Randolph Swearing In Delayed Yet Officials Sworn In
Randolph County officials were finally sworn in after delays caused by Judge Harry Lee Riddle Jr. illness. Sheriff Lloyd Brown Clerk of Court John Skeen and others took oaths along with four newly serving commissioners led by Farlow. Reorganization kept Ira McDowell as chairman and J W Plummer as vice chairman with several appointments to county posts.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Harry Lee Riddle Jr
Morganton
Riddle
County Board of Education
Judge Riddle
Lloyd Brown
John Skeen
Register of Deeds
Annie Shaw
Ira McDowell
J. W Plummer
C. C. Byrd
Clark Langley
William Farlow
Farlow
L. T. Hammond Jr
William W. Ivey
Superior Court
Julian Brady
Cletus Craven
J. W. Plummer
Gayle Hussey
County Tax Commission
Ivey
Wiley T. Arrington
Fred Phillips
T. Worth Coltrane
W. Ed Gavin
Coltrane
Republican Party
Postponed Asheboro School Election Request On Hold
Randolph County commissioners delayed several items after a late swearing in. The Asheboro City School Board’s request for a vote on increasing the special school supplement to raise teachers’ salaries was postponed to December 8. Denton Water supply measure also pushed to December 8.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Asheboro City
Ira McDowell
Denton
County Schools Allow Activity Buses Use by Local Groups
The Asheboro area school board decided that county activity buses may be used by any group within the community's section. The decision followed debate on whether buses should be restricted to school activities only, with supporters noting community funds financed the buses and others raising safety and legal concerns.
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Asheboro
County Board of Education
Walter Gibson
Gibson
A. A. Walker
Lacy M. Presnell
Presnell
Lynn Ailbright
Walker
Trinity Church
Albemarle
Fire Blamed On Hot Ashes At Residential Property
Firefighters were called to Dewey Greer on Edgedale Drive when hot ashes ignited leaves near the home. Another call reported a smoke pipe too close to combustibles at Gilbert Harie’s Park Street residence. A vacant Mangum Street commercial building also had a pipe freezing issue in an outside line. no major losses occurred.
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Dewey Greer
Edgedale Drive
Gilbert Harie
Park Street
Mangum Street
Hollywood Canteen To Get Ax
The Legrand Theater was razed as an unsafe structure ending the Hollywood Canteen era. Opened Oct 3 1943, the Canteen hosted GIs with stars like Bob Hope Dinah Shore Betty Hutton and Bing Crosby. It closed Thanksgiving 1945 leaving a half million in treasury under Jules Stein and Bette Davis leadership.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Canteen
Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Joan Crawford
Bette Davis
Jules Stein
MCA Corporation
New York
Cahuenga Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Betty Grable
Jane Russell
Paulette Goddard
Ann Sheridan
Elizabeth Taylor
Bob Hope
Danny Kaye
Joe E. Brown
Dinah Shore
Betty Hutton
Kay Kyser
Harry James
Duke Ellington
Bing Crosby
Stein
Miss Davis
Hollywood Canteen Foundation
Area residents push for single high school site in eastern Randolph
Randolph Trinity Archdale area leaders say one new high school can be built sooner than two or three. Dr Farlow notes four sites in his area with strongest backing near the Trindale School, while Franklinville Coleridge and Ramseur patrons favor a single site for a three high school consolidation. Albright urges submitting written requests to the school board to take an option on the favored site and suggests state bond funds be used to buy options as patrons propose.
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Trinity - Archdale
Randolph
Farlow
Trindale
Albright
Franklinville
Coleridge
Ramseur
Board of Education
Pearl Harbor
Ralph Neppel
Frank Sneed
Ed O’neill
Marines
Ham Napier
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Carroll
Ralph
Jean
Veterans Administration
Des Moines
Iowa City
Hamilton Napier
Macon
ED O'Neill
New York Police Department
Criminal Court
Queens
Edwin Jr
Viet Nam
Ed O’neill Sr
Elaine
D. L
Susan
Frank
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Business School
Harvard
Dallas
Middle-Aged Lions Reflect On War and Life After
Four World War II veterans now middle aged share how separation centers, discharges, and civilian life shaped them. They recount careers, families, and ongoing the sense of purpose, comparing dreams of youth with the realities of age, family, and Viet Nam era worries.
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Buddy
Mister
Viet Nam
Ed O'Neill
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Ham
Martha
Normandy
Lawton
Okla
Great Plains
The
American Legion
3Rd Marine Division
Liberty
Guam
Iwo Jima
Bougainville
Tokyo
Gotha
Roosevelt
Sneed
Goodby
New York Harbor
Marine Corps
Pacific
Blessed Mother
Max
Iowa State University
Sheppard
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