Building Boom Hits Thomasville as Projects Proliferate
A slight weather improvement sparks a wave of construction in Thomasville valued well over a million dollars. The new Randolph Street library at $120,000 plus records for larger sites, a 12 acre Ameri can Furniture Co showroom near Finch Field, a $30–$40 thousand Memorial Park field house, and a Unity Street senior high school unit bid status outline a 1958 59 opening timeline.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Randolph
Thomasville High Point
Finch
Terror of Twenty Nine patrolman transferred to Jacksonville
View from the Big Chair profiles Highway Patrolman Fred Mueller famed for strict policing on Highway 29 west of Cochaton and between Lexington and Thomasville. He leaves Davidson County for Jacksonville, handing his nickname to James Davis of Thomasville who arrives from Mooresville to replace him.
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Fred Mueller
Cochaton
Lexington
Thomasville
Jacksonville
Hader Tegges
Mueller
James Davis
Mooresville
W. T. Emerson
LMD
Enterprise
Davis
Guilford
Davidson
Study Finds Meprobamate Tranquilizer Habit Forming
UNC researchers report a case of addiction to the tranquilizer meprobamate and note withdrawal symptoms after 40 days on the drug. The study involved 75 volunteers in three groups and highlights potential risks from prescribed tranquilizers.
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Chapel Hilu
N. C
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
John A. Ewin
R. BE. Fullilove
Thomas M. Haizlip
Leaksville
Chapel Hill
Thomasville Closes For Easter Observance
Easter Monday closures affect most stores offices and banks in Thomasville with full operations resuming Tuesday. Schools and the public reference office pause into a new building while court sessions shift to Friday and claims reporting moves to the following Monday.
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Thomasville
Recorder's Court
Monsey
Employment Security Commission
South Africa Sets Law Against Flying Union Jack
Defense Minister F C Erasmus told a National party rally that flying the British Union Jack will be forbidden by law if necessary. He noted the last Parliament made the South African flag the sole official emblem, despite some urging to display the Union Jack.
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Episcopal Church
Salem Street
Foundation
Marc Hosier
Liberty Drive
T. J. York
Thomasville Chair CO
Unity Methodist Church
James Beck
Unity Street
Davidson County
Highway Patrol
J. L. Powers Company
Bennettsville
8. C. Powers
South
Asheville
Civ
Il Air Patrol
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Hendersonville
J. L. Powers
Ervin
Robert
Allison Furniture
Allison
Bard
Cramer Company
Lambeth
Thomasville Furniture Co
Thomasville Furniture
Mary Lee Crouse
City Hall
Randolph Street
Library
Wint Capel
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