Bond drive sparks Trinity School District meeting turnout
In Randolph County Trinity Archdale area residents discussed securing a bond election for the Trinity School District. A large turnout of about 50 attendees weighed plans and funding options as concerns over crowded facilities grew. Local Lions Club moves toward a regional picnic shelter on Highway 311. A widened Jamestown School driveway is completed with fresh asphalt. Melvin Robinson prepares his air show plane in Martinsville as Darts add crop spraying services for tobacco fields.
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Randolph
Trinity-Archdale
Aera
Trinity
Trinity School
Archdale - Trinity Lions Club
Highway 311
Archdale Methodist Church
Lions
Jamestown School
Ken Miller
Melvin Robinson
Robinson
Martinsville
Bookmobile Schedule For This Week
The Public Library bookmobile routes run this week in the afternoons. Monday lists Clara Cox Homes Clara Cox Circle Parking Area Ragan at Thissell Streets and Franklin Street at Worth Avenue. Tuesday adds Highland Shopping Center Stanton at Flint Streets Rotary at Ridgecrest Drive. Wednesday includes Tipton Kennedy Streets Florham Arbordale Drive Council Streets Gatewood Avenue Sunset Drive Carrick Avenue. Thursday covers E State Johnson Streets Clover Parkside Drive Tabor Dayton Streets. Friday features Emery Road Hillcrest Drive Overbrook Edgedale Drive Rockspring Road Eaton Place and W Farriss Avenue Brantley Circle.
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Clara Cox
Circle
Ragan
Thissell Streets
Franklin Street
Worth Avenue
Highland
Stanton
Flint Streets
Rotary
Ridgecrest Drive
Tipton
Kennedy Streets
Florham
Arbordale Drive
Council Streets
Gatewood Avenue
Sunset Drive
Carrick Avenue
E. State
Johnson Streets
Clover
Parkside Drive
Tabor
Dayton Streets
Emery Road
Hillcrest Drive
Overbrook
Edgedale Drive
Rockspring Road
Eaton Place
High Point Post Clerk Writes Boy's Sports Books
Burgess Leonard, a High Point post office clerk since 1936 with a wartime break, authored seven sports books for boys since 1950. A Wake Forest alum, he cites paperback originals as the quick market and aims to expand into serious adult fiction while continuing a basketball themed novel for Lippincott.
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Ball Gane
High Point
Burgess Leonard
Leonard
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan
Wake Forest College
J. P. Lippincott Co
Philadelphia
Lippincott
Randolph County
W. Lexington Avenue
Bolton
North Carolina Writers Association
Author's League
Tar Heel
Treasurer declines reappointment in Bedford Township
Lucille Hicks, Bedford Township treasurer, will not accept another term citing heavy workload and insufficient pay. She notes a $31 annual salary raise does not offset the added duties.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Lucille Hicks
Bedford Township
New Approach Outlined By Welfare Official
County Welfare Superintendent Lewis Thompson proposes modifying fornication adultery and prostitution laws as a better solution to unwed mothers on relief. He criticizes sterilization bills as negative and cites difficulty obtaining convictions under current laws while advocating policing limits.
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General Assembly
Lewis Thompson
Thompson
Brand New Car Ad Highlights Value Retention
A two year old car holds about 60 percent of its original price, a stronger value retention than many durable goods. The ad encourages living better with a brand new car.
Indian Scout In Hospital In Phoenix Arizona
Sam Etchesaw a Yavapai claims to be 12 and says he captured Geronimo. Doctors describe age and malnutrition as his main issues while noting his service across four campaigns. He once wandered in downtown Phoenix in 1953 with his granddaughter.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Geronimo
Etchesaw
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Braxton
Dark Field
Public Library
JUST
High Pointer
Jinx
Southpaw
Stretch Bolton
Piedmont
West Washington St
Indian Scout In Hospital
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. M
Scummunilalivun
Troy T. Shelton
Edward G. Updegrove
Sec’y
Bruce
Terminix
Terminix Company
Bill Russell
S. Main St. Ext
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