Donna Fargo’s road from teacher to country pop star
Donna Fargo grew from a Los Angeles high school teacher to a back-to-back million selling country and pop artist with hits Happiest Girl in the Whole USA and Funny Face. Her brother pushed her to audition and she learned to write songs while steering a truck and facing early bashfulness.
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Nashville
Tenn
Donna Fargo
Donna
Los Angeles
USA
North Carolina
Mrs. Louise Small dies after long illness in Thomasville
Louise Elizabeth Byerly Small 50 of Hilltop Nursing Home Linwood died Friday after years of declining health. Born October 10 1922 in Davidson County she lived most of her life in Thomasville. Survived by her father James Roy Byerly stepmother Pauline Murray sister, half brothers Reginal Byerly and R Wayne Byerly. grandmother Julia Jarrett. Funeral Sunday 4 p.m. at J C Green and Son Chapel with Rev John M Rusty. burial Holly Hill Cemetery. Family at funeral home tonight 7–9.
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Thomasville
Louise Elizabeth Byerly Small
Hilltop
Linwood
Mrs. Small
Davidson County
James Roy
Sarah Elizabeth Jarrett Byerly
Bethel United Methodist Church
Stafford Small
James Roy Byerly
Johnsontown Rd
Ralph
Pauline) Murray
Rt. 5
Reginal O. Byerly
R. Wayne Byerly
Shell Road
Julia Jarrett
J.C. Green and Son
John M. Rusty
Holly Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Ray Bolick Succumbs in Thomasville Nursing Home
Mrs. Margie Dobbs Bolick 69 of Sechrest Circle died Friday at 7 40 p m in Liberty House Nursing Home Thomasville after eight months of declining health since November She was born August 17 1903 in Wadesboro daughter of Willie and Blanche Dabbs and worked about 20 years in hosiery mills She married Ray M Bolick on November 19 1982 who survives a son Douglas C Dabbs and four grandchildren Funeral 2 p m Monday at Cumby Chapel burial Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday 3 5 p m at Cumby Mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Dobbs Bolick
Sechrest Circle
Liberty House Nursing Home
Thomasville
Mrs. Bolick
Wadesboro
Willie
Blanche Dutton Dabbs
O. E. Kearns
Grant
Bolick
Allen Jay
Ray M. Bolick
Cumby Chapel
Glenn Powell
Fred Bryson
Guilford Memorial Park
Cumby Mortuary
The Grind It Is the Aim of Most Men to Get Ahead
A compact reflection notes how many strive to advance yet often feel they merely catch up, capturing a common sentiment of modern work life and ambition without specifics.
City Stadium Permit Boosts High Point Construction Totals
Building inspector Freeman Hill issued a $1,098,080 permit for a 10,000 seat stadium on School Park Drive as part of High Point’s $2,084,738 in recent permit activity. The project uses bond funds and covers 54,898 square feet.
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High Point
Freeman Hill
School Park Drive
Shadybrook School
Hill
Church of God of Prophecy
Old Mill Road
One Plaza Center
Main Street
South Elm Street
Joe Hollingsworth
North Main Street
Gulf Oil Co
Lexington
Arthur Cassell
Paul Saperstein
E. Green Drive
Santee
City School Menus Week of January 29 1973
Weekly lunch listings for City School include elementary meals from Monday to Friday with items like Hamburgers Lasagna Turkey Pie and Tomato Soup plus desserts and beverages. High School offerings feature Chicken Vegetable Soup Peanut Butter Or Pimento Sandwiches and assorted sides with fruit and puddings.
Ledford High wraps midterm exams as plans unfold
Robertson Ledford High School finished midterm exams with students and teachers relieved. Report cards are due next Wednesday January 31. The library closed for inventory. improvements in organization were noted. The Health Careers Club entered a poster contest at Thomasville hospital and sent posters to the state contest. The debate team, nicknamed Pantha-Eaters, prepared for tournaments including Wake Forest Invitational and Samuel F. Burford Invitational in High Point. The drama department begins spring tryouts for a comedy in three acts It's Great To Be Crazy by Donald Payton, with Wilbur returning in April.
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Ledford
Newton
Health Careers Club
Thomasville Hospital
Tricia Todd
Wake Forest University
Winston
Salem
Thy
Samuel FE. Burford
T. Wingate Andrews High School
High Point
William L. Hudson
Hudson
Donald Payton
David Burchette
Wilbur
Tena
Ledford High School
Hoff to lead North Carolina Zoo planning for 1975 opening
Hoff, former director at Cincinnati and St Louis Zoos, emerges as choice to design North Carolina Zoo master plan and oversee first construction phase. He cites novel ideas and talks of sourcing animals from established zoos and field expeditions to Africa with $2 million state bond funds and Society drive backing.
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Hoff
Marlin Perkins
Wild Kingdom
Perkins
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago
Park District
Lincoln Park
Cincinnati Zoo
St. Louis Zoo
Hofff
N.C. Zoo
Hor
N.C. Zoo Society
Stark Reality This Time Of Year De ficiency Bill
This note reflects the seasonal burden of deficiency bills facing many families as the year advances and expenses mount. It highlights financial strain and common budgeting concerns during a period of higher costs and tight finances.
City ordinance bans abandoning vehicles on public or private property
A law prohibits leaving a motor vehicle on any public street or property and on private property. It also requires written permission to remove a vehicle from private premises unless the vehicle is declared a health, safety or fire hazard.
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W. R. Peters
High Point Memorial Hospital Nurses Alumnae Assn
Peters
Association
Geraldine Everall
Katherine Spencer
Art Richardson
Hollywood
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Donn
Williams
English
BD. T. Molt
Rae Ares Tar
Een
Michael Lee McGowen
Emerywood Baptist Church
Graveside
Greenville
Edith Mae Anthony Perry
ChestNut Drive
Broad Ave
Margie D. Bolick
Ray Bolick
Douglas C. Dabbs
Roanoke Va
Zenith
OTA Acen
Sheraton
DavIs
New City
Bethel Drive
Phillips-Fescue
Surrett Drive
William W. Alston and Sons, Inc
Brentwood Street
Edward Silver
North Elm Street
Levitt United Commercial Corp
Archdale Drive
U.S. 29
Harry L. Hill
Dogwood Court
John C. Foy
van Buren Street
Atlantic Insurance and Realty Company
Ridgecrest Street
Charles Dixon
Rankin Street
al B. Harris Realty Company
Willowwood Dr
Dogwood Circle
W. E. Besher
Hedgecock St
High Point Church
The
Ervin Company
Westfield St
Stonehurst St
Bob L. Ellis
Baker Road
Greenwood Charles, Inc
Colony Drive
Independent Construction Co
Wickham Avenue
Beaucrest Avenue
Ue School Report
Robertson
Eddie
Young
Leverett
Westchester Mall
Embassy Club
Sedgefield, N.C
Harry Snell
Embassy
Jim Ereane
Piedmont Maintenance Co
Westchester
N. Main St
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