Debating and Speech Tryouts Highlight HPHS Activities
High Point High School lists upcoming events including HPHS debating team selection within two weeks on the topic United States Foreign Aid Should Be Substantially Increased. Feb 15 16 local NFL members attend a Wake Forest College speech tournament with monologues and skits.
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HPHS
North Carolina High School
United States
NFL
Wake Forest College
National Board
United
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Seniors weigh midterms and SATs in January schedule
Thomasville High Life notes seniors linked to the October test results and upcoming SAT on January 11 across centers nationwide. Mid term exams dominate the week with reviews to burn the midnight oil before a six weeks term ends.
Court Alters Rule to Make Own Duns
The family court plans periodic file checks to enforce a new policy for delinquent payments. It may allow a clean slate for willing recipients and aims to remove deadwood from records. If debtors refuse to pay as ordered, they face consequences. The change lessens fear for some dependants and shifts filing burdens away from unsupported dependants.
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Alspaugh
Family Court
Kellam Foundry Produces North Carolina’s First Gate Valves
Enterprise staff writer notes Kellam Foundry at Prospect and Amhurst streets is casting North Carolina’s first 24 inch gate valves for High Point’s water system. The 3500 pound horizontal valves pass 300 psi tests and will be followed by a 36 inch model weighing 7500 to 8000 pounds for the new reservoir. Local hydrants also bear Kellam branding.
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High Point
North Carolina
Kellam
Prospect
Amhurst Streets
Hugh Kellam
Kellam Brothers
Accidents Claim 29 In County
Guilford County saw 29 deaths in 1957 matching prior five year rates. December added two rural road fatalities for a yearly total of 39. Motor wrecks totaled 83 with 17 injuries, while Greensboro and High Point reported several fatalities and hundreds injured.
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Guilford
High Point
J. R. Teague
Greensboro
Davidson Plans X Ray Program for Tuberculosis
Davidson County Tuberculosis and Health Association moved to start chest X rays in spring to detect TB. Schedules for six or seven trailers to be placed around the county to X-ray residents from March 1 to April 12. Dr. William A. Smith, TB chief of the state health board, spoke.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Lexington
William A. Smith
State Board of Health
Forest Burns Named Local Forest Fire Lookout
Marquette, Mich announces Forest Burns has been hired as a forest fire lookout at the tower near the city.
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Marquette, Mich
Pinto Beans Put Luck's Seagrove on the Map
Seagrove cannery Luck's Inc expands from a small hand operation in 1948 to a major plant canning pintos with pork and six other varieties. With 45 workers producing 2000 cases daily, the firm serves over a dozen states from Florida to New York and plans further growth.
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Europe
South America
China
Seagrove
Randolph County
United States
Florida
Ohio
New York
I. B. Luck
A. A. Spencer
Luck
Lower
Randolph
Mountain View Canning Co
Seagrovian
H. C. Presnell, Pur
Imen
C. C. Smith
Charlotte
Smith
Luck’s Inc
Spencer
Idaho
California
Seagrove Cannery
Aberdeen
City Government Begins Year With Mixed Progress
City government reports a slow start to the year with progress on water-sewer work begun under the prior administration. 1957 saw setbacks on a central airport for Forsyth and Guilford counties and stalled plans for a joint water source on the Yadkin River, while slum eradication and housing standards moved forward.
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Forsyth
Guilford
Greensboro-High Point
Winston-Salem
Yadkin
Winston- Salem
Cuilcoe
Seven Cities
City Lake Pool
State Highway of
Prospects Steady in Furniture as Hosiery Slows in Thomasville
The Thomasville Employment Security office reports furniture manufacturing remains solid into the new year while hosiery shows weakness. Data from Marion H. Randolph indicates no major shifts expected soon, with construction slowed by weather and the tail trade showing decent holiday activity but not peak levels.
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Thomasville
Employment Security Commission
Marion H. Randolph
Randolph
Copia
Street Plan Extensions Feature in City Projects
Officials outline extension of W Green Street to the superhighway and announce future work including widening W Green and extending Willowbrook to Ward Street as part of the city’s infrastructure agenda.
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W. Green Street
W. Green
iWillowbrook
Ward Street
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Kellam Foundry
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