Guilford County Schools Plan Sept 3 Opening
Guilford County schools will start the 1957-58 term on September 3 with over 18 500 students expected. Supt E D Idol says growth includes 21 more teachers bringing staff to 661 and maintenance of 171 buses transporting about 15 210 pupils daily. Building additions include Stokesdale Poplar Grove Sedalia and Remnal schools plus countywide meetings set for Aug 28 29 and Sept 2.
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Guilford County
E. D. Idol
Stokesdale
Poplar Grove
Sedalia
Remnal
Guilford
Mt. Zion
Greensboro
Jamestown High School Plans Opening for 1600 to 1700 Students
Jamestown High School will open September 3 admitting 1,600 to 1,700 students. Principal Kenneth T. Miller says teacher count rises by three to 33 elementary and 22 high school teachers. Some eighth grade sections will stay at Sedgefield and Union Hill elementary schools due to space limits. Ten buses will run two trips daily and pre-registration for summer movers is August 30 from 9 to 11 a.m.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
Kenneth T. Miller
Miller
Sedgefield
Union Hill
Randleman School Opens Next Wednesday With New Roof and Exits
Enrollment is expected to rise this year at Randleman schools as 29 elementary teachers prepare for the first day on a short schedule from Aug 2 to Sept 6. The New Market School building has a new roof and interior paint, with an added exit and two fire escapes. The cafeteria will open Sept 9.
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Ers
New Mar
Ee New Market
Randleman Elementheir
Cromartie
Kernersville
Walkertown
Griffith School
Vienna
Hanes Elementary
Mineral Springs High iSchool
Evans
Denton
Central
Here
Shemwell Highway
Ledford
Greensboro
Forsyth County School System Prepares for 15000 Enrollees
Superintendent Ray Gibbs says Forsyth's 15 000 students for the new year will come mainly from county residents annexed to Winston-Salem. Enrollment drops 1200 to 1300 as pupils shift to city schools, with teacher positions reduced from 618 to 574. New classrooms at Kernersville and Walkertown and Vienna high school rebuilds address facility needs.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Ray Gibbs
Jare
Thruway Ends In Apple Orchard Near Pennsylvania Line
SILVER CREEK N Y New York state throughway reaches 474 miles with an opening of a 41 mile western section by Gov Averell Harriman It ends in an orchard at the Pennsylvania border and a 30 mile link to the main line remains to be built A future highway across Pennsylvania near Erie will connect with an extension of the Ohio Turnpike
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Silver Creek
N.Y
New York State
America
Averell Harriman
Pennsylvania State Line
Pennsylvania
Erie
Davidson County to open Sept. 5 with 10 000 pupils
Superintendent Paul F. Evans announced that enrollment is estimated at 10,300 pupils for the 1957-58 school year, up from last year, as principals begin work today. The first teachers meeting is Sept. 4 at 10 am at North Davidson High School.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Paul F. Evans
Evans
North Davidson High School
Army Mascot Jackson Sets Off for West Point
Kansas City reports a six year old mule named Jackson shipped by James H. Parker III to West Point as a new Army mascot. The mule balked at entering the express car, needing four men to load him while Lt. Gen. Garrison H. Davidson wanted a replacement for Pancho, mascot for nearly two decades.
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Kansas City
Jackson
West Point
U.S. Military Academy
Garrison H. Davidson
James H. Parker III
Pancho
Army
Parker
Davidson
Finishing Up Work Nearly Complete For New City School Unit
Contractors push to finish Avenue School and the new Montlied unit in the city. Work nears completion with expected touches by September 4.
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Avenue School
Montlied
Randolph Schools Set to Open August 28 for 1957 58
Randolph County will start the new school term August 28 with 317 teachers and about 9,500 students. New facilities include Trinity Negro Elementary and additions at Caveness Ramseur and Randolph High School. The board approved a gym at Liberty High, an agricultural building at Seagrove, and a new wing at Fairview Street School, with initial enrollment around 350.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
W. J. Boger Jr
Boger
Trinity Negro
Rufus Luck
Caveness
Ramseur
Randolph High School
Liberty
Fairview Street
Griffin School
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Guilford’s
Randleman
Forsyth
Apple Orchard
New Montlieu Avenue
Bill Jackson
Six Inte
Central High School
Davis-Townsend
Southmont
Linwood
Wallburg
Hasty
Reeds
Tyre
Churchland
Montlieu Avenue
P. Kimsey Plumbing
Randolph
Seagrove
Liberty High School
Fayetteville Street
Roger
B. Pruette
Johnson School
Monthew Avenue
High Point
Modern School
English St
General Contractors
Coltrane
Graham
S. Hamilton
W.E. Linthicum& Son
Tomlinson St
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