School Bells Ringing in High Point 1966-67
The 1966 67 school year begins in High Point with all schools opening at 8 30 a m Tuesday for half day sessions and no lunch served. Regular sessions start Wednesday with lunchrooms operating. First graders released at noon for the first month then at 2 30. Grades 4 6 released at 3 p m and junior and senior high at 3 30. Lunches rise by a nickel to 35 cents for elementary and 40 cents for junior high with high schools serving la carte and prices up as well.
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High Point
Guilford County Schools Begin With Large Enrollment
Guilford County opens 33 schools at 8 30 a m with over 21 000 children expected to attend. Teachers return Monday. Wednesday is half day, Thursday and Friday are full days, with Labor Day holiday September 5. Lunch prices rise from 25 to 30 cents for elementary and 30 to 35 cents for high school students. Enrollment exceeds last year by 500 to 700, straining Jamestown Northeast and Guilford districts until the Jamestown Junior High opens around October 1. Seventh to ninth graders will be housed at Ragsdale Jamestown and Union Hill Elementary for a few weeks.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Jamestown
Northeast
Guilford School
Ragsdale
Union Hill
Davis County Opens School as New Term Begins Across Region
In Davidson County Thomasville and Lexington most students return next week for orientation. Over 12 500 across 23 county units report Monday with cafeterias starting Tuesday and full classes Tuesday. Thomasville expects 4000 on opening day with orientation and early release. Lexington held orientation Friday with first full day Monday. Football season starts Friday as teams resume practice since Aug 15.
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Thomasville
Lexington
County
Former Wrestler Pete Managoff Dies After Attack
Pete Managoff, 51, a professional wrestler and former Newland resident, died of a heart attack in a Johnson City Tennessee hospital Thursday night. Funeral services are set for Sunday at the Church of Jesus Christ in Newland. He had moved to Butler Tennessee after 25 years in Newland and once ran as a Democratic candidate for Avery County sheriff in 1960. He formerly operated a fish camp on the Watauga River.
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Newland
N.C
Pete Managoff
Johnson City
Tenn
Church of Jesus Christ
Managoff
Butler
Avery County
North Carolina
Wataugah
Oak Ridge Military Institute to raze two landmarks
Two landmark Oak Ridge Military Institute buildings in Guilford County north of High Point are to be razed for new construction. Benbow Hall, long called The Hotel by students, and Brooks Hall dormitory will give way to new facilities, the first at the institute in years.
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Oak Ridge Military Institute
Institute
Guilford County
High Point
Benbow Hall
Brooks Hall
Oak Ridge
HPC Group To Attend Seminar For Textile Careers
Four textile experts will address more than 50 students and professors from 14 colleges in North and South Carolina at the Fifth Annual Walter F. Fancourt Memorial Seminar in Greensboro on October 28. Panelists include executives from Stevens Hosiery Cone Mills Kayser-Roth Burlington and university relations officers as they discuss job opportunities in the textile industry. The two day event is hosted by the W F Fancourt Co and Greensboro textile chemists to explore industry operations for students pursuing careers in textiles. Attending schools include Belmont Abbey Catawba Clemson Davidson Duke East Carolina Elon Guilford High Point NC State UNC Chapel Hill UNC Greensboro Wake Forest and University of South Carolina.
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North
South Carolina
Walter F. Fancourt
Greensboro
Robert J Froeber
Stevens Hosiery Inc
J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc
John W. Bagwill
Cone Mills Corp
S. Carlysle Isley
Kayser - Roth Hosiery Co. Inc
Robert B. Lincks
Burlington Industries Inc
W. F. Fancourt Co
Textile Chemists of
Belmont Abbey
Catawba
Clemson
Davidson
Duke
East Carolina
Elon
Guilford
High Point
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
University of South Carolina
Wake Forest
Ragsdale High Grad Enrolled At Lipscomb
Dan Wallace Kirby, son of Mr and Mrs Prentice Kirby of Greensboro, will enroll at David Lipscomb College Nashville Tenn in fall quarter as a pre engineering major. Lipscomb, a Church of Christ affiliated senior liberal arts college, opens Sept 19 with enrollment near 1800.
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Dan Wallace Kirby
Prentice Kirby
Groomestown Rd
Greensboro
David Lipscomb
Nashville
Bloodmobile Schedule Details For Week
The schedule shows no bookmobile service Monday through Wednesday. Thursday visits include Southgate Shopping Center 9:30 to 11:45, Woodrow at Forrest 1:15 to 2:15, Blain at Terrell 2:30 to 3:30, and Terrell Drive at Kimmons 3:45 to 4:45. Friday routes run 9:30 to 11:45 at College Village Shopping Center, 1:15 to 2:15 Lindsay at Boulevard, 2:30 to 3:30 Sunset at Clyde, and 3:45 to 4:45 Wesley Place at E Russell.
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Southgate
Woodrow
Forrest
Blain
Terrell
Terrell Drive
Kimmons
College Village
Lindsay
Boulevard
Sunset
Clyde
Wesley Place
E. Russell
Georgian Will Be Speaker For Convocation Service
Dr J Ralph Thaxton president emeritus of Valdosta State College will deliver the convocation address at High Point College Memorial Auditorium at 10 20 a m Convocation begins the academic year with an eminent scholar The speaker has a long record including registrar at the University of Georgia and ranks as professor of romance languages and history in earlier years
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J. Ralph Thaxton
Valdosta State College
High Point College
High Point College Memorial
Roe H. Bartle
American Humanics Foundation
David W. Cole
Thaxton
Valdosta
University of Georgia
University
Griffin
Georgia
University of
8Th
Valdosta Board of Education
Valdosta Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Southern Historical Assn
South Atlantic Modern Language Assn
Pi Kappa Pi
American Assn. of Teachers of Spanish
Phi Beta Kappa
Dr Ralph Fritz Hired Part Time At Davidson County College
Dr Ralph A Fritz takes a part time position at Davidson County Community College assisting the full time librarian Mrs Thurman Horney. Fritz a Iowa native with degrees from University of Iowa and George Peabody College joins a plan to consolidate the campus library in the new building this year.
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Thomasville
Ralph A. Fritz
Grady E. Love
Davidson County Community College
Fritz
Thurman Horney
Iowa
Atlantic
George Peabody College
Harvard University
University of Colorado
University of Iowa
Phi Delta Kappa
American Educational Research Assn
American Library Assn
North Carolina Library Assn
Love
Four Guilford College August graduates from High Point
Four High Point residents earned Guilford College August degrees among 55 graduates. The names listed include Ann Elizabeth Tinsley Morgan of 315 Woodrow Ave, Judith Dianne Justice of Hedrick Ave, James Franklin Morgan of 1001 Country Club Dr, and Ronald Kalinpuenper of 609 Baker Rd, with parents named on each profile.
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High Point
Guilford College
Ann Elizabeth Tinsley Morgan
L. E. Tinsley
Woodrow Ave
Judith Dianne Justice
E. Paul Justice
Hedrick Ave
James Franklin Morgan
J. V. Morgan
Country Club Dr
Ronald Kalin Puenper
K. I. Sheppard
Baker Rd
City Job Openings and Monthly Wages
Public notice lists vacancies across departments including Water Light Meter Reader and Shop Foreman with monthly pay from 264 to 525 dollars. Positions include Engineering Aide II, Traffic Technician, Sanitation Route Foreman, and Street Department Labor Foreman with multiple openings.
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Public Utility & Engineering
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High
Davidson County
E. Lawson Brown
HPC
Ragsdale High Grad
Lipscomb
Helen Clarkson
James Edwin
William Heriot
Thaxtons
E. Jane St
Dr. Fritz
DCC
Mrs. Fritz
The
Guilford County Mental Health Society
Parks & Recreation
Parks & Recreation Department
Engineering Aide Tilt Public Utility & Engineering
Sanitation Dept
Credit Union
N. C
Pennest
American Motors
Between Motors
Rambler
Piedmont’s
N. Main St
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