Business Leader Is Killed In Construction Site Accident
Thomasville businessman and industrialist E Fremont Mendenhall 82 died after being struck by a dump truck at a construction site near Unity Street and National Highway. Driver Randy Lee Scott 16 is named. investigation continues with no charges filed. Mendenhall was a hosiery maker, real estate owner, and stock broker associated with Harris Upham in Winston-Salem.
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Thomasville
E. Fremont Mendenhall
Industralist
Mendenhall
Unity Street
National Highway
First Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Arnold Moss
Randy Lee Scott
Peachtree Street
High Point
Davidson County
Community General Hospital
Emery Bratus
Amanda Burton Mendenhall
Harris, Upham & Company
Stock Brokers
Winston-Salem
Chair City Motor Inn
The
North Carolina National Bank
Unity United Methodist Church
Turner Memorial Sunday
Woman To Stand Trial For Death Of Husband
A 20-year-old High Point woman Deloris Thompson was ordered to stand trial in Randolph County Superior Court for the November 27 death of her husband Larry Thompson. Bond set at 2500 dollars, she was released after posting. She reportedly shot Thompson as he advanced toward her near his Trinity area home after an argument.
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Asheboro
High Point
Larry Thompson
Hal Hammer Walker
Deloris Thompson
White Oak St
Randolph County
Thompson
High Point Memorial Hospital
Valentine’s Day blues spark odd license plate idea
A writer laments Valentine’s Day and recalls a lonely school era, then jokes about turning license plates into valentines to save romance. The piece weaves personal disappointment with a humorous suggestion to remake car plates as gifts.
Archdale Moves Toward Its Own Water System Plan
Archdale City Council moved closer to funding a municipal water system with a federal grant path and a proposed 1.3 million bond issue to follow. The 1972 vote would decide borrowing for the project amid wider Randolph County growth and budget steps including new offices, planning regulations, and a renewed tax effort.
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Archdale
Nancy Burrow
Archdale-Trinity Jaycees
Henry York
T. C. Talbert
J. L. Carr Jr
J. J. Warren
Randolph County
William Farlow
Develo Central Sanitation
Farlow
State Zoological Authority
Purgatory Mountain
Desiderata: timeless New Year reading inspires readers
Reader urged to embrace Desiderata as a 280 year old, still relevant essay guiding hope and meaning for 1972. The piece praises calm, self respect, peace with others, and enduring resilience for all people including prisoners, the poor, the handicapped, and the hopeful, urging inner peace and purposeful living.
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Desiderata
Max Meeks
Les Crane
Neil Diamond
Melanie
Sonny
Cher
McPherson Named Man of the Year in High Point
The High Point newspaper figure McPherson, long editor of The Enterprise, is honored as Man of the Year for future civic leadership. He opposed a $4.2 million city electrical bonds proposal, then pursued mayoral candidacy, losing to Republican Bill Bencini.
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McPherson
Bill Bencini
United Appeal
Hos
High Point
Florida
Enterprise
YMCA
YWCA
High Point College
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
High Point Memorial Hospital
Rotary Club
North Carolina
Army
Methodist Church
American Council of Education
Europe
Africa
Asia
Elsie Greene
Emerywood Estates
Davidson County
Presbyterian Home
The
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Don Lambeth
Spencer St
High
Good Ol’ Elm Street
Valentine
Seunday
Randolph
Randolph County Health Department
State Board of Health
By Faye Marks
Man of
Pital
Owen D. McPherson
Shelby
Shelby Star
Garland
Southern Pines
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
W. Green Dr
Holiday Inn
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