Central High Sophs Get Oriented At Freshman Fair
Central High opened its doors to about several hundred sophomores for a get acquainted orientation. Principal William C. Berry, Student Council leaders Pat Meisky and Tate Holbrook, National Forensic League president Dennis Cole, and cheerleader Susan Hines spoke. Students were advised on school rules, dress, study and activities as upperclassmen guided tours through the building.
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Central High
Dianne Oden
William C. Berry
Pat Meisky
Tate Holbrook
Dennis Cole
National Forensic League
Susan Hines
Mary Greene
Berry
Ferndale
Northeast
Meisky
NLF
Cole
Hines
Council Reconsiders Limits On Circus Promotions
City council members signaled they may have overreached with a proposed ban on circus type promotions in Neighborhood Retail and Planned Shopping Center districts. They approved rezoning for College Village center and land to the east while deferring full action to committee.
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Forrest Cates Enterprise
Wiiter
Roy Culler
Culler
Donald Boone
College Village
Committee For Study
College Village Center
Sechrest Funeral Home
Honbarrier
Boone
E. Lexington
Centennial Streets
English Motor Co
K-Mart
Forecast cool trend with mainly fair skies ahead
A Friendship area forecast shows a slight cooling trend over the next two days with mostly fair skies. Tonight and Wednesday will be cooler, highs around the upper 80s, rainfall chances near zero. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and mild conditions with little rain.
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Friendship Weatherman
Sachs Named SFMA Sales Division President In Hot Springs
Robert E. Sachs vice president of sales for Basic-Witz Furniture Industries was elected president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn sales and marketing division at its two day meeting in Hot Springs. Lyons J. Heyman and Thomas D. Gilliam Jr. were named vice presidents. Four directors for three year terms were chosen: N. H. Fowler Richard E. Buron R. E. Hubbard and Wyatt Exum.
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Hot Springs
Robert E. Sachs
Basic - Witz Furniture Industries
Waynesboro
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Sachs
Richard L. DeBell
Drexel Furniture Co
Drexel
N. C
Rome
Thomas D. Gilliam Jr
N. H. Fowler
Forest Products Corp
Morristown
Democratic sheriff candidate injured in poster-erection mishap
Cecil Bulla an Asheboro magistrate and Democratic candidate for Randolph County sheriff suffered minor injuries after falling from a ladder while posting campaign notices. He grabbed a power pole to slide to safety and sustained splinter wounds to both arms while addressing vandalism to poles. He travels about 70 miles daily promoting his posters.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Democratic
Cecil Bulla
Bulla
Lloyd Brown
High Point Enterprise Section B Item Highlights
The brief reads as a local post from August 23 1966 in High Point North Carolina. It notes community events and small notices typical of Section B content. The text emphasizes local happenings, schedules, and brief updates from the High Point area.
First Day Jaywalking Tickets Issued In City Safety Drive
High Point Police issued two pedestrian citations on the first day of a jaywalking safety effort led by Traffic Captain W. H. Mc Swain. Chief Laurie Pritchett praised progress as officers educate both pedestrians and drivers while urging compliance at crosswalks and signals.
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High Point
W. H. McSwain
McSwain
Laurie Pritchett
Council expands zoning to allow branch post office site
City Council adjourned session adds federal postal facilities as a permitted use in Residential A districts and notes a branch office may locate at Rockspring and Long streets. Arthur Utley says authorities found the north High Point site suitable in size and price, with relocation plans from N Main Street near Guilford Avenue.
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Rockspring
Long Streets
Arthur Utley
North High Point
N. Main Street
Guilford Avenue
Mrs. Hunter 70 Dies in Winston-Salem Hospital
Carmel Elizabeth Rothrock Hunter 70 of 1103 Greenway Dr died at Baptist Hospital after eight weeks as a patient. She taught school in High Point, led Hunter Coal & Oil Co operations, and was active in Forest Hills Presbyterian Church and other groups. Survived by husband Duval W. Hunter Sr., two sons, six grandchildren, and two brothers. Funeral Friday 2 p.m. at Sechrest Funeral Home with burial Guilford Memorial Park. Memorials to Cancer Fund or Forest Hills Presbyterian Church.
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Carmel Elizabeth Rothrock Hunter
Greenway Dr
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Midway
Forsyth County
Estelle Eller
Charles Williams Rothrock
Salem Academy
Salem College
High Point
Duval Washington Hunter
Sechrest Funeral Home
Lexington Avenue
Guilford Memorial Park
Cancer Fund
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
Body found near rail tracks in Archdale area
Randolph County Coroner Julian Brady said a young white male, 18 to 22, with dark ducktail hair, was found dead near the Southern Railway underpass of I 85 in Archdale. The body showed head injuries possibly from a train. it was found at 3 20 a m by a passing engineer and is at Sechrest Funeral Home High Point. A change purse with initials J. T and a pack of Marlboro cigarettes were found nearby. Contacts were being made with area law enforcement for missing persons reports.
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Southern Railway
Thayer-Coggin
Brady
Sechrest Funeral Home
High Point
J. T
Burger Receives Masters Degree at Appalachian Summer Exercises
James W. Burger principal of Archdale Elementary School earned a Master of Arts in school administration at Appalachian State Teachers College summer graduation. A Central High School graduate with a High Point College BA, he joined Sigma Phi Epsilon and began graduate work in 1962. Burger has taught at Archdale for three years and now starts his third year as principal while serving as a captain in the North Carolina National Guard. He lives in Archdale with wife Raye Anne Preslar and two sons.
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Appalachian State Teachers College
James W. Burger
Archdale
Burger
High Point Central High School
High Point College
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Appalachian
Archdale Elementary
North Carolina National Guard
Raye Anne Preslar
High Point
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Central High Sophs
Sam Bridgers
Enterprise
Council
SFMA
Nathan Hunt
Kearns Avenue
Art Richardson
First Presbyterian Church
Forest
Julian Brady
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