Local teen rock star Craddock set for big time break
Local 1 year old Billy Craddock, backed by Sonny Freeman Pat Sullivan and Jack Tysinger, tops the charts with I Miss You Much and Am I To Be The One Columbia records. Manager Fred Koury says 100000 copies sold in 10 days as High Point Greensboro disc jockeys push the hit. Craddock, a Rankin High School graduate, has drawn national praise from Cash Box and Dick Clark.
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Elvis
Billy Craddock
Greensboro
Columbia
Fred Koury
Craddock
High Point
Koury
Addock
Sonny Freeman
Pat Sullivan
Jack Tysinger
Thomasville
Cash Box
Dick Clark
Rankin High School
Can
Civic Center
Ana Gem
Silhouette Portraits in Old Salem Village Exhibit
In 18th century Salem villagers used silhouette portraits to obtain inexpensive likenesses before photography. John Vogler, a silversmith and clockmaker, invented a machine to cut profiles from white paper and mount them on black backgrounds, producing about one eighth real size profiles later displayed at the John Vogler House in Old Salem.
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Old Salem
John Vogler
Salem
Volger
Vogler
Art by Students Highlight 1959 Scho Lastistic Art Awards
High Point Junior High School students enter wood abstract weavings and textile designs in the 1959 Scho lastic Art Awards. Johnny Johnson and Sallye Woodruff are among the listed artists, with supervision by Mrs. Ida Munyan Pickens.
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High Point
Lee Kinard
Wfmy-Tv
Johnny Johnson
Ferndale Drive
Ne Point
Ing
Wood Abstracts
Sallye Woodruff
Woodbrook Court
David Parker
Tiger Swan
High Point Junior High School
Ida Munyan Pickens
Foreman Sentenced In Theft Case In Thom asville
In Lexington Thomasville, Landrum was sentenced to at least 120 months and no more than 24 months for receiving stolen property. He faced charges of stealing and selling 750 dozen sacks from Blackstone Hosiery Mill. Judge heard testimony on other socks and a yarn theft. Solicitor Kornegay planned indictments on additional socks and yarn. Landrum claimed socks came from plant superintendent Sam Moore who allegedly refused a bill of sale. Moore denied the allegations.
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Lexington
Thomasville
Landrum
Blackstone
Superior Court
Horace Kornegay
Sam Moore
Moore
Senior High School News Highlights and Events
Morning announcements brighten school days with a Good Morning greeting. Freshmen and sophomores enjoy a sock hop in the girls gym as plans for the Greensboro game followup. The Senior Play One Foot in Heaven debuts February 20 and 21 with talent shows planned for March 20 and 21. The Black Bison rebound past Reynolds and West Mecklenburg to maintain conference wins.
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Greensboro
Heaven
Hartzell Spence
Black Bison
Reynolds
Winston- Salem
West Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Thomasville High 1959 GROWLER staff and awards
Thomasville High School reports the 1959 GROWLER production completed by a dedicated staff led by a strong editor. Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow Carole Clodfelter wins top state honors, with a $1500 scholarship and Britannica set for her school. The athletic teams, wrestling and basketball, post wins at Spencer and host a Red Shield visit. A school seal contest, judged in chapel, awards prizes to winners Doug Cloniger Richard Craven and others. Martha Rose Lambeth earns a Good Citizenship trip to Raleigh with DAR delegates.
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Thomasville High School
Betty Crocker
Carole Clodfelter
Carole
D. C
Colonial Williamsburg
New York City
Minneapolis
THS
Spencer
North Rowan High School
Red Shield Boys Club
Winston-Salem
Thomasville High
Richard Wilson
Seal
Richard
Doug Cloniger
E. C. Burrus
Richard Craven
H. C. Hudgin
Raleigh
Dave Yow
Good Citizen
Charles Phillips
Martha Rose
DAR
High Point High School
Trinity High School
Hodges
Union Building
Martha Rose Lambeth
Chief Bradley adapts left-handed trigger use after accident
Lester Manor Virginia AP report details Chief Walter S Bradley of the Reneaaeene tribe nearly losing his right wrist when a gun misfired while hunting ducks and geese. After the injury he develops an ingenious forearm device enabling him to pull the trigger with his left hand.
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Lester Manor
Walter S. Bradley
Free Polio Shots Highlight Health Fair At YMCA
The Health and Safety Fair at the YMCA will feature free polio vaccinations for youths 18 and under and pregnant women, plus 35 exhibits on health and safety. The event includes a Heart Association model heart demonstration, pool safety shows, first aid on a telephone pole by Duke Power, eye bank info, driver education displays, Red Cross blood typing, and a projected attendance over 5 000.
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YMCA
Polio Foundation
Ae Sant
Manet
The
Heart Association
In Point
Duke Power Co
Max Rogers
Ken Yarborough
Rogers
Willcox City Council Chooses Meeting Schedule Change
Willcox Arizona council faced a clash with a popular TV program on meeting night the second Tuesday each month. They considered buying a TV for viewing but approved rescheduling the meeting to the Monday before the first Tuesday.
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Willcox, Ariz
Willcox
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Gilbert Stuart
Linden
Jock
Monica
Cve
Butters Up
Segovia
Dolly
Duke Power
Society For the Restoration of Light of North Carolina
Red Cross
Safety Fair
Economy-Minded Council
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