Central High students wrap year with play and activities
Seniors staged their final year project the senior play to raise funds for the spring Talent Show and year end junior senior events. James Carter is a finalist in the Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship from Guilford County with an interview in Chapel Hill. Juniors received rings, sophomores took Iowa tests to aid college applications. crime prevention program featured Ed Washington addressing juvenile crime.
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Central
James Carter
Aubrey Lee Brooks
James
Guilford County
Chapel Hill
State College
University of North Carolina
Woman's College
William Penn Notebook February events and recognitions
February brings notable events at William Penn as the Junior Class joins the National Honor Society during a candle light ceremony with inductees John Brawner Bertha Burris Virginia Capel Barbara Cotton Susie Graves Annie Pressley Betty Ingram Albert Johnson Bobbie Jean Kearns and Teresa Ernestine Scotton. Detective C F Leak speaks on crime prevention and the Civics class tours the Police Department and City County Building. Gas company tips aid home economy students and principal Burford returns from a meeting of the National Association of Secondary School Principals in Pittsburg and notes the association seeks students who can tell the meter.
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Abraham Lincoln
National Honor Society
John Brawner
Bertha Burris
Virginia Capel
Barbara Cotton
Susie Graves
Annie Pressley
Betty Ingram
Albert Johnson
Bobbie Jean Kearns
Teresa Ernestine Scotton
John L. Pharr
Second Presbyterian Church
High Point Exchange Club
Detective Leak
Police Department
Burford
Pittsburg
National Assn
Local Guard To Be Reorganized Sunday Editor Come March 1
High Point will see the 1st Howitzer Battalion of 252nd Artillery reform as the 2nd Howitzer Battalion of 113th Artillery Direct Support after March 1. The unit will comprise three firing batteries and 505 authorized men with headquarters and two firing batteries in High Point and the third in Leaksville.
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Enterprise
High Point
National Guard
United States
252Nd Artillery
30Th Infantry Division
113Th Artillery
Leaksville
J. Douglas Bray
252Nd
Trinidad
Panama Canal
540Th Field Artillery Battalion
High Point National Guard
Thomasville
Guard
North Carolina General Assembly Moves From Historic Chambers
In Raleigh, the modern legislative complex contrasts with the nearby silent old House and Senate chambers. After 123 years since 1840, the historic halls, once a busy seat of lawmaking, stand as a nostalgic reminder as new facilities host sessions.
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Senate
North Carolina
Raleigh
From Rooms of Bygone Era to Plush State House
Historic notes recount the move from old Capitol rooms to a $6.2 million State House while preserving the chambers as historic shrines. Memories span 1933 tax fights and 1921 highway bonds, with 1961 school finance tax reforms and later modernization like an elevator and air conditioning.
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Capitol
Terry Sanford
Thomasville High Valentine event funds prom drive
Cupid visited Thomasville High on February 14 as students exchanged valentines and candy to raise money for the Junior-Senior Prom. Lynn Dixon is named TSHS Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomor row and competes for a state scholarship won last year by Doris Holton. Ray Easter notes scholarships in chemistry and textiles among financial aid sources.
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Cupid
Lynn Dixon
TSHS
Betty Crocker
Doris Holton
Lynn
Ray Easter
Collegians Sing Fresh Folk to High Point College
Five students form The Collegians at High Point College. Louise Whiteley Peggy McNamee Charlie Nesbitt Harry Lilly and Tom Page lead a twenty five song repertoire blending folk and spirituals. Tom Page composes eight pieces and leads on baritone ukulele. The group eyes USO tours and future college performances.
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High Point College
the Collegians
Collegians
Louise Teley
Peggy McNamee
Charlie Nesbitt
Harry Lilly
Tom Page
Louise Whiteley
Henry A. Whiteley Jr
Scudder Road
Osterville
Mass
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Peggy
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Joseph C., Ragan
Joe F. Mitchell
Billy O. Stutts
William S. Fulton
David A. Hodgin
Maj. Hodgin
English Street
Ward Street
Camp Butner
Fort Bragg
25Nd Coast Artillery Battalion
Armory
By Reese Hart
Raleigh, N.C
General Assembly
House
State Department of Archives and History
Christopher Crittenden
Miami Beach
High Corner
M. Hormache
College
Milton Henry Nesbitt
Asheville
Charles van Nesbitt
Cheverly
William O. Page
Tom
Sandy
USO
Charlotte
Methodist
Rotary Club
Phi Omega
Charlie
Lions Club
Bulldogs
Concord Spiders
Statesville
HSY
L. Roy Hughes
Allmond
Thomasville High
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Glee Club
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