Homecoming at High Point College Draws Alumni Anew
Alumni from High Point College gathered under sunny skies for day long festivities. The day featured lunch, class reunions, an executive session, a 2:30 p m concert by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition that was canceled due to travel delays, a tea hosted by President and Mrs Patton, and a basketball game at Alumni Gymnasium with Delta Sigma Phi winning front campus honors. Miss Susan Hastings of Bethel Delaware was crowned Homecoming Queen.
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High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Kenny Rodgers
Boston
Cleveland
Dave Holton
Wendell M. Patton Jr
Patton
Harrison Hall
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Susan Hastings
Bethel, del
Miss Hastings
Kappa Delta Sorority
Youth Unlimited, Inc
Adams
High Point
Music marks closing of Stone Henge in English Road area
About 200 people gathered as a closing event for Stone Henge at the English Road location of the former ministry building. The crowd listened to musical performances marking the end of the site’s use.
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Stone Henge
Larry Adams
Adams
High Point
English Road
South Elm Street
Park
Randolph GOP names J. Brady Randolph chairman
Julian Brady of Ramsuer was elected to a second two year term as chairman of the Randolph County Republican executive committee by county delegates at the courthouse. New member Mildred Wright joins Annie Shaw and Roberta Lewis on the committee, all Asheboro residents. Brady also serves as county coroner and is a former Ramsuer manufacturer now retired.
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Ashebord
Julian Brady
Ramsuer
Randolph County Republican Executive Committee
Tive
Annie Shaw
Roberta Lewis
Mildred Wright
Asheboro
Wright
Bruce Wright
Brady
Cat Saga Ends In Foxy Pool Hall Revelations
A humorous tale recalls a married couple with a cat in a domestic dispute over vet bills and a shotgun plan that never happened. The cat’s mischievous pool table antics reveal a comic moral about yielding to a spouse’s wishes and the strange bond between pets and people.
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Minnesota Cats
Minnesota Fats
Weather Curtails City Parks Attendance in January Report
A January Parks and Recreation summary by director Ray Kisiah shows cold weather reduced activity across city facilities. Fishing vanished at City Lake from 60 in January last year, golf use dropped to 305 from 568, while sledding drew 5 000 participants versus none a year earlier. Picnic and party reservations rose to 650 from 260, recreation center use edged up to 22 315 from 21 770, general athletes totals reached 6 600, and spectators numbered 8 200, down slightly from 8 500 the prior year.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Ray Kisiah
City Lake
Kisiah
Blair Park
Recreation Department
Vacant House Burned On Police Club Road
THOMASVILLE An unoccupied two room house on Police Club Road burned Saturday evening near here. Fire officials say the origin of the blaze is undetermined. The structure adjoins a vacant lot where a fatal blaze occurred last October. About 15 Pilot Volunteer Fire Dept. members fought the fire after the 6 05 p m alarm, but the roof had burned through on arrival. The owner was listed as Glenn Pierce.
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Thomasville
Police Club Road
Here
Pilot Volunteer Fire Dept
Glenn Pierce
Cloudy Warm Weather Outlook for High Point Area
The weatherman at Friendship Airport predicts partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures today tonight and Monday. Highs near mid 50s today then around 40 tonight with Monday near 50. A chance of showers tonight and Monday accompanies the cloudy period.
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High Point Area
Friendship Airport
County Board Stands On Old School Plan
Guilford County Board of Education plans to continue under the existing HEW approved desegregation plan for five rural schools. Superintendent Pearce reported the rural system's progress meets the plan's ratios and will not seek changes mid-year. Also approved contracts totaling 482285 for a new Western Guilford Elementary School, with funds reallocated from Jamestown Junior High and a pending roof timeline at Jamestown.
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Jim Hawkins
Green
Boro
Guilford County Board of Education
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
E. P. Pearce
Board of Education
Pearce
Laughlin
Popular Grove
Sedalia
Brown Summit
Rena Bullock
Guilford County
HEW
Washington
Western Guilford High School
Board of County Commissioners
George Rottman
Jamestown Junior High School
Robert Earnhart
Clllsroom
Southern Guilford High School
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Simplicity
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