Tar Heel Talent Contest auditions select twenty acts
More than 100 performers from across North Carolina auditioned at Ferndale Junior High School High Point for the Tar Heel Talent Contest with judges rating in vocal dance instrument and variety. The event proceeds at 8 p.m. August 27 at Ferndale and is sponsored by the High Point Woman's Club.
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High Point
North Carolina
Ferndale Junior High School
High Point Woman’s Club
Charles W. Scott
Presi
Maryfield Addition Plans for 55-Bed Expansion
Maryfield Nursing Home on Greensboro Road in High Point seeks a 55 bed addition to be finished by December next year. The 60 bed facility aims to obtain approval from the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. The project costs about $900000 and will be reviewed at a 7:30 p.m. meeting on August 25 in Guilford College area offices.
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Greensboro
Maryfield
Greensboro Road
High Point
Piedmont Triad
North Carollina Medical Care Commission
High Point Fair Sets Exhibition Prizes and Schedule
The High Point Agricultural Fair, in its 39th year, will run Sept 13 to 18 on Penny Road at Bundy Road. Prize money totals over 13000 with entries due Sept 6 and booths by Sept 4. Improvements include gate controls and new exhibit hall fans. A poultry section joins cattle and swine, plus three free country acts on the midway Tommy Faile Browning Bryant and George Hamilton IV perform Tuesday to Thursday.
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High Point
High Point Jaycees
Penny Road
Bundy Road
The
Jaycees
Jerry Watson
Fair Association
Watson
Tommy Faile
Arthur Smith
Browning Bryant
George Hamilton IV
Winston-Salem
Midway Entertainment
Thomas Joyland
Students Plan To Back Scott On Restructuring
Four student government presidents from East Carolina Appalachian Western Carolina and Pembroke state universities have formed the Student Progressive Education Committee to back Gov. Bob Scott's higher education restructuring plan. They will meet October 13 to 15 in Chapel Hill for a seminar with student officers, aiming to create a central governing body to reduce political influence, distribute funds and align curricula.
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Scott
Pembroke
N. C
North Carolina
Bob Scott
Glenn Croshaw
East Carolina University
Fred Barden
Appalachian State University
Greg Lockamy
Western Carolina University
Gary Strickland
Pembroke State University
Student Progressive Education Committee
Chapel Hill
Clothing Thefts Reported In Neighborhood Cars
Two residents reported thefts from vehicles Saturday afternoon. Harold Brooks said $336 worth of men’s clothing was taken from a car at the Townhouse Restaurant, while Dan Burns reported a suit and sports coat valued at $145 taken from a Sears lot and later recovered before the thief fled. Arrests followed for Marvin Foster on malicious damage, Donald Blackburn on assault charges, and James Jones on hit and run.
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Harold Brooks
Washington, D.C
Townhouse
Dan Burns
Rt. 2
Sears
Burns
Marvin Franklin Foster
Branch Street
Marvin J. McKinney
S. Wrenn Street
Donald Ray Blackburn
Valley Ridge Drive
James Lewis Jones
Martin Street
Reverend Allred Takes Pastoral Post at Hickory Chapel
The Rev. Paul E. Allred moves with his family from Kannapolis to assume the pastorate at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church. He previously led First Wesleyan and nine other churches and served as president of the Alabama conference. Florice Allred will teach at Archdale Elementary School this fall.
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Paul E. Allred
Hickory Chapel
Robber Charged After Hidden Camera Captures Identity
FBI files charge against 22 year old Marion Albert Pruett of Charlotte in the Queensgate First Union branch robbery. The $9805 heist on Ashley Road occurred as a gunman fled with the cash, marking the 21st North Carolina bank robbery this year and the fifth in Charlotte in about six weeks.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
First Union National Bank
FBI
Marion Albert Pruett
Queensgate
Ashley Road
Mosquitoes At New City Lake Spur Sleepless Nights
A reader lampoons a mosquito invasion near a new city lake, noting immune insects that swarm homes, bite relentlessly, and outlast efforts at pest control. The tale blends humor with frustration as the author jokes about mounting mosquitoes and the lake’s early days.
Rezoning Requests Ahead of Guilford County Board Meeting
Six rezoning requests from agricultural to residential land use will be reviewed by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners Monday at 9 am in the Administration Building. They include properties in Sumner Clay Jefferson Madison and Fentress townships and also a change from business to agricultural in Clay Township and a Sumner Township site on U S 220 south of Greensboro to industrial use. The hearing on amending the zoning ordinance to permit automobile and truck sales in planned industrial districts continues, and commissioners will canvass Whitsett fire district election returns.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Guilford County Administration
Sumner
Clay, Jefferson
Madison
Fentress
Clay Township
Sumner Township
U. S. 220
Whitsett
Firearms Whisky Found in Raid on Staley Home
Randolph County sheriff reports federal agents and local deputies seized almost two gallons of whisky from Willard Cross of Staley and confiscated his 1971 pickup truck along with nine firearms including pistols shotguns and rifles. Cross was taken to Durham for a federal magistrate appearance and released on recognizance pending fall trial.
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Staley
Randolph County
Lloyd Brown
Willard Cross
Rt. 1
Cross
Durham
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