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MR. DAVID HENLEY
David Henley, Former Guilford
Business Manager, Spry at 91
If looks are the measuring stick
of Father Time you would never
know that one of Guilford Col
lege's grand old gentlemen, David
V. Henley, recently celebrated his
91st birthday.
Although he has snow-white,
neatly parted hair, wears glasses
and sports a well trimmed grey
mustache, David Henley is as agile
as some half his age. To prove this
you have only to ask how he cele
brated his 90th birthday.
"I observed my birthday as usual;
why, I of course rode my favorite
horse. I'd have ridden him this
year (November 3) if he was at
the house but it seems he was at
the other farm. Anyway it ain't
safe to go on the roads since they
are so crowded with automobiles."
"In fact," he continued, "folks
still ask when I meet up with them
if I still ride a horse."
Guilford Business Manager
One of the first business manag
ers of Guilford College, Mr. Hen
ley loves all kinds of animals. Al
though horses are at the top of
the list, he replied with his ready
wit, "A sturdy mule is a good thing
to have—just for work, that is."
In addition to his riding abilities,
a phenomenal feat for anyone his
age, Mr. Henley could, up until a
year or so ago, jump into the air
and knock his heels together three
times—a trick few spry young
sters can do.
Mr. Henley has had numerous
hobbies, including the making of
pewter spoons, modeling covered
wagons, spinning wheels and split
bottom chairs. He began pursu
ing most of these hobbies after his
75th birthday. At the last count
he had built 54 covered wagons
resembling the type his father had
when he lived at Deep River.
Keeps a Diary Also
He also keeps a diary which he
began in 1936 when his wife died.
Daily the "grand ole man" con
tinues adding to his historical scrap
books which contain newspaper ar
tides ranging from the election of
Greensboro's mayors to religious
poems.
One of Mr. Henley's other pas
times is collecting gravestone in
scriptions of people he once knew.
He has sayings from burial plots
located throughout the state and
also from California.
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Besides his hobby activities, the
Guilford citizen is a regular Sun
day School and church member.
One of his first loves is athletics
and he attends all of Guilford's
home football, basektball and base
ball games that he can.
"Hard labor and good habits." To
these Mr. Henley attributes his
health which up until only last
month was excellent. At present
he is having trouble with his eyes
and hearing, according to Mrs. W.
A. Coble, the daughter with whom
he lives. "He really never has been
seriously ill, but he did catch the
flu last year when he attended a
basketball game and got caught in
the rain."
Unbent By Age
The spry blue-grey-eyed gent, un
bent by age, was born in 1859, the
son of David V. Henley and Elea
nor Lassiter Henley near Farmers
in Randolph County. His mother
was a Quaker minister and father
an elder. Mr. Henley is the sev
enth generation of Patrick Henley
who came from England with Wil
liam Penn.
Mr. Henley came to the Greens
boro area in 1907 as Guilford Col
lege business manager. While work
ing at the college, he remembers
the construction of the library in
1910, the boy's dormitory and New
Garden Meeting House.
Alumni returning each year re
member him. "It's impossible for
me to remember them, but they
recall their pony-riding business
manager," he smiled.
Operated Grocery Store
In 1914 Mr. Henley operated a
grocery store in the Guilford com
munity. Following this he went
to Richmond, Indiana, where the
Five Years Meeting employed him
to act as business manager of
Southland Institute, a colored
school.
Unlike many of his contempo
raries, he is a firm believer in the
value of education, and describes
it as "something you can never take
from anyone." He practices what
he preaches, too.
Undoubtedly David Henley shines
with friendliness; this can readily
be proved by the amiable smile
which tripkles across his face when
he opines, "There's really nobody
I wouldn't like to meet and make
friends with."
We're really hot
For removing that turkey spot.
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R. E. CUMMINGS DICK PLEASANTS
THE GUILFORDIAN
Christians Nose Out Quakers
By a Score of 6 to 0
(Continued from Page One)
and another incomplete pass on
fourth down gave the ball to the
Christians.
Clocks Run Out
After driving to the Quaker 49,
the clock ran out and that was the
ball game.
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