before travel to work.
Rev. W S Patterson of High Point believes a 1617 inscribed silver chalice was a gift from King James I to John Donne as a memorial for Mrs Donne who died in 1617. He cites marks and emblems, notes Cromwell’s destruction of similar cups, and cites Tiffanys as his source for balance.
H L Biggerstaff, former Chrysler Koko mo plant manufacturing manager, is appointed general manager of Southern Die Casting & Engineering Co division of Cast-O-Matic a Cast-O-Matic subsidiary of Arwood. He holds a Kentucky mechanical engineering degree and has roles with the Society of Die Cast Engineers. Biggerstaff hails from Spindale North Carolina. he is married with seven children. The High Point plant is one of Cast-O-Matic subsidiaries with others in Syracuse Groton Cleveland Tilton and Los Angeles area facilities.
The Griffin Park Community Sympathy Club will gather Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Hattie Leach 205 Underhill for its meeting and plan.
One of the nation's leading utility figures Donald Kennedy president of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co and three times president of the Edison Electric Institute will visit High Point North Carolina to meet cousins and kin. He will be joined by Mia Kayek a San Francisco engineer. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Robert Kennedy left High Point a century ago and settled in Indiana creating branches in Oklahoma and California. Don Kennedy Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army for Oklahoma plans to meet his relatives and see the city of his grandparents. They will address Rotary Club and host an open house at the String and Splinter Club with Kennedy Cecil Newby and related families invited.
Fairgoers crowded Penny Road fairgrounds for the High Point Agricultural Fair finale as thousands spent on midway games shows and found lost children. Three Girlie reviews drew crowds despite cold air and a lingering carnival odor of grease, cotton candy, and ponies.
A reader collection highlights playful and satirical lines used as page fillers. The samples touch on health, drinks, geography, science, and home life with a wry tone about common misperceptions and everyday oddities.
Guilford College hosts a photo exhibit from Sept 20 to Oct 11 in the Campus Library Reading Room and North Deer Alcove. The 93 photographs by Bob Perrin and George Broughton depict the rural South, the Negro, and Old South traditionalism as a social study in documentary style.
The High Point Public Library launches weekly story hours for four and five year olds in October under Elizabeth Gurley. Three groups meet Monday 1 20 2 00 pm Tuesday 10 00 10 30 am and Wednesday 10 00 am with a 15 child limit per group. Registration via the Children's Department by phone.
Loper P. Lowry of Tampa will be acting president of Life of Carolina until a sub committee recommends a new chief. Sam L. Booke of Winston-Salem will serve as consultant to the executive committee during the interim. Wallace C. Ralston resigned as head of Life of Carolina.
Fall program events at The Mary Bethune YWCA start at 4 30 p m in the gym with the theme building through participation involvement and action Registration open for Y Teen and adult clubs including sewing millinery beginners bridge slimnastics shorthandi ty for beginners and refresher workshops for mothers and preschool children plus job preparation sessions
The U S Weather Bureau at Friendship Airport predicts 30 percent chances of rain Sunday, Sunday night and Monday. Daytime highs near 75 degrees, with a Saturday night low around 50 degrees and similar temperatures tonight and Monday.
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