Central High School - Pemican Yearbook (High Point, NC)

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l T N.- y V' 'TX' mcg Wm NORTH CAROLINA In 1859 rhesumof ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM S20 was dedicated to the building of a log school house. In 1946 the High Point public schools were evaluated at 52,646,135 High Point is justly proud of its educational system, for it is recognized by educators as one of the finest in the state. When the city was incorporated, two churches, I T S C H U R C H E S Methodist and Presbyterian, opened their doors to High Point folk. In the eighty-eight years that have since elapsed, the number has increased until now eighty-seven houses of wor- ship are supported and attended by High Pointers. A city of progressive, industrious people, High Point I T S P E O P L E Township in 1947 boasts a population of 4-6,l97, composed of 79.819 white American, 19.773 Negroes, and .OSZ for- eign-born citizens, energetic people instrumental in the de- velopment of a small rural community into a well-balanced modern city. Good climate, availability of intelligent labor, ef- I T S F U T U R E ficient public utilities, adequate electric power, and modern municipal facilities, all point to greater growth and indus- trial progress in High Point, a name synonymous with opportunity. ALTITUDE 940 FT. - FCUNDED I859 T' lj-A -Q'G'g Ri'!Ll

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i' I I ycxvw X f' . fi-515537 To HIGH P UNIT I T S H I S T C R Y Captain Cvregg, surveying for the North Carolina Railroad, in 1855, drove a stake and announced it to be the highest spot on the line from Goldsboro to Charlotte. From the fertile farmland in which that stake was sunk sprang the thriving community which was to become the High Point of today. I T S G O V E R N NI E N T High Point was granted a charter in l859. Numerous amendments to the original charter have been enacted. Today the city operates under the managerial system with an elected council as the policy making body which appoints a city manager to direct the business affairs. The major part of High Point's postwar planning is centered about its public institutions. Definite plans have been made for extensive re- modeling of the YMCA, the erection of a two hundred and fifty bed hospital, and the building of a new public library, although less definite, thought has been turned to a memorial auditorium also. I T S I N D U S T R I E S From shuttle blocks to bus bodies, High Point makes it. Although rightly renowned as the furniture and hosiery capital of the south, High Point is the location for over 150 manufacturing plants exclusive of these two major industries. POPULATION 46,I97 . AREA 9.76 SQ. MI.

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DEDlCATlQTl p A xlla I y 52,42 V-94'- LX YV I 5 ,Jw j lg , f i, lx Ew a JG fd It has often been said that in a crisis which demands the services of a strong and able leader, there is usually to be found some one capable of assuming such a role, provided that the man and the circumstances do then adhere. This proved to be the case when, after the student body had decided to bring out their first year book, the choice of adviser for the undertaking fell upon Mr. Ralph Vance, member of the high school faculty. He it was who piloted the untried stall: through the endless difficulties involv- ed in the publication of an annual of which the school could well be proud - one which for two successive years was to win a first place national rating. It was Mr. Vance who suggested the original and appropriate name for the year book. lt was he who spent much of his spare time for two years with anonymous pictures, rubber cement, and exacting student editors. '05365v