Koonce's Legacy in High Point Civic and Masonic Life
Longtime High Point figure Koonce balanced business and church work with active civic roles. A founder and former president of the Lions Club, past master of Hiram Lodge, and current Junior Grand Warden of North Carolina Freemasonry, he shaped local charity, politics, and race relations while remaining devoted to family and study.
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Koonce
High Point Lions Club
High Point Kiwanis Club
Woodmen of the World
Redmen
Odd Fellows
Junior Order
Elks and Moose
Numa F. Reid
A. F
A. M
Masonic
Hiram Lodge
Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
Nessie Smith
High Point
Counie
Doris Koonce Marin
Arnold J. Koonce Jr
Marin
Globe Furniture Co
Arnold Junior
Carolina Container Co
Hig Point
Heonce
Attorneys Pass Race Resolution
The National Bar Association urged lawyers to lead in ending racial discrimination in voting education employment housing and public spaces. The board backed Kennedy's civil rights plan and called for measures to secure Negro registration and voting rights in the South along with support for nascent African nations' legal systems.
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Milwaukee
National Bar Association
Kennedy
South
Norse Heritage in Faroe Islands Traced to Vikings
The Faroe Islands sit about 400 miles north of Norway and have a population of around 35,000 mostly fishermen and shepherds. Many residents trace their ancestry to Norse settlers who arrived a thousand years ago.
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Faeroe Islands
Norway
Removal Of Latin Inequities Urged
President Kennedy urged removal of grave social and economic inequities to deter communism in Latin America. Teodoro Moscoso received the CAFIP peace award for economic and social development efforts. Vatican blessing and Rusk remarks complemented the conference connected to the National Catholic Welfare Conference. Kennedy did not name Cuba in his message.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
Catholic Association For International Peace
Association
Teodoro Moscoso
U. S. Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Vatican
Paul VI
Dean Rusk
Moscoso
America
World Kennedy
National Catholic Welfare Conference
U. S
Cuba
Calvary Baptist Church marks pastor anniversary
Calvary Baptist Church concludes its pastor's second anniversary celebration today at 3 p.m. Rev. B. Elton Cox and the congregation will lead the service.
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Calvary Baptist Church
B. Elton Cox
Governor Sanford to announce Ford Fund grants in Raleigh and beyond
Gov. Sanford plans a busy week with a Monday briefing at the Executive Mansion for editors and broadcast chiefs. He will travel to Rocky Mount for Montgomery Ward’s new Tarrytown Center building dedication and to Pinehurst for a motors carriers meeting, then speak in Raleigh to archivists and historians. He will participate in ground breaking for the Archives and History Library building.
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Rocky Mount
Montgomery Ward & Co
Tarrytown Center
Executive
North Carolina Fund
Sanford
Ford Foundation
Pinehurst
North Carolina
Society of American Archivists
Raleigh
State Department of Archives and History
State Library
Cambridge Negroes urged to boycott charter vote
Cambridge Maryland leaders clash over an equal accommodations charter amendment. Mrs Gloria Richardson urges Negroes to abstain, while Mayor Mowbray and Postmaster Walters condemn the move as power driven amid a long history of racial tension and National Guard presence.
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Cambridge, Md
Cambridge
Gloria Richardson
Richardson
Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee
Calvin W. Mowbray
J. Edward Walters
Walters
Mowbray
North Carolina man jailed for Ascension Island murder
John W. Christopher from Greensboro received a seven year prison term in a British court for the slaying of fellow Western Electric worker Jack David Taylor of Winston-Salem at the Ascension Island missile tracking station. Taylor died July 4 from knife wounds to the throat and chest.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Greensboro
N.C
Winston-Salem
Air Force
John W. Christopher
Jack David Taylor
Western Electric
Ascension Island
South Atlantic
Taylor
Four Children Die In Williamston Home Fire
Four Negro children perished in a Williamston North Carolina home fire Friday night. Three other children were saved. Cause believed to be a kerosene lamp falling from a dresser. Victims are Jackline Bonds three months James Robert Bonds Jr two and Vickie Bonds three and Lewell Bonds nine. Father James Robert Bonds Sr 31 rescued three children through a window but was burned. The fire was noticed by Bonds in the backyard. The front door was locked and the duplex filled with smoke. The department cites possible sleep suffocation.
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Williamston
N.C
Jackline Bonds
James Robert Bonds Jr
Vickie Bonds
Lewell Bonds
James Robert Bonds Sr
City Water Department
Bonds
Fire Department
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Ford
Tar Heel
Chevrolet
Corvair Monza Club
Thrift
Fisher
INI Corvair
Chevelle
CHEVY
North Main Street
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