Three Charged With Stealing Watches In Lexington
Three High Point men Lemuel Dawkins Wilbur Eccles and Oliver Dickerson were arrested in Thomasville and charged with stealing 18 watches valued at 855.25 from the Jewel Box in Lexington after breaking a display window. They fled in a 1957 model car and were turned over to Lexington police. Separately Thomasville police arrested 20-year-old Thomas Scott Grooms on threats to kill Dorothy Lambeth and larceny charges. Davidson County deputies investigated break-ins at the Thomasville Moose Lodge and Byerly Service Station with unclear losses.
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Thomasville
High Point
Lexington
Lemuel Dawkins
Mint Street
Wilbur Jerome Eccles
Thissell Street
Oliver H. Dickerson
Fourth Street
W. Lexington
Thomas Scott Grooms
Myrtle Street
Dorothy Scott Lambeth
Oak Hill PTA Presents Christmas Program and Chorus
Oak Hill PTA held its annual Christmas program on Tuesday night December 19. Mrs Dixon led the first and second graders in a Christmas spirit program while fifth and sixth grade choir members performed a Christmas music program.
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Oak Hill Pta
Dixon
Origins of Poker and its early naming
The game of poker traces to 16th century roots, with its name likely deriving from the German pochen meaning to bluff around 1700. The modern form formed in early 19th century New Orleans as the word was anglicized.
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New Orleans
Six Arrests After Major Donnybrook Fight
Gunfire and chaos last night led to six arrests including Joe Grace of Fern Street charged with shooting two people and damaging a car. Victims James Smith and Nezel Smith were wounded. tires on Bobby Smith’s car were damaged. Others faced assault charges and a domestic stabbing left Charles Lindsay injured. Thieves also stole tools worth about $222 from the Automatic Transmission Co.
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Donnybrook
Joe Grace
Fern Street
Grace
James Smith
Nezel Smith
Bobby Smith
Albert Jones
Leonard Street
Willie Grace
Robert Grace
Jessie Grace
James Thomas
Meredith Street
Lindsay
Commerce Street
Snell Lindsay
Automatic Transmission Co
Ambulance Driven by Pugh Ambulance Rolls Through Asheboro
In Asheboro the Pugh Funeral Home ambulance again rolled from its garage into a shopping center lot, smashing two parked vehicles. Damage estimates place the car at 450 dollars, the truck at 45 dollars, and the ambulance at 800 dollars.
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Asheboro
Pugh Funeral Home
Pugh
Sears
New Georgia Pacific Paper Plant Aims to Hire 100
Asheboro officials set June 1 as operation goal for the Georgia Pacific Paper Co plant under construction. Applications for employment will begin around April 1. Clint Dornbush says initial hiring will reach about 25 workers, expanding to roughly 100 as the operation ramps up.
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Asheboro
Georgia Pacific Paper Co
Clint Dornbush
Dornbush
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Thomasville Moose Lodge
Byerly
Pat Ao
Oak Hill
Charles
Ei Ene
A and. Company
Belks
Chesterfield
Pshor
Martex
Ascot
Belk
Rogers Stainless
Oneida, Ltd
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